Master of Science in Computer Information Technology
(MSCIT)

Textbook/Module Table
Classroom-Based Courses


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Core:
MSCC:  610 |  630  |  697


Database Technologies:
MSCD:  600 | 610 | 640
| 642 | 644 | 650 | 670 | 676 | 680

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 | 660 | 662 | 664 | 670 | 672 | 674 | 676 | 680 | 697

Information Assurance:
MSIA:  670 | 672 |
674 | 676 | 678 | 680 | 682 | 684 | 697 

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MSCC 610 Information Systems Concepts
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Required Texts:

Stair, R., & Reynolds, G. (2007). Principles of information systems (8th ed.). Boston, MA: Course Technology (Thomson Learning). ISBN13: 978-1-4239-0115-0 or 1-4239-0115-0 hard with CD. ©2008. Companion website: http://www.course.com.

American Psychological Association. (2001). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.). Washington, DC: Author. ISBN13: 978-1-55798-791-4 or ISBN: 1-55798-791-2 soft. Companion website: http://www.apastyle.org.

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MSCC 630 Information Systems Architecture
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Required Texts:

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

American Psychological Association. (2001). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.). Washington, DC: Author. ISBN13: 978-1-55798-791-4 or 1-55798-791-2 soft. Companion website: http://www.apastyle.org.

Course Bibliography

Alter, S. (1999). A general, yet useful theory of information systems [Electronic Version]. Commun. AIS, 1, 3 from http://delivery.acm.org/10.1145/380000/374125/a3-alter.pdf?key1=374125&key2=2190186021&coll=GUIDE&dl=GUIDE&CFID=
61513351&CFTOKEN=45580727
.

Delic, K. A. (2002). Enterprise models, strategic transformations and possible solutions (Publication. Retrieved March 10, 2008, from ACM: http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/763761.763762

Joannou, P. (2007). Enterprise, Systems, and Software Engineering: The Need for Integration (Publication. Retrieved March 26, 2008, from IEEE: http://csdl.computer.org/dl/mags/co/2007/05/r5103.htm

Kontogiannis, K., Lewis, G. A., Smith, D. B., Litoiu, M., Muller, H., Schuster, S., and Stroulia, E. 2007. The Landscape of Service-Oriented Systems: A Research Perspective. In Proceedings of the international Workshop on Systems Development in SOA Environments (May 20 - 26, 2007). International Conference on Software Engineering. IEEE Computer Society, Washington, DC, 1. DOI= http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/SDSOA.2007.12 “Web Services Architecture”, W3C Working Group Note 11 February 2004. http://www.w3.org/TR/ws-arch/.

O'Brien, L., Brebner, P., and Gray, J. 2008. Business transformation to SOA: aspects of the migration and performance and QoS issues. In Proceedings of the 2nd international Workshop on Systems Development in SOA Environments (Leipzig, Germany, May 11 - 11, 2008). SDSOA '08. ACM, New York, NY, 35-40. DOI= http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1370916.1370925

Ross, J. W. (2005). Forget Strategy: Focus IT on Your Operating Model [Electronic Version], V, 1-4. Retrieved March 28, 2008 from http://web.mit.edu/cisr/resbrfgs/2005_12_3C_OperatingModels.pdf.

Sowa, J. F., & Zachman, J. A. (1992). Extending and formalizing the framework for information systems architecture. IBM Syst. J., 31(3), 590-616.

Tanh, A. H., Jun; Chen, Pin. (2004). A Comparative Analysis of Architecture Frameworks [Electronic Version]. Swinburne University of Technology Technical Reports, SUTIT-TR2004, 15. Retrieved March 29, 2008 from http://www.swin.edu.au/ict/research/technicalreports/2004/SUTIT-TR2004.01.pdf.

Winter, R., & Schelp, J. (2008). Enterprise architecture governance: the need for a business-to-IT approach. Paper presented at the Proceedings of the 2008 ACM symposium on applied computing.

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MSCC 697 Information Technology Research Methods
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Required Texts:

American Psychological Association. (2001). Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association: Fifth Edition. Washington, DC: Author. ISBN: 978-1-55798-791-4 or 1-55798-791-2 soft.  Companion website: http://www.apastyle.org.

Leedy, P. D. and Ormrod, J. E. (2005) Practical Research: Planning and Design (8th ed.). New York: Merrill/Prentice Hall (Pearson Education). ISBN: 978-0-13-110895-0 or 0-13-110895-6 soft. Companion website: http://www.prenhall.com/leedy.

