Csci 321
Information Systems Analysis
Course description: Technologies and strategies for managing information systems. Topics include requirements modeling, development strategies, data design, user interface, and specialized systems.
Prerequisites: Cpst 101 or Csci 241, or the ability to program in a high level language; and junior standing.
Text: Fundamentals of Information Systems, 4th edition, by Ralph Stair and George Reynolds, Course Technology, 2008.
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Objectives
The student will be able to
- demonstrate an understanding of the strategies for managing information systems;
- identify basic types of information system and their benefits;
- define careers available in information systems;
- identify the role of essential hardware and software of a computer system in relation to business objectives;
- define general data management concepts and terms;
- define function of a telecommunications system;
- identify advantages, challenges, and technology infrastructure of e-commerce;
- explain the use of management information systems, decision support systems, and group support systems;
- define the objectives of developing artificial intelligence systems;
- identify key participants and their roles in the systems development process;
- identify the criteria for the ethical use of information systems.
Course material
The instructor reserves the right to change the order and the time spent on any portions of this syllabus.
Course material will include the following topics:
| Topics | Approx. time |
|---|---|
| An introduction to information systems in organizations | ~ 1 week |
| Hardware and software | ~ 1 week |
| Organizing data and information | ~ 1 week |
| Telecommunications, the Internet, intranets, and extranets | ~ 1 week |
| Electronic and mobile commerce and enterprise systems | ~ 1 week |
| Information and decision support systems | ~ 1 week |
| Knowledge management and specialized information | ~ 2 weeks |
| Systems development | ~ 1 week |
| The personal and social impact of computers | ~ 1 week |
| Part 2 world-views cases | ~ 1 week |
| Part 3 world-views cases | ~ 1 week |
| Part 4 world-views cases | ~ 1 week |
| Exams | ~ 1 week |
Other topics as time permits.
Assessment
The Semester score for the course will be calculated by using the weights (%) indicated below:
| Weight (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 75% | Semester average | Tests | ______ % |
| Assignments | ______ % | ||
| _________ | ______ % | ||
| 25% | Final exam grade |
The Semester letter grade in the course will be assigned according to the scale below:
| Semester grade | Semester score |
|---|---|
| 90–100 | A |
| 80–89 | B |
| 70–79 | C |
| 60–69 | D |
| 0–59 | F |
Notes:
- In cases of an excused absence, the instructor reserves the right to reweight the final exam in lieu of a make-up test.
- In the case where a student's score on his final exam indicates exceptional achievement above and beyond that indicated by the semester average, the instructor reserves the right to reweight the value of the final exam in computing the semester grade.
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