Information Systems Management
ISM 6211: Information Systems Management and Strategies (3)
Offerings
Introduces the key concepts, systems, and strategies needed to manage information as a strategic resource. Explores the impact of managing information in an environment of constant technological and organizational change.
Equivalents: BUS 6170
Restrictions: Graduate only.
ISM 6212: Database Management and Warehousing (3)
Offerings
Prerequisite: BUS 6170 or ISM 6211. Explores the various processes involved in the creation and management of organizational data. Topics include: developing sound entity-relationship data models, building normalized relational database management systems, and understanding how to move from an operational system to a decision support-based data warehouse.
Restrictions: Graduate only.
Prerequisites: BUS 6170: D or better
OR ISM 6211: D or better
ISM 6213: Enterprise Analysis and Integration (3)
Offerings
Prerequisites: BUS 6170 or ISM 6211, and BUS 6130, 6164. Explores enterprise systems which integrate and adapt changing technology into the business environment-with effective internal responsiveness and external global reach. Addresses the need for a new kind of cooperation between business leaders and technical experts to enable business to compete in new ways on a global scale.
Equivalents: BUS 6271
Restrictions: Graduate only.
Prerequisites: (BUS 6170: D or better
OR ISM 6211: D or better)
AND BUS 6130: D or better
AND BUS 6164: D or better
ISM 6225: Information and Technology Ethics (3)
Offerings
Prerequisites: ISM 6211 and BUS 6201. Explores the moral and legal implications of information management issues. Includes topics such as security, privacy, transborder data flow, information ownership and responsibility, information as power, vendor relations, virtual organizations, personal interactions, discrimination, behavior in and out of the work place, and other related issues.
Restrictions: Graduate only.
Prerequisites: (ISM 6211: D or better
OR BUS 6170: D or better
OR ISM 6000: D or better)
AND (BUS 6201: D or better
OR BUS 6240: D or better)
ISM 6231: Information Systems Project Management (3)
Offerings
Prerequisites: BUS 6170 or ISM 6211, 6212 and BUS 6260, 6266. Introduces the software development life cycle, techniques and tools used, and project management methods. Includes feasibility, analysis and requirements definition. Explores the provision of values-based leadership to IS project teams.
Restrictions: Graduate only.
Prerequisites: (BUS 6170: D or better
OR ISM 6211: D or better)
AND ISM 6212: D or better
AND BUS 6260: D or better
AND BUS 6266: D or better
ISM 6245: Information Technology Infrastructure (3)
Offerings
Prerequisite: BUS 6170 or ISM 6211. Explores the technologies needed to design, implement and manage effective computer networks. Includes local as well as mobile architectures and issues in e-business systems implementation.
Restrictions: Graduate only.
Prerequisites: (BUS 6170: D or better
OR ISM 6211: D or better)
ISM 6255: Knowledge Management and Business Intelligence (3)
Offerings
Prerequisite: ISM 6212. Examines advanced database and knowledge management topics. Develops a method for migrating from relational operational systems to multidimensional decision support systems that supports business intelligence activities.
Restrictions: Graduate only.
Prerequisites: ISM 6212: D or better
ISM 6313: Information Technology as a Strategic Advantage (3)
Offerings
Prerequisite: BUS 6170 or ISM 6211. Examines the competitive advantage created by Information Technology. Includes the competitive landscape of e-business, adoption of new technologies, and appraisal of business models, strategies and value configurations.
Restrictions: Graduate only.
Prerequisites: (BUS 6170: D or better
OR ISM 6211: D or better)
ISM 6331: Information Systems Security (3)
Offerings
Prerequisite: BUS 6170 or ISM 6211. Develops an understanding of information systems security issues. Addresses security policy creation, risk evaluation and implementation of security measures in organizations. Examines privacy, ethical and legal issues and requirements.
Restrictions: Graduate only.
Prerequisites: ISM 6211: D or better
OR BUS 6170: D or better
ISM 6335: Information Technology Engineering Management (3)
Offerings
Prerequisite: BUS 6170 or ISM 6211. Explores issues in software engineering such as development methodologies and standards, reusability, software quality assurance, CASE tools, software metrics, and tools to evaluate, control, and estimate the systems development function.
Restrictions: Graduate only.
Prerequisites: (BUS 6170: D or better
OR ISM 6211: D or better)
ISM 6345: Distributed Applications (3)
Offerings
Prerequisite: ISM 6245. Examines technical options in computer architectures, servers, operating systems, telecommunication and networks, as well as management and performance issues related to distributed client server, Web-based, cloud and mobile/wireless computing.
Restrictions: Graduate only.
Prerequisites: ISM 6245: D or better
ISM 6356: Data Mining Analytics and Visualization (3)
Offerings
Prerequisite: ISM 6212. Examines the principles and practices of data mining and information visualization including data analytics and statistical analysis. Data mining is the computational process of discovering patterns in large data sets. Information visualization is the process of visually representing those patterns. Students will utilize tools and techniques to analyze large data sets in order to make sound business decisions.
Restrictions: Information Systems Management, Management Majors only.
Prerequisites: ISM 6212: D or better
ISM 6900: Independent Study (3-6)
Offerings
Provides the opportunity for a student to study a topic of special interest under faculty supervision. May be repeated for credit up to 15 credits.
Restrictions: Graduate only.
ISM 6910: Seminar in Information Systems Management (1-6)
Offerings
Prerequisite: BUS 6170 or ISM 6211. Explores variable topics related to effective management of information systems. May be repeated for credit up to 6 credits.
Restrictions: Graduate only.
Prerequisites: (BUS 6170: D or better
OR ISM 6211: D or better)
ISM 6930: Information Systems Management Consulting Practicum (1-6)
Offerings
Prerequisite: ISM 6231. Provides an opportunity for students to gain practical experience in the information systems management field under instructor supervision. May be repeated for credit up to 6 credits.
Restrictions: Information Systems Management Majors only. Graduate only.
Prerequisites: ISM 6231: D or better
ISM 6960: Master's Project (3)
Offerings
Prerequisite: ISM 6231. Allows students to complete an independent project designed and driven by the student(s) to demonstrate proficiency in completing an information management project or performing research to further the state of the art in a particular area of ISM. May be repeated for credit 1 time.
Restrictions: Information Systems Management Majors only. Graduate only.
Prerequisites: ISM 6231: D or better