SPRING 2008 COURSE ROADMAP FOR MSIS STUDENTS

The Course Roadmap is designed to help you ensure that you are working to meet your MSIS degree requirements. The courses being offered in the Spring 2008 semester are noted. The MSIS degree requires 39 credits, which are broken down into: five required Leonard N. Stern School of Business (Stern) courses; five required Computer Science Department courses within The Graduate School of Arts and Science (GSAS); a capstone course and two free electives, from either the Computer Science Department or Stern.

Information Systems (Stern) Requirements

• Students are required to take two (6 credits total) General Business Core courses (B01 courses). Be sure to check the prerequisites before selecting a course. The following courses are recommended:
• B01.1302 Managing Organizations {Spring 2008}
• B01.1303 Understanding Firms and Markets
• B01.1305 Statistics & Data Analysis
• B01.1306 Financial Accounting and Reporting {Spring 2008}
• B01.2303 The Global Economy {Spring 2008}
• B01.2103 Strategy I (1.5 credits) and B01.2104 Strategy II (1.5 credits; prerequisite: B01.2103)
• B01.2310 Marketing Concepts and Strategies {Spring 2008}
• B01.2311 Foundations of Finance {Spring 2008}
• B01.2314 Operations {Spring 2008}
• Students are required to take three (9 credits total) Information Systems courses (B20 courses). Be sure to check the prerequisites before selecting a course. The following courses are recommended:
• B20.2314 Managing the Digital Firm
• B20.2318 Information Technology and Corporate Strategy {Spring 2008}
• B20.2350 Trading Strategies and Systems
• B20.3336 Data Mining and Business Intelligence {Spring 2008}
• B20.3338 Business Strategy for the Digital Economy
• B20.3350 Financial Information Systems {Spring 2008}
• B20.3351 Risk Management Systems
• B20.3356 Business Process Design and Implementation
• B20.3362 Emerging Technology and Business Innovation

Students can take a maximum of 21 credits in Stern.

Computer Science Department (GSAS) Requirements

• Students are required to take G22.1170 Fundamental Algorithms. {Spring 2008}
• Students are required to take two of the three following courses:
• G22.2262 Data Communications and Networks {Spring 2008}
• G22.2250 Operating Systems {Spring 2008}
• G22.2433 Database Systems {Spring 2008}
• Students are required to take two (6 credits total) Computer Science electives.
• *G63.2041 Computing in Finance can be taken and counted as a CS elective.