In addition to the business core, MIS students have access to a wide range of courses that prepare them for managing in a networked business environment. Specific MIS Core and Elective course include the following:
Course Description
An introduction to the way in which corporations report their financial performance to interested stakeholders such as investors and creditors. Coverage of the accounting cycle, generally accepted accounting principles, and analytical tools help students become informed users of financial statements. (second-semester status) Credit 3 (fall, spring, summer)
Ideas and Business Planning This is the first of a three-course sequence comprising the freshman integrated experience. In Business 1 students will be introduced to the key functional areas of business, the evaluation of new business opportunities, and the business plan process. By applying the creative process, students will conceive new business ideas that will be developed through the remainder of the sequence. (Co-requisite: MGIS-101 Computer-based Analysis) Class 3, Credit 3 (fall)
This course provides students with hands-on experience with the analytical software tools and techniques that are used in today's businesses. Emphasis will be placed on the application of spreadsheet models for supporting management decision-making. A variety of spreadsheet-based cases in market research, financial analysis, accounting applications and other business domains will be utilized to show how to effectively analyze and solve business problems using the spreadsheet tool. Class 1,Credit 1 (fall)
This course, the second course in the First-year Business Sequence, applies technology tools to create tangible outcomes for product and marketing ideas from the business plan. Students will develop websites, video marketing tools and other outcomes while refining their plans for business launch. (MGMT-101 Business 1: Ideas and Business Planning, MGIS-101 Computer-based Analysis) Class 2, Credit 2 (spring)
Introduction to the use of accounting information by managers within a business. Explores the value of accounting information for the planning and controlling of operations, assessing the cost of a product/service, evaluating the performance of managers, and strategic decision making. (ACCT-110) Credit 3 (fall, spring, summer)
As an introductory course in managing and leading organizations, this course provides an overview of human behavior in organizations at the individual, group, and organizational level with an emphasis on enhancing organizational effectiveness. Topics include: individual differences, work teams, motivation, communication, leadership, conflict resolution, organizational culture, and organizational change. (Sophomore status) Class 3, Credit 3 (fall, spring, summer)
Basic course in financial management. Covers business organization, time value of money, valuation of securities, capital budgeting decision rules, risk-return relation, Capital Asset Pricing Model, financial ratios, global finance and working capital management. (ECON-201 Prin of Macroeconomics, STAT-145 Introduction to Statistics I, ACCT-110 Financial Accounting) Class 3, Credit 3 (fall, spring, summer)
An introduction to the field of marketing, stressing its role in the organization and society. Emphasis is on determining customer needs and wants and how the marketer can satisfy those needs through the controllable marketing variables of product, price, promotion and distribution. (Sophomore status) Class 3, Credit 3 (fall, spring, summer)
This course exposes students to current global institutional environments (e.g., political environment, regulatory environment, financial environment, and labor environment, etc.); develops students with fundamental theoretical foundations and analytical skills in order to compete in a globalized environment; and equips students with a broad knowledge base about globalization elements (e.g., international transactions, cross-national money movements, and currency value changes) to take advantage of global opportunities while managing inherent risks. Class 3, Credit 3 (fall, spring)
A survey of operations and supply chain management that relates to both service- and goods- producing organizations. Topics include operations and supply chain strategies; ethical behavior; forecasting; product and service design, including innovation and sustainability; capacity and inventory management; lean operations; managing projects; quality assurance; global supply chains; and the impacts of technology. (STAT-145 Introduction to Statistics I or equivalent, Junior status) Class 3, Credit 3 (fall, spring, summer)
A capstone course drawing upon major business functions, accounting, finance, marketing, operations management, and organizational theory, as well as the key concepts of innovation. The course provides an integrated perspective of business organizations toward the achievement of enhanced profitability and a sustainable competitive advantage. Topics include the analysis of business environments, industry attractiveness, competitive dynamics, and innovation management. Students learn how to formulate and implement effective business-level, corporate-level, global, and innovation strategies. (MGMT-215 Organizational Behavior, MKT-230 Principles of Marketing, FINC-220 Corporate Finance, DECS-310 Operations Management, Senior status) Class 3, Credit 3 (fall, spring, summer)
Transforming data into information is critical for making business decisions. This course introduces students to the concepts of data, information and the business database management systems (DBMS) used by modern organizations. Exercises and hands-on projects are used to model the information needs of an organization and implement and query databases using applications such as Microsoft Access and SQL. Class 3, Credit 3 (fall, spring)
Successful organizations utilize a systematic approach to solve real-world business problems through the use of computing resources. Students who complete this course will be able to design and model business processes. They will learn how to conduct requirements analysis, approach the design or redesign of business processes, model system functions, effectively communicate systems designs to various levels of management, work in a project-based environment, and approach the implementation of a new organizational information system. Class 3, Credit 3 (fall, spring)
This course stresses a business-oriented approach to evaluating, selecting and leveraging emerging information technologies to support an organization's business processes. Students gain hands-on knowledge to design effective and secure networked IT infrastructure systems for business operations. Students also explore management issues such as defining an IT strategy, establishing IT standards, managing IT operations, and outsourcing IT services. Class 3, Credit (fall, spring)
This capstone course for MIS majors applies the concepts of project management and techniques for estimating, planning and controlling of resources to accomplish specific project goals. Students complete a team project requiring them to develop an innovative information system while utilizing project management techniques. Students analyze real business situations and develop IT-based innovative solutions for problems encountered (MGIS-320 Database Management Systems, MGIS-330 Systems Analysis & Design, MGIS-340 Emerging Business Technologies, Senior status) Class 3, Credit 3 (fall, spring)
Transforming data into information is critical for making business decisions. This course introduces students to the concepts of data, information and the business database management systems (DBMS) used by modern organizations. Exercises and hands-on projects are used to model the information needs of an organization and implement and query databases using applications such as Microsoft Access and SQL. Class 3, Credit 3 (fall, spring)
Successful organizations utilize a systematic approach to solve real-world business problems through the use of computing resources. Students who complete this course will be able to design and model business processes. They will learn how to conduct requirements analysis, approach the design or redesign of business processes, model system functions, effectively communicate systems designs to various levels of management, work in a project-based environment, and approach the implementation of a new organizational information system. Class 3, Credit 3 (fall, spring)
This course stresses a business-oriented approach to evaluating, selecting and leveraging emerging information technologies to support an organization's business processes. Students gain hands-on knowledge to design effective and secure networked IT infrastructure systems for business operations. Students also explore management issues such as defining an IT strategy, establishing IT standards, managing IT operations, and outsourcing IT services. Class 3, Credit (fall, spring)
Development of business applications is transforming from programming to integration of software components using application development environments. Students learn the fundamentals of computer programming and applications development through a set of programming exercises that focus on visual development environments and component integration. These exercises expand into a project where students apply concepts of typical development and project methodologies to complete a comprehensive programming assignment. Class 3, Credit 3 (spring)
This course gives students both a conceptual and hands-on understanding of the launching of web businesses. Students will study the full process of web business creation, including domain name registration, frameworks for application creation, hosting of web applications and search engine optimization. Students will apply their knowledge by designing and building a business website that can actually make money. Class 3, Credit 3 (fall, spring)
Object-oriented Programming (OOP) will prepare students to plan and implement systems using the OO approach. This course will build on earlier programming classes, and will emphasize the programming practices of polymorphism, inheritance and data hiding. (MGIS-350 Developing Business Applications or equivalent) Class 3, Credit 3 (fall)
