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3.00 Credits
Individualized projects designed and completed by the student under faculty supervision. Prerequisite: permission of the program director.
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3.00 Credits
Students with information technology skills will learn to analyze and design information systems. Students will practice project management during team oriented analysis and design of a departmental level system. This course examines the system development and modification process. It emphasizes the factors for effective communication and integration with users and user systems. It encourages interpersonal skill development with clients, users, team members, and others associated with development, operation, and maintenance of the system. Structured and object oriented analysis and design, use of modeling tools, adherence to methodological life cycle and project management standards. Life cycle phases, group-based approaches, structured versus object oriented methodologies, RAD, prototyping, database design, and professional code of ethics. Prerequisite: BIS 380
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3.00 - 6.00 Credits
The internship is an actual work experience in a business organization, using information systems management techniques. The intern is provided the opportunity to incorporate classroom learning with practical experience at the worksite. Prerequisite: permission of the program director. Requirements for acceptance to BIS 470: 1. Enrollment in the Bachelor of Science in Business Information Systems program. 2. Enrollment in the last year of course work, or permission of the BIS program director. 3. GPA of 3.0 in business information systems course work and a GPA of 2.5 overall. 4. Grade of C or better in all business information systems courses. 5. Completion and submission of application two months before the desired start date of the internship. Application includes the following: 1. Two letters of recommendation from College of Saint Mary faculty, preferably one written by a business information systems professor and one by the general education professor. Recommendation forms are available from BIS program director. 2. Current resume. 3. Written statement of the applicant’s qualifications, goals and objectives for the internship program. 4. Interview with the BIS program director.
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3.00 Credits
This course lays the foundation for the Capstone course. Students will extend their knowledge by evaluating cases, implementing an information system in an emerging systems environment. A wide variety of case studies are used to provide students with the skills to evaluate and provide solutions to a variety of problems in different situations. This course covers physical design and implementation of information systems applications in response to business problems. Prerequisites: BIS 230 and BIS 331.
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3.00 Credits
This is a seminar course emphasizing corporate and departmental-level planning, directing and evaluating the information technology activities of a firm. The primary goal of this course is to help future managers develop frameworks for thinking about the introduction, evolution and assimilation of information technology into an organization. Advanced IS majors operating as a high-performance team will engage in and complete the business evaluation, business planning, recommendation of strategic options and implementation of a real-life business organization in a crossfunctional setting. This course provides an opportunity for BIS majors to align the IS function with other business functions. Project management, management of the IS function, and systems integration will be components of the project experience. Prerequisite: BIS 480.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to teach students about new technologies as they are developed and introduced in the industry. Prerequisite: As determined by course topic.
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16.00 Credits
Provides the opportunity to address problems in the organization using a broad range of current conceptual material. Work is divided into four basic areas: Organizational Structures and Strategic Objectives; Outcomes Assessment/Corrective Action; Leadership and Effective Work Teams; and Successful Change Management.
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15.00 Credits
Provides learners with a comprehensive examination of the external environment of business, including values, responsibility, social, economic, and regulatory issues that influence business decision making. Students are exposed to a broadly based set of cases and pragmatic situations where the implications of decisions are considered as the interface between the organization and its stakeholders, as well as basic concepts from Marketing Research, Intercultural Communication, and Macroeconomics.
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15.00 Credits
Learners become familiar with the basic concepts of product and service creation, customer satisfaction, and financial enabling from the perspective of their interactive role in a firm. Material is provided by: Concepts of Operations and Project Management, Business Policies, Marketing Principles, Microeconomics, and Financial and Accounting Concepts.
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3.00 Credits
Students are introduced to business from a multitude of perspectives ranging from the contributions made by free enterprise to the U.S. economy to an examination of the interaction and interdependence among the discrete functions within a company. This course also provides an overview of careers in business.
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