Information Systems Course Structure

OFFICE APPLICATIONS:  10%

• Productivity software:  word processing, spreadsheet, presentation package, end-user database package
• Operating systems:  memory management, file management, interfaces, types of OS
• Office systems:  email, conferencing, collaborative work, document imaging, system resources

INTERNET and WORLD WIDE WEB:  15%

• Internet and other online services and methods:  World Wide Web protocols, Web search engines, Web bots, intranet, cloud computing, communications, push/pull technology,W3C
• Web browsers:  URLs, protocols, standards, history, cookies, resource allocation
• Web technologies:  HTML, XML, JavaScript
• Website development:  analysis, design, functionality, accessibility

TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS:  15%

• Specialized systems: knowledge management, expert systems, TPS/OLTP, DSS, GIS, BI, workflow management, project management
• E-commerce/E-business:  EDI, standards, tools, characteristics, types of transactions, business models
• Enterprise-wide systems:  ERP, CRM, SCM
• Data management:  data warehousing, data mining, networking, security, validation, migration, storage, obsolescence
• Business strategies:  competition, process reengineering, process modeling, TQM, Web 2.0
• Information processing methods:  batch, real-time, transaction

HARDWARE and SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY: 15%

• Devices:  processing, storage, input and output, telecommunications, networking
• Functions: computer, telecommunications, network hardware
• Network architectures:  local area, wide area, VPN, enterprise
• Computer architectures:  mainframe, client/server, operating systems
• Wireless technologies:  Wi-Fi, cellular, satellite, mobile, GPS, RFID

SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT:  10%

• Methodologies:  Prototyping, SDLC, RAD, CASE, JAD, Agile
• Processes:  feasibility, systems analysis, systems design, end-user development, project management
• Implementation:  testing, training, data conversion, system conversion, system maintenance, post-implementation activities, post-implementation review, documentation
• Standards:  proprietary, open-source

PROGRAMMING CONCEPTS and DATA MANAGEMENT:  10%

• Programming logic:  Boolean, arithmetic, SQL
• Methodologies:  object-oriented, structured
• Data:  concepts, types, structures, digital representation of data
• File:  types, structures
• Database management systems:  relational, hierarchical, network, management strategies

SOCIAL and ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS and ISSUES:  25%

• Economic effects:  secure transactions, viruses, malware, cost of security
• Privacy concerns:  individual, business, identify theft
• Property rights:  intellectual, legal, ownership of materials,  open-source software
• Effects of information technology on jobs:  ergonomics, virtual teams, telecommuting, job design
• Technology’s influence on workforce strategies:  globalization, virtual teams, telecommuting, outsourcing, insourcing
• Careers in IS:  responsibilities, occupations, career path, certification
• Computer security and controls:  system application, personal computer, disaster recovery
• Social networking:  benefits, risks, ethics, technology, Web 2.0