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Program pathways and conditions
These tables reproduce the source requirements for the indicated period. Official interpretation is the responsibility of the university.
Pathway 1
| COMP 501 – System Development with Emerging Technology | (3) |
| COMP 503 – Information Technology Hardware and Software | (3) |
| COMP 504 – Object Structure and Programming | (3) |
| COMP 505 – Operations Management in Information Systems | (3) |
| COMP 506 – Organizational Behavior in Information Systems | (3) |
| COMP 507 – Business Perspectives on IS: Strategy, Governance, Management, and Operations (course currently in production) | (3) |
| COMP 508 – Managing Innovation and Change in IS (course currently in production) | (3) |
| COMP 601 – Survey of Computing and Information Systems (required for all students) | (3) |
Pathway 2
| COMP 602 – Enterprise Information Management | (3) |
| COMP 604 – Enterprise Computer Networks | (3) |
| COMP 605 – Project Management for Information Systems | (3) |
| COMP 607 – Ethical, Legal, Social Issues in Information Technology | (3) |
| COMP 610 – Selected Topics in Software Engineering | (3) |
| COMP 638 – Enterprise Modeling | (3) |
| COMP 648 – Advanced Topics in Human-Computer Interaction | (3) |
| COMP 657 – Artificial Intelligence: Principles and Techniques | (3) |
| COMP 682 – Data Mining | (3) |
| COMP 689 – Advanced Distributed Systems | (3) |
| COMP 695 – Research Methods in Information Systems (required for all students) | (3) |
Pathway 3
| BIOL 625 – Bioinformatics and Genomics | (3) |
| COMP 617 – Designing Real-Time Software | (3) |
| COMP 625 – Algorithms for Bioinformatics | (3) |
| COMP 635 – Green ICT Strategies | (3) |
| COMP 637 – Mobile Computing | (3) |
| COMP 650 – Social Computing | (3) |
| COMP 656 – Cloud Computing | (3) |
| COMP 658 – Computational Intelligence | (3) |
| COMP 659 – Statistical Language Processing for Text Analytics | (3) |
| COMP 660 – Enterprise Information and Network Security | (3) |
| COMP 667 – Multiagent Systems | (3) |
| COMP 674 – Theory of Computation | (3) |
| COMP 683 – Introduction to Learning and Knowledge Analytics | (3) |
| COMP 684 – Business Intelligence | (3) |
| COMP 692 – Independent Study I | (3) |
| COMP 693 – Independent Study II | (3) |
| COMP 694 – Advanced Topics in Information Systems | (3) |
| ENSC 620 – Environmental Data Analysis | (3) |
| GEOG 621 – Geographic Information Systems and Science: An Environmental Science Approach (course currently in production) | (3) |
Pathway 4
| Students are required to complete or get advanced standing for: | |
| COMP 505 – Operations Management in Information Systems | (3) |
| or | |
| COMP 507 – Business Perspectives on IS: Strategy, Governance, Management, and Operations (course currently in production) | |
| And complete: | |
| COMP 605 – Project Management for Information Systems | (3) |
| COMP 607 – Ethical, Legal, Social Issues in Information Technology | (3) |
| And 1 of: | |
| COMP 508 – Managing Innovation and Change in IS (course currently in production) | (3) |
| or | |
| COMP 610 – Selected Topics in Software Engineering | |
| or | |
| COMP 635 – Green ICT Strategies | |
| or | |
| COMP 638 – Enterprise Modeling |
Pathway 5
| Students are required to complete or get advanced standing for: | |
| COMP 501 – Systems Development with Emerging Technology | (3) |
| And complete: | |
| COMP 602 – Enterprise Information Management | (3) |
| COMP 610 – Selected Topics in Software Engineering | (3) |
| And 1 of: | |
| COMP 605 – Project Management for Information Systems | (3) |
| or | |
| COMP 607 – Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues in Information Technology | (3) |
| or | |
| COMP 638 – Enterprise Modeling | (3) |
| or | |
| COMP 648 – Advanced Topics in Human-Computer Interaction | (3) |
| or | |
| COMP 689 – Advanced Distributed Systems | (3) |
Pathway 6
| Students are required to complete or get advanced standing for: | |
| COMP 504 – Object Structure and Programming | (3) |
| And complete: | |
| COMP 682 – Data Mining | (3) |
| COMP 683 – Introduction to Learning and Knowledge Analytics | (3) |
| And 1 of: | |
| COMP 602 – Enterprise Information Management | (3) |
| or | |
| COMP 607 – Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues in Information Technology | |
| or | |
| COMP 657 – Artificial Intelligence: Principles and Techniques | |
| or | |
| COMP 658 – Computational Intelligence | |
| or | |
| COMP 684 – Business Intelligence |
Pathway 7
| Students are required to complete or get advanced standing for: | |
| COMP 503 – Information Technology Hardware and Software | (3) |
| And complete: | |
| COMP 604 – Enterprise Computer Networks | (3) |
| COMP 660 – Enterprise Information and Network Security | (3) |
| And 1 of: | |
| COMP 607 – Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues in Information Technology | (3) |
