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Dr. Murali Shanker, A401 BSA |
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E-mail: mshanker@kent.edu |
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Phone: (330) 672-1165 |
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Office Hours: TBA |
| Class Times: Section 001 : 1:45-3:00 T, TH, 208 BSA; Section 002 : 5:30-6:45 T, TH, 206 BSA |
Flashline:
http://flashline.kent.edu
Vista WebCT: https://vista.kent.edu/webct/entryPage.dowebct
Syllabus: http://www.personal.kent.edu/~mshanker/Classes/SylF05_SysAna_I.htm
Oracle
Tutorial:
http://www.prenhall.com/divisions/bp/app/hoffer/oracle/tutorial/
Oracle
License Agreement (click on
Terms and Conditions, Choose country, and then Students under search
results)
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.
Last
day to drop a course: 6 November 2005
Prerequisites:
M&IS 24053, Introduction to Computer Applications.
Students attending the course who do not have the proper prerequisite
risk being deregistered from the class.
Enrollment: It is the student’s responsibility to ensure proper enrollment in classes. You are advised to review your official class schedule during the first two weeks of the semester to ensure proper enrollment. Should you determine an error in your class schedule, you have until 11 September 2005 to correct it 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.
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 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.kent.edu/sds for more information on registration procedures).
There will be 8 quizzes, 4 examinations, and 5 cases. All quizzes, and examinations will be taken online. Examinations and quizzes will consist of multiple choice, true or false, fill-in-the blanks, and matching type questions. All online testing material can be found at the course web site on Vista WebCT, and can be taken from anywhere (home, work, school, BSA computer labs, in the airport, from a hammock sipping Guava juice, etc.) the student has access to the Web. All tests are open-book, open notes, but before taking any test, the student will be asked to indicate his/her agreement to an Academic Honesty Statement. This statement will certify that the student agrees to abide by university rules on cheating, and any failure to do so will result in a failing grade. Thus, for example, while you are allowed to use books and notes for the tests, it is cheating if you ask other students to help you while taking the tests. This statement is available online at your course website. Do this first before doing anything else.
Quizzes: There are 8 quizzes for this class. Only the best 7 quizzes will count towards your grade. Each quiz is worth 10 points. The amount of time allotted for each quiz may vary, but will typically be around 25 minutes. You will have only one attempt to take each quiz. Results for the quizzes will be known only after the quiz closes for all students. The maximum points from quizzes is 70.
Examinations: There will be four examinations. Only the best three of the four examinations will count towards the course grade. Each examination is worth 50 points. Each exam (including the final) will take approximately 75 minutes. All examinations are cumulative. You will have only one attempt to take each examination. Results for the examination will be known only after the examination closes for all students. The maximum points from examinations is 150.
Cases: There will be 5 cases. Many of the cases will be done in groups. Topics for the cases will be assigned in class. While class time will be dedicated for the groups to discuss the cases, work will also have to be done outside of classes to complete them. Cases will be graded on their content, accuracy, organization, and presentation. Each case is worth 25 points.
The maximum points from cases is 125.Thus, the maximum points for this course is 345 (70 (quizzes) + 150 (exams) + 125 (cases)).
Attendance: It is not mandatory to attend classes, except when cases are discussed. Students are required to attend all case-related class and lab days to get any credit for them.
Groups: Cases will be conducted in groups. Your instructor (i.e., me :-)) will randomly assign each student to a group. Results of this assignment will be posted on your Vista site.
Dates and Timings: Test (quizzes, examinations, and cases) dates are posted at your course website, and also given below. Tests can be taken at any time during which they are available. As a warning, please do not wait until the last minute to take your tests. As you must realize in dealing with technology, several things can and will go wrong. The only condition under which I will extend the due dates is if the Vista server goes down on the last available day. Any problems with your computer, will not change the due date. As such, it is your responsibility to ensure that you complete the tasks in a timely fashion. You will get zero (0) points for all missed tests. Please ensure that your tests have been graded correctly, and notify the instructor immediately of any concerns. Specifically, you will have one week after the test scores are posted to notify the instructor of any errors.
Software: Many of the cases will require the use of Oracle CASE tools. These tools will be available from the computer labs in room 230 BSA (use only the computers with dual LCD monitors). Instructions for using the CASE tools will be available on your website soon. Before students can use these tools they will have to agree to the Oracle licensing agreement.
Extra Credit: Periodically, you may be given additional homework / quizzes in class or online, each of which will count as extra credit towards your final grade. As missed quizzes / examinations cannot be made up, it is in your best interest to attend class regularly. Please check your electronic calendar regularly for any announcements about quizzes, etc.
