| INFORMATION
SYSTEMS (ISC) |
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| All
prerequisites must be passed with a minimum grade
of “C”. |
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| ISC 190
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Information
Systems Special Topics |
1 cr
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| Selected
topics in information systems. Prerequisite: Permission
of the ISC Coordinator. |
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| ISC 245 |
Information
Systems in Organizations |
3 cr
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| An
overview of information systems topics from an
organizational and managerial perspective. Topics
include current information technology and systems,
such as the Internet and their organizational
impacts; the emergence of global economy and digital
firms; and the ethical and social impacts of information
systems, such as privacy, intellectual property
rights, and liability. Issues and strategies regarding
information systems planning, systems development,
decision-making, and using IT for competitive
advantage are discussed. Throughout the course,
students will investigate the strategic uses of
information technology in current industry-specific
situations through individual and team assignments.
Prerequisite: CIS 120. |
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| ISC 305 |
Information
Systems and Technology |
3 cr
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| The
analysis, design, and implementation of information
systems. Analysis of the functional areas of business
and integration of computer tools to satisfy information
requirements. Current developments in business
computer systems, including surveys of current
systems and the Internet. Computer classrooms
are utilized to provide students with “hands
on” experience. Prerequisite: CIS 250. |
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| ISC 353 |
Information
Systems Applications Development |
3 cr
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| The
management of the development of a small system
using E-R modeling and a phase-build approach.
Interactive programming applications, database
concepts, and report generation will also be covered.
Prerequisite: CIS 324. |
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| ISC 360 |
Information
Systems Analysis and Design (W) |
3 cr
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| A
thorough examination of the analysis and design
of computer information systems from the systems
analyst’s view. The course will use an established
software development methodology. At each step
in the software development life cycle, both the
methodologies used and the documentation required
will be examined. Prerequisites: Professional
Component and CIS 324. |
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| ISC 361 |
Database
for Information Systems |
3 cr
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| Analysis,
design, and implementation of more complex database
systems. Prerequisite: Professional Component,
CIS 324. |
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| ISC
362 |
Information
Systems Object-Oriented |
3 cr
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| Analysis
and Design |
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| This
course provides an introduction to an object-oriented
analysis and design (OOAD) methodology as well
as the tools and techniques for supplementing
this methodology. The course will also cover the
use of notational metalanguages such as Unified
Modeling Language (UML) and OOAD computer-assisted
software engineering (CASE) tools. Prerequisites:
Professional Component and ISC 360. |
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| ISC 457 |
Data
Warehousing and Decision Support |
3 cr
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| This
course examines the analysis and design issues
as well as architectural infrastructures associated
with enterprise data warehouses for decision support.
Prerequisite Professional Component standing and
CIS 324. |
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| ISC
459 |
Information
Systems Application |
3 cr
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| Design
and Implementation |
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| Analysis
and design of information systems to support multiple
locations via Intranet/ Internet access. Additional
and supporting topics, such as corporate privacy
and security are also covered Prerequisite: Professional
Component and CIS 324. |
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| ISC
463 |
Information
Systems Database |
3 cr
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| Administration
& Security |
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| An
examination of the issues and activities associated
with the administrator function for databases.
This course will cover installation, implementation,
user management, backup, and security. Prerequisites:
Professional Component and
CIS 324. |
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| ISC 490 |
Information
Systems Special Topics |
3 cr
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| Advanced
selected topics in information systems. Prerequisite:
Professional Component and
permission of the ISC Coordinator. |
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| ISC
545 |
Management
Information Systems |
3
cr
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| This
course provides an overview of information systems
from an organizational, managerial, and technical
perspective. The topics covered will focus on
the strategic role of information systems and
information technology in business processes,
change and knowledge management, group and individual
decision-making, and electronic commerce. Specific
topics include current hardware, infrastructure
and connectivity technologies, software and systems
development methodologies, Internet-based applications,
management challenges and opportunities created
by information systems and global connectivity
such as privacy, data and systems security and
control, intellectual property, ethical and social
consequences of information technology, and the
impact of digital integration on an organization's
competitiveness, products, services, procedures,
and management structures. Prerequisites: Permission
of the Director of CIS Graduate Studies. |
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| ISC 551 |
Human/Computer
Interface Design |
3 cr
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| An
examination of modern interface design conventions
(GUI) and their underlying event-driven functionality.
