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This course provides an overview to the fundamentals of accounting and business information systems, through their uses of various software and software packages in addition to their functions and applications within an organizational environment. Topics within this course includes the basics of understanding business information systems; data communications; analytics utilizing spreadsheets and databases; adopting and managing information systems; effective use of networks and the ethical use of these systems within business and society.

This course introduces fundamentals of business analytics. Students are exposed to the basic concepts and modern tools related to explanatory and predictive models for decision making in a business context. Data collection, transformation, filtering, and basic analysis methods are discussed. Legal and ethical aspects concerning privacy and confidentiality in the current regulatory environment are reviewed. This course does not require students to have prior familiarity with the business analytics related concepts and tools.