Coursework
Business Courses
Completed:
MIS 2502: Data Analytics
Professor Shuting Wang’s MIS 2502 course provided me foundation database design and business computational analytics. It was in MIS 2502 that I first learned SQL and had the opportunity to design a database using structure I learned in my introductory MIS course. It was also in this class that I participated in my first college research project, analyzing trends and market opportunities in eSport viewership (the final graphic can be found here).
Given that I am going to be starting as an analyst with Deloitte in October following graduation, MIS 2502 has proved crucial to attaining this position and feeling prepared to work with clients on their IT needs. Whether or not different client needs are explicitly focused on databases, nearly every project can and should be subject to data analysis in order to better understand what’s needed. Furthermore, when a client’s need is expressly related to their database(s), the experience gained in MIS 2502 will prove crucial to quickly understanding the structure of their databases and determining how to best improve them.
MIS 2402 Data-Centric Application Development
The MIS 2402 course taught by Professor Konstantin Bauman furthered my knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript programming to develop/analyze web applications. Having already grown an interest in computer programming, MIS 2402 taught me an extensive amount of conceptual computer science and gave me the tools to further my own research in the subject. Since finishing the course, I have continued building my JavaScript skills and expanding my list of known programming languages. MIS 2402 was the course that inspired me to pursue a minor in Computer Science and explore different programming languages, such as Java, Python, and C. As such, it proved vital to setting me on the path to earning a position at Deloitte, where I hope to work on projects focused on application development.
MIS 4596 Managing Enterprise Cybersecurity
Possibly my favorite course taken at Temple, MIS 4596, taught by Professor Anthony Vance, introduced me to an array of cybersecurity concepts and even showed students how they themselves could hack servers and devices, all to better understand how a hacker thinks and thus how to defend against them. The course went through the history of cryptography, from the origin of shibboleths all the way to current day RSA encryption. Not only did the course cover conventional hacking, but it also went over techniques like social engineering and how effective they were, citing real-world examples.
MIS 4596 may also prove to be one of the most important courses I’ve taken given my career path, as nearly any IT project provided by a client needs its cybersecurity considered. Without a considerable understanding of how hackers think and operate, IT professionals could risk overlooking vulnerabilities in their infrastructure which could lead to catastrophic results, even in seemingly small projects.