MFIN 5208 Concepts in Financial Information Systems
This course introduces the topic of information systems and discusses how financial organizations use information systems to support a variety of tasks ranging from basic activities such as transaction processing to creating competitive advantage in the market place through data mining. Following an overview of basic IS hardware and software, we discuss topics such as business process engineering, electronic commerce, and information and decision support systems. This broad overview provides a necessary foundation to understanding the relationship between information systems and the financial industry.