The Ph.D. degree in Business Administration with specialization in Information Systems aims at preparing students for a successful academic career as scholars by contributing to the advancement of knowledge in the field of Information Systems in general and in Business Analytics, E/M-Business and Information Security, and Technology Acceptance across cultures, and IT Project Management in particular.
• Required courses (9 Credit Hours)
MIST 800 Foundations of Information Systems Research
This course introduces the seminal literature in the information systems discipline in order to provide a foundation for theorizing about information systems. The focus will be on understanding the evolution of each research stream examined, recognizing the open theoretical gaps, and envisioning opportunities for contributing to the information systems literature.
MIST 801 Doctoral Seminar in Information Systems
This course aims to update the doctorate students on the existing research literature related to organizational issues in information systems so they will be able to develop their own critical perspective on past and current research in organizational information systems issues. The course will focus also on how the students will develop their own research method to tackle a specific research question related to organizational issues in information systems.
MIST 802 Information Systems Pedagogy
This course will provide doctorate students with in-depth information systems pedagogy so that they will be prepared to enter the classroom as a teacher with excellent competency. The course will focus on emerging information systems pedagogy and research opportunities to information systems researchers. There will be emphasis on the pedagogy of mean core courses in the information systems field such as systems analysis and design, database, networking, Information Systems, among Students will be exposed to relevant research in the area of techniques, methods, and tools of information systems pedagogy.
• Elective courses (6 Credit Hours):
MIST 803 Data Analytics
The course explores how data can be exploited as a valuable asset to generate intelligent insights and drive business decisions. It exposes the different perspectives that organizations have on data and knowledge and their management. The different forms and sources of data are discussed including healthcare, social media, and neuroscience data. The seminar also exposes the different techniques and technologies to model and visualize data.
MIST 804 Information Privacy and Security
This course introduces the existing literature on information privacy and security from the perspective of the individual, the organization, and society. Major streams of research at all levels of analysis will be examined. The social and legal impact of technology is examined. Associated research methods and reference disciplines are investigated. Challenges in privacy and security research are discussed.
MIST 805 Open Innovations in Information Systems
This course discusses innovations that resulted from joint and open collaboration between business, consumer, and government. It highlights the value of cumulative innovations as a result of openness, sharing, freeware, and partnerships. The seminar explains how data, computing resources, and other technologies can be exploited to create innovations of the mass in the distributed environment of our current networked society. New breakthroughs such as MOOC (massive open online course) and Open Source are also covered.
MIST 806 Special in Information Systems Research
This course will explore of a specific topic, issue, or trend in the information systems. This course may be repeated for credit in different topics.
MIST 807 Directed Research in Information Systems
This course offers doctoral students the opportunity to examine a specific area of information systems knowledge working closely with a member of the faculty who has substantive interest in the proposed area. The subject matter of the course will relate to the student’s research interests and the faculty member’s area of expertise. The primary products of this course are an extensive literature review as well as an annotated bibliography that could serve as the foundation for subsequent research.