ECTS - - Information Technology (with Thesis)

Compulsory Departmental Courses

ISE521 - Strategic IT Management (3 + 0) 10

The course examines how IT supports business-driven organizations through competitive advantage, strategic initiatives, and performance measurement, while covering data management, integrated business processes (SCM, CRM, ERP, e-business), software development, project management, and case-based IT strategy and governance.

ISE522 - E-Commerce Management (3 + 0) 10

The course introduces e-commerce concepts, evolution and types, then addresses building secure, effective e-commerce sites with appropriate infrastructure, payment and marketing tools, and explores ethics, law, online media, communities and sectors through projects and case studies on real-world initiatives.

ISE889 - Graduation Seminar (0 + 0) 10

Each student in MS Program with Thesis is expected to give a presentation on his/her thesis work and attend the seminars conducted by the other students and academic staff.

ISE897 - Graduation Thesis (0 + 0) 60

Graduation Thesis

MDES602 - Research Methods and Ethics (3 + 0) 10

This course provides students with knowledge on research methods, data collection principles, and practices. Within this framework, it addresses the ethical rules to be followed in scientific research and publishing processes, along with ethical responsibilities throughout data collection, analysis, and reporting phases.

Elective Courses

ISE501 - Foundations in IT Management (3 + 0) 5

Computing infrastructure overview; introduction to IT Services: event and fault management; problem management; change management; configuration management; asset management (inventory and software distribution); performance and capacity management;security management; network management; storage management; workload management; backup and recover

ISE502 - Organizational Management and Change (3 + 0) 5

Organizational behavior and management; personality and learning; perception, attribution and judgment of others; values, attitudes and work behavior, theories of work motivation, motivation in practice; groups and teamwork; leadership; communication; decision making, conflict and stress; organizational structure, change management principles: spon

ISE507 - Mobile Application Development (3 + 0) 5

Mobile devices, mobile platforms, mobile operating systems, mobile application development, user interface design in mobile devices, data persistent techniques in mobile platforms; map and location-based services; audio, video and using the camera; telephony and SMS, sensors.

ISE512 - IT Portfolio Management and IT Standards (3 + 0) 5

Processes for the integrated project life (approval, identifying and planning, implementation, management and tracking, assessment and improvement); prioritizing IT projects; resource allocation; managing risks and costs; assessment and governance; standard metrics for measuring ROI. ITIL, COBIT, Val IT, Sarbanes Oxley, related IEEE and ISO standar

ISE513 - Systems Integration (3 + 0) 5

Integration of information systems in organizations; the processes by which different computing systems and software applications are linked together physically or functionally; the strategies and methods for blending a set of interdependent systems into a functioning or unified whole; enabling two or more applications to interact and exchange data

ISE514 - Cloud Computing (3 + 0) 5

Basics of cloud computing, discovering the value of the cloud computing for business, advantages of cloud computing, elements of cloud computing, technical foundation of cloud computing, managing data in cloud, standards, managing and securing cloud services, virtualization, service oriented architecture, managing cloud environment.

ISE515 - Process Analysis and Improvement (3 + 0) 5

Business process concepts, process change drivers, business process mapping, business process strategy, business rule analysis, measuring the process, business process analysis, process improvement approaches, six Sigma, process reengineering, overview of enabling technologies.

ISE516 - Business Process Management (3 + 0) 5

The objective of this course is to introduce Business Process Management (BPM) key principles and methods of business process management covering the entire lifecycle of business processes (BPM).

ISE542 - IT Security (3 + 0) 5

Introduction to IT security, security plans, security policies, security models: TCSEC, common criteria, ISE/IEC 27000, CIBIT, ITIL; security risk assessment and management; security solutions; IT services and security; personnel security; ethics in IT security.

ISE543 - Internet Security and Ethical Hacking (3 + 0) 5

Data encryption techniques and algorithms; public-key encryption, hash functions; digital signatures, authentication; network security; web security; system security, intruders, viruses, firewalls; the algorithms and data security tools; ethical hacking.

ISE553 - IT in Healthcare (3 + 0) 5

Health data management; uses and content of the medical record; health statistics, biomedical research, and quality management; health services organization and delivery; information technology and systems.

ISE554 - IT Strategies in E-Government (3 + 0) 5

Theoretical background of e-government; the use of e-government: local and global; technical and organizational aspects to realize e-government systems and contemporary sociotechnological methodologies; enterprise architectures, reference models and frameworks: Zachman, TOGAF, MoDAF, and DoDAF; interoperability standards: eGIF, EIF, SAGA, and other

ISE555 - IT Economy (3 + 0) 5

Basics of economics and accounting; strategic decision making; outsourcing; project evaluation techniques; IT operational budget: SaaS, pricing models; service economy; cost tracking and management; IT spending and staffing benchmarks, metrics; performance evaluation.

ISE563 - Application Management (3 + 0) 5

Introduction to application and service management; quality of service, ITIL and COBIT; event and incident management; problem management; configuration management; change management; release management; service level management; financial management; capacity management; IT service continuity and availability management; security management; appli

ISE564 - Architecture and Consultancy (3 + 0) 5

Alignment of IT initiatives with business objectives; efficiency and effectiveness of the IT infrastructure; Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA); large scale software system development; product alternatives analysis; systems integration; ethical and professional representation.