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College of Graduate Studies and Research


Graduate Programs

Applied Information Technology Master's Program (M.S.)

Degree Requirements

  • Completion of any assigned preparatory courses
  • Completion of 33 graduate credits as follows:

    Required Courses (15 units)
    Students must complete the requirements for a graduate certificate in applied information technology. Currently, the following graduate certificates in information technology are available. Additional graduate certificates may be added to this list in the future.
    Database Management Systems
    AIT 600
    AIT 610
    AIT 632
    AIT 732
    AIT 735
    Information Technology Infrastructure (3)
    System Development Process (3)
    Database Management Systems (3)
    Advanced Database Management Systems (3)
    Case Studies in Database Management Systems (3)

    Information Security and Assurance
    AIT 600
    AIT 610
    AIT 612
    AIT 614
    AIT 710
    Information Technology Infrastructure (3)
    System Development Process (3)
    Information Systems Vulnerability and Risk Analysis (3)
    Network Security (3)
    Case Studies in Information Security (3)

    Information Systems Management
    AIT 600
    AIT 610
    AIT 628
    AIT 630
    AIT 730
    Information Technology Infrastructure (3)
    System Development Process (3)
    IT and Business Strategy (3)
    IT Project Management (3)
    Case Studies in Information Systems Management (3)

    Internet Applications Development
    AIT 600
    AIT 610
    AIT 616
    AIT 618
    AIT 715
    Information Technology Infrastructure (3)
    System Development Process (3)
    Fundamentals of Web Technologies and Development (3)
    Client/Server-Side Programming on the Web (3)
    Case Studies in Internet Applications (3)

    Networking Technologies
    AIT 600
    AIT 610
    AIT 620
    AIT 622
    AIT 720
    Information Technology Infrastructure (3)
    System Development Process (3)
    Business Data Communications (3)
    Networking Architectures and Protocols (3)
    Case Studies in Networking Applications (3)

    Software Engineering
    AIT 600
    AIT 610
    AIT 624
    AIT 626
    AIT 725
    Information Technology Infrastructure (3)
    System Development Process (3)
    Software Engineering Fundamentals (3)
    Advanced Topics in Software Engineering (3)
    Case Studies in Software Engineering (3)

    Electives (18 units)
    Students must complete six graduate-level elective courses. A maximum of two elective courses may be in any of the following disciplines: accounting, computer science, human resource development, management, mathematics and technical writing. Those who want to take elective courses from a discipline other than AIT must get the AIT program director's approval before enrolling in the course. At least four of the elective courses must be grad-uate-level AIT courses from the following list:
    AIT 612
    AIT 614
    AIT 616
    AIT 618
    AIT 620
    AIT 622
    AIT 624
    AIT 626
    AIT 628
    AIT 630
    AIT 632
    AIT 650
    AIT 652
    AIT 655
    AIT 670-679
    AIT 695
    AIT 732
    Information Systems Vulnerability and Risk Analysis (3)
    Network Security (3)
    Fundamentals of Web Technologies and Development (3)
    Client/Server-Side Programming on the Web (3)
    Business Data Communications (3)
    Networking Architectures and Protocols (3)
    Software Engineering Fundamentals (3)
    Advanced Topics in Software Engineering (3)
    IT and Business Strategy (3)
    IT Project Management (3)
    Database Management Systems (3)
    Computer & Networks Forensics and Incident Response
    Ethics, Law and Policy in Cyberspace
    Managing Information Security
    Special Topics(3)
    Independent Study in AIT(3)
    Advanced Database Management Systems (3)

For information on all matters related to admissions, fees, or registration, please contact the Graduate School at 410-704-2501.

College of Graduate Studies and Research
7800 York Road, Suite 216

Phone: 410-704-2501
Fax: 410-704-4675
E-mail: grads@towson.edu




 

 

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