Informatics, MPS (Boston)

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 attracts students and working professionals with a diverse background to learn and improve IT technical and management skills, highlighted by our strengthened 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.

Complete all courses and requirements listed below unless otherwise indicated.

Required Courses

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
ITC 6000		3
ITC 6010		3
ITC 6020		3
ITC 6035		3
ITC 6400
Capstone and Experiential Learning
ITC 6040		3
INT 6940	Experiential Learning Projects for Professionals	1-4

The remaining quarter hours may be completed by a combination of completing a concentration and additional electives or by selecting any courses listed in the concentrations and electives lists.

Concentrations or Electives

Complete one of the following concentrations or complete the required hours by selecting any courses listed in the concentrations and electives lists:

• Analytics
• Cloud Computing Application and Management 
• Human-Centered Informatics 
• Information Security Management
• Leading and Managing Technical Projects

 Analytics Concentration

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
ALY 6000		3
ALY 6010		3
ALY 6015		3
ALY 6070		3
Complete one of the following:		3
ALY 6020
ALY 6030
ALY 6040
ALY 6110

Cloud Computing Application and Management Concentration

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
ITC 6015		3
ITC 6420
ITC 6450
ITC 6460
ITC 6520
Complete one of the following:		3-4
ITC 6355
ITC 6470
ITC 6480	Amazon Web Service (AWS) Cloud Architecting

Human-Centered Informatics Concentration

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
DGM 6168		4
DGM 6268		4
DGM 6461		4
ITC 6410
Complete one of the following:		3-4
ALY 6070
DGM 6463
ITC 6355

Information Security Management Concentration

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
ITC 6300		3
ITC 6305		3
ITC 6315		3
ITC 6520		3
ITC 6530		3
Complete one of the following:		3
ITC 6330
ITC 6490

Leading and Managing Technical Projects Concentration

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
PJM 5900	1	4
PJM 6205		3
PJM 6210		3
PJM 6215		3
PJM 6810		3

¹

Note: (PJM 5900) is for students with fewer than three years of experience directing or leading project tasks. Students who do not complete (PJM 5900) may substitute an elective from the following list to satisfy the required program hours:

• (PJM 6125)
• (PJM 6135)
• (PJM 6140)
• (PJM 6710)

Electives 

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
ALY 6015
ALY 6030
ALY 6050
ALY 6060
ALY 6110
ALY 6120
ALY 6130
DGM 6501
DGM 6145
DGM 6521
EDU 6184
GIS 5103	Foundations of Geospatial Science and Technology
GIS 6340
GIS 6360
ITC 6030
ITC 6080
ITC 6082
ITC 6345
ITC 6045
PJM 5900
PJM 6205
TCC 6110

Program Credit/GPA Requirements

45 total quarter hours required
Minimum 3.000 GPA required