 Optional Text:

Creswell, J. W. (2008). Research design: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. ISBN: 978-1-4129-6557-6 or 1-4129-6557-8 soft. 

Willis, J. (2007). Foundations of qualitative research. (1st ed.). Thousands Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. ISBN: 978-1-4129-2741-3 or 1-4129-2741-2 soft.

Yin, R. K. (2009). Case study research design and methods (4th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Sage Publications: ISBN: 978-1-4129-6099-1 or 1-4129-6099-1 soft.

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MSCD 600 Database Architecture
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Required Texts:

Rob, P., & Coronel, C. (2007). Database systems: Design, implementation, and management (8th ed.). Boston, MA: Course Technology (Thomson Learning). ISBN:
978-1-4188-3593-5 or 1-4188-3593-5 hard.

Greenwald, R., Stackowiak, R., & Stern, J. (2007). Oracle essentials: Oracle Database 11g (4th ed.). Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly & Associates. ISBN: 978-0-596-51454-9 or 0-596-51454-9 soft.

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MSCD 610 Database Concepts
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Required Texts:

Connolly, T. M., & Begg, C. E. (2005). Database Systems: A practical approach to design, implementation and management (4th ed.). Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley. ISBN13: 978-0-321-29401-2 or ISBN: 0-321-29401-7 soft.

Casteel, J. (2006). Oracle 10g SQL (1st ed.). Boston, MA: Course Technology (Thomson Learning). ISBN: 1-4188-3269-X soft with 2 CDs. ©2007.

Software:

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

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MSCD 640 Database Administration
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Required Texts:

Powell, G., & McCullough-Dieter, C. (2006). Oracle 10g Database Administrator: Implementation and Administration (1st ed.). Boston, MA: Course Technology (Thomson Learning). ISBN: 978-1-4188-3665-8 or 1-4188-3665-6 soft with CD. ©2007.

Connolly, T. M., & Begg, C. E. (2005). Database Systems: A practical approach to design, implementation and management (4th ed.). Harlow, Essex, England: Addison-Wesley (Pearson Education). ISBN13: 978-0-321-29401-2 or 0-321-29401-7 soft.

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. Berkeley, CA: Apress (Springer-Verlag). ISBN: 978-159059851-1 or 1-59059851-2 soft.

Connolly, T., & Begg, C. (2005). Database Systems: A practical approach to design, implementation and management (4th ed.). Reading, MA:  Addison-Wesley. ISBN: 978-0-321-29401-2 or 0-321-29401-7 soft.

Optional Text:

Rajan, C. (2006). Oracle 10g Database Administrator II: Backup/Recovery and Network Administration. Boston, MA: Course Technology (Thomson Learning). ISBN: 978-1-4188-3664-1 or 1-4188-3664-8. ©2007.

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:

Afyouni, H. A. (2004). Oracle9i Performance Tuning: Optimizing Database Productivity (1st ed.). Boston, MA: Course Technology (CENGAGE Learning). ISBN13: 978-0-619-16004-3 or ISBN 0-619-16004-7 soft.

Connolly, T. M., & Begg, C. E. (2005). Database Systems: A practical approach to design, implementation and management (4th ed.). Reading MA: Addison-Wesley. ISBN13: 978-0-321-29401-2 or ISBN: 0-321-29401-7 soft.

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. (2007). Oracle 10g Developer: PL/SQL Programming (1st ed.). Boston, MA: Course Technology (CENGAGE Learning). ISBN: 978-1-4239-0136-5 or 1-4239-0136-3 soft. ©2008. 


Connolly, T. M., & Begg, C. E. (2005). Database systems: A practical approach to design, implementation and management (4th ed.). Reading, MA:  Addison-Wesley (Pearson Education). ISBN: 978-0-321-29401-2 or 0-321-29401-7 soft.

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 Education). ISBN: 978-0-321-24694-3 or 0-321-24694-2 soft.

Connolly, T. M., & Begg, C. E. (2004). Database Systems: A practical approach to design, implementation and management (4th ed.). Harlow, Essex, England: Addison-Wesley (Pearson Education). ISBN: 978-0-321-29401-2 or 0-321-29401-7 soft.

Optional Texts:

Garmany, J., & Burleson, D. K. (2004). Oracle Application Server 10g Administration Handbook: Build and Maintain a Robust E-Business Infrastructure (1st ed.). Emeryville, CA: McGraw-Hill/Osborne (Oracle Press). ISBN: 978-0-07-222958-5 or 0-07-222958-6 soft.

