M&IS 34045 Spring 2009 Schindler

Small Systems Technology

M&IS 34045

Spring 2009

6:15 pm - 8:55 pm Tuesday, Business Administration Bldg 213  

This Syllabus is located at http://www.personal.kent.edu/~sschindl/ss/syllabus.htm

Home Page for the course is    http://www.personal.kent.edu/~sschindl/ss/index.html

Instructor Information
Text 
Course Description
Grades
Tentative Schedule 

Instructor

Instructor: Mr. Steven J. Schindler
Office: A235 Business Administration
Phone: 672-1248 (includes voice mail)
Email: sschindl@kent.edu

Office Hours:  Most Mon, Tu, Wed,Th,and F afternoons, 2-5 and by appointment 

Text

Microsoft Windows Vista Configuration

By Craig Zacker

John Wiley & Sons

ISBN: 978-0-470-06958-5

Paperback

672 pages

October 2007

Course Description

An examination of the role of small computer systems within an organization’s information systems environment.  The course will focus on the configuration of software and hardware for computers using the Microsoft VISTA operating system.  Students will get hands on experience through lab assignments using real and virtual computers.  Tools and techniques for managing personal computers will be demonstrated. In addition to the material from the textbook we will investigate some basic concepts important to maintaining systems such as the command line interface and binary and hexadecimal number systems.

Assignment of Grades

Your course letter grade will be assigned according to the scale:  A = 92-100; A- 89-91, B+ = 86‑88 B = 82‑85, B- = 79‑81; C+ = 76‑78, C= 72-75, C- = 69-71; D+ = 66-68 D = 60‑65; and F = 0‑59

Quizzes

There will be 6 quizzes during the semester, each worth 10% of the final grade. The  lowest grade (or missed quiz) will be dropped.  A typical test will have multiple choice questions and a problem or short answer question.

Lab Assignments

There will be 8 lab assignments during the semester.  Some of the labs will require resources available only in the College of Business Computer Labs.  Students should be prepared to spend several hours in the Business Computer Labs, outside of normal class time, for each lab assignment.  Lab reports will be graded on a 5 point scale, with a score of 5 being the typical grade for a complete, neat and accurate report submitted on time. One or more points will be deducted for late reports and reports that do not follow the hand in protocol.

Class Participation

During the semester there will be opportunities to discuss special topics.  Each student is expected to make some mini presentations during the semester.

Tentative Schedule

 The University Calendar is on-line at http://www.registrars.kent.edu/home/TermUpdate/termCal.htm

The Following Policies Apply to All Students in this Course

A.   Students attending the course who do not have the proper prerequisite risk being deregistered from the class.

B.   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 [see registrar’s schedule] 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.

C.   Academic Honesty:  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.

D.   .   Withdrawal before the deadline results in a "W" on the official transcript; after the deadline a grade must be calculated and reported.

E.  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).