Course
title: Data Integration
Course
number: M&IS 34053 section 001
Course description: This course mixes concepts of data and
information with hands-on applications using popular business software and
migration of the information to the Internet as well as intranets.
Location: BSA 108 Meeting
day: T Meeting time: 7:00-9:30 PM
Name: Janet Formichelli, MS
Email: jformich@kent.edu
Office
location: BSA A410
Office
hours: T 1:30-3:00, 6:00-7:00; W
5:00-6:00; Th 1:30-3:00
Phone: 330-672-1159
Development. Students must
also be declared CIS minors. This course is only open to CIS minors. CIS
majors will not receive credit.
Students attending the course who do not have the proper prerequisite
risk being deregistered from the class.
Enrollment: Students have
responsibility to ensure they are properly enrolled in classes. You are advised to review your official
class schedule during the first two weeks of the semester to ensure you are
properly enrolled in this class and section.
Should you find an error in your class schedule, you have until
Saturday, January 24, 2004 to correct it with your advising office. If registration errors are not corrected by
this date and you continue to attend and participate in classes for which you
are not officially enrolled, you are advised now that you will not receive a grade at the conclusion of the semester for any
class in which you are not properly registered.
Course Goals: To gain
knowledge of information systems necessary for management. To devise projects
using HTML, XML, and JavaScript. To
gain more in-depth knowledge of some information systems topic and share it
with the class in a presentation.
Summary of key
components of the course:
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HTML
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Basic formatting, font
formatting, links, unordered and ordered lists, tables, images, style sheets
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JavaScript
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Alerts, prompts,
functions, status bar messages, rollovers, displaying current date and last
date modified
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XML
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Reading and writing to
XML file using VB.NET 2003
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Web site
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Creating a Web site on
the Kent server and adding to it as new HTML and JavaScript concepts are
learned
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Role of information
systems in the organization
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Major types of
information systems found in firms today
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Ethical and social
issues surrounding use of information systems
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Types and components of
system hardware
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Types of software, languages
and business applications
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Managing data resources
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Telecommunications and
networks
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Internet and
information systems infrastructure
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Knowledge management,
knowledge workers and artificial intelligence
Textbook: Kenneth C. and Jane P. Laudon, Essentials of
Management Information Systems, Prentice-Hall, Fifth Edition, 2003, ISBN
0-13-008734-3
Software: CD-ROM: Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003
Six disks: 1, 2, Prerequisite and 3 MSDN Disks
These can be copied to 6 of your own blank disks. The lab aides have them to give you. You can then copy them in the lab. (See Obtaining and Installing Visual Studio.NET 2003 for details.)
Need Visual Basic only for this course. Can load other languages if you wish, depending on space on your machine.
This software is also available on the lab computers in BSA.
Optionally, students can obtain this software from the bookstore for $60. We will use it for only one assignment.
WebCT
The WebCT site (http://class.kent.edu or it’s accessible
through flashline) will basically manage the course. The syllabus, assignments, Power Point
slides and other course information will be available there. Your Kent userid and
password will enable you to enter the site if you are enrolled for the class. A
help page for using WebCT is found at: http://webcthelp.kent.edu/v3/
E-mail
When
there are schedule changes or other announcements, the instructor will e-mail
you using your KSU e-mail address. Check this frequently. If you commonly use
another address, forward your Kent e-mail to that address. You can do this
easily on the Kent Help Desk site at: http://helpdesk.kent.edu/faq/Email/fmail/
To
e-mail the instructor use: jformich@kent.edu
or if you reply to an e-mail from the instructor with another address, that is
ok. Do not e-mail the instructor at WebCT.
For
homework assignments, if you put the letters hw with a space on each side of
the hw in the subject line of the e-mail, a reply will be generated to you that
the instructor has received your homework. For example:
Subject: Jones hw 5
You
will not get the reply immediately, but you should have it within a day.
Course Requirements
6 assignments, including a team presentation: (25 points each) 150
points
3
course exams: (50 points each) 150 points
final exam:
100 points
Grading Scale
90-100
A 80-89 B 70-79 C
60-69 D 0-59
F
This scale is followed
closely and there is no extra credit.
Missing class is not an
excuse for failure to understand material or complete assignments. Material covered in class will not be
covered again outside of class. It is up to you to read the material and get
notes from another student if you miss class. Do not expect any special help or
privileges if you do not attend class regularly.
Late Assignments
Assignments
are due at the beginning of the class on the due date. Absence from class is
not an excuse for failing to have the assignment in. Late assignments will be
penalized 10% per day (not per class session).
Assignments will not be accepted after one week beyond the due
date.
Make-up
exams are given only under extraordinary circumstances. Inform the instructor
as soon as possible (ideally before the exam). Some form of written excuse for
absence from an exam is required.
Cheating means to
misrepresent the source, nature, or other conditions of your academic work
(e.g., tests, papers, projects, assignments) so as to get undeserved
credit. The use of the intellectual
property of others without giving them appropriate credit is a serious academic
offense. It is the University's policy
that cheating or plagiarism result in receiving a failing grade for the work or
course. Repeat offenses result in
dismissal from the University.
Academic honesty is expected
and required. HELPING fellow students is acceptable. COPYING is NOT acceptable,
and will result in loss of credit for the assignment, and possibly failure of
the course for all students involved. If you give help to another student, then
it is your responsibility to make sure that they fully understand the concepts.
If copying is suspected,
both (or all) students involved will receive zeros for that assignment at the
least, and possibly a failure for the course. DO NOT GIVE OTHERS YOUR WORK.
Students with disabilities: In accordance with University policy, if you
have a documented disability and require accommodations to obtain equal access
in this course, please contact the instructor at the beginning of the semester
or when given an assignment for which an accommodation is required. Students with disabilities must verify their
eligibility through the Office of Student Disability Services (SDS) in the
Michael Schwartz Service Center (672-3391).
Week 1 |
Jan. 13 |
Chp. 1 |
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Week 2 |
Jan. 20 |
Chp. 2 |
HTML |
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Presentation Topics Due by
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Week 3 |
Jan. 27 |
Chp. 2 & 5 |
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Week 4 |
Feb. 3 |
Chp. 5 |
HTML |
Presentation 1 |
Assignment 1 |
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Week 5 |
Feb. 10 |
Chp. 5 |
HTML |
Presentation 2 |
Lab |
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Week 6 |
Feb. 17 |
Chp. 6 |
HTML |
Presentation 3 |
Assignment 2 |
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Week 7 |
Feb. 24 |
Chp. 6 |
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Presentation 4 |
Exam 1--Chapters 1, 2 and
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Week 8 |
Mar. 2 |
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Presentation 5 |
Lab |
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Week 9 |
Mar. 9 |
Chp. 6 & 7 |
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Presentation 6 |
Assignment 3 |
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Week 10 |
Mar. 16 |
Chp. 7 |
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Presentation 7 |
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Saturday |
Mar. 20 |
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Last Day to Withdraw |
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Mar. 23 |
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Spring break; no class |
Week 11 |
Mar. 30 |
Chp. 7 |
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Week 12 |
Apr. 6 |
Chp. 8 |
JavaScript |
Presentation 8 |
Exam 2--Chapters 6 & 7 |
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Assignment 4 |
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Week 13 |
Apr. 13 |
Chp. 9 |
JavaScript |
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Lab |
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Week 14 |
Apr. 20 |
Chp. 10 |
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Assignment 5 |
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Week 15 |
Apr. 27 |
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Exam 3--Chapters 8, 9 and
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Course Evaluation |
Week 16 |
May. 4 |
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Final Exam--Comprehensive |
8:15 - 10:30 PM