Information and Decision Sciences Degree (IDSc) Courses

IDSc SDLC Map

The Executive Advisory Board on Curriculum (EABC) initiated an effort to assess the extent to which the content of the undergraduate MIS courses -- considering lectures, text/reading, assignments, and hands-on exercises -- covered the phases of the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC).

Undergraduate SDLC Program Map
The SDLC Program Map outlines the various phases in the SDLC and the activities, deliverables, and review checkpoints in each phase in the MIS Undergraduate Program.

Undergraduate SDLC Course Map
The SDLC Course Map ties each of the courses specific activities, topics, tools, techniques, and languages as well as the level to what extent of coverage.

IDSc MBA Roadmap & Course Schedule Offerings
The IDSc MBA Roadmap gives recommendation for courses that can be taken to fulfill the core technology and electives as well as an overview of the course offerings for each term. Attached to each course on the road map is the pdf version of the executive summary.

Course Executive Summaries

Information includes a detailed course description; a list of course objectives and learning outcomes.

Undergraduate

	PDF	HTML Version
	IDSc 3001 -	Information Systems for Business Processes and Management
	IDSc 3201 -	Introduction to Programming for Systems Development
	IDSc 3202 -	Analysis and Modeling for Business Systems Development
	IDSc 4203 -	Information Technology Infrastructure
	IDSc 4204 -	Information Services Management
	IDSc 4421 -	Financial Information Systems and Technologies
	IDSc 4431 -	Advanced Database Design
	IDSc 4432 -	Advanced DBMS and Database Administration
	IDSc 4441 -	Electronic Commerce
	IDSc 4461 -	Data Warehousing
	IDSc 4490 -	Information Systems Special Topics – Advanced Networking
	IDSc 4490 -	Information Systems Special Topics – Client Side Web Programming with JAVA
		All the Executive Summaries - Undergraduate

MBA

	PDF	HTML Version
	IDSc 6040 -	Information Technology Management
	IDSc 6050 -	Information Technologies and Solutions
	IDSc 6401 -	Decision Technologies
	IDSc 6421 -	Financial Information Systems and Technologies
	IDSc 6423 -	Enterprise Systems
	IDSc 6442 -	Special Topics: E-sourcing & E-auctions
	IDSc 6461 -	Data Warehousing
	IDSc 6471 -	Knowledge Management
	IDSc 6481 -	Managerial Decision Making
	IDSc 6490 -	Special Topics: Business Process Excellence
	IDSc 6490 -	Special Topics: Information Security and Reliability
	IDSc 6490 -	Special Topics: Information-Based Goods in the Network Economy
	IDSc 6490 -	Special Topics: Business Intelligence
		All the Executive Summaries - MBA

U of M IDSc Catalogue Course Descriptions

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Course Sponsorship Program

Course Sponsorship Program and Course Sponsors