MIS 370Management Information SystemsSpring 2012
Syllabus3 creditsPage 1 of 5
ClassNbr
/Section
/Hours
/ Location / Instructor6900 / 03 / TR 4:00 – 5:15pm / Barry Hall 368 / Latimer
7545 / 04 / TR 2:30 – 3:45pm / Barry Hall 368 / Latimer
Instructor
/Joe Latimer
/Office
/Barry Hall 228
/ Homepage /Phone
/ 231-7506 / Office Hours /MW3:30-6:30pm& by appointment
Prerequisites:
CSci 116, junior standing & a GPA of at least 2.5
Required Text:
Course Technology Bundle at the bookstore (includes the following two books):
Hossein Bidgoli. MIS2. Course Technology, 2012. ISBN: 978-1-111-53396-0
Custom Binding - New Perspectives on Microsoft Excel 2010 & Access 2010 Comprehensive HTML & HTML 5E, Course Technology, 2011.
ISBN: 978-1-133-43683-6
The Course Technology Bundle ISBN is 978-1-13353282-8
You just need to purchase the bundle. You do not need to buy the individual books that make up the custom binding.
Rquired Material:
Access to a version of Microsoft Office 2010 Professional.
Recommended Text:
If your Excel spreadsheet or Access database knowledge is weak,you may want to consider reviewing the text package for CSci 116
Course Description:
The impact and usefulness of information systems in everyday life, and especially in the business community, has increased tremendously in the last few years. This course aims to introduce you to the basic concepts and developments in information systems. Issues to be examined include computer technology, information system concepts, information systems development, and the use of information systems in organizations. This course should help you in making decisions about information technology in your role as a user of information or as an IS professional.
Learning Outcomes:
-Students will demonstrate competence with Excel spreadsheets and the Access database(3b, 5b).
-Students will demonstrate competence with Simon’s decision-making process (3c).
-Students will demonstrate the ability to identify legal and ethical issues such as file share and illegal downloads, intellectual property rights, privacy and social media, etc. (4a).
-Students will demonstrate the ability to create and use graphs in Excel, create reports in Access, and to create web pages (5a).
-Students will demonstrate competency in Excel and Access (5c).
-Students will demonstrate their competent understanding of system development life-cycle and internal development versus outsourcing (5d).
The methods of evaluation for the learning goals and objectives include:
-Hands-on Excel, Access, and HTML assignments;
-Exams and quizzes covering material from texts, assignments, and lecture.
Course Grades:
Course Component / Points / Course Component / PointsMID-TERM Exam / 15 / Assignments / 45
FINAL Exam / 30 / Class Participation / 10
Letter grades will not be assigned to individual components of the course requirements. Only points (numerical scores) will be assigned. These numerical scores will be weighted according to the percentages shown above and added to obtain a cumulative score. A final course grade will be assigned based on the following scheme:
Cumulative Score / Letter Grade90 and above / A
80 - 89.9 / B
70 - 79.9 / C
60 - 69.9 / D
Less than 60 / E
Exams:
There will be two exams for the course, one mid-term exam and a final exam. The final exam will be a cumulative exam over the entire course.
Missing any exam will result in a score of zero for that exam.
Each exam may consist of multiple-choice questions and short answer questions. Questions for the exams will be based on assigned chapters in the textbook, lectures, videos, class discussion, course assignments, and any additional readings. Bottom line, any material presented in the course is fair game on the exams.
An exam review sheet will be distributed at least one class period prior to each exam.
Assignments:
You will be expected to build end-user systems using HTML, Microsoft Access and Microsoft Excel. It is assumed that you have acquired working knowledge of business application packages at the level of CSci 116. I will do some in-class demonstrations of Microsoft Access and Microsoft Excel. You can also consult with me individually or as a group if you run into any problems while completing these exercises.
Each assignment will have a due date and time. A penalty equal to the cubeof the days late will be applied to each late assignment. If you assignment is turned in after the due time it will be considered a additional day late.
-If your assignment is 1 daylate the late penalty will be 1%.
-If your assignment is 2 days late yourlate penalty will be 8%.
-If your assignment is 3 days late your late penalty will be 27%.
-If your assignment is 4 days late your latepenalty will be 64%.
-If your assignment is 5 days late your late penalty will be 100%.
Each assignment will be equally weighted towards your final grade. For each assignment you will receive a raw score for the work that is turned in. The raw score for each assignment will be adjusted by percentage score you earn on the assignment evaluation questions that will be embedded in the mid-term or final exam. The assignment evaluation questions will not be explicitly identified in the exams.
For example if the database 1 assignment was worth 5 points towards your final grade, and
if on the database 1 assignment you earn a raw score of 80% your raw points will be:
( .80 X 5 ) = 4
Then if you get half of the assignment evaluation questions correct on the exam your adjusted database assignment 1 points will be:
( .50 X 4 ) = 2
The assignment evaluation questions are not intended to put undue stress on a student. They are intended to identify students who do not do their own work or who free ride during a group project. If you correctly complete your assignments and you understand what you did in completing the assignments you should have no trouble with the assignment evaluation questions.
Class Participation & Deportment:
In order to encourage class attendance and cognitive engagement unannounced quizzes, in-class assignments, and quick home projects may be given during the semester. All participation items will carry an equal weight. I will drop the lowest 15% of these items when determining your grade.
There are no make-ups for missed class participation points. The 15% of the points that will be dropped should be more than sufficient for students who need to miss class for university activities or for personal emergencies.
It is unfortunate that I run across the occasional student or students who feel that their individual conversations or activities are more important than the material being covered in class. I will not tolerate behavior that disrupts my class or interferes with the learning experience of other students. Disruptive behavior includes use of notebooks or other mobile devices for any activities not directly related to the course. If I ask you to discontinue behavior that I view as disruptive I expect you to comply. Failure to comply or the need for me to warn you more than twice in a semester will cost you all of your class participation points. If the inappropriate behavior continues you will be dropped from the course. If you are asked to leave the classroom you will not be allowed to make up missed participation points.
Course Web Page:
I will not be using Blackboard for this course. A link to the course web page can be found on my Homepage. A link to my Homepage will be available on Blackboard and is at the top of this syllabus. All course announcements and assignments will be posted on the course web page. You are expected to check the course web page on a regular basis. You are responsible for any changes in due dates or course requirements if an email message is sent with at least 48 hours (weekends excluded) notice.
Additional Items:
I will attempt to make this course as "paperless" as possible. All course material will be posted on the course web page. All assignments will be posted on course web page and collected electronically. You will need to know how to both send and receive binary attachments to email messages.
Academic Honesty:
All work in this course must be completed in a manner consistent with NDSU University Senate Policy, Section 335: Code of Academic Responsibility and Conduct that can be found at:
Students are responsible for submitting their own work. Students who cooperate on any class participation exercises, assignments or examinations without authorization share the responsibility for violation of academic principles, and such students are subject to disciplinary action even when one of the students is not enrolled in the course where the violation occurred.
The minimum penalty for prohibited academic conduct will be a failing grade for the course for each of the individuals involved.
Special Accommodations:
Any student with disabilities who needs accommodation in this course is encouraged to speak to me as soon as possible to make appropriate arrangements for these accommodations.
Veterans and student soldiers with special circumstances or who are activated are encouraged to notify the instructor in advance.