Professional Documents
Culture Documents
ProfessorTiffany Daykin
Term Fall 2007
Mon & Wed: 1:00p.m. – 2:15p.m.
Meetings Class Location: SM 1.117
Lab Location: NA
Pre-requisites, Co- Prerequisites: AIM 2301, AIM 2302, MATH 1326, and MATH 2333.
requisites, & other Recommended: AIM 3322.
restrictions
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After this course, you should be able to:
Suggested Texts,
Readings, & Others can be recommended as needed or based on your interests.
Materials
The topics to be covered and schedule for class meetings are subject to change at the instructor’s
discretion. Changes will be announced in class and/or will be posted on WebCT. It is a good idea to
check WebCT frequently. It is your responsibility to keep up with what is expected of you.
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Topics and Schedule
Test 1
Week 6: Topics: Read: Ch. 5
Flowcharting
9/24 & 9/26
Week 7: Topics: Read: Ch. 6
Data Flow Diagramming
10/1 & 10/3
Week 8: Topics: Read: Ch. 7
Information Technology
10/8 & 10/10
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11/12 & 11/14 Application Service Providers
Week 14: Topics: Read: Ch. 15, Ch.
XBRL 18
11/19 & 11/21 Auditing and Evaluating the AIS
Round 3 Presentations
Week 15: FINAL In classroom
11/26
Class Format
I believe that you will learn more in a facilitated learning environment. What does this mean?
Your active participation in discussions will enable you to learn and retain more of the
information. I see myself as the facilitator of your learning experience. It is up to you the degree
to which you choose to learn. I have one set of experiences. All of us have different experiences
that can add to the discussion. If you have a question, please ask it in class. Chances are you are
not the only one with the question. When you share, we all learn. If you have any concerns at
all, please talk with me.
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Presentation 100
Attendance 50
TOTAL POINTS 550
You can expect exams to cover any material from class discussions, the
required books, any notes on WebCT or handed out. Exams may consist of
multiple-choice, essay, short answer, or problems. All exams will be given
during the regular class period in our classroom starting at the very beginning
of class. You may be required to present a UTD student identification card or
driver’s license at any examination. I will have a short review of what will be
Exams covered on the exams in a class before the exam. If you are not in class, I will
not review this information with you individually. This review is just one of
the perks of coming to class.
If you do not talk with me and have an approval for a make-up BEFORE I
give the exam you have missed, you will receive a zero (0) for that exam.
Please see the policy immediately below on Make-up Exams.
If you have a valid reason to miss an exam, you must get in touch with me
within a reasonably sufficient time BEFORE the exam (in person, through
WebCT e-mail or via phone) in order to be granted a make-up. I get to
Make-up Exams
determine whether you provided reasonable time to me and have a valid
reason to miss the exam. For personal illness, I require a signed, physician’s
excuse. With a valid, PRE-APPROVED excuse, a make-up will be granted.
All homework assignments must be typed and professional (i.e., proper use of
spelling and grammar) or points will be deducted. Homework you provide must be
your own. If you do not complete an assignment that you said you completed (when
validated in the SAP system), at a minimum, you will receive zero (0) points for that
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assignment. In addition to this, I consider submitting someone else’s work as your
own as plagiarism and subject to university policies associated with academic
dishonesty.
If you believe there is an error on any grade, you are to let the Instructor and
Teaching Assistant know in writing (via WebCT e-mail) what you believe may be in
error and why you believe it is wrong. This written contest is to be given within one
week of the date that the test/individual assignment is returned/ discussed in class
Grade Contests /
and/or posted on WebCT. If the contest is related to the final exam, you are to
Grade Records
present the written contest to me immediately once the grade is posted for your
review on WebCT. You may write by means of e-mail. If there is a mistake, I will
be glad to correct the grade. All scores for all assignments will be posted
confidentially on WebCT.
I retain all exams. An exam that “walks” away either intentionally or accidentally
Exam Retention
WILL receive a grade of zero (0) and will be referred to the Dean of Students.
The University of Texas System and The University of Texas at Dallas have rules and
regulations for the orderly and efficient conduct of their business. It is the
responsibility of each student and each student organization to be knowledgeable
about the rules and regulations which govern student conduct and activities. General
information on student conduct and discipline is contained in the UTD publication, A
to Z Guide, which is provided to all registered students each academic year.
A student at the university neither loses the rights nor escapes the responsibilities of
citizenship. He or she is expected to obey federal, state, and local laws as well as the
Regents’ Rules, university regulations, and administrative rules. Students are subject
to discipline for violating the standards of conduct whether such conduct takes place
on or off campus, or whether civil or criminal penalties are also imposed for such
conduct.
