MSIS 2103

Business Computer Concepts and Applications
Lab 2. Concepts for the design, operation, and use of computer information systems in organizations, including fundamentals of key information technologies, information assurance, and the use of personal computing applications to support problem-solving. Lab-based computer training in fundamental productivity software and Internet tools.
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MSIS 2203

Computer Programming for Business
Prerequisite(s): 2103 or equivalent. Computer programming for organizations from the perspective of integrating the Internet into business information systems. Fundamental principles and constructs of programming and applied programming in the business environment.
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MSIS 3023

Technology, Diversity and Entrepreneurship
Prerequisite(s): 2103 or consent of instructor. A study of technology, diversity and entrepreneurship. The use of technology as a research tool to study diversity and the opportunities available to diverse groups through entrepreneurship.
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MSIS 3033

Information Systems Project Management and Communication
Prerequisite(s): 2103 or equivalent. This class discusses the multi-faceted dimensions critical to successfully leading information systems projects. Topics will include behavioral, strategic, technical, quantitative and communications issues faced by those directing projects.
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MSIS 3103

Database Systems Design, Manipulation and Management for End Users
Prerequisite(s): 2103 or equivalent. Non-MIS (or CS) majors only. Use of computer technology and software to represent, manipulate and manage data. Principles and techniques of logical database design and related database concepts. Analysis, design and implementation of a database system using a relational DBMS. No credit for students in the MIS or MSCS majors.

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MSIS 3203

Advanced Computer Programming for Business
Prerequisite(s): 2203. Advanced programming features are examined with an emphasis on the development of computer programs for business application. File processing including magnetic tape sequential files, disk-indexed sequential files, and virtual storage applications are an integral part of the course. Subjects and techniques such as TSO, segmentation, debugging tools and procedures, and pertinent JCL are also studied and applied.

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MSIS 3223

Operations Management
Prerequisite(s): 2103 and STAT 2023 or equivalent. Introductory examination of the management of processes or systems that create goods and provide services. Management decision-making techniques and their application to problems in production and operations management. Decision analysis, forecasting, facility layout, location planning, quality management, inventory planning, and project management.
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MSIS 3233

Management Science Methods
Prerequisite(s): 3223 and calculus. Deterministic operations research techniques applied to the resource allocation and operational problems encountered in accounting, economics, finance, management and marketing. Linear programming, goal programming, integer programming and network models.
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MSIS 3243

Managerial Decision Theory
Prerequisite(s): 3223 and calculus. Decision processes under risk and uncertainty. The use of models in business decision-making with outcomes governed by probability distributions. Bayesian decision analysis, utility measurements, game theory, Markov chains, queuing theory, simulation, and inventory models.

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MSIS 3303

Systems Analysis and Design
Prerequisite(s): 2203. Systems thinking. Systems analysis and design as a profession. Role of the analyst. Systems development methodologies. Requirements analysis. Use of computer-aided software engineering tools (CASE). Modeling of data, processes, and objects. Logical design, interface design and project management.
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MSIS 3363

Advanced Management Information Systems Programming
Prerequisite(s): 2203 or equivalent. Programming tools with applications in industry. Advanced programming procedures, processes and algorithms.
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MSIS 3373

File and Data Management for Business
Prerequisite(s): 2203. A survey of business data storage methodologies and approaches and of file management methodologies for business enterprises.
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MSIS 3393

Advanced Spreadsheet Modeling and Programming
Prerequisite(s): 2103 and permission of instructor. This class provides students with advanced spreadsheet skills, including the ability to formulate math programming models, simulations, risk analysis, and other business decision-making tools. The class will also provide students with an introduction to spreadsheet programming (VB, macros, etc.), building decision support systems in spreadsheets, etc.
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MSIS 4010

Applied Management Science and Information System Studies
1-6 credits, max 6. Prerequisite(s): Consent of department head; MIS and MSCS majors only. Structured internship, field study or independent project with supporting academic study.
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MSIS 4013

Database Systems Design, Management, and Administration
Prerequisite(s): 3303 and 3363, MIS and CS Majors only or permission of MSIS department. Theoretical aspects and business of data models and databases. Data security, maintaining database integrity, and database administration in a shared, networked or distributed environment. Related database concepts, including object-oriented databases and web database development. Analysis, design, and implementation of a database system using advanced DBMS tools and high-level languages to retrieve, manipulate data. Required for MIS or MSCS majors.

