The Department of Information Systems
and Management Sciences

132 Business Bldg. • Box 19437 • 817-272-3502 • www.uta.edu/infosys

Requirements for a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree

(Production/Operations Management and Information Systems Options)

See Business Administration Section of the catalog for specific degree requirements for the B.B.A. degrees.

Requirements for a Bachelor of Science Degree in Information Systems

English

1301, 1302.

Literature

Three hours of English or foreign language literature or other approved substitute above the freshman level.

Liberal Arts Elective

Three hours above the freshman level of literature, or social and cultural studies designated as taught in the College of Liberal Arts, or fine arts or philosophy, or technical writing.

Political Science

2311, 2312.

History

1311, 1312.

Mathematics

1302 or 1315, and 1316.

Natural Science

Eight hours in single lab science (BIOL 1333, 1334, 1282; GEOL 1435, 1436; PHYS 1401, 1402; PHYS 1445, 1446; CHEM 1445, 1446).

Fine Arts and Philosophy

Three hours in architecture, art, dance, music, philosophy, or theatre arts.

Social Science

BUSA 2301 or three hours of social or industrial psychology.

Speech

1301 or 2305.

Outside Electives

Sufficient to give the total number of hours required for the degree.
Recommended outside electives include: CSE 1310, 1315, 2310, and 2320.

Core

ACCT 2301 and 2302; BLAW 3311; BUSA 2303, 3321, and 4322; ECON 2305 and 2306; FINA 3313; MANA 3319; BUSA 3306; MARK 3321.

Major Field

INSY 3302, 3304, 3305, 3308, 4306, 4308, 4320, 4325 and three hours of approved 3000/4000-level courses from business and/or computer science engineering. Approved advanced electives include INSY 3303, POMA 4301 and 4305, and CSE 3302, 3310, and 4308, ACCT 3303, 3310, and 4302.

Electives

Six hours of approved 3000/4000 level business electives. Approved advanced business electives include BUSA 3322, POMA 3308, 3309, 4301, ACCT 3303, 3310, 4302, and MANA 3323. Six hours of approved 3000/4000 level economics electives. Approved advanced economics electives include ECON 3303, 3310, 3312, 3318, 4311, and 4325.

Total

128 hours plus exercise and sport activities (EXSA) or ROTC or marching band as required.

Suggested Course Sequence

Freshman Year

First Semester: ENGL 1301; HIST 1311; Natural Science, 4 hours with laboratory; MATH 1315; Speech, 3 hours; EXSA or ROTC or Marching Band—Total Credit 17 hours.

Second Semester: ENGL 1302; HIST 1312; Natural Science, 4 hours with laboratory; MATH 1316; Fine Arts/Philosophy, 3 hours; EXSA or ROTC—Total Credit 17 hours.

Sophomore Year

First Semester: POLS 2311; ECON 2305; ACCT 2301; BUSA 2303; BUSA 2301; EXSA or ROTC or Marching Band—Total Credit 16 hours.

Second Semester: Literature, 3 hours; POLS 2312; ECON 2306; ACCT 2302; Outside Elective, 3 hours; EXSA or ROTC—Total Credit 16 hours.

Junior Year

First Semester: INSY 3302; INSY 3304; BUSA 3306; MANA 3319; BUSA 3321; Economics Elective, 3 hours—Total Credit 18 hours.

Second Semester: INSY 3305; INSY 3308; BLAW 3311; Economics Elective, 3 hours; FINA 3313; MARK 3321—Total Credit 18 hours.

Senior Year

First Semester: INSY 4306; INSY 4320; Information Systems Elective, 3 hours; Advanced Business Electives, 6 hours—Total Credit 15 hours.

Second Semester: INSY 4325; INSY 4308; Outside Elective, 3 hours; BUSA 4322; Liberal Arts Elective, 3 hours—Total Credit 15 hours.

Department of Information Systems and Management Sciences Faculty

Chair

Professors

Associate Professors

Assistant Professor

Lecturers

Information Systems (INSY)

Every Information Systems course includes a $3 College of Business Administration multimedia fee.

3302. INTERMEDIATE BUSINESS COMPUTER PROGRAMMING (3-0) 3 hours credit. Topics include structured program design and processing, language fundamentals and applications involving business problems. Techniques include sequential and random access file processing, sorting, and array processing. Prerequisite: BUSA 2303. $3 course fee.

3305. INFORMATION SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND DESIGN (3-0) 3 hours credit. This is a survey of the concepts and methods of information systems analysis and design, system development life cycle (SDLC) and methodologies associated with the SDLC. Course covers feasibility analysis, requirements definition, systems design, data design, coding design, programming, and implementation. Prerequisite: INSY 3304 or current enrollment in INSY 3304. $3 course fee.

3308. ADVANCED BUSINESS COMPUTER PROGRAMMING (3-0) 3 hours credit. Topics include the visual programming environment, event-driven programming, file processing, database processing, error handling, objects and class libraries. Prerequisite: INSY 3302. $3 course fee.

4302. DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (3-0) 3 hours credit. Comprehensive coverage of database technology and applications. Data models, query processing (SQL), relational database design, and implementation. Topics covered are hierarchical, network, relational, and object-oriented models, data dictionaries, distributed data bases, evaluation and selection of DBMS, and data administration. Prerequisites: INSY 3302 and INSY 3305. $3 course fee.