| COMP 656 – Cloud Computing | |
| or | |
| COMP 689 – Advanced Distributed Systems |
Pathway 8
| Students are required to complete or get advanced standing for: | |
| COMP 501 – Systems Development with Emerging Technology | (3) |
| And complete: | |
| COMP 607 – Ethical, Legal, Social Issues in Information Technology | (3) |
| COMP 657 – Artificial Intelligence: Principles and Techniques | (3) |
| And 1 of: | |
| COMP 658 – Computational Intelligence | (3) |
| or | |
| COMP 667 – Multiagent Systems | |
| or | |
| COMP 682 – Data Mining | |
| or | |
| COMP 683 – Introduction to Learning and Knowledge Analytics | |
| or | |
| COMP 684 – Business Intelligence |
Pathway 9
| Students are required to complete or get advanced standing for: | |
| COMP 503 – Information Technology Hardware and Software | (3) |
| And complete: | |
| COMP 656 – Cloud Computing | (3) |
| COMP 689 – Advanced Distributed Services | (3) |
| And 1 of: | |
| COMP 604 – Enterprise Computer Networks | (3) |
| or | |
| COMP 607 – Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues in Information Technology | |
| or | |
| COMP 660 – Enterprise Information and Network Security |
Pathway 10
| Students are required to complete or get advanced standing for: | |
| COMP 505 – Operations Management in Information Systems | (3) |
| or | |
| COMP 507 – Business Perspectives on IS: Strategy, Governance, Management, and Operations (course currently in production) | |
| And complete: | |
| COMP 620 – Health Informatics (course currently in production) | (3) |
| And 1 of: | |
| MHST 601 – Critical Foundations in Health Disciplines | (3) |
| or | |
| MHST 602 – Transforming Health Care through Informatics | |
| And 1 of: | |
| COMP 602 – Enterprise Information Management | (3) |
| or | |
| COMP 605 – Project Management for Information Systems | |
| or | |
| COMP 607 – Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues in Information Technology | |
| or | |
| COMP 610 – Selected Topics in Software Engineering | |
| or | |
| COMP 635 – Green ICT Strategies | |
| or | |
| COMP 648 – Advanced Topics in Human-Computer Interaction | |
| or | |
| COMP 650 – Social Computing |
Pathway 11
| Students are required to complete or get advanced standing for: | |
| COMP 505 – Operations Management in Information Systems | (3) |
| or | |
| COMP 507 – Business Perspectives on IS: Strategy, Governance, Management, and Operations (course currently in production) | |
| And complete: | |
| COMP 683 – Introduction to Learning and Knowledge Analytics | (3) |
| MDDE 603 – Foundations of Instructional Design: Systems Analysis and Learning Theory | (3) |
| And 1 of: | |
| MDDE 613 – Adult Education and Lifelong Learning | (3) |
| or | |
| COMP 602 – Enterprise Information Management | |
| or | |
| COMP 605 – Project Management for Information Systems | |
| or | |
| COMP 607 – Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues in Information Technology | |
| or | |
| COMP 635 – Green ICT Strategies | |
| or | |
| COMP 638 – Enterprise Modeling | |
| or | |
| COMP 648 – Advanced Topics in Human-Computer Interaction | |
| or | |
| COMP 650 – Social Computing |
Pathway 12
| Students are required to complete: | |
| COMP 602 – Enterprise Information Management | (3) |
| and | |
| COMP 625 – Algorithms for Bioinformatics | (3) |
| and | |
| BIOL 625 – Bioinformatics and Genomics | (3) |
| and one of: | |
| COMP 657 – Artificial Intelligence: Principles and Techniques | (3) |
| or | |
| COMP 658 – Computational Intelligence | |
| or | |
| COMP 659 – Statistical Language Processing for Text Analytics | |
| or | |
| COMP 682 – Data Mining | |
| or | |
| COMP 683 – Introduction to Learning and Knowledge Analytics | |
| or | |
| COMP 684 – Business Intelligence |
Pathway 13
| Students are required to complete or get advanced standing for: | |
| COMP 504 – Object Structure and Programming | (3) |
| and complete: | |
| COMP 682 – Data Mining | (3) |
| and | |
| ENSC 620 – Environmental Data Analysis | (3) |
| and one of: | |
| COMP 602 – Enterprise Information Management | (3) |
| or | |
| COMP 607 – Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues in Information Technology | |
| or | |
| COMP 657 – Artificial Intelligence: Principles and Techniques | |
| or | |
| COMP 658 – Computational Intelligence | |
| or | |
| COMP 659 – Statistical Language Processing for Text Analytics | |
| or | |
| COMP 683 – Introduction to Learning and Knowledge Analytics | |
| or | |
| COMP 684 – Business Intelligence | |
| or | |
| GEOG 621 – Geographic Information Systems and Science: An Environmental Science Approach (course currently in production) |
Sources and references
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Source reference : https://www.athabascau.ca/calendar/graduate/fst/master-of-science-in-information-systems.html