Information and Decision Sciences

IDS 405 Systems Analysis and Design

Credit hours 3-Undergraduate 4-Graduate
Catalog description Theory of analysis, design, and development of information systems; information management and database management systems; data management and analysis; case studies in systems implementation and evaluation.
Key topics
  • Information Systems in Business
  • Data & Enterprise Modeling
  • Systems Development Life Cycle
  • Access Methods & File Organization
  • Relational and other database systems
  • Database Administrator & System Management
  • Feasibility, Cost Benefit Analysis
  • Alternative System Design Architectures
  • Input/Output and User Interfaces Design
Prerequisites for this course IDS 201
Course(s) for which this is a prerequisite IDS 406, IDS 412, IDS 422 and Admission to MS in MIS
Required course for None
Elective course for Selective Course for IDS Majors
Frequency of offering Fall
Recent offerings, instructors, syllabi Fall 2008 Bhattacharyya
Fall 2006 Bhattacharyya
Spring 2006 Evaristo
Planned offerings Fall 2009
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