Syllabus: Grading, Policies, Office Hours

NOTE: these notes are available as a courtesy to students. They should not be used as a replacement for class attendance, nor taken verbatim as the entire class discussion.

Calendar: MISB-200-02 Spring 2002
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1/14
Administrative tasks
HMWK: scan ch 1-3, read chapter summaries
1/16
Class cancelled due to hardware problems.
1/21
NO CLASS
Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
1/23
Email techniques
Information Systems in Business (ch. 1-3)
1/28
The Internet & Website Construction
HMWK: HMWK #1 (due 2/11 *even newer due date)
1/30
Quiz #1
HMWK: read ch. 4 pg. 108 - 139
2/4
(finish Website Construction)
Computers & Info. Processing: Binary code (ch. 4)
2/6
Computer Hardware (ch. 4): CPUs & Memory

2/11
Using Microsoft Word
HMWK: HMWK #2 (due 2/25 *new due date)
HMWK #1 due

2/13 Ash Wednesday
Computer Hardware (ch. 4): Data Storage & Input & Output Devices.
HMWK: read ch. 5 pg. 140 - 175

2/18
Software: Definitions, Types, Languages
(ch. 5)
HMWK: read ch. 6 pg. 176 - 207

2/20
Managing Data Resources (ch. 6)
2/25 Guest Speaker - J. Till (was 2/18)
Using Microsoft Excel
HMWK: study for midterm exam, HMWK #3 (due 3/6)
HMWK #2 due

2/27
MIDTERM EXAM
3/4
Return midterms, and one note about MS Excel
3/6
Managing Data Resources, pt. 2 (ch. 6)
HMWK #3 due
3/11
NO CLASS: Spring Break
3/13
NO CLASS: Spring Break
3/18
Using Microsoft Access
HMWK: read ch. 7 pg. 208 - 243, HMWK #4 (due 4/1)
3/20 Guest Speaker - M. Book
Telecommunications & Networks (ch. 7)

3/25
Telecommunications & Networks, pt. 2 (ch. 7)
HMWK: read read ch. 8 pg. 244 - 285

3/27
eCommerce & the Internet (ch. 8)
4/1
Using Microsoft PowerPoint
HMWK: read ch. 9 pg. 286 - 323, ch. 10 pg. 324 - 353

HMWK #4 due

4/3
Quiz #2

4/8 Guest Speaker - M. Book
Systems Development & Systems-Building (ch. 9-10)
HMWK: read ch. 11 pg. 354 - 389, ch. 12 pg. 390 - 417, HMWK #5 (due 4/17)

4/10
Managing Knowledge, Tools for Management Decision Making (ch. 11-12)
HMWK: read ch. 13 pg. 418 - 449

4/15 Guest Speaker - G. Miller
Security and Control Issues in MIS (ch. 13)
HMWK: read ch. 14 pg. 450 - 483
4/17
Ethical, Moral, and Legal Issues in MIS (ch. 14)
HMWK #5 due

4/22
Review for Final Exam (optional attendance)

4/24
FINAL EXAM

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