MHC 508 - International Health Care Ins Bus Model (4 Credit Hours)

The course deals with a cross-cultural assessment of business practice and different insurance programs that focus on managerial implications, consumer behavior patterns, cultural values, negotiation styles, and the financial, legal, and political aspects of health care related issues. Cases and real world business problems and different health insurance systems will be used to gain decision-making insight into the different models of conducting global health care business.

Course Prerequisites - MHC 500

MHC 707 - MBA Essentials Health Care (4 Credit Hours)

This course prepares and orients students for the MBA with Healthcare Specialization Program. The Program had eliminated the course prerequisites in business and uses this course to provide the basics of economics, finance, accounting, in addition to the general business essentials to be a successful student in the program. The course also provides the academic expectations for students and guidance for professional conduct.

MHC 741 - Healthcare Strategic Management (4 Credit Hours)

This course integrates prior studies and exposes future managers to the challenge of creating and sustaining competitive advantage within the health care marketplace, while maintaining sufficient profitability. Through extensive case studies students must utilize accumulated knowledge from their entire MBA with Healthcare Specialization program in order to successfully master the challenges presented in health care industry.

Course Prerequisites - See Academic Advisor

MIS 200 - Management Information Systems (4 Credit Hours)

This course provides the fundamentals associated with the management of information technology in a business enterprise. These fundamentals are business concepts in which the influence of information technology has caused change or brought about new concepts. Special emphasis will be placed on understanding the managerial issues that are relevant to the usage of computers. The student will be given relevant, current MIS problems with a hands-on component regarding the various technologies for them to solve, while responding to a variety of assessments concerning the problem areas.

Course Prerequisites - PF 121 or PF 321, ENG 120

MIS 281 - Database Management Systems (3 Credit Hours)

This course covers fundamental concepts necessary for the design, use, implementation and admini- stration of database systems. The course will stress the fundamentals of database modeling and design, the languages and facilities provided by database management systems, and some techniques for implementing and administering database systems. Prerequisites: Introduction to Databases (COMP 108) and Introduction to Computer Science & Object-Oriented Programming (COMP 111) or Computer Science I (COMP 110) or Business Applications Programming (COMP/ITEC 235) or Business Applications Programming I (COMP/ITEC 136). Not open to students with credit for ITEC/MIS 281 or to students with credit for COMP/ITEC/MIS 380.

MIS 310 - Info Systems Architecture & Technology (4 Credit Hours)

This course provides a conceptual survey of general systems theory followed by a conceptual and technological survey of the structure of distributed information systems architectures, operating systems, network operating systems, peripheral technology and user interfaces. Interoperability between these architectural components will be explored and current technology and trends in each architectural element will be reviewed. This course will de-emphasize, although not ignore, mainframe architectures in favor of information architectures more applicable to client/server computing. The various interacting categories of client/server computing as well as the benefits and implications of such a system will be fully explored. Note, this course has proctored exam(s).

Course Prerequisites - PF 121 or PF 321, ENG 120, COMM 150 or SPCH 100, ENG 220

MIS 330 - Systems Integration Concepts & Practices (4 Credit Hours)

Systems integration permeates the information management landscape, operating conceptually on three levels: the strategy of achieving enterprise-level information systems (IS) integration, the process at the IS department-level to achieve integration and the selection of technologies needed to achieve integration. This course examines these levels of systems integration, emphasizing realistic solutions, guidelines, and practices, through a hands-on approach.

Course Prerequisites - PF 121 or PF 321, ENG 120, COMM 150 or SPCH 100, MIS 310, ENG 220

MIS 355 - Enterprise Resource Planning (4 Credit Hours)

This course is designed to familiarize individuals with current and emerging enterprise resource planning systems (ERPs) that are used to support business processes and operations throughout an organization. Topics will include the business advantages of ERPs, enterprise-wide business functions and processes, re-engineering of legacy processes, typical architectures for ERPs and the realities of enterprise-wide computing.

Course Prerequisites - PF 121 or PF 321, ENG 120, COMM 150 or SPCH 100, MIS 310

MIS 360 - Enterprise-Wide Electronic Commerce (4 Credit Hours)

This course is designed to familiarize individuals with current and emerging business processes that utilize electronic data transmission technologies including the Internet. Topics will include network and Internet technology for business advantage, enterprise-wide business functions and processes, re-engineering of legacy processes through electronic commerce, and Internet-based business-to-consumer business ventures. Social, political and ethical issues associated with electronic commerce are reviewed. The purpose of this course is to educate a new generation of managers, planners and analysts of the realities and potential for electronic commerce.

Course Prerequisites - PF 121 or PF 321, ENG 120, COMM 150 or SPCH 100, MIS 310

MIS 400 - Systems Analysis & Design (4 Credit Hours)

This course is designed to provide a platform for students to gain both an understanding of, and basic competency in applying, object-oriented systems analysis and design (OOSAD). Emphasis will be on knowledge and skills related to analyzing, modeling and designing processes using the OO model. Topics studied include the software development life cycle (SDLC), analysis modeling, requirements determination, process and function modeling, structural and behavioral modeling and class, method, data management, interface and architecture design. The learning process will be one of working through, both individually and as part of a team, a case study-based project aimed at resolving the case study issues.

Course Prerequisites - PF 321 or PF 121, COMM 150 or SPCH 100, ENG 120, ENG 220, COMP 101, COMP 281 or BUSA 250