| IS |
475 |
Information
Systems Analysis & Design |
Dr.
Muscarello |
Course
Description:
Information systems development emphasizing the application of
structured techniques in a CASE and 4GL environment.
Topics and team project tasks include CASE tools,
entity-relationship diagramming, data flow diagramming,
structure chart, action diagram, joint application design,
prototyping, design of relational database, and
testing. |
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| IS |
483 |
Information
Processing Management |
Dr. Howard
Kanter |
Course
Description:
The organization of the information systems department,
staffing, documentation and performance standards. The
budget process. The design and layout of data processing
facilities. Hardware/software specifications and
selection. |
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| IS |
555 |
Design
& Strategies for Internet Commerce |
Dr. Susy
Chan |
Course
Description:
An integrated study of design, technical and strategic issues
for internet commerce. Web analysis, design and
publishing. Visual, textual and content organization,
response time, usability testing. Authoring tools and
administering web server. Internet database servicing.
Internet service providers and pricing. Digital cash and
encryption. Impact on the value chain. intermediation and
market structure. Strategies for mass customization,
interactive marketing and support for collaborative work. |
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| IS |
571 |
Software
Maintenance |
Prof. J.
Bird |
Course
Description:
Maintenance characteristics, tasks, side effects, issues and
techniques. Management considerations. Productivity
in the maintenance environment. Structured technologies
and maintenance. |
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| IS |
574 |
Decision
Support / Executive Info. Systems |
Dr. Daniel
Mittleman |
Course
Description:
Analysis, design and implementation of systems for decision
support and strategic planning, including decision support
systems(DSS), group decision support systems(GDSS), expert
systems(ES), executive information systems(EIS) and other
applications of artificial intelligence. Case studies,
projects on applications and evaluation of software. |
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| IS |
577 |
Information
Technology Policy |
Dr. Linda
Knight |
Course
Description:
The focus of this course is on the management of information
technology and related resources from a broad strategic
perspective. Assessment of information technologies and
trends, portfolio resources, technology transfer, strategic
applications and strategic information technology planning. |
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| SE |
477 |
Software
Systems & Project Management |
Prof. J.
Bird |
Course
Description:
Planning, controlling, organizing, staffing and directing
software development activities or information systems projects.
Theories, techniques and tools for scheduling, feasibility
study, cost-benefit analysis. Measurement and evaluation of
quality and productivity. |
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| CSC |
449 |
Database
Technologies |
Dr. Zhang |
Course
Description:
An introduction to database technology and systems including:
database architecture, data models, query languages, integrity,
security, functional dependency and normalization. |
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| CSC |
451 |
Database
Design |
Dr. Lui |
Course
Description:
Design methodologies. Requirement formulation and
analysis, conceptual design, implementation design, physical
design. Emphasis will be on data modeling techniques.
Class team projects include the design of a complete database
structure and implementation of design tools. |
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| CSC |
549 |
Advanced
Database Technologies |
Dr. Lui |
Course
Description:
Physical data organization and database indexes. Query
processing and optimization. Failure and recovery in
database systems. Concurrency control and transaction
management. Selected topics: intelligent databases,
temporal databases, multimedia databases, spatial databases,
fuzzy databases... |
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| CSC |
551 |
Distributed
Database Systems |
Dr. Lui |
Course
Description:
Distributed database architecture, distributed database design,
distributed query processing, query decomposition and
optimization of distributed queries, distributed transaction
management and concurrency control, distributed DBMS
reliability, distributed database operating systems.
Distributed multidatabase systems. Client/Server database
systems. |
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| TDC |
461 |
Basic
Communication Systems |
Inst. Justin
Junkus |
Course
Description:
A history of telecommunications & regulatory agencies.
The basic communication model and its application to different
communication systems., communication models. The
telephone architecture, a typical data communication system,
common carrier services, mediums and their characteristics. |
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| TDC |
463 |
Computer
Networks |
Dr. Robert
Dailey |
Course
Description:
A detailed discussion of the seven layers of the ISO reference
model. The design of interfaces and protocols.
Network protocol organization will be discussed using TCP/IP and
OSI protocols as examples. |
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| Legend |
| CSC |
Computer Science |
| IS |
Information Systems |
| SE |
Software Engineering |
| TDC |
Telecommunications |
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