MIS201: Course Expectations
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Chris Zimmer Ph.D. |
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Zimmer.chris |
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Nashville, Memphis, Houston |
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zimmejoc@lemoyne.edu |
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By appointment. |
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315.464.0373 |
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We will focus on the
effective use of information systems in organizations in this class. We will
read material from the texts, journal articles, and Internet resources, and you
will apply your knowledge of operating and computer systems, of database and
project management systems, and of networks to solve business problems in this
course. We will utilize enterprise resource planning simulations and exercises
throughout the course to illustrate concepts under discussion in class. We will
also use current events in the information systems world to supplement the
text. Throughout the course, you will be
developing your business communication skills, both orally and in writing. Format for all deliverables will be discussed
in class.
When a
chapter or article is assigned for class, you are expected to read the material
before class, and be prepared to present your thoughts to the class. Without
preparation and participation, our classroom experience will be unsatisfactory
for all of us. Your thoughtful and cogent participation in class discussions is
an important input to this course. Your first and most important assignment is
to come to class prepared to discuss the assigned readings each week.
I will be covering material quite often that is not in the book. When I
make my own powerpoints or prezis
my goal is to show the high points on the slides. I have achieved my goal if
you look at the slides and think, “huh?” If you miss a
day where I am talking about additional materials you can be sure that what I
covered will be on the test and that you need to get the notes from someone.
I expect that everyone will work at their
own pace and not procrastinate on assignments. I often supplement book
content with outside materials. This outside material is fair game on the tests
and projects. If you only read the text it will impact your test score.
Since your progress in this class is largely self-directed
the only hard and fast dates correspond to modules. All the assignments and
such are to be completed by the module ending date. I will accept assignments
for up to 48 hours after the module deadline date has passed. This 48 hour
grace period extends to modules 1 and 2. Module 3 has a hard deadline since it
ends the last day of the class. Late work will be penalized 1 letter grade for
up to 24 hours late, 2 letter grades for work that is 24-48 hours late.
In this class, you will
submit class assignments via blackboard. This is a TWO STEP process. You
identify the file then you tell blackboard to submit it. Failure to keep a
backup copy of your deliverables throughout the course is grounds for an “F”
for that deliverable. Failure to have a
disaster recovery plan is not grounds for an extension. Therefore back up
regularly and often. I have a VBA script that will automatically save 3 copies
of your document. In the Fall of 2011, 40% of the
students who took the final had hard drive failures and did not receive
extensions.
Student-teacher relationships are built on trust. For
example, students must trust that teachers have made appropriate decisions
about the structure and content of the courses they teach, and teachers must
trust that the assignments that students turn in are their own. Acts that
violate this trust undermine the educational process.
The Le Moyne College
Student Handbook defines various forms of Academic Dishonesty and you should
make yourself familiar with these. In this class, all assignments that are
turned in for a grade must represent the student’s own work. In cases where
help was received, or teamwork was allowed, a notation on the assignment should
indicate your collaboration. Submission of any assignment that is in violation
of this policy will result in a penalty of failure for that assignment.
Egregious violations of this policy or multiple violations will result in
course failure. If you have any question concerning this policy before
submitting an assignment, please ask for clarification.
In this class, all work is
to be done by individual students, as I am most interested in each individual
student's progress. Hence assignments in this class are to be produced by
individual students. Group production of individual assignments or plagiarism
will result in failure for that deliverable. A second incident of plagiarism or
group production of individual assignments will result in course failure. Group production of individual assignments
will not help you with individual assignments in class lab exercises.
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