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Program Requirements

The MBI is a 30-semester-hour degree composed of two groups of courses, core and electives (offering four areas of specialization):

• Foundation course(s), if applicable (up to 10 hours)
• Six Core Courses (18 hours)
• Three Elective Courses (9 hours)
• A Capstone course (3 hours)

Foundation Courses

Foundation courses are required for those students admitted to the program with a limited business or programming educational background. The requirement of these courses can be met based on undergraduate/graduate (transcripted) coursework completed.

Foundation courses include:

• ACC 605 - Introduction to Financial Accounting 2
• FIN 605 - Fundamentals of Finance 2
• MKT 625 - Marketing Management 3
• MBI 605 - Information Systems Development Software 3

Core Courses

All the six core courses and one capstone course are required for all students.

MBI 625 - Information Systems in Organizations 3

MBI 630 - Systems Analysis and Design 3

MBI 635 - Database Management Systems 3

MBI 640 - Data Communication 3

MBI 645 - Electronic Commerce3

MBI 650 - Information Technology Project Management 3

MBI 685 - Corporate IS Management (Capstone) 3

Elective Courses

Students will be required to complete three elective courses from the following list of courses.

MBI 655 - Advanced Business Application Programming

MBI 660 - Data Warehousing and Data Mining

MBI 665 - Knowledge Management and Decision Support Systems

MBI 670 - Object-Oriented Software Engineering

MBI 675 - Enterprise Workflow Design & Reengineering

MBI 680 - Global Information Technology and Systems

MBI 682 - Information Security & Controls

MBI 692 - Information Systems Research

MBI 694 - Special Topics in Information Systems

ACADEMIC REGULATIONS

Transfer Credit

Transfer credit may be granted for up to 9 semester hours of non-foundation course work. The credit must have been earned within the last five years, with a grade of "B" or better, at a regionally accredited institution. The Graduate Program Director must evaluate the courses as equivalent to NKU courses. Applications for transfer credit should be submitted to the Graduate Program Director. The application must include the title and edition of the text used and a detailed course description or a course syllabus.