Interdisciplinary (IDIS) Courses 

IDIS 3695. Global Business Perspectives

Through company sites and cultural visits, students learn to appreciate how business operates outside of the United States. Country visits are bracketed by class sessions and pre-work followed by project presentations. Content varies based on the expertise of the faculty and the country visited. Past locations include Germany, France, China, New Zealand, Brazil, and India. (4 units)

Open to MBA students only. Prerequisite: Varies by course.

IDIS 3700. Effective Business Communications

Intensive practice in forms of communication specifically for business settings, geared to the student’s level of prior preparation. The focus will be primarily on oral communication and writing to support the oral communication. Emphasis on communicating complex issues and quantitative data to inform, advocate or persuade. (2 units)

Prerequisite: None.

IDIS 3701. Critical Business Presentations

This course is designed to equip students with speaking and presenting skills in both formal and informal business settings.  The class centers around weekly presentations on a variety of topics.  Focus will be on learning to shape messages and presentations to different audiences and purposes.  This two-unit course will afford an expansion of IDIS 3700 on effective presentation skills that should then be implemented into later coursework and workplace interactions.  Business Communication theory, presentation practice and critique, interpersonal interaction in both traditional and social media forums, and conveying qualitative and quantitative information will serve as components of the course. (2 units)

Prerequisite: IDIS 3700.

IDIS 3704. Women in Leadership

Presents the best practices of successful women technology leaders. Features a series of in-depth discussions and case studies where experts share the principles upon which they have created their businesses. Includes topics on vision, value creation, branding, product development and testing, recruitment and team building, management, financing, communication skills, networking, exit strategy and social impact. (2 units)

Open to MBA students only. Prerequisite: None.

IDIS 3799. Managing Transitions

This is a 2-unit credit course that prepares students for the career transitions that they will encounter once completing Santa Clara University’s MBA program. This highly relevant course concentrates on the skills students require to succeed early on in their careers. The course focuses on true situations where students can gain best approaches to bolster their First 90 days in a new position. The course covers transitions both within a current company as well as transitions to a new company. Students will learn how to work with different generations in the work force and to gain insights into different work styles.  Topics such as how to successfully leverage social media to attain the desired career  and developing a career path are covered. The lessons learned will be applicable to transitions throughout the students’ careers. (2 units)

Open to MBA students only. Prerequisite: None.

IDIS 3797. Curricular Practicum Education

The primary purpose of co-op education is to give international students an opportunity to gain practical knowledge in their field of study. This course is designed to prepare them for such an experience. It consists of a series of lectures on topics that will familiarize them with the Silicon Valley working environment, and will enable them to relate their experiences in the industry to their academic program. Attendance is mandatory. (1 unit)

Open to MBA and MS students. Prerequisites: Three quarters of full-time course work and a GPA of 3.0 or higher. 

IDIS 3798. Extended Curricular Practicum Education

Extension of IDIS 3797. (1 unit)

Open to  MBA and MS students. Prerequisite: IDIS 3797. May be taken for credit no more than 3 times.

IDIS 3802. Data Analytics - Python

Data science involves the application of scientific methodologies to extract understanding from and make  predictions based on data sets from a broad range of sources. The objective of this course is to teach the  programming skills relevant to data science. Students will learn the Python programming language, along with  a complete set of open source tools for data science in Python, including the IPython Notebook, NumPy,  Pandas, matplotlib, scikit-learn and many others. Students will learn skills such as importing data, cleaning and transforming data, algorithmic thinking, grouping and aggregation, visualization, time series, and statistical modeling/prediction.  (4 units)

Only for MBA students. MS students should refer to MSIS course section. Prerequisite: None.