Sem 2 - SY 2023 - 2024

This course introduces the foundations of discrete mathematics widely used in computing and business.  Topics include Functions and Relations, Set Theory, Basic Logic, Proof Techniques, Basic Probability, Introduction to Graphs and Trees, Linear Programming, and its Applications.  These core topics will equip students with the necessary skills to think logically and mathematically and apply these skills in solving computing and business-related problems.  At the end of the course, the students are expected to demonstrate an understanding of the different concepts of discrete mathematics through a portfolio of created problems with model solutions.

This course will introduce students to basic knowledge and skills of communicating new language and achieve the beginning levels of fluency. This course is designed to develop fundamental reading and study strategies at the basic level needed for curriculum programs. Emphasis is placed on building vocabulary and cultural knowledge, improving comprehension, and developing study strategies on basic-level college materials and literary works. Participate in multilingual communities at both home and abroad by communicating and interacting with cultural competence.

The course covers the standard data representation and algorithms to solve computing problems efficiently (with respect to space requirements and time complexity of algorithms), including stacks, queues, trees, graphs, maps, and sets. Throughout the course, there will be a thorough discussion of sorting and searching algorithms that the students will be able to apply in creating an information systems application that utilizes their knowledge of data structures and algorithms that will be discussed throughout the duration of the course.

This course provides awareness on the ethical responsibilities of a computing IS Professional.  The course covers identifying, understanding, and finding resolution to ethical and moral challenges relating to the personal and organization utilization / development of Information Systems. As final output, students are expected to submit an interview report that narrates the interview conducted with an IT professional that gives emphasis on the social, ethical, and legal challenges and issues they faced in the profession and how they overcome it.

This course is designed to give an introductory knowledge to conduct a systematic investigation of a problem, which focuses on organizational processes that can be solved using Computing.  The students will gain an overview of research processes, design, ethics, methodologies, theories, frameworks and techniques aligned with Information Systems (IS) track.  Further, the course will also introduce procedures and techniques on evaluation and assessment of published scholarly works in the field of computing as well as data management and analysis informed by commonly used statistical tools that will develop student’s ability to become more effective research and development computing professionals.  At the end of each grading period, the students present a comprehensive literature review, extracting insights along with the phases of research.

The goal of the course is to provide students hands-on experience evaluating information systems and introduce them to the many techniques that may be used. It includes the concept of various processes involves in complex business processes. Measuring business performance results of the organization’s policies is also included in this course. Business performance will be evaluated using different evaluation tools. Quality metrics for assessment of customer satisfaction will be developed and design a business performance management program.

The course introduces students to the structured and object oriented - analysis and design, use of modeling tools, adherence to methodological life cycle and project management standards. Course includes analysis of current systems, logical and physical systems design, program development plans, testing implementation, maintenance and documentation plans. This course strikes a balance between the theoretical and applied aspects of system analysis, presenting state-of-the-art systems, procedures, methodology and software. These skills are applied by allowing students to experience analyzing and designing a “live” system for an outside client.

This course covers concepts on understanding business organizations' data and how business intelligence (BI) technologies support the over-all business administration.    The course shall be emphasizing the applications of business intelligence in support of fact-based decision making.  Hence, the course will be allowing students to experience the Business Intelligence process from extracting raw data to its conversion to information through presentation using dashboards and turning it into knowledge/insights through analysis.  Further, BI tools and technologies will also be introduced, providing students the ability to use one of them to manipulate data and create tables and charts, which can aid corporate strategies, organization performance, and business competitiveness. 

IT Audit and Controls is a three-unit course that develops students' principles, knowledge, and abilities on how to regulate and audit IT systems, preparing them for a successful career in public practice, private sector, or government. This also gives students a better grasp of the IT audit profession, stressing how IT audit gives organizations and auditors the capacity to successfully assess the validity, dependability, and security of financial information. It was especially important to write about techniques, procedures, and controls that could help organizations and auditors determine whether activities related to gathering, processing, storing, and distributing financial information are effective and consistent with the organization's goals and objectives.

