MIS Graduate Courses
Course Descriptions:
- INSS 530
Information Systems in Organizations (3) Prerequisites: All undergraduate prerequisite courses or permission of the instructor. Introduces basic management information systems concepts and examines the fundamental types of information systems. Personal, work group and enterprise information systems are discussed. The challenge and use of information to gain competitive advantage are also examined. Other topics to be discussed include: the economics of information, use of valued added concepts to evaluate information system effectiveness, and the application of system theory to information system architecture.
- INSS 675
Information Systems Project Management (3) Prerequisite: Either INSS 530, INSS 540, INSS 540 or permission of the instructor. Provides an overview of the project management process as it relates to information systems. Project management techniques and methodologies for information systems development are examined. Important issues addressed include scheduling, resource allocation, risk assessment, contingency planning, management and user reporting, and automated project management systems. A survey of automated project planning tools is included.
- INSS 510 Computer Concepts (3) Prerequisites:
All undergraduate prerequisite courses or permission of the instructor.
Provides an overview of basic computer concepts as they apply to MIS
professionals. Emphasis is on basic machine architecture including data
storage, manipulation, the human-machine interface including the basics of
operating systems, algorithms and programming languages. In addition, the
basic concepts of data organization including data and file structures are
examined. Emerging trends in computer technology and their impact on
organizational information systems are also discussed. Students will be
required to complete programming projects.
- INSS 520 Software Structures (3) Prerequisites:
All undergraduate prerequisite courses or permission of the instructor.
Recommended prerequisite: INSS 510. Provides an in-depth look at
programming languages from a design and implementation perspective.
Language semantics and syntax issues are explored. Specification and
implementation of data structures are examined. Characteristics of
non-procedural, heuristic and object-oriented languages are discussed.
Current developments in software engineering methodologies are reviewed as
well as research into the improvement of those practices. Software project
management concepts and software quality issues are also addressed.
Students will be required to complete programming projects.
- INSS 525 Individual and Group
Dynamics in Organizations (3) Prerequisite: Either INSS 510,
INSS 520, or permission of the instructor. Many information systems
fail due to organizational and behavioral issues. This course will examine
the dynamics of individuals and groups as they relate to the design,
development, and implementation of information systems within
organizations. Information systems will be discussed within the context of
an overall socio-technical framework. The organizational culture and
politics of change within groups will be discussed. The role of the system
analyst as a change agent will be examined.
- INSS 538 Data Communication Systems and
Networks (3) Prerequisites: Either INSS 510, INSS 520 or permission
of the instructor. Provides analysis of data communication technology
and its application within the public and private sector enterprise. Gives
an in-depth view of the communication environment, data communication and
telecommunication equipment, and local and wide area networks. The student
is involved in at least one case study of communication systems design in
an educational, industrial, governmental or military environment.
- INSS 540 Information Management
Analysis and Design (3) Prerequisite: Either INSS 510, INSS 520,
INSS 530 or permission of the instructor. Provides an in-depth look at
all phases of information systems development. Requirements acquisition
methodologies are reviewed and evaluated with respect to different
application areas. Logical design is reviewed and implementation issues
are addressed. Data-centered as well as process-centered approaches to
system design are reviewed. Particular design methodologies including
structured design and object-oriented design are discussed. Life cycle as
well as heuristic approaches to system development are examined and
discussed. Organizational and behavioral issues with respect to
information system development are examined. An analysis and design
project will be required. Students may not receive credit for both INSS
540(r) and INSS 540. Students may not receive credit for both INSS 540(r)
and INSS 610.
- INSS 550 Database Management and
Decision Systems (3) Prerequisite: Either INSS 510, INSS 520, INSS
530 or permission of the instructor. Examines database concepts and
practices as they relate to business environments. Various database
structures including relational and object-oriented are discussed.
Concepts of distributed database architecture are explored. Design,
development and implementation of databases are examined. Organizational
issues concerning the implementation of databases are also examined. The
role of data in the decision-making process is examined. Decision support
system architecture is reviewed with emphasis on the database component.
Issues of intelligent databases are discussed. A database project is
required.
- INSS 555 Human Information Processes
(3) Prerequisite: Either INSS 510, INSS 520 or permission of
instructor. Examines human information processing capabilities and
limitations as they relate to the design, development, and implementation
of information systems. Artificial intelligence methodologies for the
emulation and enhancement of human information processing are examined.
Expert system, neural net, and natural language processing are discussed.
- INSS 620 Information Systems Policy (3)
Prerequisite: Either INSS 540 or permission of the instructor.
Examines the issue of linking business performance with information
systems technology. Alternative structures for matching the information
system organization with the overall organization are discussed and
evaluated. Planning mechanisms and strategies are examined. Behavior and
legal issues that relate to information systems management are addressed.
Case studies are used to expose students to information systems policy
issues.
- INSS 625 Issues in Information Systems
Management (3) Prerequisite: Either INSS 540, INSS 610, INSS 620 or
permission of the instructor. In this course, current issues in
information systems management that relate to the integration and
implementation of new information systems technology into the organization
are discussed. Possible topics include: managing end-user computing,
integrating artificial intelligence capabilities into information systems
and using intelligent databases. The focus of this course is on the
management issues raised by the adoption of new information systems
technology.
- INSS 635 Securities Control and Audit
Information (3) Prerequisite: Either INSS 510,
INSS 520, INSS 530, or permission of the instructor. Introduces
ADP audit and control methods, with emphasis on information systems
controls. ADP security, type of ADP audit, concepts, and techniques used
in ADP audits are discussed. It also examines exposure to risk assessment
and professional standards in the field of ADP auditing and internal
control policy and procedures.
- INSS 680 Information Systems Practicum
(3) Prerequisites: Advancement to candidacy in the MIS program and
INSS 620. Provides the student with practical experience in analyzing,
designing, implementing and evaluating an information system in
industrial, government or military environments. The student is assigned a
systems development project in which all of the systems development cycles
can be experienced. Students can be placed in practicum sites
independently or in a team to acquire practical experience. This course
is graded Pass (P) or Fail (F).
- INSS 690 Professional Seminar (3) Prerequisites:
Advancement to candidacy in the MIS program and successful completion of
the graduate MIS comprehensive examination. A capstone course designed
to expose the student to the various areas of information systems in the
organization where concepts from other core courses can be utilized. The
focus is on information science research, policy formation and issues.
Students produce an analytical/scientific paper within their chosen area
of organizational interest.
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