I am doing research to help develop a Management Information Systems
program at a small university. Please help me by completing the
following survey instrument.
Place an 'X' beside the term that describes you EDUCATOR___
PROFESSIONAL___ STUDENT___
What country are you in ? _____________________________
If you are not an EDUCATOR, please skip the next 5 questions.
Does your college/university offer a Management Information Systems
major or equivalent? ____________
If so, what is the name of the major? _________________
Number of core hours required? _____________
How many of the MIS classes are taught in the Business Department?
______________
How many of the MIS classes are taught in the Computer Science
Department? ________________
Educator Instructions:
Please place an 'X' in the first blank beside the courses that your
university requires for a Management Information Systems major or
equivalent. IF THERE ARE OTHER COURSES REQUIRED, PLEASE INCLUDE THOSE
AT THE BOTTOM. Also, please place a value from 1-7 in the second blank
describing your personal feelings towards the importance of the
courses below for a Management Information Systems major or
equivalent. Please include all courses listed below in you rating.
Professional and Student Instructions:
Please place a value from 1-7 in the second blank describing your
personal feelings towards the importance of the courses below for a
Management Information Systems major or equivalent. Please include all
courses listed below in you rating.
An example for a required class that you rated as unimportant would be
as follows: |_X_|_2_| Computer Class
1=Very Unimportant
2=Unimportant
3=Slightly Unimportant
4=Neutral
5=Slightly Important
6=Important
7=Very Important
|___|___| Introduction to Personal Computers
|___|___| File Processing Techniques (Programming)
Introductory sequential file processing techniques. Emphasis on the
use of structured programming techniques; basic file manipulation,
data manipulation/validation, program control, and table handling
capabilities.
(Please place an 'X' in the first blank beside the language used for
this class. Then rank the languages using the above 1-7 scale based on
your opinion of their importance.)
|___|___| COBOL
|___|___| Pascal
|___|___| C++
|___|___| Visual Basic
|___|___| Other ______________
|___|___| Advanced File Processing Techniques.
In-depth exploration of sequential, indexed, and relative file
processing techniques, including file update/maintenance, primary
and alternate keys, and linked lists.
|___|___| COBOL
|___|___| Pascal
|___|___| C++
|___|___| Visual Basic
|___|___| Other ______________
|___|___| Systems Analysis and Design.
Application of software engineering techniques to the information
system life cycle. Emphasis on proper analysis, design,
development, implementation and evaluation techniques.
|___|___| Database Management Systems.
Creation, update and maintenance of DBMS's in the business
environment, including physical and logical database structures,
data security considerations, data accessing techniques, query
and data definition languages, etc.
|___|___| Intro to Networking
|___|___| Advanced Networking (including Information Security)
|___|___| Management Information Systems-Management-oriented course
which prepares students for the management of and use of computers in
today's business world.
|___|___| Advanced Management Information Systems
|___|___| Microcomputer Applications
|___|___| Telecommunications
|___|___| Operating Systems
|___|___| Decision Support Systems
|___|___| Artificial Intelligence
|___|___| Expert Systems
|___|___| Hardware and Architecture
|___|___| Client/Server Programming
|___|___| Compiler Theory
|___|___| Algorithm Analysis
Dwayne Whitten
Microcomputer Coordinator
Ouachita Baptist University
410 Ouachita St Box 3794
Arkadelphia, Arkansas USA 71998-0001
whitten@alpha.obu.edu http://www.obu.edu/u/whittend