Software:

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

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MSCD 676 XML Concepts for Database Development
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Required Texts:

Carey, P. (2007). New perspectives on XML (2nd ed.). Boston, MA: Course Technology (Thomson Learning). ISBN: 978-1-4188-6064-6 or 1-4188-6064-6 soft.

Connolly, T. M., & Begg, C. E. (2005). Database Systems: A practical approach to design, implementation and management (4th ed.). Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley. ISBN: 978-0-321-29401-2 or 0-321-29401-7 soft.

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MSCD 680 Advanced Database Technologies
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Required Text:

Connolly, T. M., & Begg, C. E. (2005). Database Systems: A practical approach to design, implementation and management (4th ed.). Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley. ISBN: 978-0-321-29401-2 or 0-321-29401-7 soft.

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:

Luftman, J. N. (2003). Managing the Information Technology Resource: Leadership in the Information Age (1st ed.) Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall (Pearson Education). ISBN: 0-13-035126-1 hard.

American Psychological Association. (2001). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.). Washington, DC: Author. ISBN13: 978-1-55798-791-4 or ISBN: 1-55798-791-2 soft. Companion website: http://www.apastyle.org.

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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: 0-7637-24106 soft.

American Psychological Association. (2001). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.). Washington, DC: Author. ISBN13: 978-1-55798-791-4 or ISBN: 1-55798-791-2 soft. Companion website: http://www.apastyle.org.

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MSCI 615 E-Business Process Engineering
 

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MSCI 625 Supply Chain Management
 

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MSCI 630 Knowledge Management
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Required Texts:

Becerra-Fernandez, I. (2003). Knowledge management: Challenges, solutions, and technologies (1st ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall (Pearson Education). ISBN: 0-13-109931-0 hard.

Tiwana, A. (2002). The knowledge management toolkit: Orchestrating IT, strategy, and knowledge platforms (2nd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall (Pearson Education). ISBN: 0-13-009224-X hard.

American Psychological Association. (2001). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.). Washington, DC: Author. ISBN13: 978-1-55798-791-4 or ISBN: 1-55798-791-2 soft. Companion website: http://www.apastyle.org.

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MSCI 640 Enterprise Technology Management
 

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. (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. 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
(formerly MSCC 680 Project Management)
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Required:

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. New edition 09F8W1.


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.
Meredith replaces Schwalbe text 09F8W1.


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.

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.
New edition 09F8W1.

Software:

Microsoft Project 2003 or latest edition. Microsoft Corporation.

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MSCI 681 Enterprise Project Systems
 

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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. (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. Companion website: http://apastyle.org. Optional:
 

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MSSE 600 Object Oriented Software Engineering
cross-listed with MSCS 600
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Required Texts:

Eriksson, H., Penker, M., Lyons, B. & Fado, D. (2004). UML 2 Toolkit (1st ed.). Indianapolis, IN: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN: 978-0-471-46361-0 or 0-471-46361-2 soft with CD.

Schach, S. R. (2007). Object-Oriented and Classical Software Engineering (7th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill/WCB. ISBN: 0-07-319126-4 hard.

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 ISBN: 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 ISBN: 0-471-68418-X soft.

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MSSE 610 Software Requirements and Processes
cross-listed with MSCS 610
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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
cross-listed with MSCS 620
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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
cross-listed with MSCS 630
 
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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 Education). ISBN: 978-0-321-24694-3 or 0-321-24694-2 soft.

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.

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). ISBN13: 978-0-471-68417-6 or ISBN: 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 640 Software Quality and Test
cross-listed with MSCS 640
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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
cross-listed with MSCS 645
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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
cross-listed with MSCS 670
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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
cross-listed with MSCS 672
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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
cross-listed with MSCS 674
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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
cross-listed with MSCS 676
 
Module Pending

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
cross-listed with MSCS 680
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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
cross-listed with MSCS 682
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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
(formerly MSCN 600)
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Required Text:

Goldman, J. E., & Rawles, P. T. (2004). Applied Data Communications: A Business-Oriented Approach (4th ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN: 0-471-34640-3 hard.

Optional Text:

Slone, J. P. (1998). Local Area Network Handbook (1st ed.) Auerbach Publications (CRC Press). ISBN: 0-8493-9838-X hard.

