The associate and bachelor’s degree in Management Information System is a three year programme offered by the CCCJ in association with Knox Community College. After completing the first two years of the programme an associate degree is awarded. An additional year leads to the Bachelor’s degree.
Course Descriptions
COMM 1101 Communication 1 (3 credits)
This course aims to develop students’ ability to use Standard English to express themselves clearly, precisely and fluently in speech and writing. It also focuses on the Jamaican Language situation with the aim of examining the influence of the Jamaican Creole on the learning of Standard Jamaican English. This course is also aimed at enhancing students’ information gathering and processing skills. It will focus on both the reading and listening skills required for basic research, effective comprehension and the summary of information.
COMM1202 Communication 2 (3 credits)
This course aims to develop students’ ability to use Standard English structures to express themselves clearly, precisely and fluently in speech and writing. It focuses on the process used in oral and written communication. It is designed to provide students with opportunities to produce different types of oral and written communication while selecting and combining forms, media, channels and technologies to maximize communication.
CCIS1101 Computers and Information Processing (3 credits)
This module introduces the student to information technology and its application to the business environment.
MATH1101 Computer Mathematics (3 credits)
This module introduces students to certain mathematical topics related to the computer and information sciences. Participants should be able to function mathematically, as this is necessary in the development of computer programming and awareness skills. The major topics included are computer arithmetic and mathematics of decision making.
CAPL1101 Productivity Tools – Windows, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel (3 credits)
This module introduces the student to the Windows operating system in order for them to be able to use the mouse and keyboard to choose appropriate icons and menu options. The student will then be able to effectively navigate through Microsoft Word and Excel in order to produce professional documents, worksheet, graphs.
CORG1101 Structured Programming Design (3 credits)
This module is designed as a first course in structured computer programming with an emphasis on problem-solving technique and structured algorithm development approach.
Please note: This is a theoretical course. It is not taught using any particular language. Students are just introduced to the basic concepts that may be expressed in any given language.
ACCT1101 Fundamentals of Accounting (3 credits)
This course is designed to help students to appreciate the importance of financial accounting in the workplace. The course involves the posting of transactions to the ledger and the preparation of final accounts with adjustments for accruals, prepayment, depreciation and provision for bad debts.
CMIS1201 Business Systems: Systems Analysis and Design (3 credits)
This module is to ensure that the student has completed a study of Systems Analysis and Design. Students will be exposed to Systems Concepts and Systems Development Life Cycle namely Analysis, Design and Implementation. Emphasis will be on solving business problems with systems designs. Students will also develop a more complete understanding of business applications. Systems Design is the development of detailed specification for computer programs, software facilities and manual workflow required to satisfy the stated need of an end user.
CSYS1201 Computer Architecture (3 credits)
This subject introduces the student to the structure and design of computer architecture. The internal design will be analyzed, with emphasis on memory devices, input/output systems, combinational sequence, logic circuits, micro programming, and interaction of hardware, software, and operating systems.
CPRG1201 Computer Programming 1 C (3 credits)
This module consists of a study of the features of the C Programming language and their application to the solution of problems. Major topics include: Functions and the C library.
MATH1203 Statistical and Quantitative Techniques (3 credits)
This subject is to ensure that student has completed a study of Data Processing Management Techniques and Standards otherwise called Statistical and Quantitative Techniques. Students will be exposed to Management uses of Analytical and Statistical Methods, Operation Research Techniques, Queuing Theory, Decision Theory and others, in order to solve problems in the Data Processing Environment.
ACCT2302 Financial Management (3 credits)
The central theme of this course is to provide a coverage of the basic concepts of finance and to provide students with an understanding o the importance of the role of a financial manager to an organization and to examine how a business organization responds to the constrain and complexities of the real world and how these impact on managerial decisions.
CPRG2301 Introduction to Object Oriented Programming – C++ (3 credits)
This course provides an introduction to computer programme design and development using the C++ language. A structured, multiphase, programme development process featuring a series of steps involving problem definition, top-down design, and formal programme specification is stressed. The course is intended to provide the novice programming student with the techniques needed to develop well-documented, structured computer programmes.
CWEB2301 Web Page Application – Java Script, HTML (3 credits)
This course is designed to provide the necessary skills and training to give the student a basic foundation in the area of Web Design. The class will focus on web page planning, basic design, layout and construction (effective and ineffective), setup and maintenance of a web site, HTML, JavaScript, and various web page and image creation tools.
