Finance, Computer Information Systems and operations Management
Finance, Computer Information Systems and Operations Management
Faculty
Chairperson: Richard J. Perle, Ph.D.
Professors: Dolphy Abraham, Benjamin Bobo, Dennis T. Draper, Kweku Ewusi-Mensah,
Rachelle Katz, Christopher A. Manning, Richard J. Perle, Kala Chand Seal, Zbigniew H. Przasnyski
Associate Professors: Allen Gray, Charles J. Higgins, Chun I. Lee, Linda A. Leon, Robbie Nakatsu
Assistant Professors: Susan Elkinawy, David Offenberg, Ying Sai
Clinical Professor: Donald M. DePamphilis
Objectives
The Bachelor of Business Administration degree
with an emphasis on finance prepares students
for careers in the private and public sectors. Students develop skills in the application of
concepts and techniques essential to financial
planning, investments, and corporate planning.
The computer information systems and operations management emphasis involves the application of computers to meet the information needs of organizations. It prepares students to use modern information technology to solve business problems at the operational, technical, and strategic levels.
Learning Outcomes
The Department consists of three distinct academic areas (programs) as listed above in the Department name. Learning outcomes are
specified for each area as follows:
Finance—the student should be able to understand:
• Fundamental finance concepts,
techniques, and practices essential for financial management and business decision-making
• How to apply finance concepts and techniques in the assessment of firm
performance
• How to use a financial calculator
• How to value a stream of cash flows
• The relationship between risk
and return and the benefits of diversification
• How to estimate a cost of capital for budgeting decisions
• How to identify the importance of a
firm’s capital structure
• The factors that determine a firm’s
dividend policy
• How to analyze methods of working capital management
Computer Information Systems—the student should be able to understand:
• The role of technology in the workplace
• Core technologies that affect the operation and management of a business
• Key hardware and software terminology
• How the Internet works
• How a computer could be attacked and what safeguards are available for protection
• Ethical issues concerning the use of computers and networks
• How to construct usable spreadsheets, databases, and presentations for business functions
• How information systems are planned, developed, implemented, and managed in organizations
• How to use information for problem-solving
• Emerging trends in information technology
• How organizations use information technology to become more competitive
• The relationship between business strategy and information technology
Operations Management—the student should be able to understand:
• The principles of production and operations management
• Strategies for solving problems encountered in the production of goods and services
• The process of model-building
• And use quantitative decision-making techniques and methodologies to analyze and solve operational problems and critically assess the strengths and weaknesses of those techniques and methodologies including linear programming, forecasting, process and layout strategy, location analysis, aggregate planning, simulation, and inventory management
• How to use computer software to solve operational problems
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