Management Information Systems

The computer has become an essential aid to the decision making process in business, industry, and government. To supply the need for qualified computer executives, Tech offers the Management Information Systems curriculum. Students not only receive intensive training within the information technology field, but also get a strong background in business management.

The curriculum includes courses in accounting, business management, computer equipment and programming, computer information systems analysis and management, and mathematics and statistics.

Program Learning Outcomes

In addition to the general education learning outcomes listed elsewhere in the catalog, the successful graduate of the B.S. Management Information Systems program will be able to:

1. DEMONSTRATE intermediate-level skills with current operating systems for personal computer systems, such as software installation and removal, file and folders management, and user interfacing with applications;
2. ATTAIN intermediate level skills with productivity software such as word processing, spreadsheets, database management, and presentation graphics;
3. DESCRIBE current hardware components for microprocessors, memory, input/output devices, secondary storage, and networking devices; EVALUATE the performance features of a variety of these components;
4. DEMONSTRATE TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE of a variety of application software and Internet functions, as they pertain to current personal and business uses of computers;
5. DESIGN, CODE, and SUCCESSFULLY TEST application programs written in procedure-oriented computer languages such as Visual Basic and C#; DEMONSTRATE a variety of structural programming constructs as they apply to commercial applications in these programs;
6. APPLY prototyping tools and modeling techniques required to perform modern structured systems analysis and design in the context of the development of business computer systems;
7. DESIGN, CODE, and SUCCESSFULLY TEST database management system applications, using a 4GL such as Oracle's SQL.
8. DESIGN, IMPLEMENT and PUBLISH a variety of web pages to a developed web site.
9. RELATE concepts and skills from course work in accounting, economics, finance, management, and marketing to the characteristics of successful management information systems.