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The purpose of the Certificate program is to enable University of Arizona students, who are not majoring in MIS, an opportunity to supplement their major area skills with an exposure to the basics of information systems management. Students who complete the Certificate will have a valuable advantage in both recruiting and their careers over students without this complementary skill set.
To qualify for the MIS certificate program you must complete four courses from the list below. These courses are only offered during the summer. These courses will provide non-MIS majors with a solid foundation in MIS issues.
We will offer this program only during summer sessions. These courses will not be available during the Fall, Winter, and Spring terms.
Summer I
Summer II
MIS 361 - Database Management for Business Managers This course will focus on the core concepts, methodologies, and skills that enable students to develop a Web-based database system for a business case. Students will work through tutorials on Oracle SQL and Oracle Portal. Planned topics include:
- What are data, metadata, and database, database management systems
- Modern database systems and products such as MS ACCESS, SQL Server, DB2, and Oracle
- Entity-Relationship Modeling
- Relational Modeling
- SQL Basics
- Labs on Oracle 9i and Oracle Portal (a Web-based lightweight CASE tool)
- Database administration
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MIS 362 - Networking for Business ManagersThis course will give students a good understanding of how the Internet and Internet-based systems work, with some focus on the basics of data communications. Planned topics include:
- Basic communication issues (e.g., bandwidth, analog vs. digital)
- Network Hardware (e.g., servers, clients, routers/switches, modems)
- Network Software (e.g., Web server software, communications protocols)
- Different kinds of network designs
- How the Internet works
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MIS 363 - Systems Analysis and Design for Business ManagersThis course will explore the process identifying and analyzing a business process. It also expose students to the skills of gathering user requirements for a new computer system, and translating those requirements into a formal specification for a computer designer. Planned topics include:
- Project initiation and Feasibility Analysis
- Project management
- The Systems Development Life Cycle
- User Requirements Gathering
- Process Modeling
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MIS 364 - System Usability and Implementation for Business Managers This course will help students understand the difference between well designed systems and poorly designed systems, ranging from business applications to consumer devices. Students will practice by designing a web page following good design principles. Planned topics include:
- Assessing user needs, skills and goals
- User interface design
- Hands on Web design
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