Master of Science in Software Engineering
(MSSE)

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Core:
MSCC:  610  | 630  | 693 | 697  

Database Technologies:
MSCD:  600 | 610 | 640 | 642 | 644 | 650 | 670 | 675 | 681

Information Technology Management:
MSCI:  600 | 610 | 615| 625| 630 | 640| | 660| 680| 681 | 685

Software Engineering:
MSSE:  600 | 610 | 620 | 630 | 640 | 645 | 670 | 672 | 674 | 676 | 680 | 682

Systems Engineering:
MSCT:  600 | 609 | 620 | 650 | 662 | 664 | 680

Information Assurance:
MSIA:  670 | 672 | 674 | 676 | 678 | 680 | 682 | 684 | 686

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MSCC 610 Information Systems Concepts
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Required Texts:

Brown, C. V, DeHayes, D. W., Hoffer, J. A., Martin E. W., & Perkins, W. C. (2012). Managing information technology (7th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall (Pearson). ISBN: 978-0-13-214632-6 or 0-13-214632-0 hardcover.

American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: Author. ISBN: 978-1-4338-0561-5 or 1-4338-0561-8 softcover.

Locke, L. F., Silverman, S. J., & Spirduso, W. W. (2010). Reading and understanding research (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. ISBN: 978-1-4129-7574-2 or 1-4129-7574-3 softcover.

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MSCC 630 Enterprise Architecture
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Required Texts:

Bernard, S. A. (2005). An introduction to enterprise architecture (2nd ed.). Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse. ISBN: 978-1-4208-8050-2 or 1-4208-8050-0 soft.

American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: Author. ISBN: 978-1-4338-0561-5 or 1-4338-0561-8 softcover.

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MSCC 693 Graduate Capstone
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Course Materials and Resources, including Technology Tools

The instructor will provide registered students with course materials two (2) weeks prior to the start of the course. If you register after that time, please contact your instructor for relevant course material.

American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: Author. ISBN: 978-1-4338-0561-5 or 1-4338-0561-8 softcover.

 Pre Course Assignment

1.       Read and evaluate the materials provided by your instructor.

2.       Investigate the entity in the materials provided your instructor and seek current information. Using your research skills seek credible sources including news items, published scholarly case studies, or other professional sources.

3.       Complete Concept Map tutorial and be prepared to work collaboratively on your group’s concept map.

Week 1 Assignment

Your instructor will post your first week assignment.

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MSCC 697 Information Technology Research Methods
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Required Texts:

Leedy, P. D., & Ormrod, J. E. (2010). Practical research: Planning and design (9th ed.). New York: Merrill/Prentice Hall (Pearson). ISBN: 978-0-13-610087-4 or 0-13-610087-2 book w/MyLab.

Locke, L. F., Silverman, S. J., & Spirduso, W. W. (2010). Reading and understanding research (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. ISBN: 978-1-4129-7574-2 or 1-4129-7574-3 softcover.

American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: Author. ISBN: 978-1-4338-0561-5 or 1-4338-0561-8 softcover.

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MSCD 600 Database Architecture
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Required Texts:

Coronel, C., Morris, S. & Rob, P. (2010). Database Systems: Design, Implementation and Management (9th ed.) New York, NY: Thompson. ISBN: 9780538469685.

American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: Author. ISBN: 978-1-4338-0561-5 or 1-4338-0561-8 softcover. Companion website: http://www.apastyle.org.

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MSCD 610 Database Concepts
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Required Texts:

 Casteel, J. (2010). Oracle 11G: SQL (2nd ed.). Boston, MA: Course Technology (Cengage Learning). ISBN: 978-1-4390-4128-4 or 1-4390-4128-8 softcover.

American Psychological Association. (2009). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: Author. ISBN: 978-1-4338-0561-5 soft. Companion website: http://www.apastyle.org.

Optional:

Connolly, T. M., & Begg, C. E. (2010). Database systems: A practical approach to design, implementation and management (5th ed.). England: Addison-Wesley (Pearson). ISBN: 978-0-321-52306-8 or 0-321-52306-7 softcover.

