ISTM - Mgmt Info Systems

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 Network and Cloud Infrastructure

Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours. Concepts and technology of network and cloud systems in business; analysis of networking and cloud requirements, design, selection and application of technologies including wide and local area networks, distributed processing, network and cloud architecture, and systems management and control; software simulation projects emphasized. 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: Graduate classification or approval of instructor.

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.

ISTM 622 Advanced Data Management

Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours. Data and 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. Exploration of the fundamentals of assessing and managing risks faced by organizational information systems. The course has two components: (1) understanding technical threats to these systems and learning about controls to minimize risks associated with those threats; and (2) learning to do qualitative and quantitative risks assessment of organizational information systems. Topics include cybersecurity risk assessment for IT/IS assets, analysis of network-based threats to IT/IS assets and implementation of access controls to protect IT/IS assets. 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 644 Computer Trading for Non-Finance Majors

Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours. Overview of quantitative investing using algorithmic trading for investment management; exploration of collecting and preparing financial trading data, time series analysis, trend systems, momentum and mean reversal, arbitrage, backtesting, order execution, and reporting of risk and performance measures; tools, methods, and trading techniques using R programming language and R Studio. Prerequisites: ISTM 601 and ISTM 615, 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; classification, clustering, association rule mining, visualization, and prediction through a hands-on approach. 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. Prerequisite: ISTM 635.

ISTM 657 Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence Business Transformation

Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours. Transforming processes and business models through the application of advanced technologies; Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence (AI); focus on underlying technologies, business process design, and business case development; final project presentation of a new process or model and a supporting business case. Prerequisites: Graduate classification.

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 661 Information Architecture for Business

Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours. Focus on the scope and methods of information architecture, including project strategy, project scope, information organization schemes, navigation, labeling, and searching of business Web sites, as well as user experience; emphasis on the interrelationships of these components, stressing the importance of developing communication skills within teams and with clients. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.

ISTM 662 Management of the Technology Organization

Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours. Corporate management of technology; exploration of Management Information Systems, Operations, Strategic Management, Human Resources, Management, Organizational Behavior, Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Finance, and Accounting from both a strategic and tactical perspective. Prerequisites: Graduate classification.

ISTM 665 Cloud Computing Technologies

Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours. Overview of cloud computing concepts; examination of information systems in the cloud impacting functional areas of business; topics include Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), Software as a Service (SaaS); focus on how changes in computing towards commodity services drive impact across business systems, Line of Business (LoB) applications, cost efficiency, and top-line revenue growth. Prerequisites: Graduate classification.

ISTM 670 Capstone Information Systems Service Project

Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours. Philanthropic collaboration with a not-for-profit or non-profit entity in a consultative capacity; hands-on experience with consulting practices, client relationships, systems analysis and design, project-management, IT development and implementation, digital collaboration tools, knowledge management, organizational change, and/or IT security. Prerequisite: ISTM 615 or equivalent; ISTM 620 or equivalent; ISTM 630 or equivalent.

ISTM 671 Ethics of Information Systems

Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours. Exposure to the main ethical issues surrounding information, data and the systems and artifacts that are used; examination of information in multiple business areas, including marketing, accounting, finance, HR, sales, operations and information systems. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.

ISTM 680 Human-Computer Interaction in Management Information Systems

Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours. Investigation of how human qualities such as cognition, affect and physical ability influence the use and impact of user interfaces for computing technologies, particularly within information systems. Interaction design concepts for user interfaces are emphasized in terms of supporting tasks and goals across individual, group, organizational, cultural and ethical contexts. Interaction evaluation techniques for assessing fit between a technology’s user interface and human qualities in context are also addressed. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.

ISTM 681 Seminar

Credits 0. 0 Lecture Hours. Preparation for launching a managerial career in the Information Systems realm; attainment of career-related knowledge and skills, particularly soft skills, including résumé writing, interviewing, ethical behavior, personal and professional strengths and weaknesses, leadership styles, professional image, dining etiquette, business communications, case analysis and solution presentations, etc. Prerequisites: Graduate classification; approval of instructor and graduate advisor.

ISTM 682 Data Analytics Platforms

Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours. Coding platforms used for data analytics; data wrangling, exploration and visualization; model testing and validation; machine learning techniques. Prerequisite: STAT 601 or equivalent.

ISTM 683 Web and Social Media Analytics

Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours. Study of business challenges faced by modern firms in the new economy; focus on web analytics, unstructured data analytics and social network analytics to derive insights from business data. Prerequisites: Graduate classification.

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 0 to 4. 0 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. Prerequisites: 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.