Social networking and media is offered as a concentration within the professional science master's program described under Business and Science 137.
The goal of the master of business and science (M.B.S.) degree with a concentration in social networking and media is to educate
students about the essential skills for managing technical development and
commercial applications in the computer/information technology industry and
social media environments. Students will be taught the principles and
application of information technology, management and planning, teamwork,
communication skills, and the fundamentals of making proper financial decisions.
The social networking and media concentration consists of five required
courses and three electives.
Courses
Core Courses (five courses, 15 credits)
1. One interface design course
17:610:512 Interface Design (3)
2. One social media course
17:610:599 Understanding, Designing, and Building Social Media (3)
3. One social media and social network practicum
Social Media and Social Network Practicum (3)
4. One information technology course: Students must select one course from one
of the sections below:
A. Database systems and management
17:610:557 Database Design and Management (3)
16:198:541 (S) Database Systems (3)
16:332:569 (F) Database System Engineering (3)
B. Internet and networking services
16:198:552 Computer Networks (3)
16:332:544 (S) Communication Networks II (3)
16:332:423 Computer and Communication Networks (3)
5. One social network analysis course
17:610:581 Social Informatics (3) or 16:920:511 Social Network Analysis (3)
Electives (three courses, 9 credits)
Electives may be taken from the graduate programs in computer science, electrical and computer engineering, or from courses offered by the School of
Communication and Information. Please speak to your adviser to obtain
permission for certain courses.
17:610:554 Information Visualization and Presentation (3)
16:198:673 Web Data Management (3)
16:198:500:04 Light Seminar on Mobile Computing (1)
16:198:672 Video Game Programming and Design (3)
17:610:559 Management Information Systems (3)
17:610:554 Information Visualization and Presentation (3)
16:198:513 Design and Analysis of Data Structures and Algorithms I (3)
16:198:519 Operating Systems Theory (3)
16:198:528 Parallel Numerical Computing (3)
16:198:545 Distributed Systems (3)
16:198:580 Topics in Computers in Biomedicine (3)
16:198:583 Topics in Software Design (3)
16:198:587 Expert Systems (3)
16:198:553 Design of Internet Services (3)
16:332:560 Computer Graphics (3)
16:332:561 Machine Vision (3)
16:332:562 Visualization and Advanced Computer Graphics (3)
16:332:563 Computer Architecture I (3)
16:332:570 Robust Computer Vision (3)
16:332:571 Virtual Reality Technology (3)
16:332:572 Parallel and Distributed Computing (3)
Course descriptions can be found at http://psm.rutgers.edu.
Concentration Coordinator:
Professor Michael Lesk
lesk@acm.org
