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Graduate Level Courses (CIS) 

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CIS

 

500

 

Information Systems for Management

 

4

Hardware, systems software, applications software, and telecommunication components and architecture of operational and management oriented information systems.  Cases in managing the acquisition and use of custom developed and packaged systems.

CIS

501

Application Programming

4

Prerequisite:  CIS 100.  Algorithm development for business applications using structured and object-oriented programming; planning, designing, coding, debugging, and documenting programs.

CIS

502

Analysis and Logical Design I: Data/Object Structures

4

Prerequisite CIS 501.  Introduction to data structures and to structured, relational, and object database management systems; designing and programming personal and production-oriented database system.

CIS

503Z

Analysis and Logical Design II: Methodology

4

Prerequisite:  CIS 501.  Package and custom systems development life cycles; feasibility and requirements determination; process, data and object modeling, design and implementation; change management.

CIS

504

Information Systems

4

Overview  of computer, communication and software systems.  Cases in: business applications of information technology, managing the acquisition and use of application systems, and working with the information systems organization.

CIS

510

IS/IT Architectures

4

Prerequisite:  Procedural language programming experience.  Analysis of contemporary information technology architectures and environments, including: multi-tiered client/server architectures; enterprise, workgroup, and personal systems hardware and operating systems; and business systems planning and development tools.

CIS

520

Software Engineering

4

Status and problems with methodologies and tools underlying specification estimation, justification, design, development, installation and maintenance of large business software and systems integration projects.

CIS

527

Seminar: Decision Support Systems

4

Analysis, design, management, and use of tools needed to mine decision support data from data warehouses, the Web, and commercial information services.

CIS

528

Current Problems in Computer Information Systems

4

Prerequisite:  CIS 504.  Latest research projects in computer information systems; application of research techniques and results to specific problems.  May be repeated once as subject matter changes.

CIS

543

Data Base Systems

4

Database concepts; comparison of relational and object-oriented modeling for data base systems; unified modeling language for data bases; principles of data warehousing; data base administration and development tools; case study in data base design.

CIS

560

Seminar: Microcomputer Networks

4

Prerequisite: CIS 484 or 585.  Advanced technology concepts and developments seminar; trends in hardware and associated operating systems and architecture.  Distributed Information Systems (distributed data processing), networking, data communications related to networks.

CIS

561

Design of an E-Commerce Site

4

Prerequisite: basic knowledge of HTML or XML.  Analysis, development, and design of a web-based e-commerce site model for an actual business.  Team projects incorporating web design, electronic transfer processing, and site development/maintenance.

CIS

562

Authoring Websites

4

Prerequisite: Knowledge of Procedural Language Programming.  Design of websites, based on visual, color, content, animation, and hierarchical elements.  Tailoring format and writing for the specific audience, purpose, and media.  Incorporating interactivity to enhance understanding and usability.

CIS

567

Seminar: Business Expert Systems

4

Prerequisite: Procedural language programming experience.  Analysis, design, implementation, and management of decision support and expert systems.  Hands on development of a decision support/expert systems model.

CIS

581

Health Care Information Systems

4

Overview of computer, communication and software systems.  Cases in health care information technology applications.  Development, acquisition and use of custom and packaged application systems.  Working with the Information Systems Organization.

CIS

583

Information Systems Consulting

4

Approaches and tools for consulting to the modern information-age organization, presentation of the results of actual information systems consulting projects; student case study presentations.

CIS

584

Seminar: Controlling and Auditing Computer Systems

4

Controlling on-line interactive computer/data communication systems as a challenge to management and to internal and external auditors.

CIS

585

Communication and Information Services

4

Prerequisite:  CIS 504.  Voice and data communication technologies that underlay the Internet; tools and strategies needed for e-commerce and information services.

CIS

586

Information Systems Project and Change Management

4

Organizational, behavioral and life-cycle aspects of the project planning, staffing, control, and implementation elements of technology based systems.

CIS

590

IS/IT Policy and Strategy

4

Prerequisite: CIS 504.  Discussion of the strategic perspective for aligning organizational strategy, core competencies, and information systems and technology.  Partnership roles of the CEO and CIO.

CIS

598

Graduate Directed Study

1

Investigation of an approved project leading to written report; project selected in conference with seminar professor, and arrangement made for regular meetings during quarter.  May be repeated for credit.

 

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