IT Leadership

Master of Arts in IT Leadership
Department of Computer Information Systems

Required Materials - Summer 2013

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The table below contains a list of the required materials for the classes offered during the upcoming semester. The materials included in this table have been confirmed with the instructor so you may purchase these materials now. A code of TBD in the Required Materials column indicates that the materials have not yet been defined by the instructor. Please check back on this page later in the current semester to view the required materials for these classes once they have been confirmed.

The college's bookstore does have a limited number of textbooks, and can ship orders to you. Most students purchase these items from one of the online book retailers such as Barnes and Noble and Amazon, but please feel free to utilize our bookstore here on campus or online. You should note the ISBN for the books to ensure you are purchasing the correct edition of the book (you can search the online retailers for books by ISBN).

Courses

CIS 6101

• Northhouse, P. G. (2013). Leadership: Theory and practice. (6^th ed.) Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. ISBN:  1412974887
• American Psychological Association (2010). Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. Washington, DC: Author. ISBN-13: 9781433805615

CIS 6105

• Gentle, M. (2007).   IT Success!  Towards A New Model For Information Technology.  New York: Wiley & Sons.  ISBN-978-0-470-72401-9

• Colisto, N.R. (2012).  The CIO Playbook:  Strategies and Practices for IT Leaders To Deliver Value. New York: Wiley & Sons.  ISBN-978-1-1183-4759-1a

CIS 6205

Required Materials:

• Whitman, M. & Mattord, H. (2012). Principles of information security. (4th ed.). Boston: Course Technology. ISBN-10: 1111138214
• Baase, S. (2013). A gift of fire: Social, legal, and ethical issues for computers and the internet. (4th ed.). Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. ISBN-10: 0132492679

Optional Materials:

• Ciampa, M. (2013). Security awareness: Applying practical security in your world. Boston: Course Technology. (4th ed.)                         ISBN-10:  1111644187
• Fadia, A. (2006). Network security: A hacker's perspective. Boston: Course Technology. ISBN-10: 1-59863-163-2

CIS 6208

• Schwalbe, Kathy. (2010). Information Technology Project Management, revised (with Premium Online Content Printed Access Card). (6^th edition). Course Technology.  ISBN-10: 1111221758

CIS 6330

• Jayaswal, K. (2006). Administering data centers:  Servers, storage, and voice over IP.  New York:  Wiley Publishing, Inc. ISBN-13: 978-0-471-77183-8  

CIS 6332

• Fitzgerald, J.& Dennis, A. (2010). Business Data Communications And Networks. Hoboken, NJ:  John Wiley & Sons.  ISBN:  978-0470-05575-5  
  

CIS 6385

• Perry, William. (2006). Effective Methods for Software Testing. 3rd  edition, Wiley. ISBN: 978-0764598371
• Sanders, Joc & Curran, Eugene. (1994). Software Quality: A Framework for Success in Software Development and Support. Addison-Wesley. ISBN: 0-201-63198-9

CIS 6795

• American Psychological Association. (2009). Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. (6th ed.) Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. ISBN: 978-1-4338-0561-5
• Olson, B. (2012). IT Leadership Final Applied Project Handbook. (3rd ed.). Duluth, MN: Author. No ISBN: this text is free and available in the course

• Weidenborner, S., Caruso, D., & Parks, G. (2005). Writing Research Papers: A guide to the process. (7th ed.). New York: Bedford/St. Martin's. ISBN: 0-312-41443-9
  

Updated: 12/22/2011