MBA 6023 -- Legal & Ethical Environment of Business -- 3 credit hours

The emphasis of the course is on the legal and ethical issues affecting the manner in which businesses operate, including contracts, product liability, regulation, anti-trust, and employment.

MBA 6043 -- Strategic Management -- 3 credit hours

The course will integrate many sub-disciplines in business, including ethical and societal considerations, analytical procedures in business, and decision making with a case-oriented context. Focus is on clarity of thought and method, oral and written communications, and strategic planning methods. Prerequisites: Permission of school's dean.

MBA 6093 -- Organizational Leadership -- 3 credit hours

This course presents a comprehensive, integrative, and practical focus on leadership. The course examines leadership theories/concepts that have emerged over the past several decades. In addition, students will survey contemporary perspectives on ethics, networking, coaching, organizational cultures, diversity, learning organizations, strategic leadership, and crisis leadership. Upon completion of the course, students should be able to explain the role of individuals as leaders, including traits, attitudes, ethical perspectives, behaviors, and styles; analyze sources of influence and their relevance to different leadership situations; compare the principal theories of leadership and evaluate their relevance to different leadership situations; demonstrate the ability to apply specific leadership skills to relevant contexts; evaluate and apply concepts of followers, teams, and team leadership; analyze and apply different approaches to organizational leadership; discuss the conditions that impede or facilitate organizational change; and plan and implement a change effort within an organization.

MSCM 5013 -- Foundations in Cybersecurity Management -- 3 credit hours

This course provides an overview and foundational understanding of concepts essential to the management of cybersecurity including implementation security systems, data security, privacy, and compliance. Students will review topics including security planning, risk management, security technologies, basic cryptography, application security management, intrusion detection and prevention, physical security, and privacy issues.

MSCM 6013 -- Cybersecurity Risk Management -- 3 credit hours

In this course, students will learn the practical skills necessary to perform regular risk assessments of their organizations. Topics include management of inventory, risk remediation, risk management analysis, planning, and reporting. The course will provide real-world examples and scenarios of cybersecurity risk management concepts and techniques.

MSCM 6023 -- Cybersecurity Threats, Attacks & Defense -- 3 credit hours

This course focuses on the practical application of techniques for detecting and documenting network vulnerabilities. Students will explore penetration testing, language-specific software vulnerabilities, mitigation, and input validation.

MSCM 6033 -- Strategic Cybersecurity Management -- 3 credit hours

The focus of this course is the application of cybersecurity principles, frameworks, standards, and best practices to organization-level strategies, policies, programs, plans, procedures, and processes. Students will implement knowledge gained throughout the program to design a policies and procedures manual appropriate for a small business and develop the communication skills necessary to present their projects to senior-level constituencies.

MSCM 6203 -- Cybersecurity Compliance & Auditing -- 3 credit hours

This course focuses on the principles, approaches, and the methodology in auditing information systems to ensure the processes and the procedures are in compliance with pertinent cybersecurity laws and regulatory provisions. Management of the complexities of security, compliance and legal obligation, including industry standards and general law. The outcomes of the course will equip students with the knowledge and skills needed to assess, audit and ensure compliance with cybersecurity standards, regulations, and best practices.

MSCM 6903 -- Cybersecurity Capstone Project -- 3 credit hours

In the capstone project, student teams will work to demonstrate their ability to apply and communicate cybersecurity management concepts and processes to create a comprehensive cybersecurity solution. Students may produce a security assessment report, develop a cybersecurity policy framework, design an incident response plan, or implement another critical cybersecurity project.

PM 5003 -- Foundations of Project Management -- 3 credit hours

This course will focus on the essential activities of project management that include planning, implementation, scheduling, project control, closure, and termination. In addition, the course provides a generic approach and perspective to the project management process.

PM 6013 -- Process Management -- 3 credit hours

The focus of this course is on the process architecture (PA), which is the methodology for managing data throughout the project life. The objective of PA management is to enable project completion at an accelerated pace and in a cost-effective manner. The student will be exposed to a process that involves assorted process groups and diverse knowledge areas. Students will identify learning curve, contract management, quality management, and modern developments and changes.