MIS 245 - Introduction to Management Information Systems (3-0-3)
Concepts of information systems, business process, hardware, software, systems analysis, e-commerce, enterprise systems and computer applications in organizations, techniques of systems analysis, systems designs, implementations, and information management (both technical and behavioral)are studied in the organizational context of management information needs. Effective From: Spring 2005

MIS 246 - Tools and Technologies for the Digital Firm (3-0-3)
This course is designed to provide students with an introduction to the applications being used by digital firms, companies that rely extensively on the use of information technology to support all their functions and processes. Although function specific systems (e.g. accounting information systems, financial information systems) are introduced the emphasis is on enterprise wide systems such as those offered by SAP, Oracle and Peoplesoft. A basic introduction to the technologies underlying the applications used in business is also provided.

MIS 345 - Management of Information Systems (3-0-3)
Prerequisites: CIS 103 or CIS 113, MIS 246. Training managers or entrepreneurs to use and manage information systems. The evolution of the computer as a management information tool and a demonstration of how this tool can be used to improve both the effectiveness and efficiency of managers.

MIS 360 - Survey of E-Commerce Tools & Technologies (3-0-3)
Prerequisite: MIS 246. Covers the current technologies behind e-commerce solutions such as dynamic Web sites, database integration, server-side scripting, client-side scripting, and XML.

MIS 363 - Project Management for Managers (3-0-3)
This course covers theories, tools, and techniques to manage projects in organizations. Students will learn how to put together a project charter, define project goals, and develop project teams, schedules, and budgets. The course will illustrate the key aspects of project lifecycles (initiation, planning, execution, monitor and control, and closing). It will also emphasize aspects of team, performance, risk, and quality management. Effective From: Fall 2009

MIS 376 - Information Systems and Operations Management (3-0-3)
This course will integrate information systems with operations management. The role information systems play in the operations management functions for both the goods and services sectors of a global economy. Topics to be covered are mission and strategy development, demand forcasting, capacity planning, facility location, process strategy, inventory management, project management and total quality management. The way information systems integrates these concepts with ERP, SCM, CRM and other business systems will be discussed. Effective From: Spring 2005 Until: Spring 2009

MIS 445 - Decision Support Systems and OLAP (3-1-4)
Prerequisites: MIS 345 and OM 375.Introduces students to the use of decision support systems (DSS) to support management decisions. Topics include: DSS software tools, model management, and DSS design and use.

MIS 463 - Systems Analysis and Design for Managers (3-0-3)
This course focuses on the analysis and development of systems to meet the increasing need for information within organizations. Topics include systems development life cycle, analysis and design techniques, information systems planning and project identification and selection, requirements collection and structuring, process modeling, data modeling, design of interface and data management, system implementation and operation, system maintenance, and change management implications of systems. Effective From: Spring 2005

MIS 485 - Special Topics in Management Information Systems (3-0-3)
The study of new and/or advanced topics in the various fields of business and their application not regularly covered in any other business course. The precise topics to be covered, along with prerequisites, are announced in the semester prior to the offering of the course. Effective From: Fall 2009

MIS 545 - Management Information Systems (3 credits)
Tools and techniques of management information systems and how they can be used to improve the quality of management decisions. Includes computer-based solutions to management problems in office automation, budgeting, communications, and decision support, major features of hardware and software computer system components and how to design a system, and technical tools ranging from flowcharts and decision tables to automated design.

MIS 620 - E-Commerce Technologies (3 credits)
Intended to develop a basic understanding of the Internet and its underlying technologies as a foundation for e-commerce with an introduction to e-commerce applications. Addresses the technology for MIS managers to effectively manage the launching of e-commerce infrastructures. Covers data communication and networking, EDI, intranets and extranets, bandwidth and security issues.

MIS 625 - Management Strategies for E-Commerce (3 credits)
Prepares students for effective management of internet-based businesses and electronic commerce and oversight of global business activities in an increasingly competitive environment. Introduces Internet concepts and infrastructure. Examines current and proposed Internet services forming the basis of Internet commerce. Covers corporate intranets and extranets and their applications to corporate computing, seamless e-commerce, and other emerging services such as VPN. Issues are discussed, with special emphasis on security.

MIS 635 - Management of Telecommunications (3 credits)
A comprehensive review of current trends in telecommunications with an emphasis on the techniques required by non-technically trained managers to deal with hardware, software, and human interfaces. Specific areas to be covered include the types of telecommunication networks, common network operating systems, and network design strategies.

MIS 636 - Telecommunications: Policies and Regulations (null)
Familiarization with government regulations for all forms of telecommunications, including video and audio. Covers such aspects as the ways in which corporations manage and provide security for telecommunications. Covers briefly: major telecommunications policies and regulations that have made a major impact on the current environment; telecommunications regulations in a global environment.

MIS 645 - Information Systems Principles (3 credits)
Prerequisite: MIS 545. The management of information processing resources, including: role of information processing, estimates of personnel resources and budgets, integration of corporate and MIS plans, organizational alternatives for MIS departments and support staffs, management of computer operations, equipment and general software acquisitions, intermediate and long-range MIS plans, integration of personal computers, minicomputers, and mainframes, and security and controls. Effective From: Fall 2007

MIS 648 - Decision Support Systems for Managers (3 credits)
Prerequisites: MIS 545, Mgmt 580. Covers the use of decision support systems to support management decision making in a real world environment. Topics include: establishing and measuring decision support systems success criteria, software tools, model management, elements of artificial intelligence, and statistics. Justification, design, and use of decision support systems.

MIS 654 - Design of Accounting Information Systems (3 credits)
Management's need for information and design of systems to provide this information. Emphasis on designing controls to ensure that the system meets management's objectives. Comparison of management and technical aspects of information systems. Accounting information systems will be used as models, but the course will incorporate all functions within the organization and provide the student with tools needed to manage the system and safeguard the assets of the organization.

MIS 655 - Information Systems Audit, Control and Security (3 credits)
Emphasizes controls and how an auditor or a manager verifies that controls are in existence and are effective. Security and controls are complementary and should be included in an MIS system environment. Covers the internal controls that should be present in an information system given its environment.

MIS 665 - Introduction to Electronic Commerce (3 credits)
Examines the changes in business processes and organizations enabled by electronic commerce technologies and application. Develops an understanding of the new electronic marketplace based on fundamental economics of the digital economy. Investigates electronic economies, new organizational structures, information systems architectures, and decision analysis.

MIS 680 - Management Science (3 credits)
Introduction to the methodology of decision making applying the techniques of operations research and system analysis to managerial problems. Introduction to the concept of objective functions and constraints, concepts of value and utilities, optimization algorithms, networks and game theories. Elementary mathematical model linear production systems, inventory systems, multi-criteria decision making, project management and transportation planning. Topics will be discussed from the deterministic as well as scholastic points of view.

MIS 690 - Executive Information Systems (3 credits)
Provides decision makers a framework for designing and building systems to gain competitive advantage. Covers executive support systems, executive information systems, and group support systems.

MIS 701 - Thesis in Information Systems Management (6 credits)
Prerequisites: MIS 645, MIS 648, CIS 675, CIS 679 or waived with approval of the Dean. Examines what is research? Why do research? What are the objectives of research? Covers need for research, criteria for good research and research design, concept of measurement, sampling design, primary data collection, experimentation and simulation, statistical and other types of analysis, and reporting of research findings.