DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

The program is divided into two levels or subprograms: the pre-professional and the professional programs. Admission into the professional program requires a GPA of 2.0 or better in each of these categories: an overall understanding of Duy Tan University (DTU), MIS courses, and MIS/Math/Business/Economics courses. All pre-professional courses must be passed with at least a C grade. In addition, all co-requisites and prerequisites for professional courses must be passed with at least a D grade.

The graduation requirements for the Bachelor in MIS Degree are:

·        Successful completion of a minimum of 140 credit hours: The specific number of credit hours needed for the Management Information System program is currently 144 credit hours. The number of credit hours of MIS program is bigger than other programs in DTU because MIS students need to take three more courses of English for Information Technology (CMU-ENG 130, CMU-ENG 230, and CMU-ENG 330)

·        Minimum Cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA) of 2.0 (out of 4.0)

·        Minimum Cumulative GPA for the Program’s Core Requirement and Concentration Courses of 2.5 (out of 4.0)

·        Average or higher rating for Attitude & Discipline Assessment, i.e. students do not commit any serious academic and/or social violations leading to serious disciplinary actions.

POPULAR CAREER OPTIONS

Graduates from bachelor's degree program in Management Information System are prepared to utilize their understanding of business concepts and computer technology in a variety of leadership and management positions. Some typical career titles include:

Data Analyst

Computer Systems Manager

Systems Analysts

Project Managers

Web Developers

Software Engineers

Technical Consultants

1 General Education Courses

2 Mathematics and Sciences Courses

3 Core Courses Requirements

4 Information Systems Environment Courses

Core Courses Description of MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM PROGRAM

CMU-IS 100 - INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION SYSTEMS (3). This course provides students with an introduction to Information Systems (IS), Information Technology (IT), and its use in the business world. The course also focuses on the practical aspects of how technology can be used to create business value as well as the potential benefits and limitations of IT/IS. Prerequisite: N/A

CS 211 - FUNDAMENTALS OF PROGRAMMING (4, 3-1). This course equips students with the basic skills and knowledge of computer programming with the C/C++ programming language. Students will first learn about basic data types, storage classes, block structures, data hiding and data initialization. They will then move on with topics on pointers and storage allocation as well as arrays and dynamic memory allocation. Later in the course, students will learn how to write functions or subroutines with the emphasis on command line arguments, environment variables, recursion and reentrancy. By the end of the course, students will be introduced to structures and file structures: how to define and declare structures, how to access members, how to pass a structure to a function, etc. Prerequisite: N/A.

COM 101 - PROFESSIONAL SPEAKING (2). Oral communication, especially in the public, is an important requirement in life. Giving speeches, as a performative act, helps individuals connect themselves with other individuals. As a result, it is important that students are taught on how to express their ideas to different groups of the audience with using effective body language, how to read the reactions of their audience, and how to defend and justify for their viewpoints in a positive manner. Students in this class will learn about different types of speeches in the public such as informative speech, persuasive speech, argumentative speech, and commemorative speech. Prerequisite: N/A.

COM 102 - PROFESSIONAL WRITING (2). Writing is a complementary, but essential skill to for students to be successful in college as well as in the working environment later on. Students need to be able to express their ideas clearly and concisely in different formats of writing. In this course, students will learn about major types of college essays including cause-and-effect essay, argumentation essay, classification essay and compare-and-contrast essay. They also will have the opportunity to learn about various office and business writing styles for memos, emails, letters, formal petitions, etc. Prerequisite: N/A.

STA 151 - PRINCIPLES OF STATISTICS & PROBABILITIES (3). Foundation material in probability and statistical inference. Topics include sample spaces, conditional probability and Bayes' rule, random variables, discrete and continuous probability distributions, expectation, estimation, and hypothesis testing. Prerequisite: N/A.

CMU-CS 303 - FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTING 1 (3, 2-1). This course introduces basic programming using the JAVA programming language with object-oriented programming principles. There will be a revisit to basic concepts of programming but the emphasis is placed on object-oriented programming principles, the use of some of the common Java libraries from the core Java APIs and event-driven programming. The purpose is to help students develop programming skills and form object-oriented thinking which serves as the foundation for becoming a software engineer. Prerequisite: N/A.

