Department of Information Technology
and Operations Management


Faye Sawyer, Chairperson
Ph.D., North Carolina State University
Sociology and Demography


Alan Cannon, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Clemson University
Production, Operations Management


Christopher Conca, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of South Florida
Information Systems


Richard C. Crandall, Professor
Ph.D., University of South Carolina
Production, Operations Management


Dinesh Dave, Professor
Ph.D., Gujarat University
Production, Operations Management


Albert L. Harris, Professor
Ph.D., Georgia State University
Information Systems


Dawn Medlin, Assistant Professor
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Web Design and Programming




The Walker College of Business, through the Department of Information
Technology and Operations Management, offers course work which forms a part
of the MBA program (see MBA program description, pages 73-76). Prerequisite
to graduate study is admission to the MBA program or permission of the
department chairperson.


The Department of Information Technology and Operations Management offers a 
graduate certificate in Information Systems (336A).  For more information, 
contact the Cratis D. Williams Graduate School at 828-262-2130 or visit our 
website at www.graduate.appstate.edu.


(For a description of the course abbreviations used in the following list of
courses, see page 46.)