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  • MIS 425: Special Topics in Information Technology

    3.00 Credits
    Widener University-Main Campus

    The only constant in the management of information technologies is change. As a result, university-level information systems curricula need frequent updating to remain effective. In an effort to provide students with the latest MIS issues, technologies, and uses of those technologies, it is imperative to bring the latest innovations and issues in MIS to the classroom. This course therefore, involves the in-depth study of a selected MIS topic or business use of a state-of-the-art information technology. All aspects of the computing field have had rapid and continuous change. This course allows MIS curriculum to present an indepth coverage of a current MIS issue or technology. The purpose is to bring new and creative issues in MIS to the classroom. Prerequisite: MIS 290. 3 semester hours
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  • MIS 430: Erp Systems And Workflowmanagement

    3.00 Credits
    Widener University-Main Campus

    To survive in the 21st century, organizations have focused on integrating enterprise-wide technology solutions in an attempt to improve their business processes. The largest of these information technology solutions has been in the area of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems. This course introduces the student to ERP systems and the role of workflow management in enabling those systems. Students examine the ERP market, then experience an overview of one of these ERPs-SAP R/3. Students are introduced to various modules of SAP R/3 and receive basic hands-on experience with SAP R/3. There is an emphasis on analysis and design of business processes in order to improve organizational workflow. As a result, students gain experience with SAP Business Workflow. This course covers both functional and technical issues of ERP systems. This course counts toward the SAP Certificate of Recognition. Prerequisite: MIS 290. 3 semester hours.
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  • MIS 440: Web Design

    3.00 Credits
    Widener University-Main Campus

    This course provides the knowledge and skills necessary to develop an organization's web-based solution using Extensive Markup Language (XML). It introduces XML-based design for electronic commerce (EC) and electronic business (EB). The focus is on the design of B2B business models using whiz-bang possibilities of XML. Various alternatives to web design are explored. Qualities of internet tools such as HTML, web servers, and browsers are discussed. Working as members of a team, students complete a small-scale, electronic commerce solution. Prerequisite: MIS 290 or equivalent. 3 semester hours
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  • MIS 441: Decision Support Systems

    3.00 Credits
    Widener University-Main Campus

    As organizations and the business environment become increasingly complex, the role of information technology in supporting informed and intelligent decisions has continued to increase. Web-based technologies deliver enterprise information and knowledge, business environment data, analysis tools, and collaboration capabilities to support decision making. Systems designed to support decisions take many forms and functions. This course surveys the theories of and the applications in these systems, including decision support systems, group collaboration and support systems, executive information systems, artificial intelligence, expert systems, intelligence agents, organizational learning, and knowledge management. Extensive use of spreadsheets and SAP are incorporated into this course. This course counts toward the SAP Certificate of Recognition. Prerequisite: MIS 290. 3 semester hours
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  • MIS 453: Mis Curriculum Integration Through Service Learning

    3.00 Credits
    Widener University-Main Campus

    This course integrates the areas covered in prior coursework, including databases, systems analysis and design, programming, and web design. The course enables students to gain an appreciation for how these subjects interrelate when developing, implementing, and using information systems in the real world. Students enhance their technical and managerial skills by analyzing, designing, and implementing an information system for an organization or constituency. Prerequisites: MIS 329, 358, and 363. 3 semester hours
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  • MIS 461: Data Communications

    3.00 Credits
    Widener University-Main Campus

    This course is an introduction to fundamental data communications concepts and technology. Topics of discussion include transmission methods and media, various hardware devices and software required to implement data communications systems, techniques to minimize the cost of operating networks, the management and maintenance of a network environment, and detecting and correcting common data communication errors. Network configurations such as LAN, WAN, client/server, internet, intranet, and commercial network offerings are presented and evaluated. Each student is required to participate in designing an efficient data communications network. Prerequisite: MIS 290. 3 semester hours
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  • MIS 498: Management Information Systems Internship

    3.00 Credits
    Widener University-Main Campus

    This course developed for the Management Information Systems Option provides opportunities for obtaining practical experience by applying knowledge gained through classwork in an actual business environment. Students work on projects developed with industry partners and prepare reports on these experiences with their academic and industry supervisors. Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing. NOTE: This course can only be taken pass/fail as a free elective. 3 semester hours
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  • MKT 300: Marketing Principles

    3.00 Credits
    Widener University-Main Campus

    This course fulfills a core requirement and serves as the foundation for further study in marketing. The course primarily has a micro-marketing orientation in that it presents marketing from the perspective of an individual manager or firm in the design of the marketing mix, target market selection, environmental assessment, securing information, and understanding consumer/buyer behavior. Marketing’s macro interface with society and the ethical responsibilities of managers in a global context are examined. A dynamic computer simulation stressing team work and group decision making is an integral part of the course. Prerequisites: EC 202, and junior standing. Students may not receive credit for both MKT 180 and 300. 3 semester hours
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  • MKT 320: Event Planning And Sport Marketing

    3.00 Credits
    Widener University-Main Campus

    In this course, students plan and execute a simulated marketing and publicity event designed to accomplish a sport organization's goals. Students not only apply business skills in an eventmarketing context but also receive exposure to the interdepartmental nature of a marketing decision-making process, blending together input from sales, marketing, publicity, creative services, broadcasting, events/entertainment, and accounting. Prerequisite MKT 300 and junior standing. 3 semester hours
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  • MKT 400: Consumer And Business Buyer Behavior

    3.00 Credits
    Widener University-Main Campus

    This is a marketing elective that analyzes in detail the qualitative and quantitative factors contributing to the thought processes, feelings, and behaviors of individual consumers and business organizations. The course critically examines the contributions of economics, marketing, and related behavioral disciplines to modern consumer behavior theories to deduce and predict consumer behavior of firms and individuals. Topics include a review of cultural, social, personal, and psychological factors influencing behavior. Problems and contributions of modern psychoanalytic theory and motivation research are studied from the perspective of their impact on improved marketing decision making. Students are introduced to current research trends in the discipline as reflected in the leading academic marketing journals. The course requires an in-depth research paper investigating a current consumer behavior topic. Prerequisite: MKT 180 or MKT 300. Students may not receive credit for both MKT 400 and PSY 203 (Consumer Behavior and Advertising). 3 semester hours
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