Software:

None required.  Student will access an Oracle account via the Regis University Citrix MetaFrame XP Network.

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MSCD 640 Database Administration
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Required Texts:

American Psychological Association. (2009). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: Author. ISBN: 978-1-4338-0561-5 softcover. Companion website: http://www.apastyle.org.

Kuhn, D.(2010). Pro Oracle Database 11g administration (1st ed). New York, NY: Apress (Springer). ISBN: 978-1-4302-2970-4 or 1-4302-2970-5 softcover.

 

Optional Textbook:

 

Coronel, C., Morris, S., & Rob, P. (2011). Database systems: Design, implementation, and management (9th ed.). Boston, MA: Course Technology (Cengage Learning). ISBN: 978-0-538-46968-5 or 0-538-46968-4 hardcover (book w/card).

Software:

None required. Students will access an Oracle account via the Regis University Academic Research Network.

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MSCD 642 Database Backup and Recovery
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Required Texts:

Kuhn, D., Alapati, S., & Nanda, A. (2007). RMAN recipes for oracle database 11g: A problem-solution approach (1st ed.). Berkeley, CA: Apress (Springer-Verlag). ISBN: 978-1-59059-851-1 or 1-59059-851-2 softcover.

American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: Author. ISBN: 978-1-4338-0561-5 or 1-4338-0561-8 softcover. Companion website: http://www.apastyle.org.

Optional Text:

Connolly, T. M., & Begg, C. E. (2010). Database systems: A practical approach to design, implementation and management (5th ed.). England: Addison-Wesley (Pearson Education Limited). ISBN: 978-0-321-52306-8 or 0-321-52306-7 softcover.

Software:

None required. Students will access an Oracle account via the Regis University Academic Research Network.

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MSCD 644 Database Performance Tuning
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Required Text:

Alapati, Sam; Kuhn, Darl; Padfield, Bill (2011). Oracle Database 11g Performance Tuning Recipes.  Apress.  ISBN-  978-1-4302-3662-7.

 Supplemental (optional):

Rossiter, Jill (2009).  The APA Pocket Handbook: Rules for Format & Documentation.  DW Publishing Co.  ISBN-13 978-1-93-387813-3, ISBN-10 1-93-387813-4.

American Psychological Association (2010). Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association 6th edition. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association

Software:

None required. Students will access an Oracle account via the Regis University Academic Research Network.

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MSCD 650 PL/SQL Programming
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Required Texts:

Casteel, J. (2008). Oracle 10g developer: PL/SQL programming (1st. ed.). Boston, MA: Thomson Course Technology (Cengage Learning). ISBN: 978-1-4239-0136-5 or 1-4239-0136-3 softcover. 

Recommended Text:

Connolly, T. M., & Begg, C. E. (2010). Database systems: A practical approach to design, implementation and management (5th ed.). England: Addison-Wesley (Pearson Education Limited). ISBN: 978-0-321-52306-8 or 0-321-52306-7 softcover.

Software:

None required. Students will access an Oracle account via the Regis University Academic Research Network.

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MSCD 670 Middleware Architectures & Database Applications
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Required Texts:

Britton, C., & Bye, P. (2004). IT architectures and middleware: Strategies for building large, integrated systems (2nd ed.). Boston, MA: Addison-Wesley (Pearson). ISBN: 978-0-321-24694-3 or 0-321-24694-2 softcover.

American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: Author. ISBN: 978-1-4338-0561-5 or 1-4338-0561-8 softcover. Companion website: http://www.apastyle.org.

Recommended

Connolly, T. M., & Begg, C. E. (2010). Database systems: A practical approach to design, implementation and management (5th ed.). England: Addison-Wesley (Pearson Education Limited). ISBN: 978-0-321-52306-8 or 0-321-52306-7 softcover.