Academic dishonesty: Cheating means to misrepresent the source, nature, or other conditions of your academic work (e.g., tests, papers, cases, online quizzes) 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. Students must indicate their acceptance to this policy before they are allowed to take any quiz or exam. As soon as you log into your Vista course website, please take the Academic Honesty Statement quiz first. You will not have access to any other quiz or exam until you do so.
Starting Fall 2005, a new grading system is in effect. As such, please pay close attention to the following grading scale for this class.
| Grade |
A
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A-
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B+
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B
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B-
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C+
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C
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C-
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D+
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D
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| Minimum Score Required |
317
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307
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297
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283
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273
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263
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249
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239
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229
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207
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None of the tests can be made up. You will receive a score of zero (0) for any missed tests.
Slides and related materials for all chapters are available on CD as
part of your book, or on your Vista site.
Kent State University uses Flashline to provide single sign-on access to all students, faculty, and administrative systems. That means, students signing on to Flashline will have access to their e-mail, web for students, and Vista without having to sign on again. As such, all navigation is best done after logging into Flashline. The Flashline home page is at http://flashline.kent.edu. For help, click http://www.kent.edu/flashline.
This course use a system called Vista to organize and present online content. Vista allows the instructor to provide a comprehensive solution to presenting online content, and student management. Thus, in addition to taking online examinations, and reading material from online content, the student is able to track their progress, interact with fellow students through chat and e-mail, and even make online presentations. The following pages give a brief introduction to Vista for your course. A note of caution. While Vista provides communication tools like e-mail, chat, etc., please use the communication tools under Flashline instead.
To log into Vista, do the following:
The following tables contains the class schedule. Note that all online tests (except the final exam) begin on the Monday of the week they are assigned, and are available until Sunday 11:50 p.m. (ET) of that week.
| Date | Chapters |
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Aug 30 |
Introduction |
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Sep 1 |
Chapter 1: Systems Development Roles |
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Sep 6 |
Chapter 2: Systems Development Building Blocks |
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Sep 8 |
Chapter 3: Systems Development Processes |
| Sep 13 | Chapter 4: Systems Development Project Management |
| Sep 15-20 | Project Management Example, and Case 1 |
| Sep 22 |
Chapter 5: Systems Analysis |
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Sep 27 |
Chapter 6: Fact-Finding Techniques for Requirements Discovery |
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Sep 29 |
Chapter 8: Data Modeling and Analysis |
| Oct 4 | Introduction to Oracle CASE tools. Case 2 assigned |
| Oct 6-13 | Case 2 |
| Oct 18 |
Chapter 9: Process Modeling |
| Oct 20 | Oracle CASE tools - DFD. Case 3 assigned |
| Oct 25-27 |
Case 3 |
| Nov 1 |
Case 7: Modeling System Requirements with Use Cases |
| Nov 3 |
Introduction to UML software. Case 4 assigned. |
| Nov 8-10 |
Case 4 |
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Nov 15 |
Chapter 12: Systems Design |
| Nov 17 |
Chapter 13: Application Architecture and Modeling |
| Nov 22 |
No classes. Instructor at conference. |
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Nov 29 |
Chapter 14: Database Design |
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Dec 1 |
Chapter 14: Database Design, and Oracle case tools - Database transformer. Case 5 assigned |
| Dec 6-8 | Case 5 |
| Dec 12-14 | Final exams. All tests close by 11 p.m. ET on December 14. |
| Test |
Chapters
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Beginning Date |
Ending Date (11 p.m., ET) |
| Quiz 1 |
1
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Sep 5 |
Sep 11 |
| Quiz 2 |
2, 3
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Sep 12 | Sep 18 |
| Quiz 3 |
4
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Sep 19 | Sep 25 |
| Exam 1 |
1-4
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Sep 26 | Oct 2 |
| Quiz 4 |
5, 6
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Oct 3 | Oct 9 |
| Quiz 5 |
8
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Oct 10 | Oct 16 |
| Quiz 6 |
9
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Oct 24 | Oct 30 |
| Quiz 7 |
7
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Oct 31 | Nov 6 |
| Exam 2 |
1-9
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Nov 7 | Nov 13 |
| Quiz 8 |
12, 13
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Nov 14 | Nov 27 |
| Exam 3 |
1-9, 12-14
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Dec 5 | Dec 11 |
| Exam 4 |
1-9, 12-14
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Dec 12 | Dec 14 (Wed) |