CSYS2302 Data Communication & Networks (3 credits)
The student will study data communications systems including pulse amplitude, pulse width modulation and RS-232, RS-422, IEEE-499. Descriptions of BISYNC, HDLC and local area networks will be included UART and MODEM implementation.
CSYS2301 Data Structures and File Management (3 credits)
This module introduces the major types of data structures and tells how they are managed by computer programs. It provides an understanding of what a data structure is and why data structures are important in the world of information systems. C will be used to handle the declarations and Algorithms used in this course.
COMM2301 Oral Communication (3 credits)
The focus of this course is to help students improve speech habits and develop strategies for effective oral communication. The course is divided into four (4) units:
Listening
The Speech Process, Voice Production and Diction
Speaking in Informal/Semiformal Situations
Public Speaking
At the end of the course students should have learnt how to assimilate information by effective listening, express themselves orally and use a variety of audio or visual aids to facilitate the communication process.
CSYS2403 System Development/Major Project (3 credits)
This module involves the development of a realistic computer application conforming to system designs specifications. Students should gain experience through practice of assimilating problems, designing solutions to data processing problems.
CSYS2402 Operating System Concepts (3 credits)
This module introduces the principles and design concepts of operating systems. The subject includes a comparative study of several operating systems (including UNIX and MS-DOS) to highlight the different characteristics and goals of these systems. Topics covered include processor scheduling, memory management, file systems, resource allocating and concurrent processing.
CSYS2404 Database Management Application Oracle (3 credits)
This module is to ensure that the student has completed a study of Database Management. Students will be exposed to Database Concepts including functional dependencies, SQL and normalization. Emphasis will be on the creation and manipulation of databases in Oracle, but this can be extended to any available DBMS
CPRG2401 Computer Programming 111 – Visual Basic (3 credits)
This module explores the utilization of Visual Basic, an object programming language that is used for the creation of windows-based applications. Students will be introduced to the concept of creating objects, manipulating properties and designing event driven programmes.
MGMT3301 Human Resource Management (3 credits)
This course provides an overview of human resource management. It aims at providing a thorough guide to recruitment and selection, motivating employees and maintaining employees and to show the implication of these factors on productivity in a changing environment.
COMM2401 Advanced Communication (3 credits)
This course aims to develop students’ ability to use Standard English structures to express themselves clearly, precisely and fluently in speech and writing and to evaluate that ability in themselves and their peers. It is designed to alert students to the process used in oral and written communication. The course also focuses on providing students with opportunities to produce different types of communication while selecting and combining forms, media, channels and technologies to maximize effective communication.
BLAW2401 Business Law (3 credits)
This course is designed to provide Business education students with an understanding of the general/fundamental legal principles in operating within the business environment.
MGMT3501 International Business Management (3 credits)
This courset will supply students with a strong focus on the international business activities of small and medium size firms as well as those of multinational corporations. A working knowledge of up-to-date current coverage of:-
- Monetary and trade structures
- Cultural and political factors
- Multinational trade strategy and Government Policy
ENBP3501 Entrepreneurship & Professional Ethics (3 credits)
This course highlights the concept of entrepreneurship and its history. Students will be introduced to the importance of entrepreneurship to employment generation and its overall contribution to a country’s development.
MGMT2403 Strategic Management (3 credits)
This course is designed to provide students with the opportunity to understand the relationship between business and its environment. To expose students to modern concepts and strategic management tools while providing them with the opportunity to understand the functions of strategies and how they relate to the success of a business.
MGMT3502 Project Management (3 credits)
This module introduces the student to the management of a project, specifically a computer system development project. The topics can however be extended to the management of any project such as building, planning an event etc. It is geared towards the student who has knowledge of the development of a computer system, namely the Systems Development Life Cycle. At the end of the module the students should be able to manage a project from start to finish in order to deliver a quality system that is on time, within budget and meets the needs of the user
MATH3601 Discrete Mathematics (3 credits)
The aim is to provide the knowledge of logic and relationship between quantities and algorithms which can be applied to concepts in software and hardware computer systems. Students should be able to generate permutations and combinations, apply and identify recurrent relations, identify equivalent relations, use mathematical logic to prove rules, identify various sequences and strings, convert from one numbering system to another, identify and analyze algorithms.
