Management Information Systems & Data Visualization ((3 Credits))

Catalog description

Management Information Systems explores the technologies and organizational factors that make information systems a vital part of contemporary business. By designing and building software applications, students will become familiar with the unique problems and opportunities that information systems present. The analysis of business cases will enable students to effectively manage both the hard and soft aspects of information systems in the workplace. An important focus of this course is to learn to communicate technical concepts and business decisions clearly and concisely. Therefore, emphasis is placed on written work that clearly states the business case, problem statement, and explains information system technology. Topics included in this course are an introduction to information system analysis and design through the system development life cycle, database technology, design of web-based business presence, integrating information systems into a business process, and the organizational implications of information systems. This course was previously MIS-652521.