Course Catalog
School of Information Systems and Technology
TNDY401B (Transdisciplinary Course)
Community, Technology, and History:
This class will focus on community, technology, and history, in a manner that examines the “double-edged sword” of technology as it relates to the Transdisciplinary Course themes. Students and faculty will consider issues such as economic and class issues related to technology and access to technology, social capital, globalization, and community cohesion. The course will include written elements that focus on the challenge of scholarly writing for a broad audience, as well as in-the-field elements that expose students to the complexities of applied research. This course is comprised of four components:
- An historical examination of place-based community formation and development in the United States.
- A discussion of the increasing role of information technologies and related processes, such as accelerated globalization, in the restructuring of contemporary California communities.
- An inquiry into issues of poverty, social and financial capital, and ethics as they relate to technology-driven community restructuring.
- A reflective practice component that addresses how action research can be undertaken to build a theoretical understanding while simultaneously improving local communities
CGU 300
Managing in Virtual Environment:
This course will focus upon the problems and challenges of managing individuals, groups, and organizations in a virtual environment. We intend to focus on how interdependent people performing at different times, places or organizations accomplish work, an in an environment where there will be no time, location or physical boundaries.
Components: Seminar
Pre-requisite: IS303, 313orequivalents
INFOSCI 302 4 Units Course ID:003619 1951-01-01
Data Base Concepts:
Covers database concepts and practices emphasizing the relational model. Various techniques for the development and use of databases are covered. Topics include relational design, transaction processing, decision support, integrity, and security.
Components: Seminar
Pre-requisite: IS303, 313or equivalents
INFOSCI 303 4 Units Course ID:003006 1951-01-01
Organizations as Information Processing Systems:
The goal of the course is to introduce students to major concepts and role of information technology (IT) in the modern organization. Today, IT provides firms and managers with strategic advantage in a competitive and dynamic market. The course takes a practical and managerial approach by bringing in basic terminology, new technologies, communication networks and the Internet, and showing how these become a critical success factor in the operation of companies in the nee millennium.
Components: Seminar
INFOSCI 304 4 Units Course ID:003007 1951-01-01
Data Base/Data Warehousing:
Focuses on the evolution of the information systems of a business from a collection of incompatible batch processes to a set integrated, interactive, on-line transaction-processing and decision-support systems.
Components: Seminar
Pre-requisite: IS302, 303, 313or equivalent
INFOSCI 305 4 Units Course ID:003015 1951-01-01
Information Systems Analysis and Design:
Covers the application development process from an object oriented perspective. Various techniques for planning, analysis, design, and project management are discussed, with emphasis on UML and related methods.
Components: Seminar
Pre-requisite: IS313 or Instructor Permission
INFOSCI 306 4 Units Course ID:003008 2003-05-20
Communications and Networking:
Familiarizes the student with the concepts and terminology of data communication, network design, and distributed information systems.|
Pre-requisite: IS303 or Instructor Permission
Components: Seminar
INFOSCI 307 4 Units Course ID:003620 1951-01-01
Human Factors in Info-Processing Systems:
The objective of this course is to examine the human factors in the human-system interface and implementation. This course provides an in-depth view of information technologies that link business users to computer applications. Such technologies include: menu structures and styles, use of graphic systems, icon-based menus, touch screens, audio, hypermedia, etc. The impact of these technologies on human-computer interaction, information presentation, human computer communications, and human performance will be examined. Both the quantity of use of the computerized information systems by users can be influenced by the quality of design of those parts of the system with which they interact. The course also provides discussion of the responsibilities of IS personnel within their organizations and to the organization’ clients. It also emphasizes the impact of new information technologies on society.
Components: Seminar
INFOSCI 313 4 Units Course ID:003009 2001-03-23
Information Technology:
The automatic processing and distribution of information -- the efforts of computers -- lie at the heart of information science. As a result, understanding how computers do what they do and how programmers interact with them is fundamental to every role in technology's expanding sphere of influence. Marketers, managers, strategic planners, administrators, and CEOs benefit from concrete and hands-on experience with the raw material of information science -- the computer program. This course will provide this hands-on experience using the Java programming language, in which several software projects of increasing complexity will be built from scratch. No programming background is required, though students with some programming background have also found the course helpful in conveying the issues that programmers face when practicing their craft.
Components: Seminar
INFOSCI 322 4 Units Course ID:124939 2003-03-17
Web Development:
This course will examine the principles and practices of Web application development. Evaluation of existing Web sites, design of new Web sites, and technologies for Web site creation are covered.
