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MIS 6204 Syllabus HJA 1 5/18/2005
Information Technologies and MIS Fundamentals (MIS 6204 581) Summer 2005 May 31 through July 19, 2005 Instructor 
:
Prof. Hans-Joachim Adler, Ph.D.
Office: SM 3.227 Phone: 972 883-4695 Email:  jadler@utdallas.edu Website: www.utdallas.edu/~hxa026000 
Course:
 MIS 6204 Section 581
Class Hours
: Section 581 Tuesday 6:00-10:00pm Room SM 1.107
Office Hours
: By Appointment
TA: Chupeng Xie
Office: SM 3.222 Phone: 972-883-6198 Email: cxx036000@utdallas.edu 
Textbook
 James A. O’Brien
: Introduction to Information Systems
, 12
th
 Edition, Irwin/McGraw-Hill, 2005 or
e-book version
 (save 50% of the bookstore price): http://ebooks.primisonline.com/eBookstore/index.jsp 
Resources
 We will be using WebCT in this class. Functions included on WebCT are described in the WebCT introduction. Various readings will be included in support of the class. All changes to the course will appear on WebCT.
Course Objective
 The principal objective is to understand (1) the efficient/effective use of information technologies in organizations and (2) their impacts on the modern society from the end-user perspective. This course provides the necessary background to understand the role of information technology and Management Information Systems in today's business environment. Topics include: Strategic role of information, organization of information, information decision making requirements, telecommunications and networking, managing information resources, distributed processing, and current information systems/technology issues.
 
MIS 6204 Syllabus HJA 2 5/18/2005
Grading
 We will use WebCT to help with the course and grading. The student with the highest grade in class will be normalized to a 100%. The rest of the students will be normalized accordingly.
Exam 1 30% 36 points Exam 2 30% 36 points Assignment 40% 48 points 120 points
Grades will be posted on WebCT after each exam or the assignment is graded. Access to grades will be through WebCT.
Exams
  All exams are closed-book in-class tests.  Answers to all exam questions are taken from class discussions, class notes, and the textbook. Students must bring a Scantron Sheet (
Number 882-E – green form
), available from the campus bookstore, and a no. 2 pencil for each exam. There will be no make up exam, except for the following situations: medical emergency and business trip (written documentation may be required for both).
Assignment
 The primary purpose of the case assignment is to allow you to apply principles learned in class to a real world problem. The assignment is due the week before Exam 2. Assignment format and content will be discussed in detail in class.
Working Together 
: You are encouraged to work together in how to use computers and applications.
Each student, however, is expected to do his or her own work for the assignment. Copying another student's work is scholastic dishonesty (see below) and will be dealt with accordingly
.
Scholastic Dishonesty
: The faculty expects from its students a high level of responsibility with respect to 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 maintains a high standard of individual honor in his or her scholastic work. Scholastic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, statements, acts or omissions related to applications for enrollment or the award of a degree, and/or the submission as one's own work of 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. Specifically, copying another student's computer files or buying assignments from a 3rd party could result in a grade of F and/or expulsion from the University.
 
MIS 6204 Syllabus HJA 3 5/18/2005
Schedule Date Description May 31
 Syllabus Course Introduction, Assignment, Group set-up Chapter 1 Foundations of Information Systems in Business Chapter 2 Competing with Information Technology  Assignment
June 7
 
No class
 
June 14
 Chapter 3 Computer Hardware Chapter 4 Computer Software  Assignment Discussion
June 21
 Chapter 5 Data Resource Management Chapter 6 Telecommunications and Networks  Assignment Discussion
June 28 Exam 1
Chapter 1-6
 
Chapter 7 Electronic Business Systems Chapter 8 Electronic Commerce Systems  Assignment Discussion
July 5
 Chapter 9 Decision Support Systems Chapter 10 Developing Business / IT Solutions  Assignment Discussion
July 12
 Chapter 11 Security and Ethical Challenges Chapter 12 Enterprise and Global Management of Information Technology  Assignment Due
July 19
  Assignment Presentations
 July 26
 
Exam 2
 Chapter 7-12 

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