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	COB 204 Computer Information Systems Spring 2009 MWF Section 2 @ 10:10 - 11:00 a.m. (ZSH 101) MWF Section 3 @ 11:15 - 12:05 p.m. (ZSH 101) MWF Section 4 @ 1:25 - 2:15 p.m. (ZSH G07)
CONTACT INFORMATION	Instructor: Dr. Thomas W. Dillon Office: 317 Showker Office hours: Monday, Wednesday, & Friday 9:00 a.m.-10:0 a.m. & Thursday 9:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m., or by appointment Phone: 568-3015 E-mail: dillontw@jmu.edu Web page: http://cob.jmu.edu/dillontw
COURSE DESCRIPTION:	This course provides an introduction to computer-based information systems. Emphasis is placed on the role of computers in business today, hardware, software, analysis, design and implementation of information systems, computer ethics and the role of computers in society.
REQUIRED COURSE MATERIALS:	Using MIS, 2nd Edition, by David M. Kroenke, Pearson Prentice-Hall, 2009. Your choice of three editions: · Soft cover: ISBN 0-13-813248-8 · Loose leaf, Student Value Edition 0-13-135991-6. This version is cheaper but the book store will not buy it back · E-book: You can purchase an online version of the book for a semester’s use at http://www.coursesmart.com Adventures in Access, 2^nd Edition. Lending and Cole, custom published by McGraw-Hill/Irwin. This is a new edition of the book. You cannot use last year’s book. Collaborating with SharePoint, Cole, customer published by Pearson.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:	The purpose of this class is to give a broad overview of information systems in business today. At the end of the class you should: 1. Understand information system concepts including input, processing, and output, data and information. 2. Understand information system components including hardware, software, databases and telecommunications. 3. Understand how one would select computer hardware, computer software, and database software. 4. Understand the role of information systems in organizations. 5. Identify and define the major types of information systems 6. Exhibit an understanding of the ethical and social impact of information systems. 7. Understand how businesses use the Internet, E-commerce, the World Wide Web, Intranets and Extranets. 8. Describe the activities that take place during each phase of the systems development life cycle and understand alternative system building approaches 9. Understand the cultural, political, geographic and economic challenges that confront the management of global information technology. 10. Understand the many different career options in the computer information systems field/ 11. Be able to use common personal productivity tools. 12. Be able to create a database using a relational DBMS such as Access. Demonstrate the ability to create reports, queries and join two tables in the DBMS. 13. Be able to use the Internet to conduct research, find information, and communicate. 14. Be able to use technology to collaborate.
EVALUATION:	Homework (Review Questions) 30 In-class Activities 20 Access Tutorials 15 SharePoint Tutorials 15 Collaboration Project 30 Access Database Project 40 Exam 1 100 Exam 2 100 Exam 3 (Final) 150 Total 500 Grade Assignment: A 500 – 475 A- 474 - 450 B+ 449 - 440 B 439 – 420 B- 419 - 400 C+ 399 - 390 C 389 – 370 C- 369 – 350 D+ 349 – 340 D 339 – 300 F 299 -> You must score an average of 60% or higher on the three exams to pass the course with a grade of D or better. Homework: Homework consists of reading and doing the chapter questions provided in the class calendar. To receive full credit, homework assignments must contain your name and chapter number printed in the top right hand corner. Multi-page homework must be stapled. Homework will be collected on the assigned due date (see the class calendar) or can be submitted early. No late homework will be accepted. To motivate you to be prompt, homework assignments are due the first two minutes of class. Homework Assignments can be found on the course calendar web page. I recommend typing your homework and keeping it in a notebook or filed on your hard drive. In-class Activities: Students that attend class will participate in and complete learning activities. At least one in-class activity will be collected for a grade for each of the 12 chapters. In-class activities must be completed in class at the assigned time for the grade. No late in-class activities will be accepted. If you anticipate that your schedule will not allow you to attend class regularly, please consider a different instructor. Tutorials: SharePoint and Access tutorials are to be completed outside of class according to the class schedule. We will discuss the material in class and material from the tutorials may be on the exams. Tutorial assignments are due the first two minutes of class or can be submitted early. Tutorial Assignments can be found on the course calendar web. No late tutorials will be accepted Access Project: Each student will create a database using Microsoft Access. Guidelines will be provided. The Access Database Project is due the first two minutes of class on the assigned date or can be submitted early. No late projects will be accepted. Collaboration Project using SharePoint is designed to be group work and is to be done collaboratively (that means working together with team members). I encourage you to be a good team member. Exams: Three exams are to be completed inside the classroom on the dates assigned on the class calendar. You may not leave the classroom during an exam. Exam 3, the final exam, is partially cumulative.