Software:

None required. Students will access an Oracle account via the Regis University Academic Research Network

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MSCD 675 Database Technologies and SOA
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Required Texts:

Erl, T. (2005). Service-oriented architecture: Concepts, Technology, and design (1st ed.). Boston, MA: Prentice Hall (Pearson). ISBN: 978-0-13-185858-9 or 0-13-185858-0 hardcover.

There may also additional be readings for this course listed in the course overview grid. The course facilitator/instructor will provide instructions to access these articles.

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MSCD 681 Data Warehouse Design
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Required Text:

Kimball, R., Ross, M., Thornthwaite, W., Mundy, J., & Becker, B. (2008). The data warehouse lifecycle toolkit (2nd ed.). Indianapolis, IN: Wiley Publishing, Inc. ISBN: 978-0-470-14977-5 or 0-470-14977-9 softcover.

 American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: Author. ISBN: 978-1-4338-0561-5 or 1-4338-0561-8 softcover. Companion website: http://www.apastyle.org.

Recommended

Connolly, T. M., & Begg, C. E. (2010). Database systems: A practical approach to design, implementation and management (5th ed.). England: Addison-Wesley (Pearson Education Limited). ISBN: 978-0-321-52306-8 or 0-321-52306-7 softcover.

 Software:

None required. Students will access an Oracle account via the Regis University Academic Research Network

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MSCI 600 Strategic Information Technology

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Required Texts:

Austin, R. D., Nolan, R. L., & O’Donnell, S. (2009). The adventures of an IT leader (1st ed.). Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press. ISBN: 978-1-4221-4660-6 or 1-4221-47660-X hardcover.

McKeen, J. D., & Smith, H. A. (2012). IT Strategy in Action (2nd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall (Pearson). ISBN-10: 0132145669 or ISBN-13: 978-0132145664.

Weill, P. D., & Ross, J. W. (2009). IT savvy: What top executives must know to go from pain to gain (1st ed.). Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press. ISBN: 978-1-4221-8101-0 or 1-4122-8101-4 hardcover.

American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: Author. ISBN: 978-1-4338-0561-5 or 1-4338-0561-8 softcover.

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MSCI 610 Ethics in Information Technology
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Required Texts:


Spinello, R. A., & Tavani, H. T. (Eds.). (2004). Readings in CyberEthics (2nd ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers. ISBN: 978-0-7637-2410-8 or 0-7637-2410-6 softcover.

American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: Author. ISBN: 978-1-4338-0561-5 or 1-4338-0561-8 softcover.

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MSCI 615 E-Business Process Engineering

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Required Text:

 Harmon, P. (2007). Business process change: A guide for business managers and BPM and six sigma professionals (2nd ed.). Burlington, MA: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers (Elsevier). ISBN: 978-0-12-374152-3 or 0-12-374152-1 softcover.

American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: Author. ISBN: 978-1-4338-0561-5 or 1-4338-0561-8 softcover.

Regis University Library research tutorial http://www.regis.edu/library.asp?page=lib.research.tutorials.computer

Journal Articles:

American Productivity and Quality Center Process Function Classification (2009) Retrieved from: http://www.apqc.org/portal/apqc/ksn/PCF_5x.pdf?paf_gear_id=contentgearhome&paf_dm=full&pageselect=contentitem&docid=152203

Hammer, M. (1990). Reengineering Work: Don't Automate, Obliterate. Harvard Business Review, 68(4), 104-112.

Hammer, M., & Stanton, S. (1999). How Process Enterprises Really Work. Harvard Business Review, 77(6), 108-118. 

Huq, Z., Huq, F., & Cutright, K. (2006). BPR through ERP: Avoiding change management pitfalls. Journal of Change Management, 6(1), 67-85. 

Porter, M. E. (1988). From competitive advantage to corporate strategy. McKinsey Quarterly, (2), 35-66.

Porter, M. E. (2008). The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy. Harvard Business Review, 86(1), 78-93.

