Information Technology

This course will introduce students to fundamental concepts of financial and managerial accounting. Emphasis is placed on learning and applying the basic accounting framework through the full accounting cycle with common business transactions, preparing financial statements, understanding fixed and variable...

Introduces students to foundational concepts in business, tools for effective group projects, and skills for communicating in a business context. This course is intended for accounting, business, marketing, and information technology majors.

Designed to provide students with an initial framework and context for understanding how businesses operate and compete in their respective industries. This course is an overview of business, how it is organized, and how the various components of an organization...

In this course students will develop the skills necessary to transform data into information that is effectively communicated and drives decision-making in organizations. This course will combine a student’s knowledge of business with data and statistics, learning to use a...

This course is a combination of an employment experience during the semester with content learned in academic courses. The integration of content knowledge with a concurrent employment experience acknowledges that students are developing knowledge and skills in a workplace that...

People and Culture Management is a central function of any organization. Managers and employees play an integral role in carrying out human resource policies and practices in their organization. In this course students will think systematically and strategically about aspects...

Decision-making and analysis of production and service delivery challenges in areas of plant location, facilities design, process strategy, production planning and control, supply chain, inventory management, performance measurement, and quality control. Special attention is also given to the study of...

Gives students the opportunity to operate and manage a real business. Java Junction, a coffee shop located in the KMY Connector, is completely student-run and student-managed. Students, under the supervision of a business faculty member, have full responsibility for all...

In this course students will learn about core processes, support processes, and management processes. With each of these processes students will also learn where humans add value and where technology adds value for the customer. The majority of class time...

This experience allows a student to apply theoretical learning with business practice through employment with a business organization. Students must complete their employment arrangement in the summer. Completion of the academic requirements of this course takes place in Session 1...

Introduces students to information systems and information technology in the context of a business organization. Equal focus is given to learning the concepts and understanding how businesses apply those concepts. Topics include: ethics and privacy, information security, data management, networking,...

An introduction to computers and programming for students with no prior programming experience and little mathematics preparation. A programming language is used to explore conditional expressions and recursion and to perform computational problem solving. Students will gain an understanding about...

This course provides fundamental programming expertise in a higher-level computational language, focusing on such constructs as user defined functions, recursion versus iteration and files usage. The student also will engage in computational thinking and techniques of general problem solving, with...

This course provides an overview of small and large business enterprises and the environments in which they operate. It introduces basic concepts of project management in an organization and explores both technical and human aspects of projects. The roles and...

This course covers database design and the use of database management systems for applications. Students will create a database instance using MS-SQL and will learn foundationally some of the basic SQL statements. Prerequisite: COSC 106.

This course focuses on using object-oriented problem solving techniques. Topics covered include object-oriented design, classes, encapsulation, inheritance, algorithmic analysis, and data structures. In particular, the course covers programming efficiently, and applying appropriate industry recognized tecniques to programming problems. This course...

This course covers principles for designing, implementing, and evaluating user interfaces. The course will introduce user-centered design, accessibility, rapid prototyping, experimentation, direct manipulation, and cognitive principles. Students will apply these principles in creating web sites and other interfaces. Prerequisite: COSC...

Structure and components of computer networks, packet switching, layered architectures, and congestion management. Also covers principles of computer and network security. By the end of this course, a student will have either passed or be prepared to take an industry...

This course explores the fundamentals of information security attacks and defense mechanisms. Security issues related to people, data, networks, and devices are surveyed to provide insight into designing security solutions and policies. Technologies and practices that support the security principles...

A study of operating system concepts and structures with a major focus on process control, memory management, I/O management and concurrent processes. Students will investigate the impact of different operating systems in both a LAN and a WAN environment. Prerequisite:...

The proper design of databases and their construction through diagramming tools and SQL. Attention is also given to form and report development, data warehouse and data mining issues, and administrative issues such as user security. Students gain experience in robust...

This course emphasizes best practices in the implementation phase of the software development life cycle (SDLC). Application software engineering techniques are reinforced by an application-oriented team project based on a business scenario. The project provides real-world examples by integrating software...

An introduction to mathematical thinking and reasoning. Topics include number systems and arithmetic, logic and Boolean algebra, functions and relations, set theory, algorithms, combinatorics and probability, matrices, and elementary graph theory. An emphasis is placed on problem solving and proof...

An introduction to the practice and theory of multivariate statistical modeling. Topics include descriptive statistics, experiment and study design, probability, hypothesis testing, multivariate regression, single and multi-way analysis of variance, logistic regression, and data mining. The R statistical software environment...