Area of Concentration

The area of concentration allows the student to build upon the core course knowledge, and to develop expertise in a particular area. Students can choose a focus area (3 courses, or 36 units) from amongst the following concentration areas:

Students can further explore their area of concentration, or pursue topics outside of it, through free electives. At least one course (12 units) must be taken from outside the student's focus area.

Students may choose courses for their area of concentration and free electives from among the following and those listed in the core course list:

Big Data and Analytics

08-741 Very Large Information Systems (F)
11-441 Search Engines and Web Mining
11-741 Information Retrieval (S)
15-826 Multimedia Databases and Data Mining (F)
08-640 Dynamic Network Analysis (S)

Decision Science & Policy

88-612 Modeling Complex Social Systems (S)
88-605 Risk Perception and Communication (S)
88-665 Behavioral Economics and Public Policy
88-623 Decision Analysis and Decision Support Systems (S)
88-602 Behavioral Decision Making (F&S)
88-647 Complex Technological Systems: Past, Present, and Future (alternate years)
88-660 Behavioral Economics
88-645 Perspectives on Industrial Research and Development (F)
88-691 Technology and Economic Growth (F)
88-671 Entrepreneurship, Regulation and Technological Change
88-615 Global Competitiveness: Firms, Nations, and Technological Change
88-619 Negotiation (F)
88-367 Behavior Economics in the Wild
88-441 Topics in Industrial Organization- Innovation
88-442 Decision Science in Intergroup Conflict

Information Security

18-731 Network Security (F)
18-732 Secure Software Systems (S)
14-761 Applied Information Assurance (F&S)
14-735 Secure Software Engineering (F)
14-801 Introduction to Resilience Management (F)
14-807 Information Security Risk Management (S 2014)
14-786 Information Security Risk Analysis A3 (S13 mini)
14-788Information Security Rick Analysis Management A4 (S13 Mini)

Software Engineering

17-651 Models of Software Systems (F)
17-652 Methods: Deciding what to Design (F)
17-653 Managing Software Development (F)
17-654 Analysis of Software Artifacts (S)
11-791/792 Software Engineering for Information Systems (F&S)

Systems Engineering & Networking

18-342 Fundamentals of Embedded Systems (F)
18-648 Embedded Real-Time Systems (F)
18-746 Advanced Storage Systems (S)
18-748 Wireless Sensor Networks(S)
18-757 Network Management and Control (S)
18-759 Wireless Networks (S)
18-842 Distributed Systems (S)
18-843 Mobile and Pervasive Computing (F&S)
18-845 Internet Services (S)
16-722 Sensing and Sensors (S)
16-720 Computer Vision (F)
16-761 Introduction to Mobile Robots

Please Note: The courses listed on this page are not an exhaustive list. Additional courses may be appropriate. MITS students are encouraged to discuss their course selections with their faculty advisor.

Area of Concentration-Master of Information Technology Strategy - Carnegie Mellon University