Information Technology Leadership - Curriculum
Requirements || Foundation Courses || Core
Competencies Courses || Elective Courses
|| Capstone Experience || Degree
Requirements || Certificate Program
The M.S.. Information Technology Leadership program focuses on three
main competency areas:
- Managerial Competencies: leadership, people management and process
management.
- Technical Competencies: architecture, data communication, application
development, data management and security.
- Technology Management Competencies: Policy and Organizational
Competencies—Mapping IT to Mission, Budget Process, Organizational
Processes; Capital Planning Competencies—Investment Assessment,
Acquisition; and Implementation and Performance Measures
Additionally, these areas are extended through electives in current
information technologies.Finally, the program is completed with an
integrative capstone experience taken in a cohort model.
Requirements
Students must complete between 36 and 48 graduate credits
in the Program (preceded by any or all of the non-degree skills
courses) to complete the M.S.. ITL degree. Each student is required
to complete the foundation courses, nine core competency courses,
two elective courses and the capstone experience. The total number
of credits to fulfill the requirements depends upon the student’s
academic and professional background.
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Foundation Courses
Foundation courses provide students with a broad-based background in research methods, network systems, databases, and statistics. The following four courses are required but may be waived based on a student's academic and professional background.
Research and Writing
INL 574 - Graduate Research and Writing
Databases
CIS 523 - Data Processing and Database Management
Networks
CIS 540 - Data Comm and Internetworking
Statistics
MBA 620 - Statistical Thinking for Managers
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Core Competencies Courses
The Core curriculum focuses on Managerial, Technical, and
Technology Management competencies.Students are required to take
a total of nine courses in these core competencies: three courses
from Managerial Competencies area, three courses selected by the
student from Technical Competencies area, and three courses from
Technology Management area. Managerial Competencies
(all three required)
CIS 610 - Legal, Ethical and Social Issues in Computing
CIS 615 - Project Management for IT/IS
MBA 810 - Self Assessment for Leadership
Technical Competencies (one required and two selected)
INL 631 - Technology Architecture (required)
Select two from the list
CIS 624 - Data Warehouses
INL 644 - Data Security Technologies
INL 650 - User-Interface Technologies
Technology Management (all three required)
INL 632 - Technology Development Management
INL 660 - Planning and Effective Management of IS/IT Resources
INL 736 - Organizational Effectiveness: Beyond the Fads
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Electives (two selected)
Electives provide the framework for keeping pace with the
rapid advancements in technology. Students are required to take
two elective courses in new technologies.
CIS 646 - Collaboration Technologies
CIS 656 - Electronic Commerce System Architecture
INL 664 -Technology Management and Governmental Regulations
INL 743 - Entrepreneurship
INL 760 - IS/IT Human Resource Management
MIS 705 - Emerging Information Technologies
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Capstone Experience (one course)
Students culminate their study with an integrative three-credit
capstone experience, taken in the final semester of the program.
This course is completed with a cohort group of students and provides
the opportunity to integrate what has been learned in the core and
elective courses.
INL
880 - IT/IS Capstone Experience
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Degree Requirements
Twelve to sixteen courses (at least 36 graduate credits)
are required for the degree. The table below specifies the program
requirements regarding the foundation, core, electives, and capstone
courses. Individual plans for progression will be determined for
each student in consultation with the Program Director.
Degree Requirements Table
| Component |
Courses |
Credits |
|
Foundation |
0
to 4 |
0 to 12 |
| Core |
9 |
27 |
| Electives |
2 |
6 |
|
Capstone |
1 |
3 |
|
Total: |
12 to 16 |
36 to 48 |
The design of this program assumes that the student has a background
in information science, information systems or business administration. Some
students may be required to take one to four foundation courses
to supplement their background.
Students who are less skilled in communications and/or information
literacy may prepare for the graduate program by taking basic skills
course(s).The Director of the graduate program will be able to advise
such students concerning what course work would be needed in order
to prepare to enter the program.
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Certificate Program
The certificate program in Business Systems Management is a 9 credit program requiring students to complete two required courses and one elective course. Students must complete
CIS 615 Project Management for IT/IS
INL 631 Technology Architecture
If a student has achieved Project Management Professional status (PMP), he/she will be waived from CIS 615. This course will be replaced with another elective.
Students choose the elective course from
INL 632 Technology Development Management
INL 660 Planning and Effective Management of IS/IT Resources
Some students may need to complete one or two foundation courses prior to beginning the certificate. Students who complete their courses with a GPA of 3.0 may apply for acceptance into the ITL graduate program and the testing requirement will be waived. If the student is accepted into the graduate program, then certificate credits may be applied to the degree program.
For more information and advice about completing either the Masters or Certificate, please contact the Program Director.
Margaret M. McCoey, M.S.
Program Director
La Salle University
Information Technology Leadership
1900 West Olney Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19141 USA
Phone (215) 951-1136 Fax (215) 951-1805
e-mail: itleader@lasalle.edu
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