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Credit
hours follow the course title. Courses eligible for credit toward
the MBA elective credit and the Banking and Finance concentration
are listed in the Electives section.
For
students starting the MBA program as of Fall 2004,
the concentration in information systems is 12 credits.
For
students enrolled in the MBA program before Fall 2004,
the concentration in information systems is 9 credits.
Please
Note: At the end of the course descriptions, the Faculty
of the IS department have provided the guidelines
to assist you to select MIS electives to organize a concentration
focused on different IS career tracks.
Concentrations: Management Information Systems Electives Course Listing
[show all descriptions]
MIDS 407: Computer Programming and Problem Solving Using Java
- 3.0
The objective of this course is to help students gain proficiency in computer programming using an object-oriented programming language. Emphasis is placed on a modular, structured approach to developing programs; the use of workbench tools (IDE, dynamic debuggers, etc.) for increasing productivity in the development and testing of programs; and the use of the various packages in Java to facilitate rapid application development including JDBC and Swing. UML will be presented as a modeling tool and interfaces, thread management, and exception processing will be covered. Applications will be developed using classes, applets, servlets, and javabeans. Prior experience or coursework with procedural programming is recommended.
MIDS 410: Information Technology Architectures
- 3.0
Just as a craftsperson needs an intimate understanding of the tools of a trade, the information professional must understand the architecture of hardware, telecommunication facilities, operating systems, applications and networks. This course covers how prioritization, security, sharing and distribution can be improved by parallelism and how required synchronization can be safely and efficiently implemented across an essentially layered architecture that extends from the chip to the user-friendly application.Prereq: MIDS 409 or MBAC 423.
MIDS 413: Managing Large Systems
- 3.0
This course will help you understand the complex nature of the selection, implementation and management of large enterprise business systems (such as Enterprise Resource System, Customer Relationship Management systems and Supply Chain Management systems). It is no secret that many companies have publicly, and privately, struggled with large enterprise business systems projects which ended up millions of dollars over budget, many years behind schedule, or worse, crippling the companies' operations by failing to meet the day-to-day demands of the business. During this course, we will examine case studies of successful, and unsuccessful, projects and organize the common themes into a framework applicable to the successful navigation of the lifecycle of large enterprize business systems. Prereq: MIDS 409 or consent of instructor.
MIDS 415: Multimedia Systems
- 3.0
As information becomes more abstract and therefore more difficult to perceive directly with one's sense, sonic and visual presentation become more important than ever. Designing systems that take advantage of people's aesthetic sensibilities is an area wide open to the enterprising and inventive entrepreneur. This course will interest those who think that artists have a say about how sound and graphics and words might be put together. The course examines aesthetic issues that arise in the development of multimedia. It focuses on creative integration of video, audio, and graphics particularly for the web, interactive CDs, and virtual reality.
MIDS 426: Designing Successful Systems
- 3.0
One of the greatest challenges organizations face is creating information systems that work. Not only must you be able to diagnose problems, envision new possibilities, and design solutions, you must also be able to communicate your ideas to the technologists who will build and support the systems you need. In this course we will investigate concepts and techniques for analyzing systems and processes in order to identify opportunities for improving the organization, its work practices and its information systems. We will emphasize creativity in diagnosing organizational problems and opportunities. We will explore consultation and intervention strategies for moving to a consensus on problem definition and a vision of desired changes. We will investigate strategies for documenting organizational and information system requirements that both managers and information technology professionals can understand and act on. Finally, we will discuss project management approaches that keep development efforts in time and under budget.
MIDS 427: Sys Develop & Data Management
- 3.0
Information drives modern organizatons. From ERP systems to on-line shopping carts, databases are the engines of contemporary business applicatons. Managers who possess a fundamental understanding of databases have an advantage. These managers appreciate the potential of the data at their fingertips, and they know how to improve the business processes that databases support. This is a course on the design and development of database management systems with an emphasis on the role of databases in business processes. Students will learn the tools of data and process design, and will learn how to extract powerful information from databases. The final project puts it all together in a real-world database development project.
MIDS 429: Design of Object-Oriented Systems
- 3.0
This course provides an opportunity to gain an understanding of the concepts and technology of object-oriented systems,and to learn system design techniques that take full advantage of this technology. Students develop competence in programming in an object-oriented language.Prereq: Ability to program in Pascal or C or consent of instructor.
MIDS 432: Health Care Info Systems
- 3.0
This course covers concepts, techniques and technologies for providing information systems to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of health care organizations.
MIDS 438: Digital Business and Law
- 1.0
The course provides M.B.A. and Law students an understanding of legal issues that need to be addressed in the development of digital business at the level of web site management and transactions. The course also highlights the critical role of technology as a source of new legal requirements and also as a means to address and enforce legal requirements that are critical in conducting on-line business (e.g., demand for authenticity, or non-repudiation). The course is organized as a series of topics that focus on critical aspects of e-business development and its legal enforcement and regulation. Covered topics include: web site development and contractual issues related to it, business transactions and theirenforcement, security, privacy, intellectual property rights, consumer protection, international juridical issues, and e-business regulation.
MIDS 442: Management of Information Systems
- 3.0
Examines information technology issues facing senior information management, including the role of information technology in supporting organization strategy: relationships with other senior managers and with end users; technology and applications architectures; funding information technology; managing in distributed technology environments; managing a global information technology activity; technology forecasting; and operational issues such as staffing and procurement.
