Master of Science in Information and Technology Management
Technology is shaping the business world, and today’s businesses depend on technology to run and streamline their business processes. The University of Tampa's Master of Science in Information and Technology Management prepares students for careers at different types of businesses. This 32-credit hour program develops students' depth and breadth of information technology knowledge that focuses on developing technological decision-making capabilities through analytical thinking, technology development and productivity improvement.
The program provides a comprehensive information and technology management education that covers critical topic such as Managing the IT Organization, Effective Project Management, Enterprise Systems, Operations Management and Information Systems. In addition to these courses, students can select four other courses from a long list of courses in information systems, cybersecurity and business analytics that provides flexibility to focus on their desired area.
The program features small class sizes and experiential learning using contemporary software through the University’s membership in several academic alliances, such as SAP, the world leader in enterprise systems, and Microsoft Corporation, and participate in real-world projects analyzing the technology needs for businesses to improve performance. Several courses are designed to cover some of the top professional certifications in the industry, such as the SAP ERP certificate and Project Management Professional (PMP) certificate. As a benefit of this program, graduates will find themselves well prepared to take many of the top certifications in the field.
Degree Requirements
Required Prerequisite Courses
These courses can be undergraduate or graduate level.
1. Statistics
2. Programming Fundamentals (ITM 251 or ITM 618)
3. Network or Data Communications (ITM 680 or equivalent)
Required MS-ITM courses: (16 credit hours)
| ITM 608 | Information Systems and Operations Management | 4 |
| ITM 614 | Effective Project Management | 4 |
| ITM 619 | Enterprise Systems | 4 |
| ITM 630 | Managing the IT Organization | 4 |
Elective courses: (16 credit hours)
Students can select any four courses from the ITM department graduate courses (ITM, CYB, QMB)
| ITM 615 | Data Mining for Business | 4 |
| ITM 650 | Information Security Management | 4 |
| QMB 612 | Decision Modeling and Analysis | 4 |
| QMB 660 | Advanced Business Forecasting | 4 |
| CYB 610 | Cloud Systems Security | 4 |
| CYB 620 | Risk Assessment & Contingency Planning | 4 |
| CYB 630 | Incident Response Management | 4 |
| CYB 640 | Secure Software Design | 4 |
| CYB 650 | Security Governance & Leadership | 4 |
| CYB 660 | Penetration Testing | 4 |
Note: Students who want to take Cybersecurity courses as electives will need to satisfy all prerequisite requirements for those courses. Two of the prerequisites for the MS Cybersecurity program are part of the MS-ITM prerequisites (
ITM 280 and
ITM 251), so only
ITM 350 will be additionally required.
ITM 650 can be substituted for
ITM 350 and also count as an elective.
Total Credit Hours: 32-44