Course Information

Course title: Data Integration                   

Course number:  M&IS 34053

Course description:  This course mixes concepts of data and information with hands-on applications using popular business software and migration of the information to the Internet as well as intranets.

Semester: Fall 2001                Location: 108 BSA

Meeting days:  MW                 Meeting time: 4:45-6:00 PM

Instructor Information

Name:  Janet Formichelli, MS 

Email:  jformich@kent.edu 

Office location:  A410 BSA 

Office hours: M 3:30-4:30, 6:00-7:00 (office); TR 2:30-3:30(office), 5:00-5:30(BSA 213) 

Phone:  330-672-1159

Prerequisite: M&IS 24060 Systems Analysis and M&IS 24070 Principles of System   

Development. Students must also be declared CIS minors. This course is only open to CIS minors. CIS majors will not receive credit.  Students attending the course who do not have the proper prerequisite risk being deregistered from the class.

 

Enrollment: Students have responsibility to ensure they are properly enrolled in classes.  You are advised to review your official class schedule during the first two weeks of the semester to ensure you are properly enrolled in this class and section.  Should you find an error in your class schedule, you have until September 7, 2001 to correct it with your advising office.  If registration errors are not corrected by this date and you continue to attend and participate in classes for which you are not officially enrolled, you are advised now that you will not receive a grade at the conclusion of the semester for any class in which you are not properly registered.

 

Course Goals:  To gain knowledge of information systems necessary for management. To devise projects using HTML, Excel, Access, Word and JavaScript. 

Textbook: Kenneth C. and Jane P. Laudon, Essentials of Management Information Systems, Prentice-Hall, Fourth Edition, 2001, ISBN 0-13-019323-2

Software Microsoft Office 2000 is available to KSU students for a nominal fee at the KSU bookstore. For more information, go to: http://act.kent.edu/microsoft/product/

WebCT    

The WebCT site at https://class.kent.edu/webct/public/home.pl will basically manage the course. The syllabus, calendar, assignments, course information, messages from the instructor and e-mail will be available there. A help page for using WebCT is found at:

http://webcthelp.kent.edu/v3/

 

 

Course Requirements

 6 assignments, including a team presentation: (25 points each) 150 points

3 course exams: (50 points each) 150 points

final exam:  100 points

Grading Scale

90-100 A          80-89 B              70-79 C         60-69 D         0-59 F

Attendance

Missing class is not an excuse for failure to understand material or complete assignments.  Material covered in class will not be covered again outside of class. It is up to you to read the material and get notes from another student. 

Late Assignments

Assignments are due at the beginning of the class on the due date. Absence from class is not an excuse for failing to have the assignment in. Late assignments will be penalized 10% per day (not per class session).  Assignments will not be accepted after one week beyond the due date. 

Make-up Exams

Make-up exams are given only under extraordinary circumstances. Inform the instructor as soon as possible (ideally before the exam). Some form of written excuse for absence from an exam is required.

Academic Honesty

Cheating means to misrepresent the source, nature, or other conditions of your academic work (e.g., tests, papers, projects, assignments) so as to get undeserved credit.  The use of the intellectual property of others without giving them appropriate credit is a serious academic offense.  It is the University's policy that cheating or plagiarism result in receiving a failing grade for the work or course.  Repeat offenses result in dismissal from the University.

Students with Disabilities

Students with disabilities:  In accordance with University policy, if you have a documented disability and require accommodations to obtain equal access in this course, please contact the instructor at the beginning of the semester or when given an assignment for which an accommodation is required.  Students with disabilities must verify their eligibility through the Office of Student Disability Services (SDS) in the Michael Schwartz Service Center (672-3391).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Data Integration M&IS 34053 Tentative Calendar    

Date

 

Event

 

August 27

 

04:45 - 06:00 first class

September 2001

Date

 

Event

 

September 3

 

no class

 

 

 

- Labor Day

 

September 19

 

1st Assignment

October 2001

Date

 

Event

 

October 3

 

1st Exam

 

October 8

 

2nd Assignment

 

October 22

 

3rd Assignment

November 2001

Date

 

Event

 

November 3

 

last day to withdraw

 

November 7

 

2nd Exam

 

November 12

 

no class

 

 

 

- Veteran's Day

 

November 14

 

4th Assignment

 

November 21

 

no class

 

 

 

- day before Thanksgiving

 

November 28

 

5th Assignment

December 2001

Date

 

Event

 

December 5

 

3rd Exam

 

December 10

 

05:45 - 08:00 Final Exam