COURSEWORK EXPERIENCE

Semester I

CIS 506: Information Management

Information Management as a subject involved a variety of case studies and showed how critical thinking helps with asking the right questions.
Working in a team, respecting one’s point of view, and communicating clearly were highly emphasized.
Applying decision-making and problem-solving skills ensured high-quality deliverables.
Skills developed: Critical thinking, problem-solving, decision-making, effective communication, and time management.

CIS 525: Strategic Value of IT

Strategic Value of IT taught how important a role IT plays in business.
IT Valuation and Costs, IT Portfolio, IT Governance, IT sourcing, and innovation were covered in detail in the course.
Financial approaches such as Return on Investment (ROI), Net Present Value (NPV), Discounted Cash Flow (DCF), and Real Options were explained with calculations and real-life examples.
Skills developed: Critical thinking, problem-solving, financial knowledge.

CIS 541: Business Data Visualization

Business Data Visualization focused on storytelling with data on Tableau.
Innovative and creative approaches to maximize understanding of data insights and reduce cognitive burden helped simplify the complexity of data for the business side
A fun course that covered significant topics such as chart types and when they should ideally be used, the gap instinct, and Gestalt principles of visual perception.
Skills developed: Critical thinking, story-telling, decision-making.

CIS 512: Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence focused on how technology helps transform business with data.
Practical examples, open-ended questions, and inspiring guest lecturers encouraged high-quality deliverables.
Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure to build a data model, and understand how parameter tuning helps achieve a business goal.
Skills developed: Critical thinking, analytical thinking.

CIS 508: Data Mining I

Data Mining involved learning data mining approaches and hands-on Python training.
Supervised and unsupervised learning techniques, ensemble learning, and model deployment were the focus of this subject.
Understanding industry requirements and clients to provide value to a business by analyzing data lay at the core to succeed in this course.
Skills developed: Critical thinking, analytical thinking, attention to detail, storytelling.

CIS 540: Information Security & Control

Information Security & Control involved policies and processes with frameworks like NIST, COBIT, and ISO.
Cyber threat simulations helped in making decisions by analyzing risk-mitigating strategies to help minimize risk.
Tabletop exercises were performed to recognize the body language and culture of the environment while building a contingency plan.
Skills developed: Critical thinking, adaptability, communication.

CIS 591: Big Data Analytics

Big Data Analytics as a course involves dealing with unstructured data and exploring strategies behind big data to gain a competitive advantage.
To better understand these strategies, a social media analytics project posed interesting research questions regarding problem-solving and analytical approaches
Gained an experience in a full analytical pipeline and navigating big data challenges.
Skills developed: Critical thinking, communication, brainstorming, collaboration.

CIS 565: AI & Business

AI and Business focused on how AI has transformed all businesses and discussed whether AI will replace humans or not.
Analyzed case studies to identify opportunities that AI provides and when it can get challenging to navigate innovation difficulties.
Hands-on Python assignments on Spyder to explore how knowing the relationship between data parameters can provide value to a business.
Skills developed: Critical thinking, analytical thinking, emotional intelligence, teamwork.

CIS 560: IT Services and Project Management

Walked through each phase of a project from initiating - planning – executing - monitoring & controlling – closing, with multiple different aspects of learning including activities, group discussions, simulations, and case studies.
This course was unique and full of learning experiences, and activities comprising of self-organizing teams, constructing a work breakdown structure and risk matrix, applying the Earned Value Management technique, and understanding how the Agile-Kanban principle works
Skills developed: Critical thinking, teamwork, leadership presentation, asking the right questions, communication.

CIS 575: Emerging Technologies

Emerging Technologies involved knowledge sharing on advanced technologies and brainstorming on their potential effect.
An extremely informative course with the implementation of a transformative idea for a current business using a disruptive technology - both technical details and financials play a role
This course involved high quality discussions and analyzing and applying the impact of sustaining and disruptive technological innovation principles on the adoption
Skills developed: Critical thinking, communication, brainstorming, active listening, giving constructive feedback.