Course Schedule and Materials
Last updated on May 28, 2008
| Session/Date | Topic/lecture and materials* | Student Presentations/Discussions |
|---|---|---|
| 1. 05/12/2008 (Mon) | - Course overview - Introduction to information system (MIS.1) - Forming student groups |
- Sample presentation/discussion files |
| 2. 05/13/2008 (Tue) | - Computer hardware and software (MIS.A) * Exercise #1: PC hardware - Internet and web (MIS.B) |
1. Searching on the web (Moussavi) |
| 3. 05/14/2008 (Wed) |
- Introduction to database (MIS.3) - Introduction to MS Access 2007 (DB.1) |
2. (Industry analysis) Google: the next giant (Wilder) 3. (Industry analysis) Yahoo's rocky road (Davis) |
| 4. 05/15/2008 (Thu) |
* Quiz #1 - Access 2007 Lab (DB.1, DB.2): working with tables and relationships |
4. (Industry analysis) Microsoft: admired and hated (Rubin) |
| 5. 05/16/2008 (Fri) | - SQL/QBE - Access 2007 Lab (Db.2, DB.3, DB.4): queries and reports |
5. (Industry analysis) IBM's business transformations (Maddox) |
| 6. 05/19/2008 (Mon) | - Entity relationship diagram (MIS.C) - Database design (MIS.C) * Exercise #2: database design |
6. Voice over IP (Van Wie) |
| 7. 05/20/2008 (Tue) | - Data warehouse and data mining (MIS.3) * Exercise #3: database design 2 |
7. WebMD (Murray) 8. RFID (Bivens) |
| 8. 05/21/2008 (Wed) | - Decision Support Systems (MIS.4) . Geographic information systems . Expert systems |
9. Business visualization for decision support (Douglas) 10. Web map services and their application in businesses (Martin) |
| 9. 05/22/2008 (Thu) | - Information systems for business operations (MIS.2) . Functional IS . Cross-functional IS . Industry specific IS |
11. Information systems in banking (Martinez-Clemente) 12. IS for Human Resources Management (Kim) 13. Supply Chain Management Systems (Mingledorf) 14. CRM systems (Van Wie) |
| 10. 05/23/2008 (Fri) | - E-Business and systems (MIS.5) * Quiz #2 |
15. C2C: eBay, Amazon, Elance, etc. (Hubbert) 16. Billing and payment services (Huynh) |
| * 05/26/2008 (Mon) | Memorial Day |
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| 11. 05/27/2008 (Tue) | - Web 2.0 businesses and systems (MIS.B) |
17. iReport vs. traditional news media (Culwell) 18. Blogging for businesses (Delapenha) 19. Wiki and Wikipedia (Shonka) 20. Social investing (Abdeljawad) |
| 12. 05/28/2008 (Wed) | - System development (MIS.6) . Waterfall * Exercise #4 . Prototyping . Outsourcing |
21. IT Outsourcing/Off-shoring (Augustus) 22. IS Project Management (Hodge) |
| 13. 05/29/2008 (Thu) | * Quiz #3 |
23. Intellectual property and open source software (Han) 24. Identity theft and online identity solutions (Inman) 25. Security: online security solutions, etc. (Moussavi/Davis) |
| 14. 05/30/2008 (Fri) | - New developments in IT/IS (MIS.9) - Student presentations |
26. Virtual experience for business (Simmons) 27. Health informatics (Maddox) 28. Personal portal/personalized homepage (Kim) 29. Folksonomy (Hubbert) |
Final Exam due June 4 Wed 11:59PM |
Note:
* Textbook abbreviation:
- MIS: MIS for the Information Age, Haag and Cummings, 2008
- DB: Access 2007
- So, "MIS.1" means chapter 1 of the textbook "MIS for the Information Age".