• Evaluate proposal for replacement of fixed asset.
• Determine optimal capital budget and financing thereof.
• Evaluate risky asset with constructed utility functions.
• Perform stock valuation using BISECT or similar program.

Goal 2:  The student will be proficient in concentration: MIS.

• Identify and discuss various types of IS applications and identify their roles within the organization.
• Understand how IS technology may be used to implement organizational strategy and gain competitive advantage.
• Understand and discuss the technical, organizational and managerial issues related to the use of IS technology.
• Understand major topic in the database field from an applied perspective including relational database, steps and required activities of database development, and query languages.
• Complete conceptual, logical and physical design of a database based on a given set of business rules and requirements.
• Understand the concepts and terminologies of data communications and networking pertaining to solving business problems.
• Identify and discuss the factors considered in the selection of network hardware, software, topologies, and protocols.
• Understand and discuss the concepts, techniques, and tools of systems analysis and design.
• Conduct systems analysis for a given business case using data and process modeling.

Goal 3:  The student will be aware of factors affecting business in a global society.

• Identify global factors.
• Analyze global factors.
• Apply analysis to management situation.
• Analyze the political, social, cultural and technological domains of Globalization.

Goal 4:  The student will be a problem solver.

• Explain theories and facts in the functional areas.
• Apply theories and facts to solve problems.
• Synthesize knowledge in functional areas to solve problems.
• Critically evaluate arguments, theories, and recommendations.

Goal 5:  The student will be competent in the use of technology.

• Use common business application software packages.
• Use internet for common business research tasks.
• Use technology for communication and presentation.
• Use analytical tools effectively.

Goal 6:  The student will be an effective communicator.

• State purpose: early, clearly, creatively, skillfully.
• Sense audience: demographic, level, preparation, goals, interest, humor.
• Organize and develop: structure, connect, separate, flow .
• Support ideas: detail, research, references, documentation, expertise.
• Understand topic: depth; connections to past, present, future disciplinary knowledge.
• Correctly use grammar: sentence structure, spelling, word usage, tense, case, number, gender, punctuation, syntax variety.