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Main Departmental Office
Business Leadership Building, Room 208

Mailing address:
1155 Union Circle #305249
Denton, TX 76203-5017
940-565-3111

Web site: www.cob.unt.edu/itds

Anna Sidorova, Chair

Faculty  

Research

Faculty in the Department of Information Technology and Decision Sciences (ITDS) are pursuing research in areas dealing with computer information systems, business analytics, decision technologies, information technologies, management science and statistics. Research in the computer information systems and information technologies areas spans the broad spectrum from technical issues to managerial and behavioral issues. Topics currently being investigated by faculty in the department include database systems, business intelligence, networks, decision-support systems, evaluation of psychometric factors in systems design, business intelligence, and end-user computing.

Faculty in decision sciences are engaged in research in the areas of business intelligence/analytics, operations research and operations management. Research topics include analysis of forecasting models, mathematical programming, business analytics, sampling and the effects of correlation on observations in experimental designs. Research topics also include quantitative models in operations supply chain management.

Degree programs

The Department of Information Technology and Decision Sciences offers graduate programs leading to the Master of Science with a major in business analytics, an MBA in business analytics, and a Master of Science with a major in Information Systems and Technologies that are STEM designated programs.

The department also offers a Business Analytics, BBA with a grad track option leading to Business Analytics, MS.

The department also supports an interdisciplinary doctorate with a major in information science. See the College of Information  section of this catalog for more information.

The college offers a Master of Business Administration with a major in business administration  and a concentration in information technology.

The college also offers a Doctor of Philosophy with a major in business  and concentrations in business computer information systems, business information assurance, and management science.

Admission to program

For admission into the Master of Science or MBA programs with a major in business analytics, a student must first meet the admission requirements of the G. Brint Ryan College of Business.

• A waiver of the GMAT/GRE will be considered for applicants who have an earned doctoral or professional doctoral degree from a regionally accredited institution, or its equivalent.
• A waiver of the GMAT/GRE will be considered for applicants who have an earned bachelor or master’s degree from a regionally accredited institution, or its equivalent, with a cumulative, or last 60 hour, GPA of 3.5 or higher.
• A waiver of the GMAT/GRE will be considered for UNT Honors College graduates with a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher.

Programs

• Business Analytics, MBA
• Business Analytics, MS
• Information Systems and Technologies, MS

Courses

• BCIS 5100 - E-Commerce Systems Technologies
• BCIS 5105 - E-Business Site Construction
• BCIS 5110 - Programming Languages for Business Analytics
• BCIS 5120 - Information Systems Development
• BCIS 5130 - Fundamentals of Presentation Design
• BCIS 5140 - Artificial Intelligence in Business
• BCIS 5150 - Leveraging Information Technology for Business
• BCIS 5420 - Foundations of Database Management Systems
• BCIS 5510 - Information Technology Resource Management
• BCIS 5520 - Information Technology Service Management
• BCIS 5600 - Visual Information Technologies
• BCIS 5610 - Enterprise Data Warehousing
• BCIS 5620 - Networking and Telecommunications
• BCIS 5630 - Information Technology Security
• BCIS 5640 - Object-Oriented Systems
• BCIS 5650 - Emerging Information Technologies
• BCIS 5660 - Organizing and Managing IT Projects
• BCIS 5670 - International Issues in Information Technology
• BCIS 5680 - Web-Based Systems Development
• BCIS 5690 - Topics in Information Technology
• BCIS 5700 - Strategic Use of Information Technology
• BCIS 5740 - Information Security Management
• BCIS 5750 - Blockchain for Business
• BCIS 5760 - Introduction to Business Aspects of Digital Forensics
• BCIS 5800 - Cooperative Education Internship
• BCIS 5900 - Special Problems
• BCIS 5910 - Special Problems
• BCIS 6010 - Seminar in Business Administration
• BCIS 6650 - Seminar in General Systems Theory
• BCIS 6660 - Comparative Information Systems Theory
• BCIS 6670 - Topics in Information Systems
• BCIS 6900 - Special Problems
• BCIS 6910 - Special Problems
• BCIS 6940 - Individual Research
• BCIS 6950 - Doctoral Dissertation

• DSCI 5180 - Introduction to the Business Decision Process
• DSCI 5210 - Model-Based Business Intelligence
• DSCI 5220 - Survey Analytics
• DSCI 5230 - Non-Parametric Statistics for Business Research
• DSCI 5240 - Data Mining and Machine Learning for Business
• DSCI 5250 - Statistical Techniques in Simulation
• DSCI 5260 - Business Process Analytics
• DSCI 5310 - Risk and Life-Data Analysis
• DSCI 5320 - Quality Control
• DSCI 5330 - Enterprise Applications of Business Intelligence
• DSCI 5340 - Predictive Analytics and Business Forecasting
• DSCI 5350 - Big Data Analytics
• DSCI 5360 - Data Visualization for Analytics
• DSCI 5530 - Ethics in Business Analytics
• DSCI 5690 - Topics in Decision Sciences
• DSCI 5800 - Cooperative Education
• DSCI 5900 - Special Problems
• DSCI 5910 - Special Problems

• ITDS 6100 - Seminar in Instructional Practices in Information Systems and Management Science

• MSCI 6000 - Theory and Application of Nonparametric Statistics
• MSCI 6010 - Seminar in Business Administration
• MSCI 6710 - Theory and Application of Stochastic Modeling
• MSCI 6740 - Theory and Application of Operations Research
• MSCI 6750 - Management Science Seminar
• MSCI 6900 - Special Problems
• MSCI 6910 - Special Problems
• MSCI 6940 - Individual Research
• MSCI 6950 - Doctoral Dissertation

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