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MIS 139 - University Seminar University Seminar serves as the entry point to the Slippery Rock University general education program. With its strong faculty-student interaction, the course promotes intellectual inquiry, critical and creative thinking, and academic excellence. Through varied content, the course introduces students to academic discourse and information literacy while exploring topics such as diversity and inclusion and global awareness. This course will set students along the path to becoming engaged with issues and scholarship important to a 21st century education while they learn about themselves and their place in the world. Credits: 3 Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as Needed Enrollment limited to students with a semester level of Freshman 1 or Freshman 2. Enrollment limited to students with the ROCK STUDIES STUDENT attribute. MIS 190 - Experimental A unique and specifically focused course within the general purview of a department which intends to offer it on a "one time only" basis and not as a permanent part of the department's curriculum. Credits: 1- Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as Needed MIS 198 - Selected Topics A Selected Topics course is a normal, departmental offering which is directly related to the discipline, but because of its specialized nature, may not be able to be offered on a yearly basis by the department. Credits: 1- Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as Needed MIS 210 - Productivity Software An in-depth, practical study of existing productivity software packages that focuses primarily on decision-support systems for microcomputers. Projects will involve the use of intermediate and advanced features of various software packages, as well as the use of several packages in finding computer-based solutions to information storage and retrieval problems. Credits: 3 Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Every Term MIS 211 - Information Systems Application Development The purpose of this course is to introduce the students to the fundamental concepts and models of application development so that they can understand the key processes related to building functioning applications and appreciate the complexity of application development. Students will learn the basic concepts of program design, data structures, programming, problem solving, programming logic and fundamental design techniques for event-drive programs. Program development will incorporate the program development life cycle: gathering requirements, designing a solution, implementing a solution in programming language and testing the completed application. Credits: 3 Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Fall Terms MIS 265 - Management Information Systems Managerial and technological issues that are necessary to understand, establish, manage and use information systems in all functional areas of organizations. Prerequisites: CPSC 210D^ or MIS 210D D (^) Requires minimum grade of D. Credits: 3 Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Fall & Spring Terms MIS 290 - Experimental A unique and specifically focused course within the general purview of a department which intends to offer it on a "one time only" basis and not as a permanent part of the department's curriculum. Credits: 1- Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as Needed MIS 298 - Selected Topics A Selected Topics course is a normal, departmental offering which is directly related to the discipline, but because of its specialized nature, may not be able to be offered on a yearly basis by the department. Credits: 1- Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as Needed MIS 300 - Challenges of Computer Technology An in-depth study of the critical issues related to the computerization of society. Ethical, legal, and moral issues raised by the evolution of computer technology will be discussed. Credits: 3 Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Fall Terms Thematic Thread(s): The Future, Transfer Thread Completion Course Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll. MIS 301 - Practical Computer Security A practical introduction to the threats present to the online, electronic community, and how to protect yourself and your organization from them. We will explore the connectivity structure of the Internet, along with the security and criminal threats to members of the online community. The legal, ethical and technical issues related to threats such as viruses, worms, and identity theft will be covered. Prerequisites: CPSC 099D^ or CPSC 110D^ or CPSC 130D^ or CPSC 100P D (^) Requires minimum grade of D. P (^) Requires minimum grade of P. Credits: 3 Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Fall Terms Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.