Components: Seminar
Pre-requisite: IS305
INFOSCI 326 4 Units Course ID:
Project Management
Businesses are adopting new organizational forms that are project oriented rather than department or function oriented. Numerous business publications describe work in the new environment as a series of projects, which are conceived, staffed, completed, and shut down. Although IS projects are among the most challenging, being able to plan and manage any business project is an increasingly important and marketable skill. This class will examine the roles, responsibilities, tools, and techniques for effective project management. A blend of theory and practice, and the course will address project organization, project planning, project execution, and project control.
INFOSCI 328 4 Units Course ID:004105 2002-10-16
Management of IT:
This course provides students with a deep understanding of what is involved in the Management of IT. The course will focus on three dimensions in the management of IT -- People (organizational change), Process (project management) and Product (key business applications with an emphasis on integration). The course will be structured to provide a thorough grounding in theory before proceeding into applications of theories through case studies and empirical research articles. As such, the course is aimed to provide a broad understanding of concepts relating to the management of technology as well as to introduce specific skills needed for successful IT project management.
Components: Seminar
Pre-requisite: IS303
INFOSCI 329 4 Units Course ID:003011 1951-01-01
Information Systems Policy:
Ties together concepts introduced in various other courses. The information needs of organizational functions are integrated with information systems and electronic commerce through an information systems strategic plan.
Components:Seminar
Pre-requisite:12units of I.S. course work, including IS303, 313or equivalents
INFOSCI 330 4 Units Course ID:003012 1951-01-01
The Practicum:
The combination of this course and IS 329 is regarded as the capstone of the Master's curriculum. The Practicum integrates classroom instruction with experience gained from working for a "real" client. Students, working under faculty supervision, undertake projects involving the full range of information science applications. Student must have completed 24 units in information science before taking IS 330. Students enrolled in MSEC program will participate in a project specifically in Electronic Commerce. Students enrolled in the MSMIS program may take IS330 for credit twice.
Components: Seminar
Pre-requisite: IS303, 313or equivalents
INFOSCI 335 4 Units
CurrentTopics:
Focuses on the managementof information systems for large organizations and the role of informationscience in transferring technology to the organization. This seminar focuses ona different topic each time it is offered.
Components: Seminar
INFOSCI 340 4 Units Course ID:003013 1999-04-01
Electric Commerce: Doing Business Electronically:Emphasizes hands-on investigation of both current and potential commercial aspects of the Internet. The structure and services of the Internet are reviewed with emphasis on related service provider management issues.
Components: Seminar
Pre-requisite: IS303, 313or equivalents
INFOSCI 341 4 Units Course ID:004170 1951-01-01
Information Systems Security:
Focuses on information systems security threats and requirements. Emphasizes problems and issues relevant to the risks to which information systems are exposed and methods of dealing with such risks.
Components: Seminar
Pre-requisite: IS303, 313or equivalents
INFOSCI 342 4 Units Course ID:003621 2004-03-16
Large-Scale Software Development:
The development of large-scale software systems. Component-based development, enterprise application integration, role of middleware, defining architectures, and managing large projects are discussed. Implementation of capability maturity model is also covered.
Components: Seminar
Pre-requisite: IS305
INFOSCI 351 4 Units Course ID:124582 2002-10-16
Adv Internet Tech & Wireless Networking:
This is an advanced level course covering TCP/IP Internet communication protocol design, emerging wireless data networking and multimedia client-server applications. The Internet has been a true revolution in every sense. Today your business is only as successful as your e-infrastructure. The success of the Internet and web-based services is bringing new ways of doing business in a global world and is constantly pushing the frontier with several exciting next generation networking technologies and applications. This calls for increased demands on business managers to better understand the networks they manage and the IS professionals to design, implement and operate these advanced networks to provide efficient and reliable services to their users. This course focuses on two key networking technologies: (i) internetworking with TCP/IP (including broadband technologies such as ATM, SONET, Cable, xDSL and Gigabit Ethernet); (ii) emerging wireless and mobile networking and their business applications. The emphasis is on design principles, protocols and architectures for implementing corporate networks running client-server applications, the pedagogical approach chosen includes understanding the theory through lectures and class discussions augmented with hands-on practical assignments (whatever possible) using network diagnostic tools, simulation modeling and actual implementation of a client-server application using network programming.
Components: Seminar
Pre-requisite: IS306 or Instructor Permission
INFOSCI 352 4 Units Course ID:124944 2003-03-17
Cryptography & Computer Security:
Webster dictionary defines cryptography as: ``The enciphering and deciphering of messages in secret code or cipher.'' However, modern cryptography is a much broader field; it provides algorithms and protocols which protect honest parties from malicious parties. Malicious parties can, for example, eavesdrop to the communication on the Internet and try to read messages sent by other parties; they can try to impersonate other parties, or login to computers without permission. Basic topics in cryptography include secure encryption, digital signatures, and authentication. This course will take both a theoretical and engineering view of how to build secured information systems using network and computer security techniques. Mathematical background to understand DES, RSA, DSA and hashing will be covered. Various hacking techniques will be analyzed and solutions to protect systems will be discussed.
