Bachelor of Applied Information Systems Technology
Academic titleBachelor of Applied Information Systems Technology
Course description Information Systems
Semester 1
BAI506: Architecture & Security
The definition of any project requires both a clear and tested architecture and a clear secuirty implementation model. This course will examine a variety of architectures and their impacts on how projects get constructed and how they will perform under load. Security will be examined from both network and application perspectives, and a variety of security solution patterns will be examined.
BAI507: Software Engineering
This course in Software Engineering will examine the process of development within the Unified Process environment, concentrating on the many of the front-end tasks within Analysis and Design. It is assumed that the student has already had an introduction to UP and UML, and so we will take a more extensive look at some aspects of the process, such as Business Modeling, Requirements Capture (including JAD sessions) and UML Patterns.
BAI540: Project Management
Provides the principles, concepts, materials, and practice that allow a professional to initiate I.T. projects, conduct project planning, manage project resources, manage team situations, control projects over time, manage change-and-release procedures and conduct project closure. When students have completed this course, they will understand the project manager's role in guiding a project to a successful conclusion. The student will understand how to establish and scope projects through a project charter, prepare and execute a project plan and budget using project management software, manage and control the team environment, conduct project deliverable quality control over the course of a project and report on project status through to closure. Students will gain knowledge and skills to deal with unrealistic constraints, problem analysis and escalation, scope management, issues management, template generation, risk analysis, and contingency planning.
BAI552: Business Process & Enterprise Resource Planning I
This course offers an overview of the ERP topic area. The course examines some of the major business process found within an ERP system (Financial, HR, CRM, MRP & SCM) and looks at the implementations of these processes within both PeopleSoft and SAP. It will also look at the development process inherent in making minor modifications to the standard business process flows, and introduce the steps necessary for changing reports and doing custom validations. [hide detail]
BAI586: System Development Tools
This course will examine technical topics that will provide the student with their main toolset for constructing internet based systems and services. This technical toolset (including VB.NET, ADO.NET, ASP.NET, XML, SQL Server, Web Services & Wireless devices) will be used to build components within a lab-case environment. This course concentrates on specific technologies, and the support skills (design and management) will be covered in other courses. [hide detail]
BAI590: Seminar I
Semester 2
BAI606: Database Topics
This course will examine advanced features of Database Management Systems. Topics will cover both OLTP and OLAP systems. Included topics will be tuning OLTP system performance, integrating new components into very large existing Databases, Data Warehousing & Data Marts. [hide detail]
BAI652: Business Process & Enterprise Resource Planning II
This course examines the developmental processes and tools used when modifying the default business processes found within large scale ERP systems. The course continues from the BAI552 course and spends some time examining business processes, and then uses those processes as the basis for the developmental labs. The first half of the course uses PeopleSoft People Tools and the second half uses SAP ABAP. The student will not only gain a good introduction to the software tools, but they will have a very clear appreciation of the challenges inherent when working in the ERP environment. [hide detail]
BAI686: Research/Project Development
Students will combine their technical and managerial skills to develop a scalable enterprise system for a real client. Some students will have the option (based on our industry partnerships) to engage in research work in integrating large system components into a complex orgainzation. [hide detail]
BAI690: Seminar II
Information Systems & Network Management
Semester 3 & 4
BAI700: Credit Work Experience II
BAI700 and BAI800 represent the 'applied' portion of the Applied Degree. Students undertake a four month full-time paid work experience for each of these courses (eight months in total). Students are to be responsible for securing work in systems development, systems analysis, network administration, network management, technical support, or other IT related areas. [hide detail]
BAI600: Credit Work Experience I
Semester 5
BAI530: Leadership Development
Semester 6
BAI604: Management of the IT Portfolio
Network Management
Semester 7
BAI511: Advanced Routing Concepts
This is an integrated theory/lab course covering switching and routing technologies. The course will start by covering advanced IP addressing concepts such as VLSM and Route Summarization. The next phase of the course will cover routing theory, protocols and router configuration. Labs will be used throughout the course to supplement theory, using equipment from Cisco and/or Nortel Networks. [hide detail]
BAI512: Advanced Operating Systems
The students will learn advanced Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 concepts, including active directory design, network infrastructure design, routing and remote access service and configuring terminal services. They will also work with advanced Linux networking features. [hide detail]
BAI513: Protocols
