IT in the Pharmaceutical/Biotech Industry

Coordinator: Carol Brown

This program is an interdisciplinary combination of twelve courses, usually taken over a two year period on weeknights. The typical audience is IT professionals who are currently employed in or have a desire to enter the pharmaceutical/biotech or related healthcare industries; employees of software and services companies that support the pharmaceutical/biotech industry; as well as non-IT professionals who wish to gain an in-depth understanding of the role of IT in the pharmaceutical/biotech industry.

Although computer programming is not included in the curriculum, students must demonstrate that they have done programming. This requirement can be met by the students work experience or previous course work. Courses in C++ (CS 570) or Java (CS 765) can be taken to meet this requirement.

Business/Information Technology Foundation
In addition to the twelve required courses, one or all of the following non-credit foundation courses may be required to begin the program:

• MIS 501 Information Management
• MIS 502 Introduction to Accounting, Microeconomics, Statistics and Finance

Business Core

• MGT 609 Introduction to Project Management
• MGT 623 Financial Management
  
• MGT 680 Organizational Behavior and Theory

Information Systems Core

• MIS 710 Process Innovation and Management
• MIS 730 Integrating IS Technologies
• MIS 750 Management of IT Organizations
• MIS 760 IT Strategy

IT in the Pharmaceutical/Biotech Industry - Concentration Courses

• MIS 671 Pharmaceutical Industry Trends and Issues
• MIS 672 Pharmaceutical Industry New Drug Development
• MIS 673 Pharmaceutical Industry Supply Chain
• MIS 674 Pharmaceutical Industry Marketing and Sales

Select one of the following

• MIS 620 Analysis and Development of Information Systems
• MIS 630 Data and Knowledge Management
• MIS 640 Managing Information Networks
• MGT 800 Special Problems in Management (Thesis Practicum)