COURSE NUMBER AND TITLE: BCS 338-Business Information Systems I Office Hours: MW 3:45-4:30 pm And by appointment FACULTY’S NAME: Oliver, Richard L. OFFICE HOURS AND LOCATION: This section of BCS338 is being offered as a distance education course. There are scheduled office hours on Monday and Wednesday afternoons for the course. In general, this may not be convenient for you. Therefore, we will schedule appointments that work for both you and me. However, I will be reading and answering WebCT email several times a day. Please only use WebCT email as I will check that much more frequently than my regular email account. I will probably only check my regular email ever few days! But, I check WebCT many times each day. TELEPHONE NUMBER AND E-MAIL ADDRESS: 646-2944; The Instructor in WebCT. COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course is designed to make the students knowledgeable of/about fundamentals underlying the design, implementation, control, evaluation and strategic use of modern, computer-based information systems for business data processing, office automation, information reporting, decision-making and electronic commerce. While some of the effort will be devoted to hands-on work with business software, the major emphasis will be the managerial and strategic aspects of information technology. LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 1. Terminology. The student will be able to explain the meaning of terms used to describe common techniques and concepts in business information systems. 2. Skill. The student will (generally) significantly increase their skill level in the use of decision support tools in Microsoft Office to solve typical information systems problems. 3. Advanced Information Systems Concepts. The student will be able to describe the ways in which computers are and will be used in business and management. These concepts include telecommunications, electronic commerce, data warehousing and mining, artificial intelligence and future directions of computer-based information systems. 4. Behavioral and Organizational Issues. The student will be able to identify and suggest appropriate responses to managerial and organizational issues stemming from development, implementation and use of computer-based information systems.5. International Issues. The student will recognize the reality of implementing international information systems, including economic and cultural differences. 6. Social and Ethical Issues. The student will understand the major social and ethical issues involved in the development and use of information technology. TEXTBOOKS: 1. Haag, S., and Cummings, M., Information Systems Essentials, Second Edition, McGraw-Hill/Irwin, ISBN 0073323084 2. Brady, J. A., and Monk, E. F., Problem-Solving Cases in Microsoft Access and Excel, Fifth Edition, Thompson/Course Technology, ISBN 1423901398. 3. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE EINSTRUCTION STUDENT RESPONSE PAD IN NOT REQUIRED! TENTATIVE CALENDAR: This is the tentative calendar used for the traditional lecture based version of the course. I include it here for two reasons: First, to give a calendar of the due dates for chapter quizzes, projects and examinations. Second, I hope you will use this as a schedule to guide your progress through the material for the course. TENTATIVE CALENDAR Date Topic/Reading Projects/Assessments Monday, Aug 27 Haag: Chapter 1 Chapter 1 Quiz by 11:55 pm Thursday, Aug 30 Brady: Tutorial A Tutorial A by 11:55 pm Monday, Sept 3 Haag: Chapter 2 Chapter 2 Quiz by 11:55 pm Thursday, Sept 6 Brady: Tutorial B Tutorial B by 11:55 pm Monday, Sept 10 Haag: Chapter 3 Chapter 3 Quiz by 11:55 pm Thursday, Sept 13 Brady: Case 1 Case 1 (pg 61) by 11:55 pm Monday, Sept 17 Haag: Chapter 4 Chapter 4 Quiz by 11:55 pm Thursday, Sept 20 Brady: Case 2 Case 2 (pg 69) by 11:55 pm Monday, Sept 24 Haag: Appendix A Appendix A Quiz by 11:55 pm Thursday, Sept 27 Brady: Tutorial C Tutorial C by 11:55 pm Monday, Oct 1 Haag: Chapter 5 Chapter 5 Quiz by 11:55 pm Thursday, Oct 4 Brady: Case 6 Case 6 (pg 136) by 11:55 pm Monday, Oct 8 Haag: Appendix B Appendix B Quiz by 11:55 pm Thursday, Oct 11 Brady: Case 7 Case 7 (pg 145 ) by 11:55 pm Monday, Oct 15 Review for Examination 1 Optional Practice Test by 11:55 pmThursday, Oct 18 Examination 1 7:00 pm – 11:55 pm Monday, Oct 22 Haag: Chapter 6 Chapter 6 Quiz by 11:55 pm Thursday, Oct 25 Brady: Tutorial D Tutorial D by 11:55 pm Monday, Oct 29 Haag: Chapter 7 Chapter 7 Quiz by 11:55 pm Thursday, Nov 1 Brady: Case 8 Case 8 (pg 181) by 11:55 pm Monday, Nov 5 Haag: Chapter 8 Chapter 8 Quiz by 11:55 pm Thursday, Nov 8 Brady: Case 9 Case 9 (pg 189) by 11:55 pm Monday, Nov 12 Haag: Chapter 9 Chapter 9 Quiz by 11:55 pm Thursday, Nov 15 Brady: Case 11 Case 11 by 11:55 pm Nov 19-23 November Break Monday, Nov 26 SAP1 by 11:55 pm Thursday, Nov 29 SAP2 by 11:55 pm Monday, Dec 3 SAP3 by 11:55 pm Thursday, Dec 6 Review for Examination 2 Optional Practice Test by 11:55 pm Thursday, Dec 13 Examination 2 7:00 pm – 11:55 pm HOW YOUR LEARNING WILL BE MEASURED Your understanding and ability to explain terminology, advanced information systems concepts, behavioral and organizational issues, international, social and ethical issues will be measured in the two regular examinations. Your skill in using microcomputer productivity software will be measured in the quality of your Microsoft Office assignments that you will submit. Your work with the ERP software SAP will also be a component of the project score. ACADEMIC INTEGRITY Academic integrity is the pursuit of scholarly activity free from fraud and deception and is an educational objective of this institution. Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, cheating, plagiarizing, fabricating of information or citations, facilitating acts of academic dishonesty by others, having unauthorized possession of examinations, submitting work of another person or work previously used without informing the instructor, or tampering with the academic work of other students. You should refer to page 3 of the Student Code of Conduct (http://www.nmsu.edu/~vpss/SCOC/student_hand_book.html ) for detailed information regarding academic misconduct. PERFORMANCE AREAS: The grades will be determined by combining scores in three major performance areas: Chapter Quizzes,