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Prerequisite: MIS 501
The course is designed around a model that views the firm as an information processing entity that must sense
and respond to its environment. It provides an understanding of the role and potential contribution of
information technology for organizations. In addition, it furnishes different ways to understand the opportunities
and threats posed by IT in contemporary competitive environments. Further, the course recognizes the growing
importance of E-commerce in business and how information technologies are enabling this important business
paradigm. The course will emphasize the strategic role that computer-based information systems now play in
modern organizations. The course will explore how rapid advances in hardware and software technology are
impacting strategies, structures and processes within organization. Much of what managers do involves the search,
processing, interpretation and use of information. As a bridge between information search and information use,
managers often need to build and manipulate models. The course examines how information technology can
help managers, groups, and organizations search for information, analyze relationships between information, and
make decisions. Finally, the course will explore various approaches for developing or acquiring information
systems.
MIS 611 Critical Database Mgt Systems Issues
Prerequisite: MIS 601
Developing and managing efficient and effective database applications requires critical understanding of the
fundamentals of database management systems, techniques for the design of databases, and principles of
database administration. This course emphasizes database concepts, development, use, and management in three
main sections: database concepts, practice, and emerging trends. Relational database systems are the main focus,
but other types, including object-oriented databases, are studied. Practical design of databases and developing
database applications using modern software tools will be emphasized.
MIS 612 Knowledge Systems: Development and Use
Prerequisite: MIS 601
This course covers the development and use of knowledge intensive systems in business applications. Businesses
are becoming increasingly “knowledge intensive”. Techniques to support knowledge intensive business processes
and exploiting the vast amount of data available, especially in the Internet age are explored. Several
development environments for the construction of knowledge intensive applications are studied. Various tools and
techniques used in the development of knowledge intensive systems will be studied and the tradeoffs involved in
choosing from among them will be evaluated. Case studies of several knowledge intensive systems are used for
insight into their motivation, construction, and use. Innovative e-business applications of knowledge intensive
systems will be discussed.
MIS 613 IT and Collaborative Work
Prerequisite: MIS 601
This course aims at striking a balance between providing current information about products and practices as well as
insights reached by MIS research. Although cognitive mapping, web groupware, and Electronic Meeting Systems
will be emphasized, at the end of this course, students will be familiar with all the basic categories of groupware as
a result of reading recent articles by practitioners and hearing presentations about GSS research. In addition,
students will have hands-on experience with selected groupware products. These include Decision Explorer,
GroupSystems, NetMeeting, and online demonstrations of Lotus Notes.
MIS 652 Advanced Topics in MIS
Prerequisite: MIS 601
This course provides an in-depth treatment of one or more advanced topics in the management of information
systems. The topics covered will vary with each offering so the course may be repeated for credit.
MIS 653 Advanced Topics in e-Commerce
Prerequisite: MIS 601
This course provides an in-depth treatment of one or more advanced topics in the e-commerce. The topics
covered will vary with each offering so the course may be repeated for credit.
MKT 501 Marketing Management
Prerequisite: None
This introductory course at the MBA level examines the character and importance of the marketing process, its
essential functions, and the institutions performing them. Attention is focused on the major policies, such as
distribution, product, price, and promotion, which underlie the marketing structure, and the managerial, economic,
and societal implications of such policies. The lectures are supplemented by case studies designed to highlight
important marketing concepts as they are realized in the business world today.
MKT 601 Strategic Marketing
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