The course provides students with an overview of the outsourcing industry, including the rationale for outsourcing, critical factors which affect different outsourcing industries, and the process involved in engaging in, operating, and maintaining an outsourced service.  The course also introduces different tools and methodologies used in outsourcing operations.  The course enables students to recognize areas of opportunities in outsourcing as well as to analyze and assess how changes in technology, regulation, and business environments may affect current industries.  At the end, conducting studies, presenting business cases, and writing business proposals for any identified business process outsourcing opportunity will be the output of course.

This course will introduce the current network technologies for local area networks (LANs), wide area networks (WANs), and the Internet. The IT Infrastructure components, network technologies, business continuity, and the role of infrastructure in regulatory compliance. Studies will include an introduction IT Infrastructure component, Network Operating System, IN-DEPTH TCP/IP Networking, Cross Platform Sharing and Contemporary Hardware Platform Trends. The course uses a combination of lectures, demonstrations, discussions, and hands-on lab using MS Windows and PFSense. At the end of the semester student should be able to build multiple host and network architectures given business requirements and constraints; students will configure operating systems, network specific services, routing, switching, and remote access solutions and determine the hardware, software and services that comprise an enterprise network and be able to articulate how these components integrate to form a network solution.

This course is a discussion of the existing and emerging information technologies, and strategic decisions in acquiring IS resources. It also covers the introduction of IS strategy management acquisition, strategic plan, system management and strategy, and governance of the information system organization. At the end of the course, IT/IS status report and Information Systems Strategic Plan are required to accomplish as output of the course.

The course is the continuation of Information Management (ISA 224). This will introduce principles and foundations of distributed databases which focuses on distributed database management system architecture, design, query processing and optimization, concurrency control and reliability protocols.  This course shall also cover new distribution database architecture and other trends and issues in distributed databases. At the end of the semester the students are expected to develop a software that caters distributed database management.

The course discusses the concept of project management. The tools, techniques and methodologies used to address the issues in the context of Information Systems and Technologies. Using the framework of project life cycle, the course covers various aspects pertaining to key knowledge areas such as Project Cost, Scope, Time, Integration, Human Resource, Risk and Implementation Management.

The course provides students with an overview of the outsourcing industry, including the rationale for outsourcing, critical factors which affect different outsourcing industries, and the process involved in engaging in, operating, and maintaining an outsourced service.  The course also introduces different tools and methodologies used in outsourcing operations and provide the students with opportunities to apply these tools in simulations at a computer laboratory.  The course enables students to recognize areas of opportunities in outsourcing as well as to analyze and assess how change in technology, regulation and business environments may affect current industries.  It also increases the students’ awareness of the different processes critical to maintaining outsourcing engagements, such as maintaining client relationships in the context of a service culture, the effective management of costs and resources and professional communications in writing and oral.

This course is designed to give an introductory knowledge to conduct a systematic investigation of a problem, which focuses on organizational processes that can be solved using Computing.  The students will gain an overview of research processes, design, ethics, methodologies, theories, frameworks and techniques aligned with Information Systems (IS) track.  Further, the course will also introduce procedures and techniques on evaluation and assessment of published scholarly works in the field of computing as well as data management and analysis informed by commonly used statistical tools that will develop student’s ability to become more effective research and development computing professionals.  At the end of each grading period, the students present a comprehensive literature review, extracting insights along with the phases of research.

This course provides an introduction to IT infrastructure issues and basic concepts on computer networking for students majoring in Information Systems. It covers topics related to both computer and systems architecture and communication networks, with an overall focus on the services and capabilities that IT infrastructure solutions enable in an organizational context. It gives the students the knowledge and skills that they need for communicating effectively with professionals whose special focus is on hardware and systems software technology and for designing organizational processes and software solutions that require in-depth understanding of the IT infrastructure capabilities and limitations. It also prepares the students for organizational roles that require interaction with external vendors of IT infrastructure components and solutions. The course focuses strongly on Internet-based solutions, computer and network security, business continuity, and the role of infrastructure in regulatory compliance.