In this course the students will study several network protocols that provide the main foundations of network management. DNS, WINS, DHCP, SNMP, SMTP, as well as other protocols are covered in depth. These protocols are investigated through both the associated RFCs and the use of SNIFFER PRO. The students will also learn to manually decode various network packets to determine its intended function. [hide detail]
BAI514: Network Security
This course will introduce the students to the process of writing and creating Security guidelines for a company. Labs will be used to reinforce the tools and concepts discussed during the theory portion of the course. This course will introduce the student to various security technologies, including encryption, authentication, VPNs and firewalls. Students will be able to defend their network infrastructure and corporate assets from both internal ane external attacks. [hide detail]
BAI515: Business Consulting Fundamentals
The Business Consulting Fundamentals course branches off from the regular network related lab work to begin investigating some of the business aspects of today's computer and data communications industry. A review of project management's principles, a venture into the importance of ethical behavior in business through the use of case studies, discussions and review of contracts, legal letters and some laws affecting these documents are all discussed in this course. It also expands into what it takes to become a consultant today and the basic skills necessary for any consultant to succeed in today's business environment. At the end of the course another type of legal document is investigated, the Service Level Agreement and this leads the students down the road towards a solid understanding of what is involved in developing one of today's most difficult agreements, the Disaster Recovery Plan. The course involves high levels of class and group participation. [hide detail]
BAI520: Finance I
Accounting is a system for measuring business activities and communicating those results to the intended users. Accounting information is used to assist managers in making decisions. This course covers: 1. Concepts and procedures used by accountants to make these measurements. 2. Principle reports through which the measurements are communicated. 3. Techniques used by managerial decision makers. Upon completion of the course the student will be able to: 1. Analyze the more common business transactions and record their effect in a manual system. 2. Generate and interpret appropriate reports for the users of financial information. 3. Apply managerial accounting tools and techniques for decision makers with respect to projects. [hide detail]
BAI570: Statistics
Semester 8
BAI630: Research Projects
This course has students performing research and design, creating project plans, submitting technical reports, and giving a formal presentation on their leading edge emerging technology project selected from a bank of projects. On performing all of the above, the student will build their design using state of the art networking technologies. This course will therefore prepare the student to effectively blend into a corporation's context. [hide detail]
BAI620: Finance II
The purpose of this course is to learn how to use accounting information for planning and decision-making under conditions of certainty and uncertainty. Topics in this course include costs and revenue estimation, regression modeling, trend and risk analysis, financial forecasting, planning and decision-making models, and others. [hide detail]
BAI615: Network Management
Using various tools the students will learn to perform and implement several network management tasks and processes. Application analysis, bandwidth utilization and baselining functions will be performed by the students. They will also learn to implement an enterprise network management system, such as HP OpenView or CiscoWorks. [hide detail]
BAI614: Security II
This course provides with an opportunity to implement some of the guide they created in BAI514. In addition, student will be exposed to Security concepts such as Firewalls and "Demilitarized Zones". Labs form an integral part of this course and will be tested at the end of the course. This course covers the advanced security topics of advanced firewall concepts, DMZs and security policies. Security counter measures and intrusion detection strategies are also investigated and applied by the students. [hide detail]
BAI613: Voice over IP
Students will study the concepts and technologies behind Voice over IP networking and will configure analog Voice over IP sessions using Cisco 2600 series routers and Cisco Call Manager and/or Nortel Communication Server for Enterprise (CSE). [hide detail]
BAI612: Network Design
This course is designed to provide the student with the knowledge and skills needed to achieve introductory level of competency in network design. It will enable the student to gather internetworking requirements, identify solutions, and design the network infrastructure and elements to ensure the basic functionality of the proposed solutions. [hide detail]
BAI611: Switching and Wireless LANs
Part time Courses
Degree Preparation and Skills Upgrading
CNT495 PC Repair and Upgrading
IST115 Financial Accounting
IST215 Systems Analysis & Design I
IST235 Client-Server Programming
IST245 Database Management
IST260 Networking I
IST271 Business Communications
IST334 J2EE Development
IST370 Organizational Behaviour
Information Systems Development Major
BAI506 Architecture & Security
BAI507 Software Engineering
BAI530 Leadership Development
BAI540 Project Management
BAI552 Business Process & Enterprise Resource Planning I
BAI586 System Development Tools
BAI590 Seminar I
BAI600 Credit Work Experience I
BAI604 Management of the IT Portfolio
BAI606 Database Topics
BAI652 Business Process & Enterprise Resource Planning II