INFORMATION SYSTEMS & DECISION SCIENCES (ISDS)

1100 Introduction to Management Information Systems (3) Management of information, computers, and systems; utilization of management information systems to improve managerial decision making.

2000 Statistical Methods and Models I (3) Prereq: MATH 1431 and ISDS 1000. Statistical description and inference; data distributions, descriptive measures, index numbers, time series analysis; review and extension of probability theory; probability distributions; standard distributions, including normal and binomial; sampling distributions.

2001 Statistical Methods and Models II (3) Prereq: ISDS 2000. Continuation of ISDS 2000. Regression analysis and analysis of variance; basic management science techniques for helping managers cope with business problems.

3070 Independent Reading and Research in Information Systems and Decision Sciences (1-6) Prereq: senior standing. May be taken for a max of 6 sem. hours of credit. Student is responsible for registering with a faculty member and selecting an area of reading and/or research.

3075 Internship in Information Systems and Decision Sciences (3) Prereq: permission of instructor and department chair required. Only 3 credits may apply as credit toward the degree in management information systems. Pass-fail grading. At least the equivalent of 144 hours per semester (3 credits) of learning experience in information systems under the general supervision of an ISDS faculty member and direct supervision of an information systems or decision sciences professional. Grading based on the faculty member's evaluation, a written report by the professional supervisor, and a written report by the student.

3100 Management of Information Resources (3) Prereq: ISDS 1100. Information as a resource; issues in information resource management; elements of information systems; development and maintenance of information systems; controlling information resources.

3105 Internet Development Tools (3) Prereq: ISDS 1100, CSC 1250 C or better. Understanding of the Internet and its structure for use in business; technologies employed to develop Internet applications; development of business applications for the Internet.

3110 Database Processing for Management (3) Prereq: ISDS 3100. Structure and function of managerial databases; design options and implementation of database management systems in the firm; lab oratory practice includes use of a particular software systems.

3115 Introduction to Operations Management (3) Prereq: ISDS 2001. Principles and methodologies concerning productivity and quality of manufacturing and service organizations; production and service systems design; process and capacity design; total quality management; systems for just-in-time and purchasing management; inventory and materials management. 

3200 Advanced Business Programming (3) Prereq: ISDS 3105. Computer programming methods for business systems emphasizing contemporary programming environments and applications development interfaces.

4020 Operations Research for Managerial Decisions (3) Prereq: ISDS 2001 or equivalent. Managerial decision making, including decision analysis, linear programming, project scheduling, and waiting line models; basic understanding and evaluation of operations research techniques and their application.

4110 Enterprise Systems (3) Prereq: ISDS 3110 or equivalent. Laboratory practice includes use of a particular software system. Business decision modeling; constructing a decision support system (DSS); DSS development tools; executive information systems; expert systems (ES) in business; building ES: process, tools, and strategy; integration of DSS and ES.

4111 Enterprise Systems (3) Prereq: ISDS 3100. Provides an overview of key enterprise systems concepts from functional, technical and implementation perspectives. The emphasis during the first half of the course is placed on the process-centered organization and how integrated systems are designed to support cross-functional business hands-on computer based exercises involving a hypothetical global company.

4112 Data Warehousing (3) Prereq: ISDS 3100. Building Data Warehouses for a business. Topics include top-down design; bottom-up design; data charts; multidimensional data; data mining; wed-enabled data warehousing; knowledge management.

4113 Project Management (3) Prereq: ISDS 3100. Topics on effectively managing projects including: setting goals and objectives: work breakdown structures; project scheduling; managing project resources; evaluation and review; incentives and qualitative analysis; project accounting. Extensive use of cases involving hands-on computer analyses with state-of-the-art project management software.

4114 Software Quality Assurance (3) Prereq: ISDS 3100. Explores the modern practice of software quality management. Topics include software development process models, software quality metrics, basic quality tools, software reliability models, customer satisfaction measures, and the ISO 9000 quality standard. 

4120 Business Data Communications (3) Prereq: ISDS 3100. Telecommunications in business, including both voice and data communication, technical details (hardware, software, protocols, network configurations), network management, and security issues.

4125 Analysis and Design of Management Information Systems (3) Prereq: ISDS 3100, 3200. Design philosophies and techniques for the creation of information systems for management decision making; conceptual design of actual information systems.

4165 Operation of Service and Distribution Systems (3) Prereq: ISDS 3115. Application of operations management concepts and techniques in service and distribution organizations; service system design and control, including location, layout, capacity expansion, staffing and scheduling; special attention to structure design and operational control of distribution systems and interfaces with other functional areas.

4167 Operations of Service and Distribution Systems (3) Prereq: ISDS 3115 or equivalent. Planning and control of operations in manufacturing and service organizations; aggregate planning, master scheduling, requirements planning, and activity control; emphasis on developing skills through case studies and computer models.

4168 Supply Chain Management (3) Prereq: ISDS 4165. Planning, implementing, and controlling the efficient, cost-effective flow and storage of raw material, in-process products, finished products, and related information in a supply channel; resource/material management; supplier strategy; inventory planning and control; just-in-time systems; customer service; logistics and interfaces with other functional areas; emphasis on concepts, model development, and analysis.

4180 Business Analysis in Practice (3) Prereq: Senior standing or permission of instructor. Contemporary problems encountered by the business analysis  professional; emphasis on case analysis and use of business analysis skills and computer technology to solve business problems.

4200 Quality Management (3) Pererq: ISDS 3115. Credit will not be given for both this course and IE 4453. Principles and practices of statistical quality control in industry; control charts for variables and for attributes; process capability analysis; acceptance sampling for variables and for attributes; design of experiments; Taguchi methods and ISO 9000 standards.

4501 Systems Modeling and Analysis I (3) Prereq: ISDS 2001. Final project involves the application of discrete-event simulation to a real world problem. Modeling and analysis of production and service systems using discrete-event computer simulation; discrete-event simulation mechanics, model structure, model building, modeling of complex systems; verification and validation; arrival processes; design of simulation experiments; statistical analysis of terminating and steady-state systems.

4502 Systems Modeling and Analysis II (3) Prereq: ISDS 4501. Final project involves the application of simulation to solve an operations problem in business or government. Advanced application of computer simulation concepts to dynamic systems; alternative approaches to simulation modeling; discrete-event, hybrid discrete/continuous, system dynamics, simulators, and template approach; further development of modeling and analysis skills; advanced analysis concepts including variance-reduction, simulation meta-models, and simulation optimization.

4511 Industrial Simulation (3) Prereq: ISDS 4020. See IE 4511.

Revised 2/06/01