Issues related to the design and maintenance of
user-oriented supporting materials such as context
sensitive help, online documentation, and tutorials
will also be examined. Prerequisite: CIS
Graduate Professional Component. |
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| ISC 553 |
Information
Systems web site Management |
3 cr
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| Concepts
of web site development and management: homepage,
Intranet, and Internet. Web programming and database
access. Prerequisite: CIS 501, CIS 504 or equivalent
and permission of the ISC Coordinator. |
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| ISC 557 |
Modeling
and Decision Support Systems |
3 cr
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| Multi-criteria
decision making techniques, group decision making
process, database query for decision support,
inference engines, and expert system architectures.
Prerequisite: CIS Graduate
Professional Component. |
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| ISC
559 |
Information
Systems Applications |
3 cr
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| Design
and Implementation |
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| Analysis
and design of information systems infrastructures
to support multiple locations, Intranet/Internet
access, corporate privacy, and security. Capacity
analysis and planning, installation, performance
monitoring, and problem solving strategies. Prerequisite:
CIS Graduate Professional
Component. |
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| ISC 560 |
Information
Systems Analysis |
3 cr
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| Information
analysis and logical specifications of an application
system. Iterative strategies for development of
information system applications. Development life
cycle as a basis for managing and controlling
systems development. System administration strategies,
the impact of distributed processing, open systems,
dynamic linking, etc. on data integrity, data
security, and system reliability. Development
of requirements, needs identification, audit and
control, and feasibility analysis. Prerequisite:
CIS Graduate Professional
Component. |
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| ISC 561 |
Information
Systems Database Management |
3 cr
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| An
introduction to database management systems. The
data environment, basic technical concepts and
systems resources, database concepts, including
use and management of databases. Classical and
current DBMS models will be presented. Laboratory
project activity will involve definition, creation,
and development of a database. Prerequisite: CIS
Graduate Professional Component. |
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| ISC 562 |
Information
Systems Design |
3 cr
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| Integration
of high-level systems technology, systems analysis
and design, organizational behavior towards development
of large-scale applications/decision systems.
System administration strategies, security vs.
performance tradeoffs, and hardware vs. software
solutions. Application design to support transaction
rollback and recovery, audit trails, incremental
backup. Use of state-of-the-art specification
systems and applications generators. Software
engineering and a rigorous approach to information
systems design and specification. Prerequisites:
ISC 561 and 560. |
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| ISC 563 |
Information
Systems Database Administration |
3 cr
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| An
examination of the issues and activities associated
with the administrator function for organizational
databases. This course will cover user access,
authorization, security, and privacy for organizational
databases, as well as user management, backup,
and security. Prerequisite: CIS
Graduate Professional Component. |
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| ISC
565 |
Information
Systems Project and |
3 cr
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| Change
Management |
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| A
study of the concepts and techniques of project
management from an information systems perspective.
The course provides an overview of project lifecycle
activities, and a focus on managerial, behavioral,
and process issues that surround the dynamic context
of systems development. The issue of managing
the change brought about by the introduction or
modification of information systems in organizations
will be discussed. Students will be instructed
in the use of software tools for project management.
Prerequisite: CIS Graduate
Professional Component. |
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| ISC
571 |
Information
Systems Data Warehousing and |
3 cr
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| Decision
Support |
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| This
course examines the analysis and design issues
as well as architectural infrastructures associated
with enterprise data warehouses for decision support.
Prerequisite: ISC 561. |
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| ISC 590 |
Information
Systems Special Topics |
3 cr
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| Advanced
selected topics in information systems. Prerequisite:
Permission of the ISC Coordinator. |
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| ISC
595 |
Information
Systems Projects |
1-3 cr
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| Proposal
Development |
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| Development
of the project proposal for the ISC master’s
project. Prerequisite: CIS 518 and permission
of the Director of CIS Graduate Studies. |
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| ISC 598 |
Information
Systems Project |
1-3 cr
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This course may be repeated
for a maximum of six (6) credits. A CIS project
committee will provide direction during the
project. Prerequisite: ISC 595, approval of
project proposal by the student’s project
committee, and permission by the Director of
CIS Graduate Studies.
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