53:623:510Management Information Systems (3) Information user`s role in effective and efficient implementation and design of an MIS. Planning and control; ecommerce, ERP, DSS, telecommunications, group support systems, and wireless computing. Organizational implications of information technology and relevant hardware and software computer applications. |
53:623:511Analysis and Design of Information and E-Systems (3) Analysis and design of information systems and e-systems in organizations, including the traditional life cycle approach for designing information systems and rapid application development used for designing ecommerce sites. Students learn how to critique and analyze ecommerce sites to enable web-based and traditional businesses to transact business over the Internet. Prerequisite: 53:623:510. |
53:623:512Decision Support Systems and Data Mining (3) Semistructured decision making using DSS and expert systems; knowledge data discovery; and the application of algorithms for extracting patterns from data. Prerequisite: 53:623:510. |
53:623:513Emerging Information Technologies (3) Novel technological advances; topics change from year to year and include web and ecommerce technologies. Prerequisite: 53:623:510. |
53:623:514Ecommerce Project Management (3) Establishing and managing an ecommerce site; critical components for successful ecommerce with emphasis on business-to-consumer ecommerce. Prerequisite: 53:623:511. |
53:623:515Seminar in Global Ecommerce Policy (3) Furthering an organization`s international mission through strategic alignment with their ecommerce presence; strategies for success for web-based enterprises and for the ecommerce segments of traditional businesses. Prerequisite: 53:623:513. |
53:623:517Database Systems (3) Relational database theory and practice; concepts include data integrity, queries, and data warehousing. Students apply these concepts in a database project. Prerequisite: 53:623:510. |
53:623:518Managing Telecommunication and Internet Technologies (3) Network hardware, software, and applications in business and commerce; communications protocols, EDI, design, installation, testing, maintenance, and security and network. Prerequisite: 53:623:510. |
53:623:521Directed Study in Management Information Systems (3) Supervised by an individual ecommerce and information technology faculty member and approved by the graduate program director. Prerequisite: 53:623:510. |
53:623:522Directed Study in Ecommerce (3) Supervised by an individual ecommerce and information technology faculty member and approved by the graduate program director. Prerequisite: 53:623:510. |
53:623:525Information Technology (IT) Policy (3) Management of information technology from the strategic manager`s perspective. Analysis of competitive and cooperative IT systems; the relationship between IT and industry structure and the organization`s products, services, and customers; IT as organization infrastructure; designing information architecture; management of information; and the evaluation of IT investments. Prerequisite: 53:623:510. |
53:623:544Global Operations Information Technology (3) Global perspectives in multinational corporations, EDI, CAD/CAM, time-based competition, FMS, and robotics; quality initiatives, improvements involving the creation and planning of goods and services. Emphasizes productivity in a global context. Application to health care, law enforcement, higher education, manufacturing, law, and the creative arts. Prerequisite: 53:623:510. |
53:623:611Design of Information Systems for Business (3) Essentials of systems design including structured design of input and output screens and forms; database design; interface design; designing accurate data-entry procedures; multimedia design; introduction to object-oriented design. Includes data-modeling techniques; hierarchical, network, and relational models for databases; CASE tools; and practical approaches to system implementation and evaluation. Prerequisite: 53:623:511. |
53:623:670Special Topics in Ecommerce (3) Taught by an ecommerce and information technology faculty member. Topics vary from term to term. Consult the director of the program for specific content. Prerequisite: 53:623:510. |