The faculty expects from its students a high level of responsibility and academic
honesty. Because the value of an academic degree depends upon the absolute
integrity of the work done by the student for that degree, it is imperative that a student
demonstrate a high standard of individual honor in his or her scholastic work.
Academic
Scholastic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, statements, acts or omissions
Integrity
related to applications for enrollment or the award of a degree, and/or the submission
as one’s own work or material that is not one’s own. As a general rule, scholastic
dishonesty involves one of the following acts: cheating, plagiarism, collusion and/or
falsifying academic records. Students suspected of academic dishonesty are subject
to disciplinary proceedings.
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Plagiarism, especially from the web, from portions of papers for other classes, and
from any other source is unacceptable and will be dealt with under the university’s
policy on plagiarism (see general catalog for details). This course will use the
resources of turnitin.com, which searches the web for possible plagiarism and is over
90% effective.
To give you an idea of how this works, generally at a minimum, materials proved by
the Dean of Students to be plagiarized will receive a grade of 0 for the assignment, F
for the course, and/or could include being expelled from school. NOTE: ON TEAM
PROJECTS THAT ARE PLAGIARIZED, ALL STUDENTS ARE
ACCOUNTABLE. All suspected cases of plagiarism are referred to the Dean of
Students.
The administration of this institution has set deadlines for withdrawal of any college-
level courses. These dates and times are published in that semester's course catalog.
Administration procedures must be followed. It is the student's responsibility to
Withdrawal from
handle withdrawal requirements from any class. In other words, I cannot drop or
Class
withdraw any student. You must do the proper paperwork to ensure that you will not
receive a final grade of "F" in a course if you choose not to attend the class once you
are enrolled.
Procedures for student grievances are found in Title V, Rules on Student Services and
Activities, of the university’s Handbook of Operating Procedures.
Copies of these rules and regulations are available to students in the Office of the
Dean of Students, where staff members are available to assist students in interpreting
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the rules and regulations.
As per university policy, incomplete grades will be granted only for work
unavoidably missed at the semester’s end and only if 70% of the course work has
Incomplete been completed. An incomplete grade must be resolved within eight (8) weeks from
Grades the first day of the subsequent long semester. If the required work to complete the
course and to remove the incomplete grade is not submitted by the specified deadline,
the incomplete grade is changed automatically to a grade of F.
Essentially, the law requires that colleges and universities make those reasonable
Disability adjustments necessary to eliminate discrimination on the basis of disability. For
Services example, it may be necessary to remove classroom prohibitions against tape recorders
or animals (in the case of dog guides) for students who are blind. Occasionally an
assignment requirement may be substituted (for example, a research paper versus an
oral presentation for a student who is hearing impaired). Classes enrolled students
with mobility impairments may have to be rescheduled in accessible facilities. The
college or university may need to provide special services such as registration, note-
taking, or mobility assistance.
It is the student’s responsibility to notify his or her professors of the need for such an
accommodation. Disability Services provides students with letters to present to
faculty members to verify that the student has a disability and needs accommodations.
Individuals requiring special accommodation should contact the professor after class
or during office hours.
The University of Texas at Dallas will excuse a student from class or other required
activities for the travel to and observance of a religious holy day for a religion whose
places of worship are exempt from property tax under Section 11.20, Tax Code,
Texas Code Annotated.
Religious Holy The student is encouraged to notify the instructor or activity sponsor as soon as
Days possible regarding the absence, preferably in advance of the assignment. The student,
so excused, will be allowed to take the exam or complete the assignment within a
reasonable time after the absence: a period equal to the length of the absence, up to a
maximum of one week. A student who notifies the instructor and completes any
missed exam or assignment may not be penalized for the absence. A student who fails
to complete the exam or assignment within the prescribed period may receive a
failing grade for that exam or assignment.
If a student or an instructor disagrees about the nature of the absence [i.e., for the
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purpose of observing a religious holy day] or if there is similar disagreement about
whether the student has been given a reasonable time to complete any missed
assignments or examinations, either the student or the instructor may request a ruling
from the chief executive officer of the institution, or his or her designee. The chief
executive officer or designee must take into account the legislative intent of TEC
51.911(b), and the student and instructor will abide by the decision of the chief
executive officer or designee.
Off-campus, out-of-state, and foreign instruction and activities are subject to state law
Off-Campus and University policies and procedures regarding travel and risk-related activities.
Instruction and Information regarding these rules and regulations may be found at
Course Activities http://www.utdallas.edu/BusinessAffairs/Travel_Risk_Activities.htm.
Additional information is available from the office of the school dean.
These descriptions and timelines are subject to change at the discretion of the Professor.