Courses

Southern States University’s Bachelor of Science in Trust and Wealth Management (BS-TWM) is a four-year degree program structured to provide students with an academic foundation solidly built upon general education and specialized finance courses. This program strives to prepare students for career opportunities in financial services, insurance, investments, and financial planning, or as a precursor

Business Fundamentals is designed for students with no or limited knowledge of business. Students will analyze and apply knowledge in 10 business areas necessary to address a wide variety of business-related situations. Students will master core proficiencies in the following business areas: Marketing, Finance, Accounting, Operations Management, Economics, Global Business, Quantitative Techniques and Statistics, Business

The Bachelor of Business Administration is a four-year degree program in which students will be prepared with an academic background, in addition to practical experiences necessary to survive in today’s challenging business environment. The general education and lower division courses provide a strong academic foundation that includes humanities, arts, science and business courses, so that

The Certificate in Information Technology program is designed to give participants the knowledge, skills, and abilities to begin a career in an IT-related field. The certificate addresses the role of IT in organizations and the various technologies comprising the broader area of information technology, and their interworking. A total of seven courses at the graduate

Advanced database systems is the second course in the program dealing with database management. This course covers: data modeling with enhanced E-R model, database design theory, relational model, object-oriented model, physical database design and performance, advanced SQL, query optimization, transaction processing, concurrency, recovery, web and semi-structured data management, distributed databases, data warehousing, data quality and

Information Security focuses on various important aspects of security in a present-day information system. This course covers: Historical developments and components of information security, business needs of information security, legal, ethical, and professional issues in information security, risk management, planning for security, security technology and tools, cryptography and cryptographic tools, implementing information security, and information

Electronic Commerce Systems covers the key elements comprising electronic commerce. Topics covered are: E-commerce business models, E-commerce categories and applications (B2B, B2C, and C2C), E-commerce infrastructure (Internet, web, and mobile platforms), E-commerce payment systems, E-commerce security, E-commerce marketing and advertisement, online retailing and services, online auction strategies, social and ethical issues in E-commerce. Prerequisite: IT

In the IT Capstone course, students work on real-world projects that draw upon and apply the concepts, principles, skills, and tools that are taught in the IT courses. Students study a problem requiring an IT systems solution, then clearly define the scope of the problem, gather requirements, develop specifications, develop a project plan, design, implement,

Ethical Issues in IT provides an in-depth study of various aspects of ethical practices in the uses and applications of information technology. Emphasis is placed on computer-related codes of ethics, ethics and responsibility of IT professionals and users, computer and Internet crimes, intellectual property issues, social networking ethical issues, privacy and anonymity, and impacts of

Web Information Systems covers the major technologies driving the development of web pages, dynamic content in web pages, web servers, and databases. It also covers Rich Internet Applications (RIA), database accesses via web applications, and web application development. Prerequisite: IT 501, IT 510