Management Information Systems

• Create business applications in an event-driven programming language (such as Visual Basic) including the development of user interfaces, use of controls, writing/debugging code, and the creation of interactive menus.
• Apply data modeling techniques (such as normalization and ER diagramming) to create a database model.
• Implement a database model in a relational database management system (such as ORACLE) including the creation of tables, establishing referential integrity constraints, loading data, creating views, and producing forms and reports using database data.
• Apply telecommunication concepts to create local and wide-area network system designs and communicate those designs to managers.
• Select and apply appropriate systems analysis and design techniques to create a system design for a business process including systems development planning, requirements determination and analysis, and data/process modeling.
• Use modern application development products as prototyping tools in the systems development process.
• As a member of a systems design team, develop software applications for solving business problems by completing a development project from initial requirements gathering to implementation.
• Use industry standard technologies to design, analyze and develop services to provide solutions across various systems to integrate systems for managing information.
• Research emerging IS technologies and present recommendations to managers about the impact of those technologies on a business.