Department of Information and Operations Management

ISTM 601 Fundamentals of Business Programming

Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.

Business Application Development using both procedural and object-oriented programming techniques; use of component based software design and development for distributed business software systems.
Prerequisite: Graduate business classification or approval of instructor.

ISTM 610 Business Data Communications

Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.

Concepts and technology of on-line and network-based systems in business; analysis of data communication requirements, design, selection and application of network technologies including wide and local area networks, distributed processing, network architecture, and systems management and control; software simulation projects emphasized. Classification 6 students may not enroll in this course.
Prerequisites: Graduate classification.

ISTM 612 Management Information Systems

Credits 1 to 3. 1 to 3 Lecture Hours.

Concepts, theories, and the strategic role of information systems as applied to business organizations; highly integrative/cross functional in nature. Classification 6 students may not enroll in this course.
Prerequisite: Enrollment is limited to MBA students.

ISTM 615 Business Database Systems

Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.

Information processing and management involving applications and user orientation in a business environment using commercially available database management systems.
Prerequisite: Knowledge of one programming language.

ISTM 620 Systems Analysis and Design

Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.

Methodologies, techniques, and tools for information systems analysis and design; the analysis and logical design of business processes and management information systems focusing on the systems development life cycle; techniques for logical system design.
Prerequisite: ISTM 615 or concurrent enrollment.

ISTM 622 Advanced Data Management

Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.

Data/database management and advanced SQL techniques; issues of data security, backup and recovery, large scale databases, master data management, concurrent user data access, scalability, and policies.
Prerequisites: ISTM 615 or equivalent; graduate classification in business.

ISTM 624 Advanced Systems Analysis and Design

Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.

Advanced topics in business systems analysis and design; alternative methodologies such as agile development, extreme programming, Rational Unified Process; Unified Modeling Language; bench marking and best practices for systems development; cost/benefit analysis, estimation and budgeting for business information systems; testing; patterns, domain-driven design; process modeling; service-oriented architecture and cloud computing.
Prerequisite: ISTM 620 or equivalent; graduate classification in business.

ISTM 630 MIS Project Management and Implementation

Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.

Advanced coverage of systems development topics with emphasis on the management and implementation of business computing systems; group project orientation to include feasibility analysis, alternative evaluation and selection, and management approval; use of software engineering tools where appropriate. Classification 6 students may not enroll in this class.
Prerequisite: ISTM 620.

ISTM 631 Information Systems Design and Development Project

Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.

Design and delivery of functional, multi-platform application system using current technologies; user interface design emphasized; issues of mobile device forms, software delivery, and development.
Prerequisites: Graduation classification; ISTM 622; ISTM 630.

ISTM 635 Business Information Security

Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.

Explores the business, managerial, and technological aspects of information security; analysis, design, and implementation issues surrounding effective information security; authentication, authorization, availability, business continuity planning, confidentiality, disaster recovery, encryption, firewalls, fraud protection, security policy development, integrity, risk management, virus protection, VPNs and wireless security. Classification 6 students may not enroll in this course.
Prerequisite: ISTM 610.

ISTM 637 Data Warehousing

Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.

Provides an understanding of the process by which a data warehouse system is designed and developed along with the underlying concepts and software systems; includes OLAP models and their differences with standard OLTP models.
Prerequisite: ISTM 615 or approval of instructor.

ISTM 643 Corporate Information Planning

Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.

Concepts regarding the design and use of computer-based management information and decision support systems; combinations of computing hardware and software and design concepts evaluated to meet managers' information needs. Classification 6 students may not enroll in this course.
Prerequisites: ISTM 615 or equivalent or approval of instructor.

ISTM 645 IT Security Controls

Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.

Familiarization with planning, design, and implementation of controls to minimize risks to business information; focus on the importance of managing business information security; introduction to the tools, concepts and theories to safeguard an organization’s information systems and IT assets; understanding of cryptography and application, operations, and physical security.
Prerequisite: ISTM 635.

ISTM 650 Business Data Mining

Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.

Rationale for business Data Mining through case studies of business applications; process of data mining by using commercial Data Mining software on very large data sets; half of the course devoted to lab training in the use of Data Mining software including SAS Enterprise Miner and SPSS Clementine.
Prerequisite: STAT 652 or approval of instructor.

ISTM 652 Customer Relationship Management and Technologies

Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.

Theory and application of information technology in customer relationship management, construction of CRM infrastructures in organizations.
Prerequisite: ISTM 615.

ISTM 655 Security Management and Compliance

Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.

Familiarization with managerial and legal aspects of business information security; focus on importance of managing business information security and theories to help safeguard an organization’s information systems and IT assets; understanding of Security Architecture and Design, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning, Laws Investigation and Ethics.

ISTM 660 Applied Predictive Analytics for Business

Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.

Develop an understanding of the role of predictive analytics in shaping business outcomes; provide hands-on, practical approach to implementing predictive analytics tools for gaining competitive advantage in business.
Prerequisite: Graduate classification.

ISTM 670 IT Consulting

Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.

