The course examines personal, work group, and enterprise information systems with respect to their value, their components, and the process of developing them.

Introduction to information systems from system implementor's viewpoint; information systems life cycle; techniques of analysis; data dictionaries and data flow diagrams; computer-oriented system description. (PR: Admission to program)

This course will cover the steps in developing enterprise IT policies, standards, guidelines and procedures while ensuring quality and compliance responsible for the design, implementation , and evaluation, and monitoring of a comprehensive system. Physical design of information systems; hardware selection; software design; database considerations; program development; software structuring techniques; cost/performance trade-offs; system implementation; evaluation and optimization techniques.

Pre-req: MIS 605 with a minimum grade of D.

Representation and manipulation of numeric and non-numeric information, linear lists, strings, multilinked structures; sorting and searching; storage management; data structures in programming language. Relevant aspects of discrete mathematics.

This course will explore the emerging technologies in information systems. These technologies are generally new but include older technologies that are still controversial and relatively undeveloped in potential. A continuation of MIS 621. Tree, graph, and set structures; file structures for secondary storage; aspects of discrete mathematics.

Pre-req: MIS 621 with a minimum grade of D.

Review of information structures and of relationships among data elements and objects. Relational database theory; design and organization of databases, retrieval structures, and query mechanisms.

Pre-req: MIS 621 with a minimum grade of D.

A hand-on introduction to the concepts and techniques of data warehousing and data mining.

Pre-req: MIS 623 with a minimum grade of D.

This course provides the skills necessary to manage IT disaster recovery planning. The course focuses on the protection of information. Students will analyze risk, design a plan, and explore available technologies.

Permission of the division head and full MBA admission.

Permission of the division head and full MBA admission

To familiarize students with the characteristics and functions of management information systems, as well as the benefits, limitations, and applications for advanced management information systems.

A presentation and analysis of the primary and emerging technological means of communication, collaboration, and information search and retrieval within the healthcare and medical fields.

Investigate a research problem of theoretical interest and practical value under mentorship of a management information systems faculty.

Introduction to methods to improve fact-based managerial decision making. Focus on analytics types and data manipulation to discover patterns and generate information associated with products and services.

Pre-req: MIS 678.