MIS 310 - Business Data Analysis and Visualization This course covers how data analysts can process data sets from a variety of sources to create information that guides leaders in crafting strategy and tactics which allow an organization to survive and thrive in a turbulent environment. Students will review how business data analysis has been successfully used in the past and learn appropriate processes and a variety of techniques to accomplish effective analyses. Emphasis is on analyzing data, visualizing and interpreting the results of those analyses and translating results into clear and simple insights to aid managerial decision making. Prerequisites: MIS 210C^ or STAT 152C C (^) Requires minimum grade of C. Credits: 3 Term(s) Typically Offered: Offerings Vary Enrollment limited to students with a semester level of Junior 1, Junior 2, Senior 1 or Senior 2. MIS 323 - Data Base Systems Database Systems is a study of relational database concepts as applied to comprehensive information systems. These concepts include data design; modeling; normalization; the use of Structured Query Language (SQL) to define, manipulate and test the database; programmatic access to a database; and practical issues faced by database developers. Prerequisites: CPSC 130D^ or CPSC 146D^ or CPSC 210D^ or MIS 210D D (^) Requires minimum grade of D. Credits: 3 Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Fall & Spring Terms Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll. Students cannot enroll who have a program in Information Systems. MIS 328 - Exploring Big Data for Business I Due to the explosion of social media and the computerization of every aspect of social and economic activity, large volumes of structured and unstructured data currently exist. They include weblogs, videos, speech recordings, photographs, health data, e-mails, Tweets and business data. Also, improvements in technology have led to the development of powerful computers that can store and process large volumes of data. This course is to introduce students to the essential information systems and technologies used in manipulating, storing, and analyzing big data. Students will be familiar with highly scalable systems that can be used to accept, store, and analyze large volumes of unstructured data in batchmode and/or real-time. Prerequisites: MIS 210C^ and (ECON 219C^ or MGMT 219C) and (MIS 323C or CPSC 323C) C (^) Requires minimum grade of C. Credits: 3 Enrollment limited to students with a semester level of Junior 1, Junior 2, Senior 1 or Senior 2. Enrollment limited to students in a Bachelor of Science degree. Enrollment limited to students in the College of Business college. MIS 333 - Introduction to Computer Forensics This is a fundamental course which covers computer forensics. This class covers methods and tools for gainng forensic information from computer systems and networks. It includes case studies of cyber crimes as well as the application and management of cyber forensics. The course introduces students to forensics tools using hands-on experience and the Internet. Prerequisites: CPSC 099P^ or CPSC 100P^ or CPSC 110D^ or CPSC 130D^ or CPSC 210D^ or MIS 210D^ or PE 202D P (^) Requires minimum grade of P. D (^) Requires minimum grade of D. Credits: 3 Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Spring Terms Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll. MIS 353 - Business Data Communications and Technologies This course provides an introduction and overview of computer networks and data communications. provides an understanding of the underlying concepts of computer networking, email, instant messaging (e.g. texting, multimedia messaging). Introduces several software packages used in business data communications. Emphasis is placed on terminology, techniques and issues in business data communications. Prerequisites: CPSC 210D^ or MIS 210D D (^) Requires minimum grade of D. Credits: 3 Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Spring Terms Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll. MIS 390 - Experimental A unique and specifically focused course within the general purview of a department which intends to offer it on a "one time only" basis and not as a permanent part of the department's curriculum. Credits: 1- Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as Needed Enrollment limited to students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1. MIS 398 - Selected Topics A Selected Topics course is a normal, departmental offering which is directly related to the discipline, but because of its specialized nature, may not be able to be offered on a yearly basis by the department. Credits: 1- Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as Needed Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.
MIS 450 - Internship Professional work experience performed as an intern at selected agencies supervised both by the agency and by the Computer Science Department. Credits: 1- Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as Needed Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll. MIS 453 - Fundamentals of Enterprise Architecture This course explores the design, selection, implementation and management of enterprise IT solutions. The focus is on applications and their fit with the hosting organization. Prerequisites: MIS 323D^ and MIS 413D D (^) Requires minimum grade of D. Credits: 3 Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered Spring Terms Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll. MIS 490 - Independent Study Supervised study in a special interest area. Prerequisites: Two computer science courses selected from 370 or above, permission of the instructor, departmental chairperson, and dean of the college where the study will be conducted. Independent Study courses give students the opportunity to pursue research and/or studies that are not part of the university's traditional course offerings. Students work one on one or in small groups with faculty guidance and are typically required to submit a final paper or project as determined by the supervising professor. Credits: 1- Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as Needed Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll. MIS 498 - Selected Topics A Selected Topics course is a normal, departmental offering which is directly related to the discipline, but because of its specialized nature, may not be able to be offered on a yearly basis by the department. Credits: 1- Term(s) Typically Offered: Offered as Needed Students with a semester level of Freshman 1, Freshman 2 or Sophomore 1 may not enroll.