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Infosec MBA Cohort Course Sequences

Course Listing and Objectives

Infosec MBA Cohort Course Sequences

Cohort 14 -Course Schedule

Course Title	Start Date - End Date	Professor
MBA 640 Management Information Systems	Aug 17, 13 - Oct 12, 13	Dr. Diane Lending
MBA 680 Introduction to Information Security	Oct 12, 13 - Jan 4, 14	Dr. David Fordham
MBA 600 Leadership and Organizational Behavior	Jan 4, 14 - Mar 1, 14	Dr. Daniel Gallagher and Dr. Robert Kolodinsky
MBA 610 Quantitative Methods	Mar 1, 14 - April 26, 14	Dr. Ina Markham
MBA 620 Accounting for Decision-Making & Control	April 26, 14 - June 21, 14	Dr. Sandy Cereola
MBA 630 Financial Management	June 21, 14 - Aug 16, 14	Dr. Brooks Marshall
MBA 641 The Microeconomics of Business Decision Making	Aug 16, 14 - Oct 11, 14	Drs. Brian O’Roark and Bill Grant
MBA 681 Managing System Network	Oct 11, 14 - Jan 3, 15	Dr. Harry Reif
MBA 642 Operations & Supply Chain Management	Jan 3, 15 – Feb 28, 15	Dr. Raktim Pal
MBA 654 Investment Analysis	Feb 28, 15 - Apr 25, 15	Dr. Wilson Liu
MBA 644 Foundations of Marketing Management	Apr 25, 15 - June 20, 15	Dr. Eric Boyd
MBA 682 Managerial Computer Forensics	June 20, 15 - Aug 15, 15	Mr. Henry Bromley
MBA 685 Information Security Ethics & Policy	Aug 15, 15 - Oct 10, 15	Staff
MBA 690 Strategic Management	Oct 10, 15 - Dec 5, 15	Dr. Matt Rutherford

Cohort 13 -Course Schedule

Course Title	Start Date - End Date	Professor
MBA 640 Management Information Systems	Aug 18, 12 - Oct 13, 12	Dr. Diane Lending
MBA 680 Introduction to Information Security	Oct 13, 12 - Jan 5, 13	Dr. David Fordham
MBA 600 Leadership and Organizational Behavior	Jan 5, 13 - Mar 2, 13	Dr. Daniel Gallagher and Dr. Robert Kolodinsky
MBA 610 Quantitative Methods	Mar 2, 13 - April 27, 13	Dr. Ina Markham
MBA 620 Accounting for Decision-Making & Control	April 27, 13 - June 22, 13	Dr. Sandy Cereola
MBA 630 Financial Management	June 22, 13 - Aug 17, 13	Dr. Brooks Marshall
MBA 641 The Microeconomics of Business Decision Making	Aug 17, 13 - Oct 12, 13	Drs. Bill Grant and Bill Wood
MBA 681 Managing System Network	Oct 12, 13 - Jan 4, 14	Dr. Harry Reif
MBA 642 Operations & Supply Chain Management	Jan 4, 14 - Mar 1, 14	Dr. Raktim Pal
MBA 654 Investment Analysis	Mar 1, 14 - Apr 26, 14	Dr. Wilson Liu
MBA 644 Foundations of Marketing Management	Apr 26, 14 - June 21, 14	Dr. Eric Boyd
MBA 682 Managerial Computer Forensics	June 21, 14 - Aug 16, 14	Mr. Henry Bromley
MBA 685 Information Security Ethics & Policy	Aug 16, 14 - Oct 11, 14	Staff
MBA 690 Strategic Management	Oct 11, 14 - Dec 6, 14	Dr. Matt Rutherford

