Course Descriptions
Information Systems Management
ISM 110
Information Systems Theory and Practice
3 credits
This course will include an introduction to systems and development concepts, information technology and application software. It will further involve an understanding of organizational systems planning, decision-making processes and how information is used for decision support in organizations. Quality and decision theory as well as information theory and practice essential for providing viable information to an organization will also be discussed.
ISM 300
Business Process Management
3 credits
This course will introduce students to understanding, documenting, mapping, and improving business processes, including a systematic approach and notation for planning, graphically representing, communicating, and managing a company's business process performance. It will include processes at a strategic, tactical, and organizational level. Discussions of the logical design of processes, process design and implementation and IT's role in business process automation will also be included.
ISM 330
Business Intelligence
3 credits
This course will introduce students to the concepts of business intelligence. It will include contemporary applications and practices for the collection, analysis and presentation of an organization's information. Students will also be introduced to the concepts of converting data into business intelligence to improve organizational performance.
ISM 350
Information Technology Policy and Strategy
3 credits
This course will include: 1) management's strategic prospective for aligning competitive strategy; 2) an introduction to the development and implementation of policies and plans to achieve organizational goals; 3) an introduction to operational, strategic and administrative needs of an organization and the systems that support them; 4) examining the collaboration and dual challenges of maintaining information systems and keeping apprised and using emerging technologies.
ISM 400
System Analysis and Design
3 credits
This course provides an understanding of the use of Systems Analysis and Design to continually learn new techniques and approaches to develop systems more effectively and efficiently. Students are exposed to the Unified Modeling Language (UML), which provides a common vocabulary of object-oriented terms and diagraming techniques that are rich enough to model a systems development project from analysis through implementation. This course will capture the dynamic aspects of the field by keeping students focused on doing SAD while presenting a core set of skills that every systems analyst needs to know today and into the future.ISM 410
Physical Design and Implementation with DBMS
3 credits
This course covers information systems design and implementation within a database management system environment. Students demonstrate their mastery of the design process acquired in earlier courses by designing and constructing a physical system using database software to implement the logical design
ISM 420
Data Modeling and Warehousing
3 credits
This course will focus on the data warehousing concepts and the general architecture of data warehousing systems, including data marts. Students will learn the business drivers for deciding to make an investment in data warehousing. The course will include a review of the entity-relationship/domain class modeling techniques used in the design of the transactional databases that provide the source of data for data warehouses. Students will learn how to create dimensional data models to design data warehouses. In addition, students will develop an understanding of the ETL (extract, transform, load) processes for extracting data from multiple sources and converting the data into a consistent format, based upon the reference data standards, for consolidation in the data warehouse. The students will be introduced to the Business Intelligence (BI) concepts of OLAP and data mining that are generally used in conjunction with data warehouses. This course will focus on the implications of different data warehousing technologies on the use of BI techniques. A separate course will explore Business Intelligence applications in depth
ISM 430
Systems and Business Process Analysis for Healthcare Professionals
3 credits
This course provides an understanding of the importance of workflow and process management in healthcare, as well as the tools used to model business processes. The course will familiarize students with the techniques to analyze both the systems requirements and the business process changes associated with the implementation of information technology in the healthcare environment. It will emphasize how workflow and process management can play a significant part in clinical transformation within an organization.
ISM 450
Project Management and Practice
3 credits
This course will provide students with the competencies and skills necessary to successfully implement, lead, and realize benefits from information technology projects in organizations. The technology project management life cycle, defining project parameters, utilizing effective project management tools and techniques, and the role of the project manager will be examined.
ISM 455
Strategic Application of Information Technology
3 credits
This capstone course will involve identifying, analyzing, planning and reflecting on a current business/IT system. It will involve a project, approved by the instructor that includes an existing organization or case study. Business processes and the IT assets and resources that support them must be included as well as a recommended strategy for improvement by the student. The review will also include the concepts studied in the preceding core courses. A final report and presentation will be required
Prerequisite(s): ISM 300, ISM 330, ISM 350, ISM 400, ISM 410, ISM 420, AND ISM 450
ISM 490
ISM Internship
3 credits
The goal of this course is for students to reflect critically and constructively on their academic internship process by writing iterations to detail your internship experiences. This includes figuring out how the internship relates to their Information Systems Management coursework, professional skills, career goals, and what it means to have meaningful work that contributes to personal and professional development.Prerequisite(s): ISM 110, ISM 300, ISM 330, ISM 350, ISM 400, ISM 410, ISM 420, ISM 450, MIS 320 and approval from Program Chair.