TEC 635: Management of Technology

Management Information Systems

Course Goals:

Be able to design information systems at the conceptual level using a variety of models
Self-learn and effectively use a suite of software packages
Learn methods to determine users' information requirements
Use a team approach to build a real database application
Be able to make concrete assessments and recommendations for public-sector IS acquisition, development and deployment

Course Topics:

IS overview: conceptual foundations, hardware, software, Internet
Database design and implementation
Systems analysis and design life-cycle, including project management
Web authoring and web-enabled database applications
IS policy issues and system implementation in the public sector