Concerns with the practice of IT consulting; and develops an understanding of consulting practices, business development and revenue management, client relationships, team-based knowledge, knowledge services, technology evaluation, selection and integration, collaboration tools, business process and organizational change, and large application implementations; involves a full semester client-based project.
Prerequisites: ISTM 615, ISTM 620, and SCMT 660, and approval of instructor.

ISTM 684 Professional Internship

Credits 1 to 6. 1 to 6 Other Hours.

A directed internship in an organization to provide students with on-the-job training with professionals in organizational settings appropriate to the student's professional objectives. May be repeated for credit. Classification 6 students may not enroll in this course.
Prerequisite: Approval of committee chair and department head.

ISTM 685 Directed Studies

Credits 1 to 4. 1 to 4 Other Hours.

Directed study on selected problems using recent developments in business research methods. Classification 6 students may not enroll in this course.
Prerequisite: Approval of instructor and graduate advisor.

ISTM 689 Special Topics in...

Credits 1 to 4. 1 to 4 Other Hours.

Selected topics in identified area of information systems, operations management or management science. Classification 6 students may not enroll in this course. May be repeated for credit.

ISTM 705 Information Management for Decision Making

Credits 1 to 4. 1 to 4 Lecture Hours.

Policies, practices and procedures for management corporation information; relational database theory and relationship database management systems; data modeling; structured and unstructured data management; structured query language; secure data practices; information management for managerial decision making.
Prerequisite: For Master of Science in Business students only.

SCMT 610 Business Analytics

Credits 1 to 3. 1 to 3 Lecture Hours.

Utilization of quantitative tools such as forecasting, optimization and Monte Carlo simulation in order to deal with uncertainties in business and to assist in making better business decisions. May be repeated up to 3 hours credit. Classification 6 students may not enroll in this course.
Prerequisite: Enrollment is limited to MBA students.

SCMT 611 Statistical Foundation of Data Analytics

Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.

Collection, tabulation and presentation of numerical data; sampling, estimation of averages and variation, probability and error, hypothesis testing, linear and logistic regression; practical applications to functional problems in accounting, finance, marketing and management.

SCMT 614 Operations Management

Credits 1 to 3. 1 to 3 Lecture Hours.

Theory and applications of designing, analyzing and controlling productive systems in the allocation and use of resources to produce goods and services. May be repeated for up to 3 hours credit. Classification 6 students may not enroll in this course.
Prerequisites: SCMT 610 or equivalent; enrollment is limited to MBA students.

SCMT 616 Supply Chain Management

Credits 1 to 3. 1 to 3 Lecture Hours.

Focus on the integrated management of the total product delivery system; purchasing, inventory management and distribution functions with emphasis on physical and information flows.
Prerequisites: SCMT 614; MBA classification.

SCMT 637 Modeling and Optimization

Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.

Application of quantitative decision-making techniques to management decision problems; focus on model development, solution and implementation of results with particular emphasis on linear and mixed-integer programming.

SCMT 638 Information Technology in Supply Chain Management

Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.

Review, evaluate, and contribute to the existing knowledge base regarding the management of information flows from automatic identification systems such as RFID.
Prerequisites: ISEN 615 and PhD students or Masters students with a thesis degree plan or approval of instructor.

SCMT 645 Business Process Design

Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.

Introduction to business process design and analysis; tools and techniques to document, analyze and improve business processes; Six Sigma process design and improvement; process metrics; computer simulation of processes; aligning business process with organizational goals and objectives; and case study of real world business problems.
Prerequisites: Graduate classification or approval of instructor; SCMT 614, SCMT 660 or approval of instructor.

SCMT 667 Logistics and Distribution Management

Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.

Contemporary logistics activities including inbound and outbound materials and service flows, with special emphasis on their relationships to the firm's manufacturing function. Classification 6 students may not enroll in this course.
Prerequisite: SCMT 614 or SCMT 660 or equivalent.

SCMT 685 Directed Studies

Credits 1 to 4. 1 to 4 Other Hours.

Directed study on selected problems using recent developments in business research methods.
Prerequisites: Approval of instructor and graduate advisor.

SCMT 688 Doctoral Seminar in...

Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours.

Evaluation of current research and controversial issues in management information systems, production/operations management or management science. May be repeated for credit five times as content varies. For doctoral students only.
Prerequisite: Approval of department head.

SCMT 689 Special Topics in...

Credits 1 to 4. 1 to 4 Lecture Hours. 0 to 4 Lab Hours.

Selected topics in identified areas of operations and supply chain management.

SCMT 691 Research

Credits 1 to 23. 1 to 23 Other Hours.

Research for thesis or dissertation. Classification 6 students may not enroll in this course.

SCMT 705 Global Operations

Credits 1 to 4. 1 to 4 Lecture Hours.

Concepts, techniques and tools to design, analyze and improve core operational capabilities; production control; inventory management; quality management; process design; forecasting; product design; facility layout; capacity planning.
Prerequisite: For Master of Science in Business students only.