MIDS 446: Managing E-Business Technologies
- 3.0
The digital economy reshapes the way we manage and do business. For example, companies like Amazon and e-bay have changed some industries, and Dell, Cisco, and Wal-Mart owe their success to innovative uses of e-business solutions. Nowadays, e-business pervades every industry. Harnessing the latest technologies to support it is not optional but a necessity for all--from established industry leaders to small startups. Managers must understand how to apply, integrate, and take advantage of these technologies to attain and sustain competitive advantage and how to develop successful business models around them. Successful companies have implemented e-business strategies with innovative business models to build cutting-edge enterprises that serve and retain customers, manage suppliers, and integrate business processes better than ever before. Others, unfortunately, are lured into ill-fated adventures with bleeding-edge technologies by the ongoing flood of hot buzzwords and fads. This course aims to provide you with the ability to make the right choices in creating value and wealth by identifying the fundamental design principles for building successful e-business models and solutions.
MIDS 447: Co Dialogues On Info & Mgmt
- 3.0
Each week, Chief Level Officers (CIO, CEO, CFO, CMO, CTO, etc.) from major corporations present the class with live problems in which technology, strategy and operational issues must be integrated in a coherent organizational course of action. Students work in teams to design courses of action in response to those problem situations, which Chief Level Officers then review, critique and discuss. Prereq: MIDS 409.
MIDS 458: Managing Corporate Knowledge
- 3.0
Knowledge management has emerged as an important managementpractice in organizations and many firms use advanced information technology to support effective knowledge creation and sharing. This course covers technical, behavioral, and organizational bases for effective management of knowledge in organizations. Topics that are covered include: knowledge management systems, knowledge creation, knowledge transfer, communities of practice, managing mobilized knowledge, knowledge management and corporate strategy, and knowledge management in multination corporations.Prereq: MIDS 409, MBAC 423.
MIDS 461: Change Management
- 3.0
Change is an inherent dimension of organizational life-new policies, regulations, technologies, people, products, competitors, markets, processes, physical facilities...the list goes on. Consequently, the abilities to adapt to and manage technical and organizational changes are critical managerial competencies. This course aims to provide a framework for planning, analyzing, and managing those changes over which you as a manager will have some control. Though our discussions will focus on technology-enabled and technology-related change, the intention is to equip you with a process model, tools, and guiding principles that can be applied more generally to other change processes.
MIDS 470: Analyzing Mobility and Mobile E-Business
- 3.0
Pervasive digital services and mobile computing applications, and intelligent and ubiquitous computing environments will change the landscape of organizational computing and business applications in the next decade. They will also change how we work and how business is conducted. There are technological, business, and regulatory challenges that must be addressed in shifting organizational approaches and technological solutions to this new environment. The goal of this courseis to examine state-of-the art solutions to this new arena,explore business opportunities and analyze research themes and issues that are emerging in this new arena. The course is meant for Ph.D. students studying pervasive computing, advanced M.S.M. students who are interested in this new area, technologically savvy M.B.A. students who want to explore andexpand their knowledge in the leading edge technologies andfor students in the engineering school who want to study business applications of telecommunication and agent-based technologies.Prereq: MIDS 446 or consent of instructor.
MIDS 485: Web Systems Integration
- 3.0
Standards-based technology is used to help solve complex information system problems in modern organizations. This course brings together component-based development approaches in the context of doing business on the global Internet and on corporate intranets. Enabling technologies are based on published and defacto Internet standards including HTTP and HTML, CGI/API and Perl, CSS, JavaScript, ActiveX, XML, CORBA/DCOM, and SSL/SET. Students are encouraged to contribute to a team effort to design, implement, and integrate an appropriate solution to a selected business problem in electronic commerce or distance learning. They will also develop competency in the foundation technologies.
MIS
electives organized by career itnerest.
Courses
that deal with people, processes and solutions:
- Change Management (MIDS 461)
- Managing Corporate Knowledge (MIDS 458)
- Management of Information Systems (MIDS 442)
Courses that deal with the integration of business and technology
- Multimedia Systems (MIDS 415)
- Digital Law (MIDS 438)
- Designing Successful Systems (MIDS 426)
- Health Care Information Systems (MIDS 432)
- Managing e-Business Technologies (MIDS 446)
- Mobile e-Business (MIDS 470)
Courses that focus specifically on technology
- Computer Programming and Problem Solving Using Java (MIDS 407)
- Information Technology Architectures (MIDS 410)
- Systems Development and Data Management (MIDS 427)
- Object-Oriented Programming and Design (MIDS 429)
- Web Systems Integration (MIDS 485)
If your career
interest is to become a:
- Financial
Analyst
We encourage you to take: MIDS 427, MIDS 458
- Marketing
Specialist
We encourage you to take:MIDS 426 (or 432), MIDS 438, MIDS 446,
MIDS 458
- Management
Consultant
We encourage you to take:MIDS 426 (or 432), MIDS 438, MIDS 458,
MIDS 461,
- Operations
or Supply Chain Manager
We encourage you to take:MIDS 410, MIDS 442, MIDS 461
- Entrepreneur
We encourage you to take:MIDS 415, MIDS 438, MIDS 446, MIDS 470,
MIDS 485
- Process/Organizational
Development Specialist
We encourage you to take:MIDS 426 (or 432), MIDS 458, MIDS 461
- IT Specialist*
We encourage you to take:MIDS 407 (or 429), MIDS 410, MIDS 426
(or 432) MIDS 442, MIDS 446, MIDS 461, MIDS 485
By IT Specialist,
we mean systems analyst, data analyst, IS consultant, IS project
manager, data architect, data warehouse manager, database analyst,
web master, etc.
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