MIS 1100 SS - The Digital Society

Credits: (3)
Typically Taught Summer Semester: Full Sem Online
Typically Taught Fall Semester: Full Sem, Full Sem Online
Typically Taught Spring Semester: Full Sem, Full Sem Online
Course Fee: $5.00
Course Fee Purpose: The course fees collected from students enrolled in this class are used for student-related expenditures. Examples of such expenditures are for periodic technology upgrades in the MIS Lab, software licenses, and program assessment materials.
Description: The explosive growth of information technologies in general, and the Internet in particular, has irreversibly changed the way we work and play. This course prepares students to be knowledgeable citizens of cyberspace. It reviews our social institutions and how they are being impacted by information technology as well as the ways in which technology has been shaped by our social institutions. The course also provides hands-on experience with a variety of Internet tools.