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BMGT 381 Business Law II (3)
BMGT 391 Motivation, Performance, and Productivity (3)
BMGT 392 Global Business Management (3)
BMGT 464 Organizational Behavior (3)
BMGT 465 Organizational Development and Change (3)
BMGT 484 Managing Teams in Organizations (3)
HRMN 302 Organizational Communication (3)
HRMN 362 Labor Relations (3)
HRMN 363 Negotiation Strategies (3)
HRMN 365 Conflict Management in Organizations (3)
HRMN 367 Organizational Culture (3)
HRMN 390 Contemporary Compensation Management (3)
HRMN 392 Stress Management in Organizations (1)
HRMN 404 Managing Diversity in Organizations (3)
HRMN 406 Employee Training and Development (3)
HRMN 408 Employment Law for Business (3)
HRMN 463 Public-Sector Labor Relations (3)
HRMN 490 International Human Resource
Management (3)
Information Systems
Management
Students may seek an academic major in information systems
management.
Major in Information Systems
Management
The information systems management major provides students
with the skills needed to successfully participate in and support
the increasingly visible role of information technology in
corporate decision making. The curriculum focuses on the
methods, concepts, and practical applications of information
systems in the workplace. It develops abilities to conceptualize
and manage the design and implementation of high-quality
information systems.
Objectives
The student who graduates with a major in information systems
management will be able to:
• Apply appropriate problem-solving methodologies to the
analysis and solution of problems.
• Apply standard systems practices to the planning,
implementation, management, and evaluation of information
systems.
• Communicate effectively using oral, written, and multimedia
techniques.
• Manage change in the dynamic and global environments of
automated systems.
• Use technology to research information needed to produce
informed decisions for organizations.
• Identify relationships between programming languages and
information systems.
• Demonstrate skills in systems analysis appropriate to the
management of information systems projects.
UMUC Bachelor’s Degrees
• Demonstrate skills in the design, creation, maintenance, and
reporting functions of database systems and database systems
management.
• Use a systems approach to select hardware and software for
an organization.
• Evaluate ethical issues related to information systems, work
productivity, and human factors.
Requirements for the Major
A major in information systems management requires the
completion of 30 semester hours in information systems
management; at least 15 of which must be earned in courses
numbered 300 or above. Specific course requirements are listed
below. Within the information systems management major,
students may complete general study in the subject or choose a
more structured track in information assurance.
Information Systems Management Coursework (30 s.h.)
Required Foundation Courses (15 s.h.)
All students majoring in information systems management must
take a course in a programming language (COBOL, C++, C,
Java, or Visual Basic) and the following foundation courses:
IFSM 300 Information Systems in Organizations (3)
IFSM 310 Software and Hardware Concepts (3)
IFSM 410 Database Concepts (3)
IFSM 461 Systems Analysis and Design (3)
Core and Supplemental Major Courses (15 s.h.)
The distribution of core and supplemental major courses differs
depending on whether the student chooses to complete general
study or the specialized track. Students completing general study
must complete 9 semester hours in core coursework and 6 semester
hours in supplemental major coursework, as described below.
Students in the information assurance track complete 6 semester
hours of core coursework and 9 semester hours in supplemental
major coursework, as described under the track requirements.
Students completing general study in information systems
management must take one of the following core courses:
IFSM 302 Workplace Productivity (3)
IFSM 303 Human Factors in Information Systems (3)
IFSM 304 Ethics in the Information Age (3)
IFSM 320 Office Automation (3)
Students completing general study in information systems
management must take two of the following core courses:
IFSM 425 Decision Support and Expert Systems (3)
IFSM 430 Information Systems and Security (3)
IFSM 438 Project Management (3)
IFSM 450 Telecommunication Systems in
Management (3)
Students completing general study in information systems
management must also take two upper-level supplemental major
courses from offerings in computer and information science,
computer information technology, computer science, computer
studies, and information systems management. Students should
be careful to ensure that all prerequisites have been met before
choosing these courses.
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