College of Business and Economics
SOM 485. Decision Support Systems(3)
Prerequisites: IS 211 or both SOM 306 and 312. Passing score on the Upper-Division Writing Proficiency Exam (WPE). BUS 302 and BUS 302L are prerequisites for BSBA majors. Concepts, development and application of Decision Support Systems (DSS) and related management support systems (Executive Information Systems and Expert Systems). Design framework and Management Science models for DSS. DSS development process and tools, user interface, evaluation, and implementation. Study of recent development in model-based DSS applications with knowledge base enhancement. Class project designing prototype management support systems will be required.