Ramesh Sharda

Offered for variable credit, 1-9 credit hours, maximum of 30 credit hours.Prerequisite(s): Approval of advisory committee.

Introduces doctoral candidates to the dissertation-writing process. Helps students get organized, prepare a dissertation timeline, develop effective writing strategies, choose or refine a dissertation topic, write a dissertation proposal, and successfully defend a completed dissertation.Prerequisite(s): Permission from the director of the PhD option in Executive Research.

Project-based study of advanced practical business applications of Artificial Intelligence.Prerequisite(s): Graduate Standing.

In depth study in one or more topics in MSIS field. An ongoing conversation about major issues in the field. Topics related to any one of the areas within the broad, interdisciplinary field of management science and information systems, such as management information systems, management science, telecommunications, and operations management.Offered for variable credit, 1-12 credit hours, maximum of 12 credit hours.Prerequisite(s): Doctoral standing.

Offered for variable credit, 1-9 credit hours, maximum of 30 credit hours.Prerequisite(s): Approval of advisory committee.

Special advanced topics in management information systems for doctoral students.Offered for variable credit, 3-6 credit hours, maximum of 12 credit hours.Prerequisite(s): Doctoral student status and consent of instructor.

Professionally supervised experience in advanced business analytics projects for which the student assumes a degree of professional responsibility. Activities approved in advance by the instructor and must reflect advanced graduate level analysis. May consist of full or part-time advanced business analytics experience, on-campus or in industry, or both, either individually or as a responsible group member. Periodic reports, both oral and written, required as specified by the instructor.Offered for variable credit, 1-6 credit hours, maximum of 6 credit hours.Prerequisite(s): MS BAN or MS BADS and consent of instructor.

Study of advanced topics not covered directly in other classes or directed study under the supervision of a faculty member.Offered for variable credit, 1-12 credit hours, maximum of 12 credit hours.Prerequisite(s): Consent of MS in MIS director.

Investigation of advanced research topics or directed study under the supervision of a faculty member. Consent of MBA Graduate Studies Committee required.Offered for variable credit, 3-6 credit hours, maximum of 6 credit hours.Prerequisite(s): Admission to MBA program or consent of MBA director.

Application of knowledge and skills developed in MBA functional courses in an organizational environment. Integration of functional concepts, allowing students to experience the adaptation of concepts to fit organizational reality, and assisting students in understanding ways in which their academic training can help organizations.Offered for variable credit, 1-3 credit hours, maximum of 3 credit hours.Prerequisite(s): Consent of MBA director and completion of 18 MBA credit hours.

Study of advanced topics not covered directly in other classes or directed study under the supervision of a faculty member.Offered for variable credit, 1-12 credit hours, maximum of 12 credit hours.Prerequisite(s): Consent of MS in MIS director.