Information Systems Courses – Learning Goals and Objectives
Course List
| ISB101 | ISB205 | ISB211 | ISB302 | ISB340 |
| ISB350 | ISB440* | ISB455 | ISB460* | ISB470 |
| ISB475 | ISB496* |
Courses with an asterisk* do not have individual college, program, or major learning goals. However, each course has specific course goals listed on the class syllabi provided by the professor.
ISB101 – Management Technology
Program (BS/BA) Level Learning Goals and Objectives
The Management Technology course satisfies the following learning goals and objectives associated with the Bachelor’s degree in Business:
Goal 2: BSBA graduates will have fundamental skills in accounting, finance, statistics, and management science.
Objectives: Students will be able to:
A. Demonstrate critical thinking and argumentation skills with emphasis on problem identification from various viewpoints, causal diagnosis, and solution development.
Goal 5: BSBA graduates will know and understand appropriate uses of Information Systems.
Objectives: Students will be able to:
- Understand the use of information technology as a tool for communication, management, and business problem solving;
- Use applications software to effectively locate, extract, generate and organize the needed information to assist in management decision-making.
- Effectively research, locate, extract, structure and organize the information needed to assist in decision-making.
Major Level Learning Goals and Objectives
The Management Technology course satisfies the following Information Technology major level learning goals and objectives:
Goal 1: Information Systems majors will apply their understanding of Information Systems analysis and design principles to design and develop organizational systems.
Objectives: Students will be able to:
A. Understand principles of systems analysis and design including the appropriate application of techniques to elicit and document user requirements of an information system;
B. Understand the design principles of computer network architectures in order to be able to apply these principles to a business problem;
Goal 2: Information Systems majors will use information technology skills and principles to provide information for and to solve managerial problems.
Objectives: Students will be able to:
A. Understand information technology (IT) project management principles in order to be able to apply these principles to a practical situation;
Goal 3: Information Systems majors will develop skills in application development and logic processing in order to develop information systems.
Objectives: Students will be able to:
B. Understand and use logic and logical processing.
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ISB205 – Management Software
Major Level Learning Goals and Objectives
The Management Software course satisfies the following Information Systems major level learning goals and objectives:
Goal 2: Information Systems majors will use information technology skills and principles to provide information for and to solve managerial problems.
Objectives: Students will be able to:
A. Understand information technology (IT) project management principles in order to be able to apply these principles to a practical situation; Have sufficient mastery of management science applications to conduct and interpret analyses.
Goal 3: Information Systems majors will develop skills in application development and logic processing in order to develop information systems.
Objectives: Students will be able to:
B. Understand and use logic and logical processing.
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ISB211 – Visual Programming for Business
Major Level Learning Goals and Objectives
The Visual Programming for Business course satisfies the following Information Systems major level learning goals and objectives:
Goal 1: Information Systems majors will apply their understanding of Information Systems analysis and design principles to design and develop organizational systems.
Objectives: Students will be able to:
A. Understand principles of systems analysis and design including the appropriate application of techniques to elicit and document user requirements of an information system;
Goal 3: Information Systems majors will develop skills in application development and logic processing in order to develop information systems.
Objectives: Students will be able to:
A. Understand and apply application principles in order to be able to program or code a practical business problem;
B. Understand and use logic and logical processing.
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ISB302 – Sustainability and System Dynamics
Major Level Learning Goals and Objectives
The Sustainability and System Dynamics course satisfies the following Information Systems major level learning goals and objectives:
Goal 1: Information Systems majors will apply their understanding of Information Systems analysis and design principles to design and develop organizational systems.
Objectives: Students will be able to:
A. Understand principles of systems analysis and design including the appropriate application of techniques to elicit and document user requirements of an information system;
Goal 3: Information Systems majors will develop skills in application development and logic processing in order to develop information systems.
Objectives: Students will be able to:
A. Understand and apply application principles in order to be able to program or code a practical business problem;
B. Understand and use logic and logical processing.
College Level Learning Goals and Objectives
The Sustainability and System Dynamics course satisfies the following Field 5 – Social Science course. Social Science courses satisfy the following learning goals and objectives:
Content:
Goal 1: Students will demonstrate knowledge of human behavior from the perspective of a social science discipline.
Objectives: Students will be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge of the basic concepts and theories of a social science discipline.
- Demonstrate knowledge of research methodologies used in a social science discipline.
Goal 2: Students will utilize a social science discipline to critically evaluate social, cultural, and/or political claims.
