Informatics, MPS (Toronto)

A rapidly evolving area, informatics is increasingly used to solve today’s problems through IT innovations across many industries including healthcare, business consulting, education, finance, and social media. This master's degree is well suited to students and working professionals with diverse backgrounds who wish to learn and improve their IT technical and management skills, highlighted by our curriculum on information security management, as well as cloud computing application and management. Students also have the opportunity to acquire technical training in data analytics, user-centered design and web development, and managing technical projects.

Beginning with students admitted in the fall of 2026, all students pursuing on-ground master's degree programs must complete a university-level experiential learning requirement. This requirement may be fulfilled through the curriculum, co-op, or other work- or industry-integrated learning experiences.

Complete all courses and requirements listed below unless otherwise indicated.

Required Courses

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
ITC 6105	Foundations of Informatics	3
ITC 6150	Database Application and Management	3
ITC 6205	IT Strategy and Governance	3
ITC 6250	Interactive System Design and Web Development	3
PJM 6440	Leading and Managing Technical Projects	2
Capstone
ITC 6980	Informatics Capstone	4

Concentration or Electives Option

A concentration is not required. Students may complete the electives option in lieu of a concentration.

• AI Systems and Data Management
• Analytics
• Cloud Computing Application and Management 
• Information Security Management
• Project Management
• Electives Option
   

Optional Experiential Learning Opportunities

The College of Professional Studies encourages its students to incorporate optional experiential learning opportunities in their academic plans. 

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Co-op
This option requires 1 additional semester hour of credit and tuition in addition to this program's required credit hours.
INT 6200	Experiential Project Preparation	1
COP 6945	Co-op Work Experience—Full Time	0
or COP 6946	Global Co-op Work Experience—Full Time
or COP 6954	Co-op Work Experience - Half-Time
Integrative Experiential Learning
This option substitutes for 3 semester hours of restricted elective credits in programs that require at least 3 semester hours of restricted elective credits. If the student has already completed the program's restricted electives or the program does not have an elective requirement, this option requires 3 additional hours of credit and tuition in addition to this program's required credit hours.
INT 6943	Integrative Experiential Learning	3

Program Credit/GPA Requirements

34 total semester hours required
Minimum 3.000 GPA required

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AI Systems and Data Management

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
ITC 6711	Foundations of AI System and Data Management	3
ITC 6721	Data Engineering for Intelligent Systems	3
ITC 6730	Operations and LLM Operations for Scalable AI	3
ITC 6670	Cloud Data Architecture, Engineering, and Analytics	3
Complete 4 semester hours from Restricted Electives list below.		4

Analytics Concentration

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
ALY 6105	Introduction to Applied Statistics	3
ALY 6115	Foundations of Data Analytics	3
ALY 6145	Communication and Visualization with Data	3
Complete 3 semester hours from the following:		3
ALY 6125	Intermediate Analytics
ALY 6610	Data Mining Applications
ALY 6620	Big Data and Cloud Computing
Complete 4 semester hours from Restricted Electives list below.		4

Cloud Computing Application and Management Concentration

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
ITC 6630	Cloud Security Planning and Design	3
ITC 6650	Cloud Computing Fundamentals, Applications, and Management	3
ITC 6660	Enterprise Information Architecture	3
ITC 6670	Cloud Data Architecture, Engineering, and Analytics	3
Complete 4 semester hours from Restricted Electives list below.		4

Information Security Management Concentration

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
ITC 6610	Foundations of Information Security	3
ITC 6620	Information Security Risk Management	3
ITC 6630	Cloud Security Planning and Design	3
ITC 6640	Security Operations and Analytics	3
Complete 4 semester hours from Restricted Electives list below.		4

Project Management Concentration

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
PJM 6100	Foundations of Project Management 1	3
PJM 6120	Project Scope, Schedule and Cost Planning	3
PJM 6200	Project Risk Management	3
PJM 6300	Project Quality Management	3
Complete 4 semester hours from Restricted Electives list below.		4

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Foundations of Project Management (PJM 6100) is for students with fewer than three years of experience directing or leading project tasks. Students who do not complete Foundations of Project Management (PJM 6100) may substitute project management electives to satisfy the required program hours.

Electives Option

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Complete 16 semester hours of coursework as follows:		16
Complete 12 semester hours from any College of Professional Studies courses unused in the program in lieu of a specified concentration to meet total program required semester hours.
Complete 4 semester hours from the Restricted Electives list below.

Restricted Electives   

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
INT 6940	Experiential Learning Projects for Professionals
ITC 6405	Systems and Network Administration
ITC 6415	IT Policy, Ethics, and Social Responsibility
ITC 6435	Ethical Hacking
ITC 6480	Amazon Web Service (AWS) Cloud Architecting
ITC 6680	CISSP Preparation
ITC 6983	Special Topics in Informatics