CMU-CS 316 - FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTING 2 (3). This course introduces the student to fundamental data structures & algorithms and the tradeoffs between different implementations of the following abstractions of array lists, linked lists, stacks, queues, heaps, trees, binary search trees and balanced trees. This course also introduces algorithm designs including searching, sorting, and recursion as well as the basic performance and analysis (i.e., the best case, worse case, average case, linear and non-linear algorithms and their impact on performance). Prerequisite: CMU-CS 303.

ACC 201 - PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING 1 (3). The course of Principles of Accounting 1 provides an introduction to the principles and techniques that accountants employ in measuring, processing, evaluating and communicating information about the financial performance and position of a business. This course helps students to develop an understanding of a range of theoretical and practical techniques being used in accounting. It helps develop skills that should enable students to possess a firm understanding of standard accounting practices and several accounting information systems as well as how they together make the impact upon various core business processes in modern-day financial accounting services at many companies. Prerequisite: N/A.

CMU-IS 251 - INFORMATION SYSTEM THEORIES & PRACTICES (3). This course covers the theories and practices of Information Systems Management as it is being applied in the industry today. It identifies roles, responsibilities and authorities of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) and senior management (middle-level managers, directors). It also covers the concept of offering Information Technology (IT) as a service to the business instead of the traditional IT operation and maintenance. Prerequisite: CMU-IS 100.

CMU-SE 214 - REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING (3). The course presents basic concepts and techniques in requirements engineering. Students will learn to systematically establish, define and manage the requirements of software systems, from technical, organizational and management perspectives. The course also focuses on various techniques of elicitation, analysis, specification, documentation, validation, verification and requirement change management in software development. Prerequisite: Sophomore status or above.

CMU-CS 376 - ELEMENTS OF NETWORK SECURITY (3). This course provides a deeper coverage of major security issues.  A brief review of all related topics is provided to ensure that the new material is accessible for students without security background.  The course is focused on practical security issues in application development and system administration, and related theoretical background, along with historic and societal prospective. The first half of the course includes foundations of encryption and security protocols, and discussion of the main modern threats and defenses. The second half is focused on specific security techniques for application development and system administration. Prerequisite: CMU-CS 252.

CMU-IS 432 - SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT (3). This course provides engineering students with a comprehensive understanding of how to plan, optimize and efficiently manage projects (or tasks) to implement products, services or developments. This includes building the structures, processes, components and linkages in a team for successful project delivery within schedule, budget and quality requirements. Prerequisite: Sophomore status or above.

CMU-SE 303 - SOFTWARE TESTING (Verification & Validation) (3). Major topics of this course include practical software testing goals and approaches to testing software through all phases of the Software Testing Lifecycle. Practical testing tools are discussed and used in assignment work. In particular, students learn how to apply the tools that come in open-source package in order to gain a solid understanding of how testing is done in practice. The course also covers the difference between ideal testing practice and real-life scenarios where standards are not always given appropriate levels of importance. Prerequisite: CMU-CS 303.

FIN 301 - FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT 1 (3). This course presents financial concepts, terms, and functions of finance in a business organization. Topics of focus include Time Value of Money (TVM), interest rate, bond/stock valuation, financial budgeting, decision making, and forecasting. It also equips students with the skills and knowledge in developing a systematic process of analytics, as a “best practice”, that helps find proper solutions to various financial problems. In addition, this course introduces students to the use and roles information systems in modern-day financial services, including exposure to and experience with different kinds of financial services software applications. Prerequisite: ECO 151/ PSU-ECO 151.

HRM 301 - HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (3). This course covers the study of human resource management (HRM) within an organization and emphasizes how each of the functional activities of HRM can support the organization’s strategy, including Planning, Staffing, Training/Development, Total Rewards (Compensation, Benefits, and Bonuses), Performance Management, Employee Relations, Labor Relations, and Risk Management (Health-Safety-Security).  Labor law topics are also embedded within the discussion about each of these functions. Prerequisite: Junior status or above.

IS 301 – DATABASE (3). This course presents the database concept with extensive coverage on data modeling, database design, data definition language, relational algebra, and SQL. The course also covers relational design principles based on dependencies and normal forms (Boyce-Codd Normal Form: 1NF, 2NF, 3NF). Students will have the chance to practice with SQL 2000, T-SQL, indexes, views, and constraints in a small database design project. Prerequisite: CS 101.