Cohort 12 -Course Schedule

Course Title	Start Date - End Date	Professor
MBA 640 Management Information Systems	Aug 20, 11 - Oct 15, 11	Dr. Diane Lending
MBA 680 Introduction to Information Security	Oct 15, 11 - Jan 7, 12	Dr. David Fordham
MBA 600 Leadership and Organizational Behavior	Jan 7, 12 - Mar 3, 12	Dr. Daniel Gallagher
MBA 610 Quantitative Methods	Mar 3, 12 - April 28, 12	Dr. Ina Markham
MBA 620 Accounting for Decision-Making & Control	April 28, 12 - June 23, 12	Dr. Sandy Cereola
MBA 630 Financial Management	June 23, 12 - Aug 18, 12	Dr. Brooks Marshall
MBA 641 The Microeconomics of Business Decision Making	Aug 18, 12 - Oct 13, 12	Drs. Brian O'Roark and Bill Grant
MBA 681 Managing System Network	Oct 13, 12 - Jan 5, 13	Dr. Harry Reif
MBA 642 Operations & Supply Chain Management	Jan 5, 13 - Mar 2, 13	Dr. Raktim Pal
MBA 654 Investment Analysis	Mar 2, 13 - Apr 27, 13	Dr. Wilson Liu
MBA 644 Foundations of Marketing Management	Apr 27, 13 - June 22, 13	Dr. Eric Boyd
MBA 682 Managerial Computer Forensics	June 22, 13 - Aug 17, 13	Mr. Henry Bromley
MBA 685 Information Security Ethics & Policy	Aug 17, 13 - Oct 12, 13	Staff
MBA 690 Strategic Management	Oct 12, 13 - Dec 7, 13	Dr. Matt Rutherford

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Course Listing and Objectives

The listing is in sequential order. Each course is three credit hours.

MBA 640 Management Information Systems

Recognize the relationships between business pressures, organizational responses and information technology
Understand information architecture and infrastructure
Describe strategic information systems and explain their advantages
Appreciate the information technologist as an agent of organizational change
Discuss new forms of organizational practices facilitated by information technology

MBA 680 Introduction to Information Security

Become familiar with the terminology and vocabulary used in the modern information security realm.
Develop an understanding of the three primary areas of information security (access, availability, integrity) and the application of this understanding to develop a mental structure for information security analysis. The mental structure, in turn, will serve as a basis for continued learning and knowledge accumulation in the arena of information security.
Gain an appreciation for the three major classifications of controls and countermeasures (preventive, detective, and recovery) used in the modern Information Security realm, and be able to identify examples and samples of controls and countermeasures within each classification. For each control and countermeasure identified, the student will be able to describe the conditions under which the example is appropriate and inappropriate.
Develop an appreciation for the trade-offs inherent between the need for tight security and the need for efficiency, ease of use, and user freedoms. The student will be able to identify system design characteristics that contribute to a pareto optimal balance between the two needs.
Gain an appreciation for the advantage of constant alertness, learning, and awareness of the advancement of the Information Security art, and to develop an individualized and personalized strategy for maintaining knowledge and awareness of future InfoSec developments.
Be able to integrate the above knowledge and understanding to develop a basic Information Security Plan applicable to the student's personal employment situation.

MBA 600 Organizational Behavior

Develop change strategies for organizations facing dynamic environments
Understand theories of personality and their impact on individuals in the workplace
Design jobs so as to enhance employee's job satisfaction and performance
Manage organizational conflict in a functional and constructive manner
Develop effective motivational approaches
Identify and adopt leadership styles appropriate for the situation being faced

MBA 610 Quantitative Methods for Managerial Decisions

Apply statistical and quantitative techniques to business situations
Employ computational skills in a software-assisted environment
Explain, interpret and compute a variety of measures and tools including; mean, median, standard deviation, variance, interquartile range, percentile, proportion, decile, histograms, stem-and-leaf plots, relative frequency distributions, contingency tables, ideas of expected value
Conduct linear and multiple regressions, forecasting, linear programming, simulation and decision analysis

MBA 620 Accounting For Decision-Making & Control

Understand how accounting meets information needs of managers, investors, creditors; how accounting information is used to make short-term management decisions; how accounting is used to improve an entity's efficiency
Be able to read and interpret financial statements, distinguish among fixed, variable and mixed costs, prepare operating budgets, identify relevant costs for decision making, use cost-volume-profit analysis as a decision tool