ELEC3601 Electronics (3 credits)
This course is to expose students to the fundamentals of elementary electricity and electronics. Topics included are: atoms, insulators, conductors, voltage, current, resistance, Ohms law, switches, capacitors etc
CPRG3601 Internet Programming (.NET) (3 credits)
This course includes topics such as IDE, Debugger, control structures, procedures, arrays, classes, data abstractions, XML, multithreading, session tracking, HTML. The aim is to build a complete NET web based application.
CSYS3701 Analysis of Algorithms (3 credits)
The intent of this course is to expose the student to the basic techniques in the design and analysis of algorithms. While the emphasis is on the theoretical aspects of the subject, the student will also be required to implement some of the fundamental techniques to demonstrate mastery of them.
CPRG3701 Computer Programming V – Assembly Language (3 credits)
This module introduces the assembly language structure and coding. It also gives a comprehensive description of the arithmetic, logical, branching and I/O operations.
CSYS3702 Software Engineering (3 credits)
This module introduces the fundamental concepts necessary in the software development process. It stresses the development of proper software requirements, System modeling and Project Management.
CAMP3701 Capstone Major Projects (3 credits)
This course will be done in the form of a group project. Students will be required to identify an organization with a problem and build the required computerized solution.
ECOM3801 E-Commerce (3 credits)
This course covers topics such as Understanding E-Commerce, Cost/Benefit Analysis, Technology issues, Legal issues, Security, Staffing for E-Commerce, Measuring success, E-Commerce Building Blocks, E-Commerce Best Pictures, Brand Management Strategies.
CPRG3801 Comparative Study of Programming Languages (3 credits)
This course covers classification of programming languages, language generations, paradigms, analysis of different programming languages, data types, languages syntax, language translation – FSA, BNF, Parsing, Language semantics, module definition, data processing environments.
CSYS3801 Development Tools and Emerging Technologies (3 credits)
This programme provides students with educational experiences in system development tools and changes in technology that will enable them to cope with emerging business requirements.
CWEB3601 Web Page Design 11 (VB Script, ASP) (3 credits)
This module helps the students, to understand the difference between client-side scripting and server-side scripting. On completion of this module, students will be able to program Active Server Pages using VB-Script.
CPRG3801 Computer Programming IV – JAVA (3 credits)
This module introduces the students, to the fundamentals of Java Programming Language. The topics covered include the basic constructs of the language, an overview on object-oriented programming using Java, Applets and Basic Graphical User Interfaces.
CSYS3802 Artificial Intelligence (introducing Prolog) (3 credits)
This course is designed to introduce students to the fundamental principles of Artificial Intelligence. Knowledge Representation and Searching will form the bulk of the course. Ethical issues relating to the subject will also be discussed.
ORTB2301 Organizational Theory and Behaviour (3 credits)
The class material will include both theory and practical application of Organizational Behaviour. OB is the study of how individuals and groups impact the behaviour within an organization. It is a field of systematic study that focuses on improving productivity and other areas of performance improvement. At the completion of this course, the student would have studied the major topic areas within the field of OB and the challenges and opportunities for managers as they seek to apply OB principles within organizations.
MRKT1202 Principles of Marketing (3 credits)
This course introduces students to a basic understanding of how the marketing functions help the organization to achieve its objectives. It also sensitizes students to the fact that the marketing function does not only deal with the production and distribution of products and services, but also is concerned with the ethical and social issues found in the domestic and global environment.
ACCT3601 Cost and Management Accounting (3 credits)
This course is designed to provide a comprehensive coverage of different aspects of Management Accounting, and to provide students with an understanding of the importance of Management Accounting in a globalized business environment.
MATH3701 Operations Research (3 credits)
Linear programming: Network Analysis and Inventory Control, give rise to optimal solutions (maximum or minimum). Time series examines historical data in order to determine trend values and seasonal variation and make reliable forecasts. Testing of hypothesis, analysis of variance (one-factor model), X2- distribution – apply probability in the determination of whether or not to accept the null hypothesis (the status-quo). The study of Matrices is a facilitative tool which is very useful in arriving at deterministic solutions.
ECON3501 Caribbean Economic Development (3 credits)
This upper-level course is designed to introduce students to a broad study of Caribbean Economics. More specifically, students will examine the relevance, concepts and elements of the Caribbean Economic Environment, Economic Growth and Development, Agriculture in the Caribbean, Technology and Education, as agents for Economic Development, Regional Economic Integration, Tourism as a strategy for Economic Development as well as examine issues of sustainable economic development.
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