4304. COMPUTER NETWORKS AND DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING (3-0) 3 hours credit. Concepts of networks and distributed data processing. Topics include data communications principles, hardware and software, network architectures, distributed databases, client server computing, applications, and management issues. Prerequisite: INSY 3305. $3 course fee.

4306. ADVANCED SYSTEMS DESIGN (3-0) 3 hours credit. Advanced topics in information systems design and implementation, including graphical user interface (GUI) design, event-driven system design, common user access (CUA), use of visual development environments, CASE tools, object-oriented analysis and design, rapid application development, and prototyping. Prerequisites: INSY 3304 and INSY 3305. $3 course fee.

4308. APPLIED SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT (3-0) 3 hours credit. Integration of knowledge and abilities gained in prior computer-related courses by the development of a comprehensive system project. Prerequisites: INSY 3304 and INSY 3305. $3 course fee.

4309. ADVANCED APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT (3-0) 3 hours credit. Consideration of application development methodologies for client/server applications and distributed systems. Discussions of concepts such as business process engineering, process modeling, architectural design, common communication access (CCA), interprocess communication (IPC), remote procedure calls (RPC), and open data base connectivity (ODBC). Prerequisites: INSY 3304 and INSY 3305. $3 course fee.

4310. OBJECT ORIENTED BUSINESS PROGRAMMING (3-0) 3 hours credit. Introduction to object oriented programming for business applications. Topics include fundamental programming structures, objects and classes, inheritance, graphics programming, user interfaces, intranet and Internet applets, data structures and files, and multithreading. Prerequisite: INSY 3308 or equivalent. $3 course fee.

4320. INTERACTIVE AND DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING (3-0) 3 hours credit. Interactive programming, software development methodologies for on-line business applications, concepts of distributed data processing, and office information systems. Topics include structured techniques, data communications principles, networks, distributed data bases, associated hardware and software, typical applications, and management considerations. Prerequisites: INSY 3304 and INSY 3305. $3 course fee.

4325. INFORMATION RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (3-0) 3 hours credit. Management issues related to information and information technology that confront today's diverse organizations. Topics include leadership in the information systems function and its role in supporting the information needs of the organization, information technology planning, evaluation of the information systems function, legal considerations, office automation, decision support systems, and social and technological trends. Prerequisites: INSY 3305 and INSY 4320. INSY 4320 may be taken concurrently with 4325. $3 course fee.

Production/Operations Management (POMA)

Every Production/Operations Management course includes a $3 College of Business Administration multimedia fee.

3308. PRODUCTION/OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT (3-0) 3 hours credit. Coverage of strategic production decisions fundamental to the performance of an organization. Includes decision making tools, forecasting, and various strategies dealing with products, processes, investments, operations, and procurements. Prerequisite: BUSA 3321. $3 course fee.

3309. PRODUCTION/OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT II (3-0) 3 hours credit. Coverage of tactical decisions used in operating and controlling short-run production activities. Includes topics in material requirements planning, scheduling, inventory management, reliability, and quality control. Prerequisite: BUSA 3321. $3 course fee.

4301. COMPUTER MODELS IN PRODUCTION/OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT (3-0) 3 hours credit. Application of software packages used in the production environment. Prerequisite: BUSA 3306. $3 course fee.

4302. LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT (3-0) 3 hours credit. Physical supply, in-plant movement and storage, and physical distribution which comprise logistics systems in industry and intermediary activities. Coverage of facility location, transportation, warehousing, inventory control, and communications and contemporary modifications of each. Total system analysis is analyzed with the objective of final system design. Prerequisite: BUSA 3306. $3 course fee.

4304. DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS (3-0) 3 hours credit. Concepts of and requirements for decision support systems (DSS). General and specific DSS from organizational and user viewpoints, current mainframe and micro-based computer software and technology, including the development of simple and complex computer-based models and decision support systems. Prerequisites: BUSA 3321 and BUSA 3306. $3 course fee.

4305. SIMULATION IN OPERATIONS AND MANUFACTURING (3-0) 3 hours credit. To familiarize the student with dynamics of complex industrial systems and using simulation in evaluating them. The emphasis is on model building. Simulation becomes necessary when the systems cannot be evaluated analytically and mathematical solutions are intractable. This course introduces the student to network modeling accomplished with SLAM II (Simulation Language for Alternative Modeling) or a similar computer-based simulation model. Prerequisites: BUSA 3321 and BUSA 3306. $3 course fee.

4307. QUALITY PLANNING AND ANALYSIS (3-0) 3 hours credit. Quality of products and services needed by society, to include considerations of quality costs and improvements, designing for quality, process controls, inspections, testing, acceptance sampling, management controls, and quality information systems. Prerequisite: BUSA 3321. $3 course fee.

4308. APPLICATIONS OF PRODUCTION/OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT (3-0) 3 hours credit. Designed to integrate the theories of production with practice. The student will function in a production-like environment utilizing case studies and plant visits. Prerequisites: POMA 3308 and 3309. (POMA 3309 may be taken concurrently with POMA 4308). $3 course fee.