While computers facilitate and enhance the functioning of organizations, they also add to the responsibilities of managers. In this course, students learn how to acquire, organize, monitor and control information resources. The course also discusses problems unique to the management of information resources. Nine hours of IS courses, not including IS 215 . This is the capstone course.
Students work in teams to develop information systems for real-life organizations.
These organizations include local businesses, industries, nonprofit organizations, governmental institutions and universities. Classes start with short lectures. The subject matter is then applied to the various projects by the teams with the help of the instructor. The objective of the discussion is to support the students in producing quality operational information systems. Examples are drawn from students' projects to facilitate discussion.