Sterman, J. D., Henderson, R., Beinhocker, E. D., & Newman, L. I. (2007). Getting big too fast: Strategic dynamics with increasing returns and bounded rationality. Management Science, Strategic dynamics, 53(4), 683-696.

First Week Assignment

1.      Read Chapters 1 & 2 in your text book

2.      Read the articles by Porter (2008), Hammer and Stanton (1999), and Sterman (2007) as listed in the journal articles reading section.

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MSCI 625 Supply Chain Management

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Required Textbook: 

Chopra, S. & Meindl, (2010) Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Planning, and Operation, 4th Ed. Prentice Hall.  ISBN-10: 0-13-608040-5; ISBN-13: 978-0-13-608040-4

American Psychological Association. (2009). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: Author. ISBN13: 978-143380-5592 hard or ISBN: 978-1-4338-0561-5 soft.  Companion website: http://www.apastyle.org

Optional Textbook:

Murray, M. (2009). Discover Logistics with SAP ERP.  Dedham, MA: SAP PRESS America. ISBN 978-1-59229-230-1

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MSCI 630 Knowledge Management
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Required Texts:

Becerra-Fernandez, I., & Sabherwal, R. (2010). Knowledge management: Systems and processes (rev. ed.). Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe. ISBN: 978-0-7656-2351-5 or 0-7656-2351-X hard.

American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: Author. ISBN: 978-1-4338-0561-5 or 1-4338-0561-8 soft.

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MSCI 640 Enterprise Technology Management

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Required Text:

 Motiwalla, L., & Thompson, J. (2009). Enterprise systems for management (1st ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall (Pearson). ISBN: 978-0-13-233531-7 or 0-13-233531-X soft.

American Psychological Association. (2009). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: Author. ISBN13:978-143380-5592 hard or ISBN: 978-1-4338-0561-5 soft.  Companion website: http://www.apastyle.org

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MSCI 660 Global E-Business
 

Required Course Materials and Resources, including Technology Tools:

Note: The required text and case focused supplemental texts are available on Books 24x7 via the online Regis Library.

Kamel, Sherif (2006). Electronic Business in Developing Countries: Opportunities and Challenges. Hershey, PA: Idea Group Publishing.

Supplemental:  Case Focused:

Raisinghani, M. (2002). Cases on Worldwide E-Commerce: Theory in Action. Hershey, PA: Idea Publishing Group.

Al-Qirim, N. A. Y. (2006). Global Electronic Business Research: Opportunities and Directions. Hershey, PA: Idea Publishing Group.

Huang W. H., Wang Y., & Day J. (2008). Global Mobile Commerce: Strategies, Implementation, and Case Studies. Hershey, PA: Idea Publishing Group.

Zuckerman, A. (2002). Operating Globally. Oxford, United Kingdom: Capstone Publishing. Technology focused:

Supplemental:  Technology Focused:

Trites, G., & Pugsley, D. (2002), E-Business: A Canadian Perspective for a Networked World, Prentice Hall Canada

Adams, J., Koushik, S., Vasudeva, G., & Galambos, G. (2009). Patterns for e-business A Strategy for Reuse. Lebanon, IN: IBM Press http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/patterns/

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MSCI 680 Information Technology Project Management
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Required:
Meredith, J. R., & Mantel, S. J. (2009). Project management: A managerial approach (7th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN: 978-0-470-22621-6 hard or 0-470-22621-8 hard.

Yourdon, E. (2004). Death march (2nd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Yourdon Press/Prentice Hall PTR (Pearson). ISBN: 978-0-13-143635-0  or  0-13-143635-X soft.

American Psychological Association. (2009). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: Author. ISBN13: 978-143380-5592 hard or ISBN: 978-1-4338-0561-5 soft.
Optional:

PMI Standards Committee. (2008). A guide to the project management body of knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) (4th ed.). Newtown Square, PA: Project Management Institute (PMI). ISBN: 978-1-933890-51-7 or 1-933890-51-7 soft.

Software:

Microsoft Project 2003 or latest edition. Microsoft Corporation.