MBA 630 Financial Management

Understand the concepts of operating leverage, financial leverage and total leverage and how to calculate them
Calculate a breakeven analysis for a project
Estimate the relevant cash flows associated with a capital budget project
Implement capital budgeting techniques to decide which capital budgeting projects should be accepted or rejected
Calculate an organization's overall cost of capital, which is the weighted average of the various capital components
Forecast an organization's financial needs based on its strategic planning

MBA 641 The Microeconomics of Business Decision-Making

Apply the basics of markets including supply and demand concepts to explain movements in prices and quantities
Explain the vertical and horizontal structure of firms and industries
Understand the cost of production and be able to differentiate: accounting vs. economic costs, fixed vs. variable costs, average vs. marginal costs, and the nature of costs applied to the scale and scope of operations
Recognize and interpret the behavior of firms in situations of price competition, nonprice competition and collusion
Understand antitrust and regulation and apply competing theories of public policies toward competition and exhibit familiarity with major cases in antitrust and regulation

MBA 681 Managing System Networks

Understand the components that comprise the voice and data network
Develop a basic understanding for how to design discrete and integrated voice/data networks
Learn how various organizations allocate and develop reporting structures to manage their networks
Recognize the role that customer support and customer service support plays in network management
Work with tools that measure network throughput, availability and other Quality of Service measures
Learn about and work with tools that aid in configuration management
Learn how network managers perform capacity planning
Learn about the role of the auditor in the network management process
Learn about security organizations and tools used by network managers.
Understand how the network must be included in an organization's overall Disaster Avoidance and Recovery Plan.

MBA 642 Operations Management

Understand the strategic importance of operations management and its role in creating a competitive advantage
Be able to develop, apply and interpret the results of basic procedures for forecasting, aggregate planning, master production scheduling, inventory planning, capacity management, and shop floor control
Be able to explain how marketing and finance affect operations management

MBA 643 Advanced Topics & Cases in Financial Management

Identify conditions of market efficiency
Set up the cash flows associated with the acquisition of a capital asset
Utilize financial ratios to evaluate the operating and financial performance of a management team
Effectively communicate to management the various problems, and potential solutions facing the firm
Identify financial restructuring possibilities which will lead to an increase in the value of the firm
Identify the attributes that make a firm a good merger partner or take-over target
Evaluate financial data and identify problem areas of a firm

MBA 644 Foundations of Marketing Management

Identify the steps of a marketing management process
Conduct a detailed situation analysis including macro-environmental, customer, competitor and industry data
Create marketing strategies including identification of product-market segment opportunities, development of product/service positioning and development of measurable marketing objectives
Devise and strategically implement, evaluate and control marketing plan

MBA 682 Managerial Computer Forensics

Understand and be able to articulate the types and nature of computer crimes
Understand and be able to articulate how computers and transmission facilities can be used in the commission of a crime
Understand and be able to articulate the role of, and interplay between, managers, systems administrators, auditors, attorneys, law enforcement personnel and the judicial process in digital forensics
Understand and be able to articulate the process of identifying, preserving, and analyzing digital data where a crime is believed to have committed such that it will stand up in court under cross examination
Understand and be able to articulate the dynamics and interplay between computer science and forensic science.

MBA 685 Information Security Ethics and Policy

Obtaining a working knowledge of government policies related to information technologies, including issues of protecting an individual's privacy
Reviewing and understanding the legal environment and the constraints placed upon operations in the information realm
A review of ethical principals and practices pertinent to the information age
Understanding the information security concerns pertinent to strategic planning and forward thinking in an organization
Developing an awareness of the battlefield in information warfare
Exploring the information security capabilities inherent in various hardware and software standards (i.e., such as operating systems).

MBA 690 Strategic Management

Understand the fundamental aspects of strategic planning, industry analysis, strategy implementation, competitive dynamics, organization design, cooperative strategies, global strategies and corporate governance
Understand real-world issues faced by managers and apply skills and knowledge gained from previous course work
Blend functional with strategic management and apply to various situations such as evaluating new markets, capturing returns from innovation, managing production
Understand best new thinking to come out of companies, consulting and research
Understand ethical and global issues related to strategic management

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