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MIS 390Foundations of Information Systems

3 credits · Management Information Systems · Penn State

MIS 390 examines concepts of IS (including hardware, software, and data storage and acquisition) and the support that IS provides for transactional, decisional, and collaborative business processes. Students will be able to understand the collection, processing, storage, distribution, and value of information and be able to make recommendations regarding IS that support and enable individuals in their daily lives as well as the management of customers and suppliers of the enterprise. These competencies include the ability to conduct a business process and systems analysis through a semester project that enables an organization to achieve strategic goals and objectives.

Before you enroll

Prerequisites

You need:

Where it fits

Where it sits in degree plans

Suggested plans most often put it in Year 3 · Spring (8 programs).

Required in (10)

  • Accounting, B.S. (Abington)
  • Accounting, B.S. (Altoona)
  • Accounting, B.S. (Berks)
  • Accounting, B.S. (Capital)
  • Finance, B.S. (Abington)
  • Finance, B.S. (Capital)
  • Human Capital Management, B.S.
  • Information Systems, B.S.
  • Management, B.S. (Capital)
  • Marketing, B.S. (Capital)
What it opens up

Courses that list MIS 390 as a prerequisite (7)

  • MIS 413 User Interface Design
  • MIS 420 Business Process Management
  • MIS 425 Managing Information Systems Projects
  • MIS 446 Information Technology and Business Strategy
  • MIS 448 Securing Information Systems
  • MIS 450 Information Systems Practicum
  • MIS 465 DataBase Management