BA 2800

INFORMATION SYSTEMS

CONCEPTS AND APPLICATIONS

 

Syllabus

Instructor:

            Dr. Joseph W. Rottman

            228 Computer Center Building

            314.516.6288 (office)

            314.516.6827 (fax)

            Rottman@umsl.edu

            www.umsl.edu/~rottmanj

            Office Hours:  By appointment

 

Required Textbooks and Internet Resources

Information Systems Concepts and Applications:  Using Applications to Create Business Solutions, Custom Edition for the University Missouri St. Louis.

Essentials for Design: JavaScript Level One, Michael Brooks, Prentice Hall

http://www.w3schools.com/html/default.asp

www.w3schools.com/js/default.asp

 

Course Description

Prerequisites: BA 1800 or satisfactory performance on proficiency exam. Course covers concepts of information systems as they relate to business functions, including web page design and e-commerce, telecommunications, systems analysis and design, ethics of information system design and use, information security, foundations of database systems and integrated business information systems. Students will also gain valuable strategies for career development, contact management, and networking.

 

Attendance:  In a four-week session, each class period is the equivalent of over a week of regular semester classes.  Missing class will severely impact your grade.  If you must miss a class, get detailed notes from a classmate.  I will not be able to duplicate a lecture for students who miss class.

 

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of the course, students will have an understanding of:

A.   Challenges confronting the management of information systems

B.    Analysis, design and implementation of information systems

C.    Telecommunications and mobile computing

D.   Web – Based application development

E.    E-commerce

F.    Legal, ethical, privacy, and security issues relating to information systems

G.   Communication & networking skills

H.   Emerging topics in information systems


 

Grading and Assignments

Topic

Points

Homework Assignments/Projects

200

Project

200

Midterm Exam

250

Final Exam

250

In - class pop quizzes and exercises

100

Total

1000

 

 

Tentative Schedule and Assignment Due Dates

Approximate Class Day

Topic / Assignment / Quiz

Assigned Reading

1:  5/18

Class Introduction, MyGateway, K: Drive and

CH 2: IS and the Enterprise

Chapter 2

2:  5/19

Advanced Excel Functions

Quiz 1 on Chapter 2: IS and the Enterprise

On - Line Resources and problem solving cases

3:  5/20

Advanced Excel Functions

Quiz 2 on Excel

On - Line Resources and problem solving cases

4: 5/21

Advanced Excel Functions and

Chapter 10: E-Commerce and the Digital Firm

Quiz 3:  Chapter 10 E-Commerce

On - Line Resources and problem solving cases and Chapter 10

5:  5/26

Enterprise Application and Business Process Integration

Quiz 4 on Excel

Supply Chain Assignment Due

Chapter 9

6:  5/27

Chapter 6:  Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing

 

Midterm Review

Chapter 6

7:  5/28

Midterm over Ch 2, 10, 9, 6 and Excel

Milligen Case Due

 

8:  6/1

HTML and JavaScript

Quiz 5 on HTML

On-Line Resources

9:  6/2

HTML and JavaScript

Piedmont Assignment Due

On-Line Resources

10:  6/3

HTML and JavaScript

On-Line Resources

11:  6/4

Ethical Issues

HTML/JavaScript Project Due

Chapter 4

12:  6/8

Security

Chapter 8

13:  6/9

Development

Quiz on Chapters 13 Security and 8 Development

Chapter 13

14:  6/10

Presentation Skills / Sourcing / Review for Final

TBD

16:  6/11

Final Exam

Normal Class Time

 

           

Final Exam:     Thursday,  June 11th  10:00 AM (normal class time)            

Important Dates:

SESSION I (4 WEEK SESSION)

May 18 Monday:  Classes begin 8:00 a.m.

May  20 Wednesday: Last day any student may enroll (enter a course for credit) for Session I.

Last day RegistrarŐs Office will move students automatically from the wait list to open sections.

May  23 Saturday:  Last day to drop a Session I course without receiving a grade.

May  25 Monday:  Memorial Day Holiday

June  06 Saturday:  Last day a student may drop or withdraw from a Session I course.

June  13 Saturday:  Session I closes, end of day.

 

Academic Dishonesty Guidelines: (from Academic Affairs website, revised May 2003)

Students at the University of Missouri-St. Louis are expected to exhibit the highest standards of academic integrity. An act of academic dishonesty is an offense against the university. For that reason, university rules prescribe disciplinary as well as academic consequences for academic dishonesty.

The bulletin and student planner provide guidelines for appropriate academic conduct. The following procedures guide the campus in upholding the University of Missouri Collected Rules for Student Academic Conduct. Academic Dishonesty is defined by Collected Rule 200.010 STANDARD OF CONDUCT (http://www.system.missouri.edu/uminfo/rules/programs/200010.htm).

 

Academic dishonesty, such as cheating, plagiarism, or sabotage.

The Board of Curators recognizes that academic honesty is essential for the intellectual life of the University. Faculty members have a special obligation to expect high standards of academic honesty in all student work. Students have a special obligation to adhere to such standards. In all cases of academic dishonesty, the instructor shall make an academic judgment about the student's grade on that work and in that course. The instructor shall report the alleged academic dishonesty to the Primary Administrative Officer.