Electronic Business/Electronic Government

Master of Science in Information Management

Electronic Business (offered at the main campus)
Electronic Government (offered at the Washington DC site)
Specializations of Study

The specialization in Electronic Business/Electronic Government (EB/EG) provides students with a greater level of understanding and competence in private sector strategies and approaches to conducting online commerce (EB students at the main campus) or in public sector policy and approaches to providing services through online transactions with internal and external customers (EG students in Washington DC).

To complete the EB or EG specialization, students in the IM degree program must take the two required courses for the respective specialization from the list below. The two EB required courses are indicated by one asterisk (*), and the two EG required courses are indicated by two asterisks (**). In addition:

• students in the main campus IM program must then take two more courses from the list
• students in the mid-career IM program in Washington DC must take one more course from the list
• students in the Maxwell School MPA or MAPA graduate programs who want the EB specialization must take IST 618: Information Policy, the two required courses, plus one more course from the list

Coursework targeted directly for preparation for the following EB- and EG-related positions:

• e-Business/e-Government Analyst/Consultant/Project Manager
• e-Business/e-Government Application Developer/Website Developer/Infrastructure Architect
• MIS Specialist/Manager/Director