MIS 24060 Spring 2012 Liu

Systems Analysis I Syllabus

M&IS 24060 – Section 001, Call No. 15172

Spring 2012

Tuesdays and Thursdays 5:30 pm to 6:45 pm, Business Bldg 217

Instructor: Fengkun Liu, MBA, MS in Information Systems

Office: BSA A402

Phone: 330-672-1164 (e-mail preferred)

Email: fliu3@kent.edu

Office Hours: MW 3:30-5:30, T 12:15-2:15 or By Appointment

Course description: This course is a continuation of M&IS 24053 and provides students with further study of use of information systems in solving business problems. 

This course is not the old Systems Analysis I, but is retaining the title this semester in order to facilitate implementation of the new CIS curriculum. It will meet the requirement for 24060 in either the old or new curriculum.

Prerequisite: M&IS 24053, Computer Applications

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, January 22, 2012 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 Goals: To gain knowledge of information systems necessary for business careers other than IS. To devise projects using Excel, and Access. To gain more in-depth knowledge of some information systems topic and share it with the class in a presentation.

Summary of key components of the course:  

• Essentials of Management Information Systems

o   Role of information systems in the organization

o   Securing information systems

o   Ethical and social issues surrounding use of information systems

o   Types and components of system hardware

o   Types of software, languages and business applications

o   Managing data resources

o   Telecommunications and networks

o   Enterprise systems, supply chain management systems, customer relationship management systems

o   Internet and information systems infrastructure

o   Knowledge management, knowledge workers and artificial intelligence

• Alice Programming Learning Environment

o   Learning programming concepts such as objects, properties and methods by creating a world in Alice

o   Learning programming control structures such as if/else and while by creating a world in Alice

o   Learning to create your own methods by creating a world in Alice

·         Microsoft Access

o   Creating a database, using tables, forms, queries and reports

o   Establishing a relationship between two tables

·         Microsoft Excel 

o   Using Solver in Excel 

Textbook: Kenneth C. and Jane P. Laudon, Essentials of Management Information Systems, Prentice-Hall, Ninth Edition, 2011, ISBN-13: 978-0-13-611099-6

Alternatively, you can rent a textbook from www.coursesmart.com at a lower cost. There are also other textbook rental websites.

Software:  

For assignments 1, 2 and 3 you will need Alice software. For more instructions on installing Alice, see the file “Installing Alice” on Vista.

For assignments 4 and 5, you will need Microsoft Access and Excel, which are part of the Microsoft Office Suite. I will use Office 2010. If you do not have Office on your machine, Office 2010 is available in the labs in BSA. It is probably available in other labs on campus as well. Office 2007 and Office 2003 are also fine.

There is a 60-day free-trial edition available at: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/try/

If you intend to use this, keep in mind that assignments 4 & 5 will be later in the semester, so plan your 60 days accordingly.

If you wish to purchase it, the university discounted price is $85.52 for download or $72.75 for mail order. That site is: http://elms10.e-academy.com/kent

Microsoft also offers Office 2010 for students for $99.95 at this site:

http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msstore/pd/productID.229301900

Vista 8.0

The Vista (formerly WebCT) site, http://vista8.kent.edu , will basically manage the course. The syllabus, assignments, Power Point slides, and other course information will be found there. If you need help with Vista 8, there should be some training material on the site after you log on.

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. In your Google e-mail, go to Settings and then Forwarding and POP/IMAP.

To e-mail the instructor use: fliu3@kent.edu . Do not e-mail the instructor at Vista 8.

Course Requirements  

                 1. 5 assignments: (25 points each): 125 points 

                 2. Oral team presentation: 25 points 

                 3. 3 course exams: (50 points each): 150 points 

                Total: 300 points. The exams will be close-book.

Grading Scale  

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

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 

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. 

Homework Assignments  

Assignments are to be submitted to Vista 8. Absence from class is not an excuse for not having submitted the assignment. 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 cannot be submitted after one week beyond the due date. 

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. 

Labs

Labs are scheduled generally a week before an assignment is due. Lab sessions will be held in the Business College computer lab. Labs will be used to work on the assignment and receive help if necessary.

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 for the work or course. Repeat offenses result in dismissal from the University. 

Course Policy  

Academic honesty is expected and required. HELPING fellow students is acceptable. COPYING is NOT acceptable, and will result in loss of credit for the assignment, and possibly failure of the course for all students involved. If you give help to another student, then it is your responsibility to make sure that they fully understand the concepts. 

If copying is suspected, both (or all) students involved will receive zeros for that assignment at the least, and possibly a failure for the course. DO NOT GIVE OTHERS YOUR WORK. 

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 Student Accessibility Services (contact 330-672-3391 or visit www.kent.edu/sas  for more information on registration procedures).