M&IS 24060 Spring 2007 Ghosh

Instructor: Suvankar Ghosh, MBA, MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Office: Business Administration, Room A422

Phone: 330-672-1149

Email: sghosh1@kent.edu

Office Hours: Tues 12:30 -1:30 pm and Thurs 12:30 -1:30 pm or By Appointment

 

 

 

The primary goal of this course is to introduce students to the principles, concepts, processes, techniques and methodologies underlying the analysis, design and implementation of information systems.

The specific objectives for students taking this course are the following:

 

·                To understand the process of systems development from planning through implementation as described by the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).

 

·                To understand the technology and architecture of information systems.

 

·                To learn a range of tools, techniques and methodologies involved in systems analysis and design including the following:

o       GANTT charts and PERT charts for project management

o       Entity-Relationship (E-R) models for describing data

o       Data Flow Diagrams (DFD) for modeling processes

o       Normalizing databases into 2NF and 3NF forms

o       Business logic modeling

o       Unified Modeling Language (UML) diagrams for object-oriented analysis and design

 

·                To be able to design the user interface, business logic, and database layer of information systems

 

 

 

The main prerequisite for this course is M&IS 24053.

The required textbook for this course is:

 

Modern Systems Analysis and Design, Fourth Edition, 2005

Jeffrey A. Hoffer, Joey F. George, Joseph S. Valacich

ISBN 0-13-145561-7

Every week I will post my powerpoint lectures on the KSU WebCT Vista system and you can download them from there. The URL for the WebCT Vista system is:
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Click on the link for Kent State University and then log into the system with your Flashline username and password.

 

Students will be evaluated on the basis of the following:

 

 

 

Letter grades will be based on the following thresholds:

 

 

 

 

Homework assignments must be done individually and they are meant to test each student’s understanding of the basic techniques and methodologies of system analysis and design. The five homework assignments will be on the following topics:

 

 

 

 

Students will also work on 3 case study-based projects. The class will be asked to form groups of 3 to 4 students to work on these projects. The projects will be based on the Broadway Entertainment Company (BEC) case described in the textbook. The deliverables from these projects will be the following:

 

 

Teams will be required to both hand in the document as well as present their work to the class. The grade on the project will take into consideration both the team’s presentation and their write-up. Each member of the team is expected to contribute equally to the project, and therefore team members will be given the same grade on a project. In certain exceptional circumstances, team-members may be given different grades if it becomes clear that their respective contributions are significantly different.

 

 

The exams will comprise of:

 

·                Essay-type questions to test the student’s overall understanding of system analysis and design concepts, issues, and constructs such as the SDLC.

·                Problems to test the student’s mastery of specific techniques of systems analysis and design as enumerated in the Learning Objectives section.

 

Students have the 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, 2006 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.

 

In addition, students attending the course, who do not have the proper prerequisites, risk being deregistered from the class.

 

For Spring 2007, the course withdrawal deadline is March 25, 2007.    Withdrawal before the deadline results in a "W" on the official transcript.  After the deadline a grade must be calculated and reported.

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 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 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 equal access course content.  If you have 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 Disability Services (contact 330-672-3391 or visit www.kent.edu/sds for more information on registration procedures).