Management Information Systems

Course Number: 
CIS 251
Course Credits: 
5.00
Course Description: 
Elements of information processing systems are covered with emphasis on design, development and management of computer-based information systems. Extensive use of online activities will be utilized. The course looks at how a modern organization collects, distributes, organizes and manages information. The approach will be sociotechnical, i.e. both technical and behavioral considerations will be examined. 5 lecture hours. Vocational program course. May be used as a general elective in the AA degree.
Course Prerequisites: 
Prerequisites: BA 104 or MATH& 107 or higher; or instructor permission.
Course Outcomes: 
  • To develop an understanding of what information systems are, how they work and their uses within an organization.
  • Learn how information systems affect the organizations and its employees.
  • Develop an understanding of how information systems can make a firm more competitive and successful.
  • View MIS as a multidisciplinary field.
  • Develop the skill to Internet tools for communication and information research.
  • Work closely and effectively within groups.
  • To develop an understanding of what information systems are, how they work and their uses within an organization.