Integrated Capstone – BMIS 690

CG • Section 8WK • 11/08/2019 to 04/16/2020 • Modified 09/05/2023

Course Description

This capstone course focuses on the design and management of an overall organizational system consisting of three interacting subsystems: (1) the enterprise itself- its structure, core processes and relationships with external entities such as customers, suppliers and outsourcers; (2) the IS function and its role in marshaling information technologies and information assets to support the strategy of the organization, and (3) the information technology architecture consisting of the organization’s networks, hardware, data, and applications. The student will learn how to integrate and synthesize these three aspects of the enterprise, how IT must be aligned with the strategy of the organization and how to make appropriate choices about architecture in relationship to overall organizational goals.

For information regarding prerequisites for this course, please refer to the Academic Course Catalog.

Rationale

BMIS 690 is the integrated capstone for the Masters in Information Systems degree at Liberty University. Its objective is to synthesize the entire core of the management of information systems program and apply this by using a final, integrated Capstone Thesis Project.

Course Assignment

Textbook readings and lecture presentations

Course Requirements Checklist

After reading the Syllabus and Student Expectations, the student will complete the related checklist found in the Course Overview.

Discussions (5)

The student is required to create a thread in response to the provided prompt for each discussion. The discussions build upon literature reviews, systems analysis, and systems design. Peer review helps provide feedback on capstone project progression throughout the course.

Capstone Project

The Capstone Project will take place in 3 separate phases. The first phase includes identification of a problem that requires resolution within information systems and a supporting review of related literature. Phase two includes defining a methodology to solve the problem and an associated systems analysis. Phase three concludes with a proposed information systems solution and the managerial implications of the capstone results.

Graduate Level Business Program Assessment Assignment

Liberty University is regionally accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS), and has also attained ACBSP international accreditation for many of its business programs (for a listing of specific programs, please visit our School of Business page).

Accreditation requires classroom learning to be measured and analyzed. That means Liberty must measure and report learning progress of its students. One way to do this is to measure a student's progress two times throughout your degree program: at the beginning and the end. In the assessment for BMIS 690 you are at the final assessment.

For this assessment, your score will be compared externally with the scores of students from other accredited schools, other regional schools, and internally within the various cognates. Thus, we need you to take this assessment very seriously and for you to do your best in each assessment, as we believe you can score as high as, or better than, the students from other comparison schools. We want to be able to proclaim with great joy that Liberty University students consistently score at the highest levels when their knowledge, skills, and abilities are tested at regional, national, and international levels of comparison.