Components: Seminar
Pre-requisite: IS306 or Instructor Permission
INFOSCI 356 4 Units Course ID:003622 1951-01-01
Management of E-Govermental Systems:
The course will provide a comprehensive overview of e-governmental systems. Students will learn the latest in theory and practice relating to a variety of electronic approaches for delivering specific governmental services (e.g., health services) and as well as for fostering electronic governance (e.g., citizen participation) more generally. The course will be composed of four parts. Part I will be a review of theories and concepts that have driven the development of e-government policies and systems, drawing upon US and international research. Part II will be a best practices review, with learning modules based on case studies that emphasize the interaction of information system and public management/policy issues. Part III will be an interactive simulation exercise, where students will engage in a hypothetical e-government case aimed at practicing relevant planning, design, management, and evaluation skills. The concluding Part IV will be an examination of major trends and developments that could impact next-generation e-governance systems both in the US and internationally.
Components: Seminar
Pre-requisite: No pre-requisites for this course
INFOSCI 357 4 Units Course ID:003017 2004-04-01
Wireless Technology:
The interconnection of terminals, computers, workstations, and other intelligent systems within a building or a number of buildings constituting a small campus.
Components: Seminar
Pre-requisite: IS306 or Instructor Permission
INFOSCI 360 4 Units Course ID:003014 2001-03-23
Principles of Information Science Research:
Introduces new doctoral students to the nature of doctoral studies. Introduces the conceptual foundations for information science research past and current research areas and researchers in the discipline. The student learns about writing the doctoral dissertation and develops a preliminary research topic analysis.
Components: Seminar
INFOSCI 362R 4 Units
Seminar in Research Methods:
Provides a thorough grounding in research design. Topics covered include: formulating questions into research hypotheses; operational definitions; validity and reliability; subjects (sampling and randomization); ethical issues; testing variables; controlling for alternative hypotheses; correlational studies, experimental designs, field experiments, quasi-experiments; analyzing data; and interpreting results. Emphasis is on methods for conducting research in information systems.
Components: Seminar
Pre-requisite: IS360
INFOSCI 364 4 Units Course ID:003018 1951-01-01
Topics Seminar:
In this class you will learn about interesting, cutting-edge information systems technology important for MIS-related applications. Successful research in this field impacts our community, the sciences, and business. New, successful technologies lead to advances in disciplines such as medicine (better recognition and treatment of tumors, less errors in medication prescription, etc), biology (sequencing of the genomes, in silico experiments), business (scheduling, consumer preferences), etc. Dynamic, new, small businesses are often created to commercialize the successes. The purpose of this class is for you to learn about these topics: Who are the major players? How does it work? What’s the status of the field? What are the major hurdles and advances? In addition, it is essential that you can communicate your own knowledge and critically assess that of others. We will practice such professional communication with a mini-conference in class for which you will review, revise, and present academic work.
Components: Seminar
Pre-requisite: IS360
INFOSCI 366A 4 Units Course ID:004171 2004-03-22
Intensive Research Methods:
Presents an overview of research strategies that study a few issues (e.g., systems, users, IS departments) in depth rather than many issues more selectively; provides hands-on experience in designing, conducting, and writing up case study research; emphasizes issues in research on information systems questions. Topics covered include: the variety of intensive methods and the evaluation criteria appropriate to each; the scientific status of analytic and interpretive methods relative to the natural science model; research design in case study methods, interviewing skills, combining quantitative and qualitative methods; theory building; ethnography; hermeneutics; writing strategies; ethical issues. Designed for Ph.D. students.
Components: Seminar
Pre-requisite: IS360 & IS362
INFOSCI 366B 4 Units
Quantitative Research Methods:
Components: Seminar
Pre-requisite: IS360 & IS362
INFOSCI 366C
Design Science Research Seminar:
The course develops skills for implementing and evaluating the techniques and methods that are used in the various phases of design research. After an exposure to the characteristics that differentiate design research from other types of research, research methods and techniques used in the various phases of such research will be discussed in the context of exemplars of such research. The exemplars will be from a number of information systems areas such as software engineering, networking, Internet technologies, information security, telemedicine, middleware, multimedia and others.
Components: Seminar
Pre-requisite: IS360
INFOSCI 368 2 Units Course ID:125185 2004-03-22
Doctoral Dissertation Research Seminar:
Selected research topics in Information Systems. This seminar is designed for Ph.D. students.
