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CURRICULUM AND DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

The PhD in Information Technology online degree program from University of the Cumberlands is designed to help you take your IT career to new heights. The program is comprised of the following 60 required credit hours which include professional research courses, content specialty courses and a dissertation.

The dissertation is the capstone experience in the PhD program of Information Technology. A dissertation is a research-based project that may use a wide range of statistical, quantitative, and qualitative methods. However, in the University’s practitioner-focused program, the dissertation is conceived as a reality-based project in which the candidate engages in authentic professional problem-solving to extend best practices in the field.

Our fully online curriculum focuses on predictive analytics, enhancing your credentials and giving you the tools you need to be your company’s IT expert in cybercrime security, big data, and smart technology. You’ll explore information governance, technology for a global economy, enterprise risk management, data science, big data, and more. You’ll also gain a comprehensive understanding of emerging threats to IT infrastructure and systems, plus identify countermeasures to keep cyberattacks at bay. 

Our online curriculum is unique, because it’s designed for practitioners. You will study the theories, strategies, and tactics necessary to lead in today’s global technology management field. Besides engaging in research with a focus on professional problem-solving, you will learn how to:

· Use predictive analytics

· Employ big data analytics

· Empower smart cities

· Make data-driven decisions

· Identify cyber threats

· Improve connectivity

· And much more

The program requires 18 credit hours of core courses like Information Governance, Enterprise Risk Management, and Information Technology in a Global Economy. You will also complete 21 credit hours in one of four content specialty areas:

· Information Systems Security

· Information Technology

· Digital Forensics

· Blockchain

Finally, you will engage in 21 credit hours of professional research, working toward a dissertation. The dissertation serves as the capstone of your PhD. It consists of a reality-based project and gives you the chance to engage in authentic professional problem-solving with the goal of expanding best practices in the IT field.