As a sequential curriculum, students must start and finish the MIS major in the prescribed sequence. Because the majority of coursework is completed during the junior year, students are well prepared for summer internships before their senior year.

IDSC 3001 Information Systems for Business Processes and Management (3 cr)

Prerequisites: BA 1001 or experience using Windows/Internet

Developing/using IS to support business processes, managerial decision making, and organizational strategy. Technology components of IS. Impact on organizations. Creation/change processes. Managerial issues. Techniques for designing, developing, and implementing IS. Databases and user interfaces. Computer/communications network platforms. Internet, e-business, and e-commerce applications.

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IDSC 3201 Information Systems Application Development (4 cr)

Prerequisites: IDSc 3001, MIS major

Programming language syntax and control logic. User interface design. File/database access. Structured, event, and object-oriented design. Coding, testing, and debugging. Hands-on use of application-development environment and contemporary-development tools.

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IDSC 3202 Analysis and Modeling for Business Systems Development (4 cr)

Prerequisites: IDSc 3001

Data modeling, database querying using SQL, use of database management systems. Process modeling of work flow, data flow, and organization flow. Decomposition. Traditional/object-oriented analysis with use cases and user interface design.

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IDSC 4203 Information Technology Infrastructure (4 cr)

Prerequisites: IDSc 3001

Technology/infrastructure for developing large-scale information systems. Processes to identify, evaluate, and select appropriate infrastructure components. Application of systems analysis and design techniques in a class project.

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IDSC 4204 Information Services Management (4 cr)

Prerequisites: IDSC 3202

Information services as a service function. Techniques, activities, and issues for management/control of systems development at project level. Relationship of function, roles, and organizational structures. IS planning/business strategy, skill development, career pathing. Management of acquisition, subcontracting, outsourcing, operations, and user support.

IDSC 4401 Information Security (2 cr)

Prerequisites: none

Concepts/issues of security and data integrity threats that undermine utility, robustness, and confidence in electronic technologies in facilitating business transactions.

IDSC 4421 Financial Information Systems and Technologies (2 cr)

Prerequisites: IDSc 3001

IS in financial services, corporate financial operations, and investment management. Traditional vs. electronic financial markets, computerized trading, digital sources of financial data, electronic money, and decision technologies in financial services. Software development skills for personal investments.

IDSC 4431 Advanced Database Design (2 cr)

Prerequisites: IDSc 3202

Comparative review of data modeling methodologies. Advanced constructs in database design. Modeling subtypes and supertypes, ternary and higher-order relationships, integrity constraints. CASE tools; representation of facts; verbalization of a data model for human understanding and validation.

IDSC 4432 Advanced Database Management and Administration (2 cr)

Prerequisites: IDSc 4431

Managing information resources. Data planning, global information architectures. Advanced data manipulation languages, comprehensive DBMS facilities, and O-O DBMS. Analysis and data mining tools. Deploying/managing databases in a distributed environment. Data integrity, security, and privacy.

IDSC 4441 Electronic Commerce (2 cr)

Prerequisites: IDSc 3001

Service relationships as a conceptual basis. Evolutionary execution strategy based on application of business principles of key functions using proven product development practices. Measurement/evaluation principles and practice. Case studies from advertising, marketing, and fulfillment functions.

IDSC 4490 Information Systems Special Topics (2 cr)

Prerequisites: none

Discussion and analysis of current topics and developments in information systems. Topics include Accounting & Information Systems, Platforms for Business Computing, and Business Intelligence.

IDSc 4491. Independent Study in Information Systems (1 - 4 cr)

Prerequisites: Instructor consent

IDSc 4496. Information Systems Industry Internship (2 cr)

Prerequisites: IDSc 3202

Learning by working in IS activities and receiving appropriate training from a sponsoring organization. Custom designed to meet pre-established learning objectives. "Work practice" plan required and must be approved by the organization and the director of IDSc undergraduate studies.