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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
(formerly MSCN 620 Networking Technologies)
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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 660 Supporting and Managing Middleware Systems
(formerly MSCN 660 Client/Server Architecture)
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Required Text:

Stern H., & Marcus E. (2003). Blueprints for High Availability (2nd ed.). Indianapolis, IN: John Wiley and Sons. ISBN: 978-0-471-43026-1 or 0-471-43026-9 soft.

Optional Text:

Arregoces M., & Portolani, M. (2004). Data Center Fundamentals (1st ed.). Indianapolis, IN: Cisco Press/Prentice Hall (Pearson). ISBN: 978-1-58705-023-7 or 1-58705-023-4 hard.

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MSCT 662 Introduction to Storage Area Networks
(formerly MSCN 662 Internetwork and Wan Design)
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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
(formerly MSCN 664)
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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 670 Information Enterprise Assurance
(cross listed with MSIA 670)
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Required Texts:

Ciampa, M.
(2005). Security+ Guide to Networking Security Fundamentals (2nd ed.). Boston, MA: Course Technology (Thomson/Cengage). ISBN: 978-0-619-21566-8 or 0-619-21566-6 soft w/CD.

Whitman, M. E., & Mattord, H. J. (2005). Principles of Information Security (2nd ed.). Boston, MA: Course Technology (Thomson/Cengage). ISBN: 978-0-619-21625-2 or 0-619-21625-5 soft. 

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MSCT 672 Managing A Secure Enterprise
(cross listed with MSIA 672)
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Required Text:

Weaver, R. (2007).
Guide To Network Defense and Countermeasures (2nd ed.). Boston, MA: Course Technology (Thomson/Cengage). ISBN: 978-1-4188-3679-5 or 1-4188-3679-6 soft.

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MSCT 680 Enterprise Storage
(formerly MSCN 690 Enterprise Analysis and Design)
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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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MSCT 697 Information Technology Research Methods
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Required Texts:

Creswell, J. W. (2003). Research design: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Willis, J. (2007). Foundations of qualitative research. Thousands Oaks, CA: Sage.

Leedy, P. D. and Ormrod, J. E. (2005) Practical Research: Planning and Design (8th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

American Psychological Association. (2001). Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association: Fifth Edition. Washington, D. C.: APA Service Center.

 Optional (Recommended) Text:

Yin, R. K. (2003). Case study research design and methods (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

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MSIA 670 Information Enterprise Assurance
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Required Texts:

Whitman, M. E., & Mattord, H. J. (2005). Principles of Information Security. (2nd ed.). Boston, MA: Course Technology (Thomson/Cengage). ISBN: 978-0-619-21625-2 or 0-619-21625-5 soft.

Ciampa, M. (2005). Security+ Guide to Networking Security Fundamentals. (2nd ed.). Boston, MA: Course Technology (Thomson/Cengage). ISBN: 978-0-619-21566-8 or 0-619-21566-6 soft w/CD.

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MSIA 672 Managing a Secure Enterprise
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Required Texts:

Weaver, R. (2007). Guide to Network Defense and Countermeasures. (2nd ed.) Boston, MA: Course Technology (Thomson/Cengage). ISBN: 978-1-4188-3679-5 or 1-4188-3679-6 soft.

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MSIA 674 Planning and Implementing Architecture Security
(Cross-listed with MSCT 674)
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Required Texts:

Ciampa, M.
(2005). Security+ Guide to Networking Security Fundamentals (2nd ed.). Boston, MA: Course Technology (Thomson/Cengage). ISBN: 978-0-619-21566-8 or 0-619-21566-6 soft w/CD.

Mackey, D. (2003).  Web Security for Network and System Administrators (1st ed.). Boston, MA: Course Technology (Thomson/Cengage). ISBN: 0-619-06495-1 soft w/CDs.

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MSIA 676 Securing and Protecting Systems, Applications, and Data
(Cross-listed with MSCT 674)
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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:

There are no textbooks required in the course. Research will be conducted with on-line resources, including industry white papers, internal and external academic repositories, industry professional personal experiences, and the wide variety of professional organizational websites and vendor informational links available to the student. 

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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 697 Information Technology Research Methods
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Required Texts:

Creswell, J. W. (2003). Research design: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Willis, J. (2007). Foundations of qualitative research. Thousands Oaks, CA: Sage.

Leedy, P. D. and Ormrod, J. E. (2005) Practical Research: Planning and Design (8th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

American Psychological Association. (2001). Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association: Fifth Edition. Washington, D. C.: APA Service Center.

 Optional (Recommended) Text:

Yin, R. K. (2003). Case study research design and methods (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

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