IT in Pharmaceutical Industry

Advisor: Dr. Ira Sack , Tal Ben-Zvi

The integration of business and technology in both R & D and business applications is a primary concern of the pharmaceutical industry. The IT in Pharmaceutical Industry major answers the need for individuals with an understanding of both information technology and the pharmaceutical industry.

Students in Information Technology in the Pharmaceutical Industry major take a number of general management courses in addition to the courses required for an M.S. in Information Systems degree.

Prerequisites for this major include a semester of microeconomics (MGT 503 or equivalent) and a semester of introductory calculus. For people with little or no information systems professional experience, Mgt 501 Information Management is a prerequisite.

Core Courses for IT Pharma Major

MGT 600 Managerial Accounting
MGT 607 Managerial Economics
MGT 609 Introduction to Project Management
MGT 620 Statistical Models
MGT 623 Financial Management
MGT 674 Pharmaceutical Sales and Marketing
MGT 680 Organizational Behavior and Theory
MGT 690 Designing Complex Organizations
MIS 760 IT Strategy
MIS 750 Management of IT Organizations

Breadth Courses

**MIS 662 Legal Issues for the IT Professional
**MIS 663 Entrepreneurship in IT
MGT 657 Operations Management

IT Pharma Major Courses

MIS 671 Pharmaceutical Industry Trends and Issues
MIS 672 Pharmaceutical Industry New Drug Development
MIS 673 Pharmaceutical Industry Supply Chain
*MIS 620 Analysis and Development of Information Systems
*MIS 630 Data and Knowledge Management
*MIS 640 Managing Information Networks
MIS 710 Process Innovation and Management
MIS 730 Integrating IS Technologies

*Select two of these courses

**Breadth courses may be substituted with a Master’s Thesis