DECISION SCIENCES (DS)

Enrollment in junior- or senior-level DS courses requires junior standing. All business majors must have completed the Basic Business Program.

DS 1810. Governor's School for Information Technology Leadership. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: Enrollment is restricted to Governor's School for IT Leadership participants. The course will introduce students to the principles, problems and practices in business leadership. The focus of the class will be on the students developing a business plan for an information technology based company.

DS 2810. Computer Applications in Business. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Management approach to business applications of computer technology. Microcomputers and large scale computers are used in problem solving.

DS 3520. Operations Management. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: ECON 3610. Management of the processes, resources and technologies in the production of goods and services.

DS 3540. Quality and Productivity Systems. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: DS 3520 or consent of instructor. Contemporary issues in quality and productivity management are examined.

DS 3620. Management Science. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: ECON 3610. Applications of management science methods to business problem solving.

DS 3810. Business Applications of Microcomputers. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: DS 2810 or consent of instructor. Cost benefit considerations; development and implementation of microcomputer-based business applications are emphasized.

DS 3830. COBOL Programming for Business. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: DS 2810 or consent of instructor. COBOL programming, charting methods. Each student is required to program a number of business management problems.

DS 3840, 3841. Management Information Systems. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: DS 2810. Management information needs and the technical, economic and organizational impacts of these needs. Accounting majors must enroll in DS 3840. All other students must enroll in DS 3841.

DS 3850. Advanced Business Data Processing. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: DS 3830. Advanced applications of file and data structure, file management, database management and general system operation.

DS 3860. Business Database Management. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: DS 3850 or consent of instructor. Issues and concepts related to designing and managing computerized business databases; emphasis on functional area applications using mini and microcomputer data management software.

DS 4010. Decision Support Systems. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: DS 3860 or consent of instructor. A current study of DSS concepts, designs, methodologies and business applications, including expert systems.

DS 4125. Computer Forensics and Investigations. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Investigation, discovery, and analysis of digital computer evidence. Student work groups use computer hardware and forensic software to perform computer forensic investigations and solve sample cases. Students are introduced to and work with numerous computer forensic tools.

DS 4250. Business Data Communications. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: DS 3850 or consent of instructor. Concepts and management of data and voice communications for supporting business activities to include local and wide area networks.

DS 4260. Network Security and Forensics. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: DS 4250 or consent of instructor. Concepts of network security measures aimed at preventing unwanted access to a network and network forensics aimed at capturing and inspecting network traffic for later analysis.

DS 4330 (5330). Management Systems Analysis. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: DS 3841, DS 3860. An applications oriented study of the business systems development life cycle; current systems analysis and design methods are emphasized.

DS 4630 (5630). Advanced Quantitative Analysis. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: DS 3620. Advanced applications of quantitative methods including forecasting and management science concepts.

DS 4900 (5900). Special Topics in Decision Sciences. Lec. 1-3. Credit 1-3.
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Current topics in decision sciences.

DS 5050. Quantitative Techniques for Business. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Classical and modern optimization techniques and concepts. Basic review and introduction to business applications of probability, statistics and management science methods.