First Week Assignment

Read Chapters 1 and 2 in Meredith and Mantel.

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MSCI 681 Enterprise Project Systems
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Required:
 

Bradford, M. (2009). Modern ERP: Select, Implement & Use Today's Advanced Business Systems (p. 270). lulu.com. ISBN: 978-0557012916

 

American Psychological Association. (2009). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: Author. ISBN13: 978-143380-5592 hard or ISBN: 978-1-4338-0561-5 soft. Companion website: http://www.apastyle.org.

 

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MSCI 685 Emerging Technologies
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Required Texts:

Millson, M. R., & Wilemon, D. (2008). The strategy of managing innovation and technology (1st ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall (Pearson). ISBN: 978-0-13-230383-5 or 0-13-230383-3 hard.

American Psychological Association. (2009). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: Author. ISBN13: 978-143380-5592 hard or ISBN: 978-1-4338-0561-5 soft. Companion website: http://apastyle.org.
 

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MSSE 600 Object Oriented Software Engineering
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Required Texts:
Pilone, D., & Miles, R. (2008). Head First Software Development. (1st ed.). Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly Media, Inc. ISBN: 978-0-596-52735-8 or 0-596-52735-7 soft.

Supplemental Texts:

McLaughlin B. D., Pollice, G., & West, D. (2007). Head First Object-Oriented Analysis and Design. (1st ed.). Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly Media, Inc. ISBN: 978-0-596-00867-3 or 0-596-00867-8 soft.

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MSSE 610 Software Requirements and Processes
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Required Texts:
Boehm, B., & Turner, R. (2003). Balancing Agility and Discipline: A Guide for the Perplexed. (1st ed.). Boston, MA: Addison-Wesley. (Pearson Education). ISBN: 978-0-321-18612-6 or 0-321-18612-5 soft.

 Wiegers, K. E. (2003). Software Requirements. (2nd ed.). Redmond, WA: Microsoft Press. ISBN: 978-0-7356-1879-4 or 0-7356-1879-8 soft.

Optional Texts:

Christensen, M. J., & Thayer, R. H. (2002). The Project Manager's Guide to Software Engineering's Best Practices (1st ed.). Los Alamitos, CA: IEEE Computer Society Press (Wiley). ISBN: 978-0-7695-1199-3 or 0-7695-1199-6 soft.

Thayer, R. H., & Christensen, M. (2005). Software Engineering Volume 1: The Development Process (3rd ed.). Hoboken, NJ: IEEE Computer Society Press (Wiley). ISBN: 978-0-471-68417-6 or 0-471-68417-1 soft.

Thayer, R. H., & Dorfman, M. J. (2005). Software Engineering Volume 2: The Supporting Processes (3rd ed.). Hoboken, NJ: IEEE Computer Society Press (Wiley). ISBN: 978-0-471-68418-3 or 0-471-68418-X soft.

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MSSE 620 Software Construction, Tools and Methods
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Required Text:

McConnell, S. (2004). Code Complete: A practical handbook of software construction (2nd ed.). Redmond, WA: Microsoft Press. ISBN: 978-0-7356-1967-8 or 0-7356-1967-0 soft.

Optional Texts:

Christensen, M. J., & Thayer, R. H. (2002). The Project Manager's Guide to Software Engineering's Best Practices (1st ed.). Los Alamitos, CA: IEEE Computer Society Press (Wiley). ISBN: 978-0-7695-1199-3 or 0-7695-1199-6 soft.

Thayer, R. H., & Christensen, M. (2005). Software Engineering Volume 1: The Development Process (3rd ed.). Hoboken, NJ: IEEE Computer Society Press (Wiley). ISBN: 978-0-471-68417-6 or 0-471-68417-1 soft.

Thayer, R. H., & Dorfman, M. J. (2005). Software Engineering Volume 2: The Supporting Processes (3rd ed.). Hoboken, NJ: IEEE Computer Society Press (Wiley). ISBN: 978-0-471-68418-3 or 0-471-68418-X soft.

