John B. Goddard School of Business & Economics 355 1ST 3110 - Information Technology for Business Credits: (3) Typically taught: Fall [Full Sem, Online] Spring [Full Sem, Online] Summer [Online] This course provides students hands-on experience with information technology tools useful for academic and professional activities. It will prepare students to use information technologies effectively to improve productivity and promote competitive position in the marketplace. Prerequisite: 1ST 2010, ENGL 1010 and MATH 1010. 1ST 3210 - Database Design and Implementation Credits: (3) Typically taught: Fall [Full Sem] Spring [Full Sem] This course provides a comprehensive coverage of business database systems. Students will learn how to design, implement and manage databases. They will learn both GUI interface and how to use the Structured Query Language (SQL). They will also gain experience in using an enterprise level, multi-user database. Prerequisite: MATH 1050 and 1ST 2110. 1ST 3610 - Networks & Data Communications I Credits: (3) Typically taught: Fall [Full Sem] Spring [Full Sem] This course provides coverage of local area networks (LAN) technology and operations with emphasis on design and configuration issues. Design topics cover various aspects of internetworking devices, bridges and gates, backbones, gateways and wide area network (WAN) connectivity. Configuration topics include installing a network operating system, hardening a server, creating user accounts, managing the network, connecting devices and monitoring the network. Prerequisite: Business Foundations; BSAD 2899, and 1ST 2410. 1ST 3620 - Networks and Data Communications II Credits: (3) Typically taught: Spring [Full Sem] In this intensive hands-on course, the student will acquire the skills and techniques needed to configure, troubleshoot and support reliable TCP/IP internetworks. The student will learn the essentials of building an internetwork, including routing, configuring the Domain Name Server (DNS), setting up and managing a web server, configuring a firewall and IDS, and standards-based email. Students will also participate in configuring clients, redesigning networks and troubleshooting routing. Prerequisite: Business Foundations; BSAD 2899 and 1ST 3610. 1ST 3700 - E-business Technologies & Web Development Credits: (3) Typically taught: Fall [Full Sem] Spring [Full Sem] This course provides students with knowledge of technologies needed in planning, implementing and supporting web- hosted applications and on-line commerce. Topics include web and commerce server design and deployment, search engines n-tier web architecture and supporting software, client-side/server-side programming with data-bound controls and session management, e-business application languages, markup languages, on-line payment mechanisms, systems reliability and security, scalability analysis, and solutions sourcing Prerequisite: Business Foundations; BSAD 2899 and 1ST 2110. in Information 1ST 3710 - Global Issues Technology Credits: (3) Typically taught: Fall [Online] Spring [Online] Summer [Online] This course shows how information technology is used as a key competitive advantage by multinational and :ransnational businesses. Topics include global perspectives on coordination and control, cultural dimensions, and geopolitical considerations of global information technology applications. Prerequisite: Business Foundations and BSAD 1ST 3720 - Software Development II Credits: (3) Typically taught: Spring [Full Sem] This course builds on the software development skills learned in Software Development I. Topics include class hierarchies, inheritance and interfaces, object aggregation, data structure and collections, file management, threading, network programming, and the design of multi-tiered, distributed computing applications involving relational databases. Prerequisite: Business Foundations; BSAD 2899 and 1ST 2720. 1ST 3730 - Systems Analysis and Design Credits: (3) Typically taught: Fall [Full Sem] Spring [Full Sem] This course provides the knowledge and skills to design and implement computer-based systems to solve business problems. Topics include feasibility studies, requirement analysis, system design and development, implementation and testing. Students will learn the use of appropriate methodologies and tools, including object-oriented modeling and the use of computer-aided software engineering (CASE). Prerequisite: Business Foundations; BSAD 2899 and 1ST 3210. Weber State University 2015-2016 Catalog