MIS 253 - Principles of Information Systems
Creighton University, College of
Business Administration
Section D: Tuesday-Thursday, 4:45
– 6:00pm
Spring 2004
280-2619 (office) 280-2172
(fax)
http://eden.creighton.edu/mis253d
Yahoo IM: terrybegley
The textbook is Essentials of Management Information Systems
by Laudon and Laudon, fifth edition (ISBN 0-13-008734-3). I would also like you to get an HTML
reference text to use for your web assignments. Our course website is located at http://eden.creighton.edu/mis253d. Check the link to news and views for updated class information before every
class. We also have a class listserv,
called mis253d@creighton.edu that
you need to subscribe to. Finally, all
sections of MIS 253 share a common Usenet newsgroup, cu.mis353.
You will also need a
Creighton University email account, an account on Grackle, and access to the
World Wide Web, either at a computer lab, home, or office. I will provide some of the supplements.
Others will require a library or World Wide Web (WWW) search by the
student.
I am a Creighton
staff member, and my office is located in BA 112A. I am at work generally from 8:00am to 4:30pm, Monday through
Friday. See above for phone and email
information. If you send email with
attachments, please note that Creighton does not allow emails over five
megabytes in size. When you email,
please use a subject line with the words MIS 253 in the title so I can
identify the message in my inbox easier.
In the case of Creighton email meltdown, you can reach me at terry@terrybegley.com.
The Principles of
Information Systems presents an introduction to the fundamental concepts and
issues relevant to the successful development, management, and use of
organizational Information Systems (IS).
The course includes an overview of current and emerging Information
Technologies (IT), and covers the support commonly offered by IS for
operations, transactions processing, tactical management, and strategic
decision-making. The course emphasizes
the areas that reflect the future directions of the field, such as artificial
intelligence, telecommunications and networking, the Internet, Intranets, CASE
(Computer-Assisted Software Engineering) tools, and end-user computing.
We will be creating individual websites on our Linux server, Grackle, as well as using it for hands-on exercises in networking. More information on these will be forthcoming.
There is always
something new and often exciting in the technology field. Twice during the course of the semester
(once before Spring Break, and once after) you will make a presentation to the
class on an interesting website, a new product, a new service, or something new
and exciting in the technology field.
You can use any of the presentation media in the classroom. You must turn in a one-page typed
summary sheet to me when you present.
This brief report should describe to me your site, item or news as you
present your Tech Tip. Each Tech Tip
should take about three minutes to present.
There will be a total of ten quizzes. A quiz cannot be made up under any circumstances. Quizzes may be short answer, true/false, matching or multiple choice. They may be given out on paper, assigned via email or on a web page. If you are not in class the day a take-home quiz is given, you may not turn in the quiz. At the end of the semester, each student will receive one “bonus” quiz grade. If you miss a quiz for whatever reason, this will make it up. If you complete all the quizzes, this will be an extra set of points.
Occasionally there are opportunities for extra credit work, such as attending important seminars by the Computer Center or other work. If an opportunity arises during the semester, I will announce it on our class web page and via email.
The student is
required to take notice of where he or she stands in regards to their
performance and attendance in this class. If special needs arise, or their is a
problem with the students attendance, or grade, the student is responsible for
contacting the professor to discuss those concerns, in as timely a manner is as
reasonable. Students may contact me by any of the methods listed earlier at any
time. Email and telephone voicemail are available 24 hours a day. Failure on the part of the student to
proceed under these guidelines, or to violate any rules set out in this
syllabus, or in the Student Handbook, including those dealing with academic
honesty, may result in a lowering of the student’s grade, or a grade of F or
AF, at the discretion of the professor.
The following are the
grades and their descriptions available to the students. A student’s grade
totally depends on what he or she has achieved during the course: the grades
will be earned, not given.
"A" indicates not only
outstanding achievement but also an unusual degree of intellectual initiative.
"B" indicates attainment of above
the average, satisfactory for 500-level courses.
"C" indicates satisfactory but
minimum quality work in courses above the 500-level.
"D" indicates failure—no
credit.
|
Percentage Grade |
Letter
|
|
90–100% |
A |
|
88-89% |
B+ |
|
80-87% |
B |
|
78-79% |
C+ |
|
70-78% |
C |
|
60-69% |
D |
|
59% or less |
F |
|
Incomplete |
I |
|
Final Exam Not Taken |
IX |
The point values are:
ITEM
|
Points |
|
Quizzes |
200 |
|
Web page project |
150 |
|
Assignments |
200 |
|
Tech Tips and News |
100 |
|
Class Attendance |
50 |
|
Midterm |
150 |
|
Final |
150 |
TOTAL |
1000 |
All assignments that
are handed in late will be docked 10% per day that they are late, unless
arrangements have been made at least 24 hours before the due date. The term LATE refers to all assignments turned in after the class time on
the assignment's due date. Please note
that I am not responsible for your printer running out of ink, your computer
crashing or the labs being closed.
Adjustments may be made if there is a major email or network outage as
was experienced last semester – check out http://itnotices.creighton.edu or
our class web page (if we still have network access!).
Please note that all
students are expected to attend every class session on time. Students are responsible for the material
covered each class time, and missed notes, handouts and URL's should be
obtained from another student who was in class that day. In the case of severe weather closings and
cancellations, call the Creighton Weather Hotline at 280-5800 to find out if
the University has closed due to severe weather. If the University is still open and I feel that the weather is
too severe to hold class, I will announce it via email to our class list and on
my office voice mail.
Course
Outline and Assignments
January 15
|
Introductions and
Administrivia Syllabus and Class
Overview Set up AMI accounts, etc. |
|
January 20 |
Chapter One; Managing
the Digital Firm Chapter Two; Information
Systems in the Enterprise |
January 27
|
Chapter Three; Information
Systems, Organizations, Management and Strategy
|
February 3
|
Chapter Four; The Digital
Firm: Electronic Commerce and Electronic Business
|
February 10
|
Chapter Five; Ethical and
Social Issues in the Digital Firm
|
February 17
|
Chapter Six; Managing
Hardware and Software Assets |
February 24 |
Hardware Lecture |
|
|
Tuesday, March 2: Catch-up and review Thursday, March 4: Midterm Exam |
March 9
|
SPRING BREAK – no class! |
March 16
|
Chapter Eight; Telecommunications
and Networks |
March 23
|
Chapter Nine; The
Internet and the New Information Technology Infrastructure |
March 30
|
Chapter Ten; Managing
Knowledge for the Digital Firm |
April 6
|
Chapter Eleven; Enhancing
Management Decision-Making for the Digital Firm |
April 13
|
Chapter Twelve; Redesigning the Organization with Information
Systems |
April 20
|
Chapter Thirteen; Understanding
the Business Value of Systems |
April 27
|
Chapter Fourteen; Information Systems Security and Control |
|
|
Tuesday, May 4: FINAL EXAM starting at 6:15pm |