MIS 24060 Spring 2011 Nwankpa

Systems Analysis 1 Syllabus

M&IS 24060 – Section 002, Call No. 13499

Spring 2011

Tuesdays and Thursdays 11am to 12:15pm, BSA Room 324

Instructor: Joseph Nwankpa, MBA (Windsor), MS (Helsinki) in Information System

Office: Business Administration, Room A402

Phone: 330-389-5022 (email preferred)

Email: jnwankpa@kent.edu

Office Hours: Tuesdays and Wednesdays 9.00am -10.45am or By Appointment

Overall Goal

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.

Learning Objectives

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

·                To understand the role of information system in business and the application of Information system in problem solving.

·                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 and learn a range of tools, techniques and methodologies involved in Information system and design.

·                To gain a sophisticated awareness of the rich variety of business issues raised by information systems and understand the paradigm shift as we move rapidly into the information and digital age.

·                To understand IT values by exploring multiple case studies on contemporary issues pertaining to Information System.

Prerequisites

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

Textbook

The following textbook will be used for this course.

Carol, V Brown, Daniel, W DeHayes, Jeffrey, A Hoffer, E. Wainright Martin and William C. Perkins “Managing Information Technology”, Prentice Hall, 6^th Edition, 2009. Note that because we are dealing with a rapidly evolving digital age, our course will go beyond the topics covered in your textbook.  

Supplementary Course Materials

The power-point lectures can be downloaded from the KSU WebCT Vista system. The URL for the WebCT Vista system is: https://vista.kent.edu/webct

Click on the link for Kent State University and then log into the system with your Flashline username and password.

Evaluation and Grades

Students will be evaluated on the basis of the following:

The tentative thresholds for assigning letter grades are as follows. This grading policy is subject to change at the instructor’s discretion.  

Quizzes and Exams

There will be 5 quizzes and all quizzes will be taken online, and are best taken using a standards-compliant web browser. The exams will be administrated in class. Examinations and quizzes will consist of multiple choice, true or false, fill-in-the blanks, short-answer, matching, and calculation type questions. The online quizzes will be available on Vista WebCT, and can be taken from anywhere (home, work, school, BSA computer labs, at the airport, etc.) the student has access to the Web. Each quiz will count for 4% of the grade and each exam for 25%. The exams are cumulative though emphasis will on the most recent material covered.

All quizzes and exams have to be taken on and during the times indicated. Any missed quiz or exam without prior permission will get a grade of zero. There will be no makeup quizzes or exams. If there is a legitimate reason for any missed exam or quiz and prior permission has been obtained then that exam/quiz will simply not count towards the final grade.

Project:

Successful completion of this course requires completion of individual project. The goals for the individual project is for you to examine how organizations use information system to support some specific business processes that they need to perform in order to produce a product or provide services to a customer. You may physically travel to the organization and interview various people involved with the business process and its associated information system and see for yourself how the concepts we discuss in class play out in an actual living, breathing organization. At the end of the semester, your will turn in a 2-3000 words paper and make a presentation before the class about what you have learned.

Enrollment and Official Registration

Students have the responsibility to ensure they are properly enrolled in classes.  You are advised to review your official class schedule (using Student Tools on FlashLine) 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, January 23, 2011 to correct the error.  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.

Course Withdrawal Deadline

For Spring 2011, the course withdrawal deadline is Sunday, March 20, 2011.  Withdrawal before the deadline results in a "W" on the official transcript.  After the deadline a grade must be calculated and reported.

Academic Dishonesty and Plagiarism

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 to cheating when one cooperates with someone else in any such misrepresentation. 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 Disability

Students with disabilities:  University policy 3342-3-01.3 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 http://www.registrars.kent.edu/disability/ for more information on registration procedures).

Attendance

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 help during office hours or by e-mail if you do not attend class regularly.

This Syllabus is tentative and subject to change

Tentative Class Schedule

The following class schedule is to be regarded as a general guideline and the topics discussed on any given day can be changed at the discretion of the instructor.