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MSSE 630 Software Design
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Required Texts:
Hohpe, G., & Woolf, B. (2003). Enterprise Integration Patterns: Designing, Building, and Deploying Messaging Solutions. (1st Ed.). Boston, MA: Addison-Wesley (Pearson Education). ISBN 978-0-321-20068-6 of 0-321-20068-3 hard.

Optional Texts:

Fowler, M. (2003). Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture . (1st ed.). Boston, MA: Addison-Wesley (Pearson Education). ISBN: 978-0-321-12742-6 or 0-321-12742-0 hard.

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MSSE 640 Software Quality and Test
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Required Texts:
Burnstein, I. (2003). Practical Software Testing: A Process-Oriented Approach (1st ed.). New York: Springer-Verlag. ISBN: 978-0-387-95131-7 or 0-387-95131-8 hard.

Christensen, M. J., & Thayer, R. H. (2002). The Project Manager's Guide to Software Engineering's Best Practices (1st ed.). Los Alamitos, CA: IEEE Computer Society Press (Wiley). ISBN: 978-0-7695-1199-3 or 0-7695-1199-6 soft.

Thayer, R. H., & Christensen, M. (2005). Software Engineering Volume 1: The Development Process (3rd ed.). Hoboken, NJ: IEEE Computer Society Press (Wiley). ISBN: 978-0-471-68417-6 or 0-471-68417-1 soft.

Thayer, R. H., Dorfman, M. J. (2005). Software Engineering Volume 2: The Supporting Processes (3rd ed.). Hoboken, NJ: IEEE Computer Society Press (Wiley). ISBN: 978-0-471-68418-3 or 0-471-68418-X soft.

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MSSE 645 Software Configuration Management and Maintenance
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Required Texts:
Hass, A. M. J. (2002). Configuration Management Principles and Practice. (1st ed.). Boston, MA: Addison Wesley Professional (Pearson Education). ISBN: 978-0-321-11766-3 or 0-321-11766-2 soft.

Christensen, M. J., & Thayer, R. H. (2002). The Project Manager's Guide to Software Engineering's Best Practices. (1st ed.). Los Alamitos, CA: IEEE Computer Society Press (Wiley). ISBN: 978-0-7695-1199-3 or 0-7695-1199-6 soft.

Thayer, R. H., & Christensen, M. (2005). Software Engineering Volume 1: The Development Process (3rd ed.). Hoboken, NJ: IEEE Computer Society Press (Wiley). ISBN: 978-0-471-68417-6 or 0-471-68417-1 soft.

Thayer, R. H., & Dorfman, M. J. (2005). Software Engineering Volume 2: The Supporting Processes (3rd ed.). Hoboken, NJ: IEEE Computer Society Press (Wiley). ISBN: 978-0-471-68418-3 or 0-471-68418-X soft.

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MSSE 670 Java Software Developement
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Required Text:

Sierra, K., & Bates, B. (2005). Head First Java (2nd ed.). Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. ISBN: 978-0-596-00920-5 or 0-596-00920-8 soft.

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MSSE 672 Advanced Java Software Development
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Required Text:

Deitel, H. M., & Deitel, P. J. (2007) Java: How to Program (7th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall (Pearson Education). ISBN: 978-0-13-222220-4 or 0-13-222220-5 soft with CD. Companion website: http://www.prenhall.com/deitel

Optional Texts:
Flanagan, D. (2005). Java in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference (5th. ed.). Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly & Associates. ISBN: 978-0-596-00773-6 or 0-596-00773-6 soft. Companion website: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/javanut5.

Vermeulen, A., Ambler, S. W., Bumgardner, G., Metz, E., Misfeldt, T., Shur, J., & Thompson, P. (2000). The Elements of Java Style. New York: Cambridge University Press & SIGS Books. ISBN: 978-0-521-77768-1 or 0-521-77768-2 soft.

