If you are interested in ERP as a career or would just like to take a class to get familiar with ERP, then click here: ERP Course Map. This links you to a PDF of our ERP Course Map which includes potential degree options, course offering schedule, and what software will be used for each course. 

Course Overview

The course provides an overview of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software systems and their role within an organization. It introduces key concepts of integrated information systems and explains why such systems are valuable to businesses. In addition to the lecture, students will be guided through several hands-on activities of various business processes in SAP S/4HANA software products. The course will also provide a discussion of various business cases in which ERP concepts can be applied. An overview of Business Intelligence (BI) and analytics in the ERP context will also be addressed

Prerequisite: IST 1750

Sample Syllabi PDF: ERP2110 S4HANA

Course Overview

‌Specialization of ERP systems and concepts in the field of Health Care, with special emphasis on Business Process Integration in this environment. 

Prerequisite: IST 1750

Sample Syllabi PDF: ERP 301 Syllabus

Course Overview

Implementation and design practices for business processes in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems.  The course will examine and apply techniques used in SAP S/4HANA or SAP ECC for system configuration and integration with a focus on financial accounting and logistics. Fiori configuration will be examined to develop an ERP user interface.

Prerequisite: ERP 2110

Sample Syllabi PDF: ERP 4120 ERP Software Development

Course Overview

Study design and implementation principles for enterprise decision dashboards utilizing data warehouses and databases to support visual analytics. SAP HANA,  HANA Cloud Platform (HCP), HANA Studio, Fiori, IBM Watson Analytics, SAS Visual Analytics, or similar tools are used for practical assignments.  

Prerequisite: IST 1750

Sample Syllabi PDF: ERP4220

Course Overview

This course presents the topic of data warehouses and their value to the organization. It takes the student from the database platform to structuring a data warehouse environment. Focus is placed on simplicity and addressing the user community's needs. Leading data warehouse platforms including SAP BW/4HANA and HANA are used in practical applications.  

Prerequisite: IST 3423 or ERP 4220

Sample Syllabi PDF: ERP_IST4444

Course Overview

The course emphasizes identification (targeting), acquisition, retention, and development (expansion) of (profitable) customers, as well as effective and efficient management of customers, using information technology. SAP CRM, SAS BI tools, and Sybase mobile application development are used.

Prerequisite: ERP 2110 or preceded or accompanied by ERP 5110

Sample Syllabi PDF: ERP4610_F19

Course Overview

This course provides a technical overview of Enterprise Resource Planning Systems and their impact on organizations. SAP’s ERP system is introduced to illustrate the concepts, fundamentals, framework, general information technology context, technological infrastructure, and integration of business enterprise-wide applications.

Prerequisites: IST 1750 

Sample Syllabi PDF: ERP 5110 Syllabus

Course Overview

The course provides an overview of enterprise applications for small and midsize companies. The course provides an overview of the new generation of business applications for small and midsize companies.  Microsoft Dynamics  will be introduced to illustrate the enterprise-wide application for enterprises

Prerequisite: (BUS1210 AND ERP2110) or ERP5110

Sample Syllabi PDF: ERP5130_Syllabus

Course Overview

This course studies different performance management systems including dashboards, Balanced Scorecards, and strategy maps in an organization. SAP's BW, Predictive Analytics/Lumira, and Design Studio, Tableau, and IBM Watson Analytics are used to develop the dashboard applications.

Prerequisite: ERP 2110 or preceded or accompanied by ERP 5110

Sample Syllabi PDF: ERP5210_SP20

Course Overview

This course provides a conceptual foundation and hands-on experience in web-based (HTML5) application development deployed through an enterprise platform. SAP Enterprise development tools will be used to build these apps, using the SAP HANA Cloud Platform. This course also covers cybersecurity from a software security perspective.

Prerequisite:  Programming knowledge AND (either ERP 2110 or preceded or accompanied by ERP 5110)

Sample Syllabi PDF: ERP5240_SP20

Course Overview

The course studies the need for supply chain integration and the challenges of managing complex interfaces. This course focuses on the systems approach to the planning, analysis, design, development, and evaluation of the supply chain. The course discusses activities that lead to the integration of information and material flows across multiple organizations. SAP's ERP S/4HANA, SCM, SAS Viya (Visual Analytics, Visual Statistics), and Microsoft PowerBI are used to design and deploy SCM applications.

Prerequisite: ERP 2110 or Graduate Standing

Sample Syllabi PDF: ERP5310 Syllabus

Course Overview

This course introduces data-oriented techniques for business intelligence.  Topics include Business Intelligence architecture, Business Analytics, and Enterprise Reporting.  SAP Business Information Warehouse, BusinessObjects, or similar tools will be used to access and present data, generate reports and perform analysis.

Prerequisites:  IST 1750 

Sample Syllabi PDF: ERP5410 Syllabus

Course Overview

System administration and performance monitoring practices for an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system will be studied. Students will install an instance of an ERP system and establish user management attributes and system security.

Prerequisite: ERP 2110 or ERP 5110

Sample Syllabi PDF: Coming Soon

Course Overview

The course addresses how sustainability management systems can be used to reduce compliance costs and business risks and to establish Green IT practices. SAP's EHS Management, Sustainability Analytics, Carbon Impact, or similar are used to enhance the learning experience.

Prerequisites: IST 1750

Sample Syllabi Not Provided

Course Overview

Implementation and design practices for business processes in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems.  The course examines and applies techniques using SAP S/4HANA ERP or similar for configuration and integration with a focus on financial accounting and logistics. Fiori configuration will be examined to develop an ERP user interface. 

Prerequisite: ERP 2110, ERP 5110, or ERP 5310  

Sample Syllabi PDF: ERP 6120 Syllabus S/4HANA

Course Overview

Study integration of data modeling, data warehouse, and visualization prototyping in the design and implementation of enterprise decision dashboards for descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics. Project implementations use SAP HANA Studio, Fiori, Predictive Analytics, Design Studio/Eclipse IDE, and SAS Viya.

Prerequisite: ERP5110 and one of ERP5410, ERP6444, or IST 6444. 

Sample Syllabi PDF: ERP6220

Course Overview

This course presents the topic of data warehouses and their value to the organization. It takes the student from the database platform to structuring a data warehouse environment. Focus is placed on simplicity and addressing the user community needs.

Prerequisite: IST 3423 or Comp Sci 304 or equivalent relational database experience 

Sample Syllabi PDF: ERP 6444 Syllabus

Course Overview

Covers the applications and theoretical foundations of organizing and analyzing information of textual resources. Topics include information storage and retrieval systems, web search engines, text mining, collaborative filtering, and recommender systems. Students will also learn the techniques with the use of interactive tools such as SAS.

Prerequisite: ERP 5410 Business Intelligence or statistics knowledge

Sample Syllabi PDF: IST6443

Course Overview

Identification (targeting), acquisition, retention, and development (expansion) of (profitable) customers. Effective and efficient management of customers, using IT. SAP CRM, SAS BI tools, and Sybase mobile application development are used.  Research paper and presentation required.

 Prerequisite: ERP 2110 or preceded or accompanied by ERP 5110

Sample Syllabi PDF: ERP6610_F19