224 1ST 3210. Database Design and Implementation (4) F, Sp This course provides a comprehensive coverage of business database systems. Students will learn how to design, implement and manage databases. They will leam 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. Prerequisites: 1ST 2110. 1ST 3610. Networks & Data Communications I (4) F, Sp 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) connectivily. Configuration topics include installing a network operating system, hardening a server, creating user accounts, managing the network, connecting devices and monitoring the network. Prerequisite: 1ST 2410. 1ST 3620. Networks and Data Communications II (3) F 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 leam 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. Prerequisites: 1ST 3610. 1ST 3700. E-business Technologies & Web Development (3) F, Sp 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. Prerequisites: 1ST 3210 and BSAD 2899 1ST 3710. Global Issues in Information Technology (3) Su, F, Sp This course shows how information technology is used as a key competitive advantage by multinational and transnational businesses. Topics include global perspectives on coordination and control, cultural dimensions, and geo-political considerations of global information technology applications. Prerequisites: Business Foundations and BSAD 2899. 1ST 3720. Software Development II (3) F 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: 1ST 2720. 1ST 3730. Systems Analysis and Design (3) Sp 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 leam the use of appropriate methodologies and tools, including object-oriented modeling and the use of computer-aided software engineering (CASE). Prerequisites: 1ST 3210,1ST 3610, and completion of Business Foundations and BSAD 2899. 1ST 3750. Electronic Business Communications (3) This course gives students knowledge regarding the best practices in designing or developing electronic presentations, meetings, and collaborations. This course also familiarizes students with technologies fostering effective communication in virtual situations. Prerequisites: Business Foundations; BSAD 2899; and MGMT 3200, Managerial Communications, or TBE 3250, Business Communications. 1ST 4600. Information Security I (3) F In a computer-literate age, sophisticated criminals use computers in their illegal and destructive activities. This course discusses cyber crime and teaches students how to: recognize the patterns of an impending attack; detect attacks; set up a secure environment; and use tools to investigate cyber crime. We recommend that students take 1ST 3620 prior to this course or take 1ST 3620 during the same semester. Prerequisite: 1ST 3610. 1ST 4620. Information Security Basics (3) In a computer-literate age, sophisticated criminals use computers in their illegal and destructive activities. This course discusses cybercrime and teaches students to understand networks; the phases of computer hacking; and setting up a secure environment (This online course is designed to be used in the BIS online emphasis). Prerequisites: 1ST 2420 or 1ST 3610, & instructor approval. 1ST 4700. Information Security II (3) Sp This course covers the basic principles and concepts in information security and information assurance. It examines the technical, operational, and organizational issues of securing information systems. Topics include operating system issues, viruses, security awareness at the executive, technical and user levels, physical security, personnel security issues, policies, procedures, and the need for an enterprise security organization. Case studies and exercises in the computer lab will be used to provide examples of the need for organizations to develop security procedures and policies. Prerequisite: 1ST 4600. 1ST 4710. Enterprise Software Development (3) Sp This course covers the creation and integration of enterprise applications using object-oriented programming and distributed object technology. Topics include design issues for enterprise system development, application architectures, and integrating legacy data and applications with new enterprise systems. Students will use state-of- the-art practices to develop and implement systems. Prerequisite: 1ST 3720. 1ST 4720. Emerging Information Technologies (3) Variable Title New information technologies can give early adopters significant competitive advantage when used with careful planning, or they can mean disaster if hastily implemented. This course covers how to conduct an environmental scan toward evaluating and implementing new information technologies. Prerequisites: 1ST Foundations, Business Foundations, BSAD 2899, and Departmental approval. 1ST 4730. Senior Practicum: Project Management and Systems Development (3) F, Sp This is a capstone course for the 1ST major. It provides hands-on and problem-solving experience in all areas of information technology including systems analysis, design, systems implementation, network design, software development, and database design. Students will participate as a member of a team to complete a proposal or a project for a significant computer-based system. This course focuses on working with actual business problems as represented in a major case study. Prerequisites: 1ST Concentration courses and Departmental approval. Weber State University 2011 - 2012 Catalog