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MSSE 674 Enterprise Java Software Development
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Required Text:

 Basham, B., Sierra, K., & Bates, B. (2008). Head First Servlets and JSP: Passing the sun certified web component developer exam (2nd ed.). Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly & Associates. ISBN: 978-0-596-51668-0 or 0-596-51668-1 soft.

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MSSE 676 Advanced Enterprise Java Software Development
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Required Text:

Burke, B., & Monson-Haefel, R. (2006). Enterprise JavaBeans 3.0. (5th ed.). Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly Media, Inc. ISBN: 978-0-596-00978-6 or 0-596-00978-X soft.

Sriganesh, R. P., Brose, G., & Silverman, M. Mastering Enterprise JavaBeans 3.0, download from http://www.theserverside.com/tt/books/wiley/masteringEJB3/downloads/MasteringEJB4thEd.pdf?app=true

Optional Text:

 Sriganesh, R. P., Brose, G., & Silverman, M. (2006) Mastering Enterprise JavaBeans 3.0. Indianapolis, IN: Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN: 978-0-471-78541-5 or 0-471-78541-5 soft.

 Keith, M., & Schincariol, M. (2006) Pro EJB 3: Java Persistence API. Berkeley, CA: Apress (Springer-Verlag). ISBN: 978-1-59059-645-6 or 1-59059-645-5 soft.

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MSSE 680 C# Software Development
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Required Text:

Troelsen, A. (2007). Pro C# 2008 and the .NET platform (4th ed.). New York: Apress (Springer-Verlag). ISBN: 978-1-59059-884-9 or 1-59059-884-9 soft.

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MSSE 682 Enterprise C# Software Development
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Required Text:
MacDonald, M. & Szpuszta, M. (2007). Pro ASP.NET 3.5 in C# 2008 (2nd ed.). New York: Apress (Springer-Verlag). ISBN: 978-1-59059-893-1 or 1-59059-893-8 soft.

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MSCT 600 Network Essentials
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Required Text:

Kurose, J. F., & Ross, K. W. (2010). Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach. (5th ed.). New York: Addison-Wesley. ISBN 0-13607967-9, 978-0-13607967-9.
Lamping, U., Sharpe, R. & Warnicke, E. (2010). Wireshark users guide. Retrieved from http://www.wireshark.org/docs/wsug_html.

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MSCT 609 UNIX Concepts
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Required Text:

Rosen, K. H., Host, D. A., Klee, R., & Rosinski, R. R. (2007). UNIX: The complete reference (2nd ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill/Osborne. ISBN: 978-0-07-226336-7 or 0-07-226336-9 soft.

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MSCT 620 Access Networks
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Required Text:

Arregoces M., & Portolani, M. (2003). Data Center Fundamentals (1st ed.). Indianapolis, IN: Cisco Press/Prentice Hall (Pearson Education). ISBN: 1-58705-023-4 hard. ©2004.

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MSCT 650 High Availability and Disaster Recovery Systems
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Required Text:

Schmidt, K. (2010). High availability and disaster recovery, Concepts, design and implementation. Berlin: Springer-Verlag. ISBN: 978-3-540-24460-8 or 3-540-24460-3 hardcover.

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MSCT 662 Introduction to Storage Area Networks
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Required Texts:

Barker, R., & Massiglia, P. (2002). Storage Area Network Essentials: A complete guide to understanding and implementing SANs (1st ed.). New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons (VERITAS Series). ISBN: 978-0-471-03445-2 or 0-471-03445-2 hard.

Clark, T. (2002). IP SANs: A Guide to iSCSI, iFCP, and FCIP Protocols for Storage Area Networks. Boston, MA: Addison Wesley (Pearson Education). ISBN: 978-0-201-75277-9 or 0-201-75277-8 soft.

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MSCT 664  Routing and Switching
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Required Text:

Lammle, T. (2003). Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) Study Guide (4th ed.). Alameda, CA: Sybex Publishing, Inc. ISBN: 0-7821-4311-3 hard (with CD).

