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Information technology (IT) pervades every aspect of
business, and employers often seek out graduates who can effectively use
IT in their area of concentration. The IT for Business Professionals
Certificate is designed to give students an edge in the job market by
complementing their concentration with knowledge and skills for
evaluating, designing and using software systems to solve business
problems and improve decision making.
The knowledge and skills acquired in the certificate depend on the
courses you choose. The certificate can be tailored to your
concentration and level of interest in technology, as described below.
The certificate includes one required course, CIS 210 – Information
Technology in Business, plus two of the following: CIS 240 – Application
Design and Development, CIS 320 – Project Management for Information
Systems, CIS 355 – Business Database Systems, CIS 411 – Enterprise Resource
Planning (ERP) Systems.
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 For Accounting and Finance students:
CIS 210, CIS 355, and either CIS 320
or CIS 411.
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For Marketing students: CIS 210, CIS 355, and CIS 411.
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For Management students: CIS 210, CIS 320, and either CSI 355 or CIS 411.
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For students with a special interest in application development:
CIS 210, CIS 240, and CIS 355.
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Core material of the Technology and E-Business
Certificate includes: |
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Technology fundamentals
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Building and using databases to solve business
problems
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Planning and managing IT projects
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Understanding enterprise systems and how they
support business processes
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Experience with software tools such as Microsoft
Access, Structured Query Language (SQL), and Visual Basic .NET.
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Note: This certificate is not offered to CIS majors. |
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