Schedule

CSIS-114 Course Schedule

Class - Tuesday
Lab - Wednesday
Class - Thursday
Week 1

Feb 23

Tuesday

Lec 1.1
Course Intro & About MIS

Non-routine Skills: Abstract Reasoning, Systems Thinking, Collaboration, Ability to Experiment

intro.pptx

Read Chapter 1 before Lab

Feb 24

Wednesday

Lab 1: CMCC

Computer Medicated Communication & Collaboration Systems

Feb 25

Thursday

Lec 1.2
Information Systems Components

Hardware, Software, Data, Procedures, People

Read Chapter 2 by Friday

Finish Lab 1 by Monday

Week 2

Mar 2

Tuesday

Lec 2.1
Information Systems Components continued...

Pre-lab 2 by Tuesday

Mar 3

Wednesday

Lab 2: Excel

Spreadsheet Review, Return on Investment Calculation, Excel Functions

Mar 4

Thursday

Lec 2.2
Systems Thinking

Input, Processing, Output, Feedback, Control

Review Chapter 1

Finish Lab 2 by Monday

Week 3

Mar 9

Tuesday

Lec 3.1
Transforming Data to Knowledge

The role of aggregation and visualization

Pre-lab 4 by Tuesday

Mar 10

Wednesday

Lab 4: DB vs SS

Databases vs. Spreadsheets, Importance of User Interfaces

Mar 11

Thursday

Lec 3.2
Attributes of Information

Relevant, Simple, Flexible, Economical, Timely, Accessible, Secure, Accurate Verifiable Complete Reliable

infoattributes.pptx

Finish Lab 4 by Monday

Week 4

Mar 16

Tuesday

Lec 4.1
Attributes of Information continued...
TPS Reports Outcome

Pre-lab 5 by Tuesday

Mar 17

Wednesday

Lab 5: Data Modeling

Database Design, E-R Modeling

Mar 18

Thursday

Lec 4.2

Read Chapter 5 before Lab 6

Finish Lab 5 by Monday

Week 5

Mar 23

Tuesday

Lec 5.1

Pre-lab 6 by Tuesday

Mar 24

Lab 6: DB Intro Lab

Practical Database Implementation

Mar 25

Thursday

Lec 5.2

Finish Lab 6 by Monday

Week 6

Mar 30

Tuesday

Lec 6.1

Pre-lab 7 by Tuesday

Mar 31

Wednesday

Lab 7: Wagemart Lab

Strategic Decision-making using a Database/MIS

Apr 1

Thursday

Lec 6.2
Business Intelligence

Read Chapter 9 (p 335-349) before Midterm

Finish Lab 7 by Monday

Week 7

Apr 6

Tuesday

Lec 7.1

Apr 7

Wednesday

Midterm Review

Chapters 1, 2, 5 and 9 (p 335-349). Lab 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7

Apr 8

Thursday

Lec 7.2
Midterm Exam

Two parts: Timed online/in-class, take-home

Week 8

Apr 13

Tuesday

Pre-lab 8 by Tuesday

Types of IS (project intro)

Apr 14

Wednesday

Lab 8: Fund Trading Lab

Optimal Decision-making using a Database

Apr 15

Thursday

Finish Lab 8 by Monday

Week 9

Apr 20

Tuesday

Pre-lab 9 by Tuesday

Apr 21

Wednesday

Lab 9: BI-OLAP

Business Intelligence - Online Analytical Processing

Week 10

Apr 27

Tuesday

Apr 28

Wednesday

No Lab

Apr 29

Thursday

Read Chapter 7

Especially p249-252 and p288 Case Study 7.

Read Case 11 p447

Week 11

May 4

Tuesday

Read Chapter 8

Especially p330 Case Study 8

May 5

Wednesday

No Lab

May 6

Thursday

No Lecture

Read Chapter 9

(Especially p378 Case Study 9

Week 12

May 11

Tuesday

Pre-lab 10 by Tuesday

Read Case 11 p447

May 12

Wednesday

Lab 10: BI-MBA

Pre-lab only for extra credit

May 13

Thursday

Pre-lab only

Week 13

May 18

Tuesday

May 19

Wednesday

no lab

Activity TBD

May 20

Thursday

Final Exam released 5pm on Canvas; Open book, open everything, un-timed.

Week 14

May 25

Tuesday

Final Exam Week
Final Exam

Due 4pm on Canvas> Focusing on Chapters 7, 8 and 9; and Lab 7, 8 and 9; Cummulative, so some questions from mid-term; Overall, approximately 27 multiple choice, 10 fill-in, 10 T/F, 3 open-ended (2-4 sentence answer)