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School of Business and Public Administration
Management Information System
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Mission |
Outcomes |
Assessment |
Faculty |
Student Work |
Learning Goals and Objectives
| Goal I:
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Understand best
programming practices.
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| Objective 1: |
Learn structured design
mythologies.
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Measure |
Scores on 7 programming
Assignments in MIS 220 and MIS 250.
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| Objective 2: |
Conceptualize a
typical business problem for computer solution.
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Measure |
Scores on 7 programming
Assignments in MIS 220 and MIS 250.
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| Objective 3: |
Demonstrate
general familiarity with Visual BASIC and COBOL
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Measure |
Scores on 7 programming
Assignments in MIS 220 and MIS 250, employer survey
results and annual MIS graduate survey results. |
| Goal II:
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Understand basic information systems concepts, operations and
its strategic importance.
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| Objective 1: |
Student will be able to
investigate issues involved in the development of
information systems and database management systems in
business functional areas.
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Measure |
Scores on research projects
and hands-on exercises in MIS 300.
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| Objective 2: |
Student will be
able to investigate information requirements of a global
environment.
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Measure |
Scores on research projects
in MIS 300.
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| Objective 3: |
Student will be
able to investigate the role of the Internet,
e-commerce, and client/server computing in running a
successful business operation.
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Measure |
Scores on research projects
and hands-on exercises in MIS 300, employer survey
results and annual MIS graduate survey results. |
| Goal III:
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Students will understand basic systems analysis and design
concepts and system problem solving methodologies.
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| Objective 1: |
Students will be able to
conduct a system feasibility study and identify major
dimensions of systems feasibility.
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Measure |
Scores on 17 case projects
and hands-on exercises in MIS 330.
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| Objective 2: |
Students will
be able to apply life cycle approach and modern systems
design techniques including RAD, prototyping and CASE
methodologies to business problems.
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Measure |
Scores on 17 case projects
and hands-on exercises in MIS 330.
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| Objective 3: |
Students will
be able to provide a conceptual design for various
components of an operational information system
including, I/O design, database design, and security
design.
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Measure |
Scores on research projects
and hands-on exercises in MIS 330, employer survey
results and annual MIS graduate survey results. |
| Goal IV:
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Students will understand database fundamentals and its
importance in a successful systems design and implementation.
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| Objective 1: |
Students will be able to
gain an in depth knowledge of data storage, organization
and retrieval methods.
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Measure |
Scores on case projects and
hands-on exercises in MIS 340.
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| Objective 2: |
Students will
be able to design small-scale relational database
systems.
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Measure |
Scores on case projects and
hands-on exercises in MIS 340.
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| Objective 3: |
Students will
be able to write complex SQL procedures by implementing
database projects.
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Measure |
Scores on case projects and
hands-on exercises in MIS 340 and employer survey
results and annual MIS graduate survey results. |
| Goal V:
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Students will understand network fundamentals and their
importance in a successful systems design and implementation
environment.
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| Objective 1: |
Students will be able to
gain an in depth knowledge of LANs, MANs, WANs, and
client-server architecture
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Measure |
Scores on case projects and
hands-on exercises in MIS 440.
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| Objective 2: |
Students will
be able to gain an in depth knowledge of seven layers of
the OSI reference model and the TCP/IP protocol.
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Measure |
Scores on case projects and
hands-on exercises in MIS 440.
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| Objective 3: |
Students will
be able to gain an in depth knowledge of major LAN
operating systems including Windows NT, Novell NetWare
and Red Hat Linux in a hands-on environment.
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Measure |
Scores on case projects and
hands-on exercises in MIS 440, employer survey results
and annual MIS graduate survey results. |
| Goal VI:
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Students will understand the architectures, capabilities and
limitations of management support and Web-based systems.
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| Objective 1: |
Students will be able to
gain an in depth knowledge of decision making
capabilities of decision support and executive
information systems.
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Measure |
Scores on case projects and
hands-on exercises in MIS 480.
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| Objective 2: |
Students will
be able to gain an in depth knowledge of architecture
and decision making capabilities of geographic
information systems.
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Measure |
Scores on case projects and
hands-on exercises in MIS 480.
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| Objective 3: |
Students will
be able to gain an in depth knowledge of architecture
and decision making capabilities of Web-based and
e-commerce systems.
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Measure |
Scores on case projects and
hands-on exercises in MIS 480, employer survey results,
annual MIS graduate survey results and successful
completion of the comprehensive term project. |
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