Master of Science in Information Technology Project Management 2008 (Coming Fall 2007)

The MS in IT Project Management is intended for graduate students who wish to prepare for careers leading and managing IT project teams. Students in this program will gain knowledge of project management skills including: risk management; procurement and contract management; time and cost estimation; controlling and tracking techniques; and quality assurance. Graduates also will develop familiarity with elements of human resource management key to project management success such as: team building; leadership and motivation; interpersonal and virtual communication; negotiation; and management of organizational change. In addition, students will be exposed to business systems and processes including: management and organization principles; financial accounting; and the basics of cost accounting as applied in IT project management. Graduates of the program will be able to effectively use common project management software packages and be qualified to seek positions as IT Project Managers.

Prerequisite Courses

Unlike other CTI graduate programs that admit students regardless of technical background, the MS in IT Project Management is designed for students who possess a Bachelor’s degree or significant work experience in an IT related area. Examples of such areas include (but are not limited to) CIS, IS, MIS, ECE, Networking. Students whose undergraduate degree is in an unrelated area will be required to produce evidence of at least two years of responsible work experience as a computer programmer, systems analyst, business analyst, or similar position where the workload is primarily centered on Information Technology and the student had significant exposure to the system development process.

This requirement for an IT undergraduate degree or prior work experience is unique among CTI Master’s degrees, and is based in the fact that IT professionals are expected to have knowledge in the IT field before moving into project management positions.

1.     Foundation courses (24 quarter hours)

2.     Electives (24 quarter hours)

3.     Capstone course (4 quarter hours)

Foundations Courses (6)

Elective Courses

Twenty-four quarter hours are required from the following list, with a minimum of twelve of these quarter hours taken from CTI.  These electives cover a broad range of technical, managerial, and information systems topics. Students should work closely with their advisor to identify and select courses most directly associated with their career plans.

Note: Courses marked with an * are the more technical electives, and require two courses of object oriented coding, or consent of the instructor.

Kellstadt Electives (all four quarter hours)