leadership, authority and performance in groups, and informal groups. This course explores how the alignment of these variables with strategic goals promotes an organization's competitive advantage. Credit: 3 semester hours.

MGT 565 Entrepreneurship. A study of the strategic role of the entrepreneurial process and resulting innovations, based on challenges and opportunities. This course examines how an entrepreneur achieves competitive advantage in the global marketplace. Credit: 3 semester hours.

MGT 590: Strategic Management. Study of long-term management tasks of strategy formulation and implementation for an organization's competitive advantage. Topics include environmental analysis, strategy development, implementation, evaluation, and organization governance. Should be taken in the final semester of the MBA program. Credit: 3 semester hours.

MGT 601: Contemporary Topics in Management. An exploration of contemporary topics in business management. May be repeated for credit for different topics. Examples of topics include e-commerce, lean manufacturing, service operations, global competitiveness, leadership, culture, or other current issues. Should be taken in the final semester of the MBA program. Credit: 3 semester hours.

MIS 300: Management Information Systems. This course covers fundamental concepts of information systems and how they support management and operations of business organization in an increasingly competitive business world. Prerequisites: ACC 201, BUA 204 and ECO 201, all with grades of C or better. Credit: 3 semester hours.

MIS 301: Business Application Development and Programming. This course provides a structured approach to business application development and programming. Problem solving techniques, program design, and logic, are emphasized. Students will engage in hands-on exercises to reinforce learning how to design and develop business applications. Prerequisites: BUA 101 or COS 100 and BUA 102 or consent of the instructor. Credit: 3 semester hours.

MIS 303: Business Database Systems. An introduction to the business use of various data models. Topics include the theory and design of data management in the context of business information needs. Prerequisite: MIS 300. Credit: 3 semester hours.

MIS 320: Introduction to ERP and Business Processes. This course explains and demonstrates how business processes are supported in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems software. The course will focus on how ERP systems integrate business processes across functional areas and support business management and performance analysis. Students will gain an understanding of the integrative nature of ERP systems by completing exercises using simulated ERP environments. Prerequisites: BUA 101 or COS 100, BUA 102, and MIS 300 or consent of the instructor. Credit: 3 semester hours.

business management and performance analysis. Students will gain an understanding of the integrative nature of ERP systems by completing exercises using simulated ERP environments. Prerequisites: BUA 101 or COS 100, BUA 102, and MIS 300 or consent of the instructor. Credit: 3 semester hours.

MIS 360: Advanced Management Information Systems. This course addresses the design, development and use of information systems to make professional or management decisions. Prerequisite: MIS 300 or PUA 322 or consent of instructor. Credit: 3 semester hours.

MIS 370: Electronic Commerce. This course examines integration of technology and commercial practices for doing business on the Internet. The course will explore key concepts, models, tools, and applications as well as legal, economic, social and business issues related to ecommerce. Prerequisite: MGT 301, MKT 301, MIS 360 or consent of instructor. Credit: 3 semester hours.

MIS 410: Internet Application Development. This course covers concepts, principles, and techniques of Internet business applications development. The course provides students both theory and practical application of e-business technologies. Prerequisites: MIS 303 and MIS 360 or consent of instructor. Credit: 3 semester hours.

MIS 420: Advanced Business Application Programming (ABAP). This course provides an overview of the ABAP programming language for the SAP enterprise resource planning system. Students will write a variety of beginning and intermediate level programs using the ABAP workbench, ABAP objects, and data dictionary tools. Modular programming technique such as subroutines, function modules, and events will also be discussed. Prerequisites: MIS 300 and MIS 301, MIS 303, MIS 320 or consent of the instructor. Credit: 3 semester hours.

MIS 430: Managing ERP Systems. This course focuses on enterprise systems configuration. The course will give students hands on experience configuring an ERP system

(e.g., SAP’s ERP Enterprise). Students will follow instructions and data provided by the instructor to configure the SAP ERP system to support main business processes. By understanding how an ERP system can be configured to manage a business process, the students will gain a better understanding of the integrated nature of business processes in general. Prerequisites: MIS 300 and MIS 301 or consent of the instructor. Credit: 3 semester hours.

MIS 470: ERP and Enterprise Performance. This course provides an overview of Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP) systems and their impact on organizations. The course will review research evidence demonstrating the impact of ERP systems on enterprise performance. Handson exercises will