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Course Listings

Full-time MSIT students also take weekday courses from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, the Department of Computer Science and other departments in the McCormick School of Engineering.

The following programs and departments also have courses open to MSIT students on a limited bases (core courses not included). Waitlists are often a part of the enrollment process for courses in non-MSIT programs. Please note that MSIT students must still meet MSIT program requirements and must have MSIT advisor approval prior to enrollment in non-MSIT courses.

CourseCourse TitleFall 2023Winter 2024Spring 2024
MSIT 411Fundamentals of Communication Systems
Saturday, 9:30am-12:30pm
Mike Honig, Ph.D

MSIT 421Computer Systems: Architecture, Organization & Software
Saturday, 2:00pm-5:00pm
Alan Wolff, Ph.D

MSIT 423Data Science for Business Intelligence

Saturday, 2:00pm-5:00pm
Yuri Balasanov
MSIT 431Introduction to Statistics & Data AnalysisSaturday, 9:30am-12:30pm
Dongning Guo, Ph.D


MSIT 432Networks: Applications, Principles & Protocols

Saturday, 9:30am-12:30pm
Randall Berry, Ph.D
MSIT 441IT Risk Management

Saturday, 2:00pm-5:00pm, First 5 weeks
Todd Fitzgerald
MSIT 442Cybersecurity Leadership

Saturday, 2:00pm-5:00pm, Second 5 weeks
Todd Fitzgerald
MSIT 443Capstone Course- Technology Strategy & Enterprise Architecture

Saturday, 9:30am-12:30pm
Kevin Glynn and members of the MSIT Industry Advisory Board
MSIT 451Marketing Strategy and Analysis
Saturday, 2:00-5:00pm
Vijay Viswanathan, Ph.D

MSIT 454IT Management TopicsSaturday, 2:00pm-5:00pm, First 5 weeks
Dimitra Kane and Alan Graves


MSIT 455Law and Information TechnologyWednesday, 6:00-9:00pm, Second 5 weeks (remote)
Daniel Linna, JD


MSIT 456Financial Management for IT ProfessionalsSaturday, 2:00pm-5:00pm
John Twombly, Ph.D


MSIT 458Information Security and Assurance
Saturday, 9:30am-12:30pm
Yan Chen, Ph.D

MSIT 490Agile IT LeadershipSaturday, 2:00pm-5:00pm, Second 5 weeks
Lowell Lindstrom


MSIT 490Artificial Intelligence and Automation

Thursday, 6:30pm-9:30pm, First 5 weeks (remote)
Naveed Asem
MSIT 490Introduction to Databases & Information RetrievalThursday, 6:30-9:30pm (remote), First 5 weeks
Goce Trajcevski, Ph.D


MSIT 490Data Visualization

Thursday, 6:30-9:30pm (remote), Second 5 weeks
Rebeca Pop
MSIT 490Cyber Forensics for Data BreachesSaturday, 9:30am-12:30pm, Second 5 weeks
Jibran Ilyas