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MSCT 680 Enterprise Storage
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Required Texts:

 Clark, T. (2003). Designing Storage Area Networks: A Practical Reference for Implementing Fibre Channel and IP SANs (2nd ed.). Boston, MA: Addison-Wesley (Pearson Education). ISBN13: 978-0-321-13650-3 or 0-321-13650-0 soft.

Massiglia, P., & Marcus, E. (2002). The Resilient Enterprise: Recovering Information Services From Disasters. Mountain View, CA: Veritas (Symantec). ISBN: None. Not available via bookstore/retail. Complimentary copies provided by facilitator prior to class.

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MSIA 670 Information Enterprise Assurance
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Required Texts:

Whitman, M. E., & Mattord, H. J. (2012). Principles of Information Security. (4th ed.). Boston, MA: Course Technology (Cengage Learning). ISBN# 13: 978-1-111-13921-9 or ISBN# 10: 1-111-13821-4.

 Ciampa, M. (2012). Security+ Guide to Networking Security Fundamentals. (4th ed.). Boston, MA: Course Technology (Cengage Learning). ISBN# 13: 978-1-111-64012-5 or ISBN# 10: 1-111-64012-2.

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MSIA 672 Managing a Secure Enterprise
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Required Texts:

Whitman, M.E., and Mattord, H.J. (2010).Management of Information Security. (3rd ed.) Boston, MA: Course Technology (Thomson/Cengage). ISBN: 13 978-1-4354-8884-7 or 10 1-4354-8884-9.

Gregory, P. (2010).CISSP Guide to Security Essentials. (1st ed.) Boston, MA: Course Technology (Thomson/Cengage). ISBN: 13: 978-1-4354-2819-5.

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MSIA 674 Planning and Implementing Architecture Security
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Required Texts:

Ciampa, M.(2010). Security+ Guide to Networking Security Fundamentals (4th ed.). Boston, MA: Course Technology (Thomson/Cengage). ISBN: 1111640122 or 9781111640125.

Nelson, B., Phillips, A., Steuart, C. (2010). Guide to Computer Forensics and Investigations. 4th ed. Boston, MA: Course Technology (Thomson/Cengage). ISBN-10:1435498836; ISBN-13:9781435498839.

Thomson, L. (Ed.). (2011). Data breach and encryption handbook. Chicago, IL: American Bar Association. ISBN: 978-1-60442-989-3.

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MSIA 676 Securing and Protecting Systems, Applications, and Data
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Required Texts:
Pfleeger, Charles P. and Lawrence, Shari (2007). Security in Computing.(4th ed.). Prentice Hall. ISBN: 0-13-2390779.

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MSIA 678 Risk Management
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Conrow, E. H.(2003).Effective Risk Management: Some Keys to Success. (2nd ed.) Reston, VA: American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics (AIAA). ISBN: 978-1-56347-581-8 or 1-56347-581-2 hard.

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MSIA 680 Computer Forensics
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Required Texts:

Carvey, H. (2007). Windows Forensic Analysis DVD toolkit. (1st ed.). Burlington, MA: Syngress (Elsevier). ISBN: 978-1-59749-156-3 or 1-59749-156-X soft w/DVD.

Jones, K. J., Bejtlich, R., & Rose, C. W. (2006). Real Digital Forensics: Computer Security and Incident Response. (1st ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Addison Wesley (Pearson). ISBN: 978-0-321-24069-9 or 0-321-24069-3 soft w/DVD.

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MSIA 682 Network Forensics
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Required Texts:

Bejtlich, R. (2004). The Tao of Network Security Monitoring. (1st ed.). Addison-Wesley Professional(Pearson Education). ISBN13: 9780321246776 or 0321246772

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MSIA 684 IT Auditing
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Required Texts:

Cascarino, R. E. (2007). Auditor's Guide to Information Systems Auditing. (1st ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN: 978-0-470-00989-5 or 0-470-00989-6 hard w/CD.

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MSIA 686 XBRL and Interactive Data
(Cross-listed with MBAA/MSAA 612P)

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