BAD 24060 Spring 2006 DeHondt

M & IS 24060 - 001

SYSTEMS ANALYSIS I

SPRING 2007 SYLLABUS

INSTRUCTOR:

Gerald DeHondt II, MBA

CONTACT:

(330) 672-1144

gdehondt@gmail.com (best contact method)

OFFICE HOURS:

(A427 BSA)

Tuesday / Thursday  8:00 AM – 9:15 AM

Or

By Appointment

CLASS TIME/PLACE:

Tuesday / Thursday, 9:15AM – 10:30AM

122 BOW

TEXT:

Systems Analysis and Design Methods, Seventh Edition
Jeffrey Whitten and Lonnie Bentley, 2007

ISBN: 0-07-305233-7

SUPPLEMENTARY

MATERIAL:

Handouts and Exercises available at

http://www.personal.kent.edu/~gdehondt

COURSE

DESCRIPTION:

This is an introductory course in Systems Analysis and Design.  Students will be presented with the concepts, techniques, and methodologies that are required for the successful development of information systems.  Both theoretical and applied aspects of the field will be emphasized. (Prerequisite: M&IS 24053 and permission.  Students attending the course who do not have the proper prerequisite, risk being deregistered from the class.)

METHODS:

The course involves lecture-discussion, classroom exercises, small-group teamwork, electronic communication, individual exams, and task assignments.

CASE STUDIES:

Case Studies can be done individually or in groups of up to 4 people. For these assignments, I encourage you to work in groups as it is beneficial to share brainpower.

Groups chosen at the beginning of the semester will remain fixed throughout the course.  When submitting assignments, use your Kent State University e-mail account and ensure that all individuals who participated in the assignment are cc:’d on the e-mail.  Additionally, in the e-mail specify the participation of each person in the completion of the Assignment submitted. If each member of the group participated equally in completion of the Assignment, please note that.  If this is not the case, specify percentage of contribution to the overall group effort by each group member.  In the Subject Line identify the Assignment ( Case Study 1, Case Study 2, etc. ). 

Required files for completion of the Case Studies will be available through Vista.

GRADING:

Three Exams (20% a piece)

Case Studies (5 % a piece)

60 %

40 %

GRADE CONVERSION:

A

A-

B+

B

B-

C+

C

C-

D+

D

F

76 %

72 %

70 %

65 %

60 %

> 60%

ENROLLMENT:

Students have responsibility to ensure they are properly enrolled in classes.  You are advised to review your official class schedule (using Web for Students) 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 Friday, January 26, 2007 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.

STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES:

University policy 3342-3-18 requires that students with disabilities be provided reasonable accommodations to ensure their equal access 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).

ACADEMIC CONDUCT:

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.   In addition, it is considered cheating when one cooperates with someone else in any such misrepresentation.  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.

PROFESSIONAL

CONDUCT:

Student communications to and with the instructor shall at all times be conducted in a professional and courteous manner.