Information Systems

Project Management for Improving Business Systems provides students with the essential skills and methods required to manage projects successfully within the organization. The curriculum aligns with the Project Management Institute's (PMI's) A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide) and offers a comprehensive overview of the four phases of project management: defining, planning, executing, and closing. Students will learn to evaluate and prioritize projects, identify and assess risks related to project-based improvement initiatives, allocate human and technical resources, and evaluate the quality of project deliverables against predefined standards. Fall.

Analytical Programming for Business provides a foundation in programming logic, techniques, and analytical methods. The course employs modern programming languages and tools, such as Python and R, to develop scalable programming solutions to business-related problems. This course focuses on the practical applications of programming such as interaction with data sources, data preparation, processing data with logical operations, analyzing the data to conclude insights, and visualizing and reporting the data. The student will also learn to debug code, manipulate data structures and prepare data for analysis, automate workflows, and apply foundational statistical, data visualization, and machine learning techniques. Fall.

Prerequisite: must be a junior or senior or have permission from the instructor.

Applied Problem-Solving for Business Analysis introduces business students to the use of quantitative tools and structured methods for effective data-based problem solving and decision analysis. The course develops skills necessary to formulate, evaluate, and communicate solutions based on evidence and data. It covers the four major stages of problem solving - problem identification and definition, developing theories and hypotheses relationships, analyzing data and evidence to validate or invalidate causal theories, and effectively communicating recommended solutions. The focus is on business process improvement and provides an overview of some of the common systematic approaches for business problem solving used in the investigation of relationships with data. Spring.

This course offers a comprehensive introduction to the use of personal computers within the modern business environment. Topics include the use of hardware and operating systems, communications software, and word processing, spreadsheet, and database applications. Additionally, the course addresses computer terminology, ethics, social implications, and career opportunities in the field.

This course introduces the fundamentals of information systems and the role of information processing in today's business environment. This overview of information systems includes the following topics, hardware and software, data bases and big data, business intelligence and analytics, networking and telecommunications, systems development, information security, and the ethical, legal and social issues of information systems. Students must be a Junior or Senior or obtain permission from the instructor. Fall odd years.