Undergraduate Catalogue - UPRM

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
COMPUTERIZED INFORMATION
SYSTEMS
MERC 4215. RETAIL SALES MANAGEMENT.
Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per
week. Prerequisite: GERE 4007 or GERE 4022 or
MERC 4217.
Examination of the philosophy, concepts and
techniques underlying the planning and control of
inventories and sales in retail businesses.
MERC 4217. CONSUMER BEHAVIOR. Three
credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.
Prerequisites: MERC 3115 and ESOR 4006 or
GERH 4006.
Nature of consumer behavior through an analysis of
consumer needs, attitudes, environment, and
business influence.
MERC 4218. MANAGEMENT OF PHYSICAL
DISTRIBUTION. Three credit hours. Three hours
of lecture per week. Prerequisites: MERC 3115,
and GERE 4007 or GERE 4022.
Analysis of activities pertinent to management of
physical distribution such as warehouse
management, order processing, packaging and
customer service: management of transportation,
commodity classification, regulation and rates,
routing, documentation and carrier ability as well as
the integration of these functions to the overall
management activities of the business.
MERC 4995. MARKETING INTERNSHIP. One
to six credit hours. Four hours of work per week
per credit during fifteen weeks or its equivalent
during a summer session; can be repeated until a
maximum of six credits are attained. Prerequisites:
MERC 4217 and authorization of the Dean of the
Faculty.
Work experience in the area of marketing, in an
office or business enterprise, under the supervision
of a faculty member in coordination with an
immediate supervisor at the workplace.
SICI 3051. PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT I.
Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per
week. Prerequisite: ADMI 3007.
Elemental computer programming and solution of
managerial problems using Cobol. Fundamentals
of structured program design: development,
testing, implementation and documentation;
language syntax, file structure, input/output unit,
and operational system facilities for the
implementation of programs that generate
managerial reports.
SICI 3052. PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT II.
Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per
week. Prerequisite: SICI 3051.
Advanced computer programming and problem
solving using Cobol. Sequential and random access
files, processing techniques and development of
programs and systems for batch and interactive
environments.
SICI 3056. STRUCTURED LANGUAGES.
Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per
week. Prerequisite: SICI 3051.
Algorithm design using the logical structures of
sequence, selection, and iteration. Modularized
top-down design using functions, procedures, and
static and dynamic data structures. Structured
languages such as Pascal or Ada will be used.
SICI 3057. DATA STRUCTURES. Three credit
hours. Three hours of lecture per week.
Prerequisite: SICI 3052 and either SICI 3056 or
SICI 3058.
Logical data structures as a tool in file design and
as an inherent part in algorithm construction.
Definition, representation, and application of data
structures as basic parts of algorithms. Among
others, the stack, queues, lists, trees, and graphs
will be studied.
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