NOTES AND COMMENTS:	1. Students who do not attend either the first or second sessions of the class may be dropped from the class. 2. Attendance at all classes is strongly encouraged. You must read the textbook and attend class to do well on assignments, activities, and examinations. You will also not be able to do any of the in-class activities if you do not attend. 3. There will be at least one class where we welcome a guest speaker. The purpose of the guest speaker in COB 204 is to introduce all COB students to the many different career options in the computer information systems field and to provide students with some level of detail about typical IT work. 4. A college class similar to a business meeting should be treated as a professional interaction between the participants. With this in mind, electronic device should not interfere or interrupt this interaction. Text, instant, or email messaging during class is inappropriate. Leaving class early and/or wandering in and out of class is inappropriate. 5. In class activities will be given at least once a week. Some activities will be done in class and turned in that day. Others will be take-home and turned in on a later day. There will be no make up for missed activities. Late activities will not be accepted. Completing all activities will add extra credit to your grade. To enhance the learning process I will provide copies of in-class activities for a couple of days after we complete them in class. Please remind me to provide you with a copy. 6. The Access book consists of 4 tutorials that you will work on outside of class on a weekly basis. Assignments from the tutorials will be due during the first two minutes of class, not sometime in the middle. Due dates for these tutorials will be available on the course web site. There will be no make up for missed tutorial assignments. Late tutorial assignments will not be accepted. 7. All SharePoint tutorials and the projects are considered collaborative and may be done as a group. 8. All assignments (homework, in-class activities, tutorials, etc.) and projects will be collected at the beginning (first two minutes) of class on the day that they are due. Assignments turned in late will not be accepted. 9. You have two weeks after an assignment or exam is graded to talk to me about your grade. After that, no adjustments will be made to the grade. Please attend class after an exam to receive your grade and to review all questions on the exam. If you are not in class to receive a grade, you can stop by my office to get your exam grade. 10. If you use the lab in ZSH for working on individual assignments for this class, you are required to use the shredder on any work that you are discarding. 11. There will be no makeup exams unless prior arrangements have been made or documented medical emergencies occur. 12. To facilitate class structure and organization, and to simplify note-taking a selection of PowerPoint slides are attached to the class web site.
Disability Services:	If you are a student with a documented disability who will be requesting accommodations in my class, please make sure you are registered with the Office of Disability Services, Wilson Hall, Room 107, 568-6705 and provide me with an Access Plan letter outlining your accommodations. I will be glad to meet with you privately during my office hours to discuss your special needs.
HONOR CODE:	You are expected to abide by the JMU Honor Code in this course. Please familiarize yourself the Honor Code. Do NOT cheat--I will take appropriate action if I detect any instances of unauthorized collaboration or assistance. Unless written into the directions, all homeworks, assignments, exams, quizzes, tutorials, etc. are to be done individually. Don’t copy from someone else and do not let others copy from you. At a minimum this will result in a report to the JMU Honor Council and a reduction in your course grade.
Appropriate Use of IT Resources	Policy #1207 - Appropriate Use of Information Technology Resources is found on the University web site. Please review and follow this policy.
Policy on Adding a Course	Students are responsible for registering for classes and for verifying their class schedules on e-campus.   No student will be allowed to register for a class after the deadline. No exceptions will be made.
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