Components: Seminar
Pre-requisite: IS360, IS366 (A,B or C)
INFOSCI 371 4 Units Course ID:004172 1951-01-01
Knowledge Management:
Knowledge management refers to the way organizations gather, manage, and use the knowledge they acquire. Topics covered include tacit and explicit knowledge and how it differs from data and information, strategic use, technologies, people and cultural issues, knowledge transfer, and implementation.
Components: Seminar
Pre-requisite: IS303, IS313 or equivalents.
Can be taken concurrently with: IS305, IS306 and IS328.
INFOSCI 373 4 Units Course ID:003975 2003-03-21
Spatial & Visual Information Systems:
This course provides an overview of the theoretical foundations and the applied use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). At the end of the course, each student has a working knowledge of GIS and how to apply these systems in various situations and organizational settings. Students demonstrate their understanding of the principles and fundamental concepts of GIS in a culminating project. The class is held in a computer lab, allowing hands-on learning involving a wide and growing range of GIS software applications and spatial data resources.
Components: Seminar
Pre-requisite: IS303, IS313 or equivalents
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INFOSCI 374 4 Units Course ID:
IS and IT Outsourcing
This course will outline the major aspects of outsourcing with a focus on IT and IT enables services outsourcing (including BPOs). The course will explore the conditions in which outsourcing makes sense and conditions where short term cost gains are offset by long term systemic issues. The course explores both voluntary and involuntary outsourcing for both consumers of IT and IT enabled services and producers of IT and IT enabled services. Variables that impact outsourcing are discussed and the impacts of outsourcing are explored from business as well as social perspectives.
Components: Seminar
Pre-requisite: IS328 or permission from instructor
INFOSCI 377 4 Units Course ID:124820 2002-07-18
Medical & Bioinformatics: Information Systems Approach:
Medical Informatics, a novel academic discipline bridging Medicine and Information Sciences, may be defined as the science that deals with the structure, acquisition and use of medical information. With the global boom in healthcare and quantum advancements in IT, medical informatics is already becoming an exciting buzz word. This course is geared to meet the educational needs of two types of students: 1) The health care professional seeking additional training in information management and technology; 2) The non-health care professional seeking training in health information and technology. The main objectives of the program are to provide students with: - A theoretical and practical understanding of the role of information in health care, - A sound basis for implementing, developing, maintaining, and managing information resources and systems in health care. - Skills in the management of health information, technology, and decision making.
Components: Seminar
Pre-requisite: IS303, IS313 or equivalents
INFOSCI 383 4 Units Course ID:125079 2004-04-01
Knowledge Discovery:
It seems that everyone has access to large amounts of data. Making good use of this data is a necessary skill for any professional in information science. The goal of this class is for the student to understand how different algorithms work and in which context they can be used efficiently and effectively. In this class, you will learn about data mining techniques and machine learning algorithms used for data mining. The logic of the algorithms and their application in different disciplines (finance, business, biology, medicine) will be discussed. The class will consist of lectures to discuss the algorithms as well as discussions of current research that uses them. Basic programming skills are sufficient and required. Prerequisite IS313 or equivalent.
Components: Seminar
INFOSCI 384 4 Units Course ID:
Natural Language Processing:
Natural language is all around us: we speak and write to communicate, to transfer information, and to save knowledge. Natural Language Processing (NLP) is especially useful in information systems and technology because most of our advanced systems include some form of natural language. In this class, students will be introduced to NLP, available resources (lexicons, ontologies, etc) and tools (parsers, open source software). This is a hands-on class where we study cutting-edge techniques and apply these to current problems in different domains. Prerequisite: Ability to program, however, the use of open source software will be encouraged.
INFOSCI 397 2-4 Units Course ID:003151 2001-03-29
Tutorial Reading
Components: Independent Study
INFOSCI 398 2-4 Units Course ID:003152 2001-03-29
Independent Study
Components: Independent Study
INFOSCI 400M 0 Units Course ID:003154 1951-01-01
Continuous Registration:
Master's degree students are required to maintain continuous registration until all requirements for the degree have been met, including, if applicable, approval of a thesis or critique and payment of binding fees. A student not enrolled in course work or thesis research is required to register for Continuous Registration.
INFOSCI 497 2-4 Units Course ID:003155 2001-03-29
Tutorial Reading
Components: Independent Study
INFOSCI 498 2-4 Units Course ID:003156 2001-03-29
Independent Research
Components: Independent Study
INFOSCI 499 0 Units Course ID:003158 2001-03-29
Doctoral Study:
When not paying tuition for courses or research, a student is required to register for Doctoral Study (499) and to pay the doctoral study fee each semester until all requirements for the degree have been completed.
Components: Supervision
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