MIS 250  Managing Information Systems

Course Overview
This class introduces students to Management Information Systems foundations, current trends, MIS technology fundamentals, applications to business functions and management practice. The primary objective is to introduce students to the fundamentals of the relationship of information systems and business organizations.

Effective integration of information technology into organizations requires understanding business concepts, technology concepts, technology skills, and the interaction of business and technology in an information system.
3 credits.

Course Objectives
    1. At the core, this is a CONCEPTS course. Lectures, class discussion, discussion question homework assignments, and book reading will provide a foundation of the concepts discussed above in Course Overview.

    2. In addition to being a concepts course, a portion of this class is set aside to be a SKILLS course.
      Business students are expected to have a basic level of business application skills. These basic skills are required both in your remaining business courses as well as in the workplace.  To assure business students have these needed skills, students will attend in-class tutorial lectures. Likewise, they will complete assignments that are designed to “level-set” them with skills in using spreadsheet and presentation software that will be needed for Finance and other core business classes, as well as with basic database and Web page development for upper division MIS coursework.

    3. In addition to needing basic skills, managers are expected to be able to learn technology via directed reading. As such, students will be given time during the semester to learn computer skills using TUTORIALS and will be evaluated on their ability to learn from these tutorials.



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