M.S. in Management and Systems

CONCENTRATION IN DATABASE TECHNOLOGIES

This concentration focuses on managing database technologies by developing the necessary skills and knowledge of the most widely used tools for gathering, storing, accessing, and using information.

The courses build on a basic knowledge of database management and design and examine data mining and data warehousing; database applications; the internal processes and structures of database management systems; the interface of web-based applications and database technology; the tools and techniques for developing database applications; information security management; and the functions and features of modern relational database management systems from a technical and managerial perspective.

Using case studies and working in the lab, this concentration provides a strong command of the competitive business advantages inherent in effectively managing information, a key resource in business today.

Graduates who have focused on this concentration have established themselves in a range of career paths and positions on the leading edge of the business and IT worlds. Here are just a few positions that current and former students hold:

• IT Business Manager
• Supply Chain Systems Analyst
• Business Intelligence Developer
• Trade Marketing Manager
• Strategic Planning Manager
• Deployment/Project Manager
• Manager, Global Risk Management
• Global Desktop Architect
• Director of Financial Systems
• Director of Global Financial Planning and Administration

COURSES IN THIS CONCENTRATION

• Information Security Management
• Database Design and Management
• Database Process and Structure
• Data Mining and Data Warehousing
• Database Applications*
• Advanced Database Applications*
• Database Technologies for Web Applications*

• View complete degree requirements for detailed course information

*Offered on site only. (Lab-based courses in this concentration are offered on site only.)