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Graduate Curriculum Committee Course Proposal Form

Graduate Curriculum Committee

Course Proposal Form for

Courses Numbered 5000 and Higher

Note: Before completing this form, please carefully read the accompanying instructions.

1. Course Prefix and Number: 2. Date:

3. Requested Action (check only one box):

New Course
X / Revision of Active Course
Revision & Unbanking of a Banked Course
Renumbering of an Existing Course from
from / # / to / #

4. Justification (assessment or accreditation based) for new course or course revision or course renumbering:

An ongoing assessment of the MIS faculty and recommendation of the College of Business Business Advisory Council indicate a need for the course to be closer aligned with the model curriculum as put forward by the three major MIS professional associations (Communications of the Association for Computer Machinery, Association for Information Systems, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers-Computer Science)

5. Course description exactly as it should appear in the next catalog:

6883. Web Technologies for Business (3) Formerly DSCI 6883 P: MIS 6143. Exploration of issues, strategies, and evolving technologies that enable modern web applications for organizations.

6. If this is a course revision, briefly describe the requested change:

Name and course description

7. Graduate Catalog Page Number from current Graduate catalog:

156

8. Course Credit:

Lecture Hours / 3 / Weekly / OR / Per Term / Credit Hours / 3 / s.h.
Lab / Weekly / OR / Per Term / Credit Hours / s.h.
Studio / Weekly / OR / Per Term / Credit Hours / s.h.
Practicum / Weekly / OR / Per Term / Credit Hours / s.h.
Internship / Weekly / OR / Per Term / Credit Hours / s.h.
Other (e.g., independent study) Please explain.
Total Credit Hours / 3 / s.h.
30

9. Anticipated annual student enrollment:

10. Affected Degrees or Academic Programs:

Degree(s)/Course(s) / Current
Catalog Page / Changes in Degree Hours
Graduate Certificate in Management Information Systems / 153 / None

11. Overlapping or Duplication with Affected Units or Programs:

X / Not Applicable
Notification & response from affected units is attached

12. Approval by the Council for Teacher Education (required for courses affecting teacher education programs):

X / Not Applicable
Applicable and CTE has given their approval.

13. Statements of Support:

a. Staff

X / Current staff is adequate
Additional Staff is needed (describe needs in the box below):

b. Facilities

X / Current facilities are adequate
Additional Facilities are needed (describe needs in the box below):

c. Library

X / Initial library resources are adequate
Initial resources are needed (in the box below, give a brief explanation and an estimate for the cost of acquisition of required initial resources):

d. Computer resources

X / Unit computer resources are adequate
Additional unit computer resources are needed (in the box below, give a brief explanation and an estimate for the cost of acquisition):
ITCS Resources are not needed
The following ITCS resources are needed (put a check beside each need):
Mainframe computer system
Statistical services
Network connections
Computer lab for students
Approval from the Director of ITCS attached

14. Course information: see Instructions for Completing the Graduate Curriculum Committee Course Proposal Form for more detail

a. TEXTBOOK(S): author(s), name, publication date, publisher, and city/state/country

b. Course objectives student –centered behavioral objectives for the course –

c. A course content outline

d. A list of course assignments and weighting of each assignment and the grading/evaluation system for determining a grade.

TEXTBOOK:

Electronic Commerce: 7th Annual Edition

PHP and MySQL for Dynamic Web Sites,

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

Students will be able to:

· Explain the application development environment and infrastructure

· Discriminate between web application development technologies and business applications

· Prepare and analyze answers to problems related to web application development technologies and business application technologies

· Evaluate and recommend an evolving technology based on research

· Convince others of the benefits of emerging technologies in a business setting

· Summarize how particular technologies impact business and business processes

COURSE CONTENT OUTLINE:

Introduction to the Web Development Environment

· Explore the basics of the 3 tier web environment

o Client Side

o Server Side

o Database

· Understand the concept to n-tier and its benefit in various business scenarios

· Understand how the technologies presented in class fit together and what role each performs in the web environment

· Understand how the n-tier environment impacts business

HTML

· Explore the basics of HTML including:

o HTML Document Framework

o Basic body elements

o Lists

o URL, Links & META

o Tables

o Colors & Images

o Forms

o Cascading Style Sheets

· Develop a repository of HTML resources

· Complete Project 1

XML

· Explore the basics of XML including:

o Schemas & DTD

o XML Documents

o XLink

o XML for Databases

· Develop a repository of XML resources

· Complete Project 2

PHP

· Explore the basics of PHP including:

o Form handling

o Conditions and operators

o Validation

o Date & Time functions

o Sending e-mail

· Develop a repository of resources related to PHP

· Complete Project 3

MySQL

· Explore the basics of MySQL including:

o Creating a Database

o Inserting Data

o Updating Data

o Deleting Data

o Selecting Data

o Sorting Data

o Connecting to Web Application

· Develop a repository of resources related to MySQL

· Complete Project 4

Open Source Solutions

· Explore the basics of Open Source Solutions that are available including:

o Portals/Content Management Systems

o Blogs

o Wikis

o e-Commerce

o Forums

o Image Galleries

· Develop a repository of resources related to Open Source Solutions

· Examine how these solutions could be utilized to enhance business processes

· Complete Project 5

Presentation:

Presentation of Open Source Project. Presentation will include following information:

· Why particular solution is selected

· Why a competitor solution is not selected

· What business need is satisfied by this solution

· Customizing the solution to address business needs

· Resources that were of particular use

Tech Scans

Regular scan of popular press to find articles of interest in relation to Web Application Development in business. Findings to be posted to class Blog, including assessment of the impact on business

COURSE ASSIGNMENT AND GRADING SCALE:

Project 1 – HTML 5%

Project 2 – XML 10%

Test 1 10%

Project 3 – PHP 10%

Project 4 – MySQL 10%

Test 2 10%

Project 5 – Open Source 10%

Presentation 10%

Tech Scans 5%

Final Exam 15%

Total 100%

A 90 and above

B 80 - 89

C 70 - 79

F below 70

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