CMU-IS 401 - INFORMATION SYSTEM APPLICATIONS (3). The course aims to provide students with knowledge about the Relational DataBase Management Systems such as data structure, file organization, the Structured Query Language (SQL), transaction management, concurrent access management mechanisms, security and data recovery after an incident, optimization as well as questions of organizational structure and access methods. Prerequisite: IS 301.

IS 384 - E-COMMERCE TECHNOLOGIES (ASP.NET) (3). In this course, students will learn about major technologies for ecommerce such as ASP.NET (C#), CSS, JavaScript, XML and SQL Server. Students, in teams of 3 to 5 members, will also engage in a full-scale group project to develop an ecommerce application of their own design. A brief introduction to GUI design and database optimization for web applications is also given in this course. Prerequisite: CS 211.

CMU-SE 433 - SOFTWARE PROCESS & QUALITY MANAGEMENT (3).        The course is designed to provide students with the basic concepts of process justification, identification, implementation, and software development, the different process improvement models, and how organizations can be evaluated for adherence to high quality processes that generate high quality products.  The course offers an understanding of how to evaluate, instantiate, and analyze a development process in an organization. Prerequisite: CMU-IS 432.

CMU-IS 482 - BUSINESS VALUE & RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT (3). Business value expands the concept of a firm’s value beyond its economic value to include other forms of value such as employee value, customer value, supplier value, channel partner value, alliance partner value, managerial value, and societal value. Many of these forms of value are not directly measured in monetary terms. The goal of this course is to introduce all forms of value that determine the long-term health and well-being of an organization or a business, especially IT firms and to understand how employees impact these forms of value. Prerequisite: Senior status required

CMU-CS 445 - SYSTEM INTEGRATION PRACTICES (3). This course gives students an understanding about many of the problems encountered when integrating two or more applications into a single system following the System Integration Life cycle. Based on the case studies, students can recognize the challenges of integrating different applications with different database schemas and different security services. Students also learn when it is appropriate to apply integration models and middleware technologies. Prerequisite: CS 211, CMU-CS 316.

DTE 201 - BUSINESS ETHICS (2). This course introduces contemporary and controversial ethical problems and issues facing the business community. Topics include moral reasoning, moral dilemmas, law and morality, equity, justice and fairness, ethical standards, and moral development. Students are expected to develop their moral responsibilities and obligations as members of the workforce and society. Prerequisite: N/A.

CMU-IS 450 - CAPSTONE PROJECT FOR INFORMATION SYSTEMS 1 (3). This Capstone project focuses on a simulation project. It emphasizes team collaboration and application of modern engineering approaches to software construction/services. The main objective is the development by each team of an original, industry-strength and system-intensive product. The teams report on their project’s progress by giving presentations and submitting deliverables related to the project. The teams deliver and present project parts at the following stages of project development: (1) topic proposal (concept), (2) software/system specification (requirements), (3) design (model), and (4) implemented software/system (in-progress & final product/service). At the beginning of the semester, the teams set up a communication protocol between team and its mentor(s), which will be updated regularly to reflect the projects’ progress and team meetings. At the end of the semester, there is a Senior Projects Defense with project demos, posters, and presentations. Prerequisite: CMU-SE 214, CMU-IS 432, CMU-CS 316, CMU-SE 303 or CMU-CS462.

CMU-IS 451 - CAPSTONE PROJECT FOR INFORMATION SYSTEMS 2 (3). This Capstone project focuses on a real-world project, a continue-on of the CMU-IS 450 course. The capstone course is a method of summative evaluation in which the student is given an opportunity to demonstrate integrated knowledge and growth in the major. The course will assess a student’s cognitive and intellectual growth in their major and
also the overall academic learning experience. The course will provide an opportunity
for students to integrate and applied learning from their academic career in a comprehensive manner. The capstone provides an opportunity for students to integrate and apply knowledge from their academic studies; through the comprehensive evaluation of core curriculum of finance and accounting, economics, marketing, management, human resource, and all learned fields. Prerequisite: CMU-IS 450.

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