MSBA Goal 2: MIS Proficiency

Degree Program: MSBA Goal 2: The student will be proficient in concentration: MIS.
	Fair Did Not Meet Expectations Limited Accomplishment 1 2 3	Good Met Expectations Some Problems Needs Improvement 4 5 6	Exemplary Met Expectations Considerable Expertise Shown With Project 7 8 9	Measures Direct or indirect measurements and/or measurement links	Score Assessment assigned to learning objective
Identify and discuss various types of IS applications and identify their roles within the organization	Fail to identify some of major types of IS applications	1) Successfully identify major types of IS applications, but have problem understanding their roles	1), and clearly understand their roles and managerial issues	MIS 7465 Exam
Understand how IS technology may be used to implement organizational strategy and gain competitive advantage	Poorly understand importance of IS technology in gaining competitive advantage	1) Understand related concepts and existing success cases from industry	1), and can relate to future opportunity for IS technology adoption	MIS 7465 Exam, Research project
Understand and discuss the technical, organizational and managerial issues related to the use of IS technology	Possess weak technical knowledge to understand technical issues related to IS technology	Demonstrate reasonable understanding of IS technology, but have problem addressing organizational and managerial issues related to the use of IS technology.	Demonstrate strong understanding of IS technology and be able to versed with technical, organizational and managerial issues	MIS 7640 Exam, Case Analysis
Understand major topic in the database field from an applied perspective including relational database, steps and required activities of database development, and query languages	Demonstrate weak understanding of major concepts (relational database, development life cycle, query languages)	Demonstrate reasonable understanding of major concepts, but have problem clearly explaining some of the major concepts.	Demonstrate strong and clear understanding of the database field	MIS 7605 Exams
Complete conceptual, logical and physical design of a database based on a given set of business rules and requirements	Miss some of major entity types and/or relationship types, map conceptual model into logical model with serious flaws, define file structures inappropriately	Identify most of major entity types and relationship types with minor errors, map conceptual model into logical model with minor errors, define file structures with minor errors	Present correct conceptual model, map conceptual model into logical model successfully, define file structures appropriately	MIS 7605 Term project
Understand the concepts and terminologies of data communications and networking pertaining to solving business problems	Demonstrate weak understanding of the concepts and terminologies of data communications and networking.	Demonstrate reasonable understanding of the concepts and terminologies, but have problem clearly explaining some of the major concepts and/or terminologies.	Demonstrate strong and clear understanding of the concepts and terminologies of data communications and networking	MIS 7615 Exams
Identify and discuss the factors considered in the selection of network hardware, software, topologies, and protocols	Miss some of important and relevant factors considered in the selection of network hardware, software, topologies, and protocols	Successfully identify most of important and relevant factors, but have problem incorporate identified factors for selection decision	Successfully identify all of important and relevant factors, and incorporate identified factors for selection decision	MIS 7615 Exams, Term project
Understand and discuss the concepts, techniques, and tools of systems analysis and design	Demonstrate weak understanding of the concepts, techniques, and tools of systems analysis and design	Demonstrate reasonable understanding of the concepts, techniques, and tools, but have problem clearly explaining some of the major concepts, techniques, and/or tools.	Demonstrate strong and clear understanding of the concepts, techniques, and tools of systems analysis and design	MIS 7610 Exams
Conduct systems analysis for a given business case using data and process modeling.	Miss some of major entities and/or processes; fail to reflect some of the data/info requirements of the case in the analysis	Identify most of major entities and processes with minor flaws; reflect most of the info/data requirements of the case in the analysis	Present correct data and process models; fully capture and reflect the info/data requirements in the analysis	MIS 7610 Assignments Term project