Objectives: Students will be able to:
- Apply social science concepts and theories to concrete problems of human society.
- Apply qualitative or quantitative analysis to situations in the world.
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ISB340 – Data Management
Major Level Learning Goals and Objectives (Information Systems)
The Data Management course satisfies the following Information Systems major level learning goals and objectives:
Goal 1: Information Systems majors will apply their understanding of Information Systems analysis and design principles to design and develop organizational systems.
Objectives: Students will be able to:
A. Understand principles of systems analysis and design including the appropriate application of techniques to elicit and document user requirements of an information system;
B. Understand the design principles of computer network architectures in order to be able to apply these principles to a business problem;
C. Apply principles of database design and effectively design database schemas based on conceptual business models.
Goal 2: Information Systems majors will use information technology skills and principles to provide information for and to solve managerial problems.
Objectives: Students will be able to:
B. Apply concepts for effectively retrieving information from relational databases using ANSI structured query language (SQL).
Goal 3: Information Systems majors will develop skills in application development and logic processing in order to develop information systems.
Objectives: Students will be able to:
C. Understand and apply application principles in order to be able to program or code a practical business problem;
D. Understand and use logic and logical processing.
Major Level Learning Goals and Objectives (Accounting Information Systems)
The Database Management Systems course satisfies the following Accounting Information Systems major level learning goals and objectives:
Goal 1: Graduates will be able to evaluate an organization’s system development process, the conceptual design of organizational systems and determine methods to provide information for business decision-making.
Objectives: Students will be able to:
B. Apply principles of database design and effectively create database schemas based on conceptual business models.
C. Apply concepts for effectively retrieving information from relational databases.
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ISB350 – Networking
Major Level Learning Goals and Objectives
The Networking course satisfies the following Information Systems major level learning goals and objectives:
Goal 1: Information Systems majors will apply their understanding of Information Systems analysis and design principles to design and develop organizational systems.
Objectives: Students will be able to:
A. Understand principles of systems analysis and design including the appropriate application of techniques to elicit and document user requirements of an information system;
B. Understand the design principles of computer network architectures in order to be able to apply these principles to a business problem;
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ISB455 – E-Commerce
Major Level Learning Goals and Objectives
The E-Commerce course satisfies the following Information Systems major level learning goals and objectives:
Goal 1: Information Systems majors will apply their understanding of Information Systems analysis and design principles to design and develop organizational systems.
Objectives: Students will be able to:
B. Understand the design principles of computer network architectures in order to be able to apply these principles to a business problem;
C. Apply principles of database design and effectively design database schemas based on conceptual business models.
Goal 2: Information Systems majors will use information technology skills and principles to provide information for and to solve managerial problems.
Objectives: Students will be able to:
B. Apply concepts for effectively retrieving information from relational databases using ANSI structured query language (SQL).
Goal 3: Information Systems majors will develop skills in application development and logic processing in order to develop information systems.
Objectives: Students will be able to:
A. Understand and apply application principles in order to be able to program or code a practical business problem;
B. Understand and use logic and logical processing.
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ISB470 – CyberSecurity
Major Level Learning Goals and Objectives
The CyberSecurity course satisfies the following Information Technology major level learning goals and objectives:
Goal 1: Information Systems majors will apply their understanding of Information Systems analysis and design principles to design and develop organizational systems.
Objectives: Students will be able to:
A. Understand principles of systems analysis and design including the appropriate application of techniques to elicit and document user requirements of an information system;
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ISB475 – Systems Analysis and Design
Major Level Learning Goals and Objectives
The Systems Analysis and Design course satisfies the following Information Systems major level learning goals and objectives:
Goal 1: Information Systems majors will apply their understanding of Information Systems analysis and design principles to design and develop organizational systems.
Objectives: Students will be able to:
A. Understand principles of systems analysis and design including the appropriate application of techniques to elicit and document user requirements of an information system;
B. Understand the design principles of computer network architectures in order to be able to apply these principles to a business problem;
C. Apply principles of database design and effectively design database schemas based on conceptual business models.
Goal 2: Information Systems majors will use information technology skills and principles to provide information for and to solve managerial problems.
Objectives: Students will be able to:
A. Understand information technology (IT) project management principles in order to be able to apply these principles to a practical situation; Have sufficient mastery of management science applications to conduct and interpret analyses.
Goal 3: Information Systems majors will develop skills in application development and logic processing in order to develop information systems.
Objectives: Students will be able to:
B. Understand and use logic and logical processing.