Instructor Information

Name: Professor Janet Formichelli, MS 

E-mail:  jformich@kent.edu 

Office location:  BSA A410 

Office hours: MW 5:00-6:00, TR 12:30-2:00

Office phone:  330-672-1159 (e-mail preferred)

Prerequisite:  M&IS 24053 Introduction to Computer Applications

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 (using Student Tools/Flashfast) 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 Sunday, September 7, 2008 to correct the error 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 Topics:

·         Context of System Analysis and Design

·         Information System Building Blocks

·         Information System Development

·         Project Management

·         Systems Analysis

·         Fact-Finding Techniques for Requirements Discovery

·         Modeling System Requirements with Use Cases

·         Data Modeling and Analysis

·         Process Modeling

·         Object-Oriented Analysis and Modeling Using the UML

·         Feasibility Analysis and The System Proposal

·         User Interface Design

Textbook:  Whitten, Jeffrey & Bentley, Lonnie, Systems Analysis & Design Methods, Seventh Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2007, ISBN-13: 978-0-07-305233-5, ISBN-10: 0-07-305233-7

Course Requirements

4 Case Studies (25 points each)   100 points

3 course exams: (50 points each) 150 points

Final exam:                                       50 points  

Grading Scale

This scale is followed closely. There is no rounding up if you are close.

There is no extra credit.

A         (4.0)                93-100

A-        (3.7)                90-92

B+       (3.3)                87-89

B         (3.0)                83-86

B-        (2.7)                80-82

C+       (2.3)                77-79

C         (2.0)                73-76

C-        (1.7)                70-72

D+       (1.3)                67-69

D         (1.0)                60-66

F          (0.0)                0-59

WebCT (Vista)

The WebCT Vista site, https://vista.kent.edu , will basically manage the course. The syllabus, assignments, Power Point slides, and other course information will be found there. Assignments will also be submitted there. If you need help with Vista, there is a link to Learning with Vista—Student Training Modules on the MyWebCT page.

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 . Do not e-mail the instructor at WebCT.

Attendance

Missing class is not an excuse for failure to understand material.  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 help during office hours or by e-mail if you do not attend class regularly.  

There are days listed below for in-class work on case studies. Students must be in class on these days to receive any credit for the assignment, since these assignments will be done in pre-assigned groups. It may at times be necessary to change these dates. Students will be notified by e-mail (Kent e-mail account) and are still responsible for being in class on these days.

Students are also expected to be in class for all exams.

Homework Assignments

Case Study assignments are to be submitted to WebCT. You may re-submit assignments up to the time the assignment is due with no penalty. After that, late assignments will be penalized 10% per day (not per class session). Assignments can not be submitted after one week beyond the due date.  More detailed instructions about these assignments will be on WebCT.

Make-up Exams

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.

Academic Honesty

College of Business Policy:

            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 (0 points) for the work or course.  Repeat offenses may result in dismissal from the University.

Students with Disabilities

University policy 3342-3-18 requires that students with disabilities be provided

reasonable accommodations to ensure their equal access to course content. If you have a documented disability and require accommodations, please contact the instructor at the beginning of the semester to make arrangements for necessary classroom adjustments.  Please note, you must first verify your eligibility for these through the Student Accessibility Services (contact 330-672-3391 or visit www.kent.edu/sas for more information on registration procedures).