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MSIS 4020

Applications Software Tools and Techniques
1-3 credits, max 3. Prerequisite(s): 3303, 2203, permission of instructor. Hands-on experience with selected software-based tool or programming languages such as SAP, SQL, PERT/CPM, etc.
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MSIS 4113

Enterprise Systems and Collaborative Commerce
Prerequisite(s): 4013. Current and emerging management and technical concepts, practices, and tools for information integration and re-engineering of organizational processes. The use of enterprise resource planning tools (ERP II), collaborative commerce, supply chain, business intelligence, and e-business.
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MSIS 4133

Information Technologies for Electronic Commerce
Prerequisite(s): 4013. The Internet and web-based technologies, systems and applications that allow organizations to overcome the barriers of time and distance for conducting commerce. Scripting and markup languages, web programming tools, and the connectivity technologies for designing and developing electronic commerce and systems.
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MSIS 4223

Information Assurance Management
A broad investigation of the elements of information assurance and security with an emphasis on the management impact to corporations and businesses engaged in the information services and e-commerce. Students should come away from the course with the ability to advise management on the risks and mitigation for all types of threats to information and privacy.
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MSIS 4233

Applied Information Systems Security
Prerequisite(s): 4523, CS 4283, or ECEN 4283. An investigation into the various technical aspects of attacking and guarding against attacks and failures in various types of information systems. Course content may vary but will generally include computer, network, and data protection technologies (e.g. firewalls, packet filters, proxy servers, user authentication and validation techniques, encryption, backup methodologies, system and component redundancies, etc.). Various threats and attack methods will be examined.
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MSIS 4243

IT Forensics and Auditing
Procedures for identification, preservation and extraction of electronic evidence. Auditing and investigation of network and host system intrusions, analysis and documentation of information gathered, and preparation of expert testimonial evidence. Forensic tools and resources for system administrators and information system security offices. Ethics, law, policy and standards concerning digital evidence.
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MSIS 4253

IT Risk Management, Planning, and Mitigation
This course examines factors of risk analysis in information technology and how management can plan to achieve an acceptable level of risk in the face of corporations desiring to open up their networks still further to partners, customers, and mobile workers.
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MSIS 4263

Decision Support and Business Intelligence Applications
Prerequisite(s): 3303. Applied knowledge management tools and techniques for organizational decision support. Knowledge-based systems, decision support systems, and data mining techniques such as inductive learning and neural networks.
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MSIS 4273

Legal and Ethical Issues in Information Systems
This course reviews the current status of information systems law in regard to rights of privacy, freedom of information, confidentiality, work product protection, copyright, security, legal liability, ethical issues, and a range of additional legal and information policy topics. We will investigate the legal difficulties that technological innovations are causing in all of these areas. Legal options for dealing with the conflicts caused by technological change and likely adaptations of the law over time in response to societal changes will be explored. No credit for students having completed TCOM 5273.
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MSIS 4283

Operating Systems for Information Assurance
Operating Systems (OS) concepts for security. Vulnerabilities and threats. Security models. User authentication. Smart cards: architectures, technologies, application environments, and case studies. System availability. Software and data integrity. Auditing. Sensitive data confidentiality. Access control. Secure OS development: design principles, design methodologies, security certification. Case studies: Unix/Linus, MS/Windows XP/2000.
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MSIS 4363

Advanced Topics in Systems Development
Prerequisite(s): Senior standing and consent of instructor. Current and emerging advanced topics in information systems development. Development of web-based information systems and groupware systems, advanced object-oriented systems development methodologies and other related emerging topics.
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MSIS 4373

Advanced Topics in Management Information Systems
Prerequisite(s): Senior standing and consent of instructor. Current and emerging advanced topics in the field of management information systems. Advanced network management, advanced electronic commerce issues, international management information systems and legal and regulatory issues in telecommunications.
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MSIS 4443

Computer-based Simulation Systems
Prerequisite(s): 2203 and 3233 or 3243. Discrete-event systems simulation. Modeling of systems to be simulated such as inventory, financial management, data communications, information system problems, or other queuing situations. Collection and numerical analysis of associated data, understanding of simulation as a useful tool in management science and information systems.
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MSIS 4523

Data Communication Systems
Prerequisite(s): Senior standing. Broad coverage of network types and protocols used to drive the diverse voice, video and data needs of today's business. Network vocabulary and the understanding of how telecommunications components function are stressed.
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MSIS 4533

Advanced Data Communications
Prerequisite(s): 4523. An applied and in-depth study of voice, video and data networks and technologies. Actual implementation knowledge and experience, using current technologies and equipment.
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MSIS 4543

Techniques in Technology Investigation
Prerequisite(s): Consent of department head. Review systems for vulnerabilities and analyze systems that have been breached. Related issues. Hands-on component.
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MSIS 4553

Analysis of Risk in Management and Information Systems
Prerequisite(s): Consent of department head. Examination of risk analysis in information technology and how management can plan to achieve an acceptable level of risk in the face of corporations desiring to open up their networks still further to partners, customers and mobile workers.
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MSIS 4943

Decision-Making Tools for Sports Management
Prerequisite(s): 3223. This course is designed as an elective for MGMT students enrolled in the Sports Management option. Useful decision tools such as statistical inference, decision analysis, mathematical programming, forecasting and simulation are used to address decisions faced by sports administrators and decisions made during sporting contests. Current ‘hot’ issues in sports decision-making will also be examined.
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