MINISTRY OF EDUCATION ‫وزارة التعليم‬

IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN ‫جامعة اإلمام‬

FAISAL UNIVERSITY ‫عبد الرحمن بن فيصل‬
COLLEGE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE ‫كلية علوم الحاسب‬
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & ‫وتقنية المعلومات‬

Course Syllabus
Data and Information Management CIS 416
Academic Year (2020-2022) – First Semester
Instructor:

Name: Dr. Samiha BRAHIMI

Office: 100A
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 32017
Office hours:   Sunday from 10:00 to 11:00

                        Monday from 09:00 to 10:00

                        Wednesday from 09:00 to 10:00

Course Information:

Name: Data and information management

Course ID: CIS 416
Catalog number: 679197
Cr. Hours: 3
Contact Hours:4

Course Prerequisites:

CIS 321: Database concepts and design

Classroom Location and Time:

Class
Lecture 1 Lecture 2 Lecture 3
No.

Text Books:

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 1. M. Mosley, M. Brackett, S. Early and D. Henderson, The DAMA guide to the data
management body of knowledge, 2nd ed. Bradley Beach, New Jersey, 2015.
1. Elmasri, Ramez. Navathe, Shamkant B, “Fundamentals of Database Systems” Addison-Wesley,
Seventh Edition 2015 ISBN-10: 0133970779 | ISBN-13: 0133970779

References:

2. Business Intelligence and Analytics: Systems for Decision Support. Author: Ramesh Sharda,
Dursun Delen, Efraim Turban, 27 Mar 2014 | ISBN-10: 1292009209| ISBN-13: 978-
1292009209 | Edition: 10

Lab component:
Ms SQL management studio (sql server)
Visual studio
TableauDesktop 2020.3.0
TableauPrep 2020.3.1
Tableau Online

Course Description:

The course affords valuable eye-opening information about data management within business
environment. It provides the students with a comprehensive view on the challenges, complexities, and
value of effective and ethical data management and governance. It also covers data quality standards,
activities and lifecycle and the effect of low quality data on organizational outcome. Also, the course
highlights the importance of well-defined data architecture for organizations. In this context, students'
ability of designing enterprise data models is supported by introducing Enhanced Entity Relationship
diagrams (EER). The security aspect of data management is also covered by introducing students to its
activities and the different tools and techniques that enhances security and privacy of organizational
data assets. The second part of the course will introduce students to the data warehousing and business
intelligence key concepts and tools and how they are changing the business arena. Students learn how
meaningful information derived using data analytics and data science tools can assist in enhancing
business decisions and add value. Finally, the course is supported by business case studies that show
the importance of high maturity level of the different data management functions within organizations.

Course Learning Outcomes:

At the end of the course students will be able to:

1. Describe the key principles of data management and its main functions within an organizational context. (SO:0; PI:0.1)
2. Design a database model that incorporate semantic organizational context. (SO:2; PI:2.1)
3. Analyze data security requirements within an organization and propose improvement techniques. (SO:1; PI:1.2)
4. Explain the findings in an oral presentation. (SO:3; PI:3.2)
5. Evaluate professional, ethical, legal, and social issues relevant to data management in an organizational context. (SO:4;
PI:4.2)
6. Describe data warehousing and business intelligence concepts and their relevance to business success. (SO:6; PI:6.1)
7. Evaluate a business case and follow the big data analytics life cycle to add value. (SO:6; PI:6.2)
8. Demonstrate skills to work in a group project to produce quality deliverables. (SO:5; PI:5.1)
9. Demonstrate skills to structure themselves to work in a cohesive manner. (SO:5; PI:5.2)

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E-Mail:

All students are requested to obtain an e-mail account. If you have any questions about the course or
need assistance, please contact me in person, by telephone during office hours, or by e-mail at any
time.

Grading and Evaluation Criteria:

Your course grade will be calculated as follows:

Item Weight (%)

Quizzes 10
Project 15
Lab 15
MidTerm Exam 20
Final Exam 35
Participation 5

Homework Assignments/Project Instructions:

Assignments shall be given and details shall be provided later.

The project shall be a group project to work on during the entire term. The course outline shows the
important dates with regard to the assignments or project deliverables. More detail about the
assignments/project along with the project deliverables will be presented in a separate document. All
assignments/project deliverables must be completed and handed in on time at the beginning of the
scheduled class. Work must be complete. I will not accept a partially completed report. Late work will
be accepted on a case-by-case basis only. Your work must be your own. Cheating will result in a grade
of 0 for the applicable assignment; further disciplinary action, including assigning a failing grade (F)
for the entire course, may also be taken. Missed work will result in a grade of 0 for the assignment.
Exceptional circumstances should be discussed with the instructor in advance.
Assignments must be printed out (when appropriate) and properly identified. Each printout must
include:

 Your Name
 The Assignment and/or File Name

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 Weekly Course Outline ~ May Be Subject to Minor Changes ~

Chapter Assignments (A) /

Week Dates Topics Exams Lab
Readings Projects (P)
1 30/08/2020 Data management concepts (CLO1) Chapter1 Forming project teams
Data management handling ethics
2 06/09/2020 Chapter2
(CLO5)
Data Management Maturity Assessment
3 13/09/2020 Chapter15 Assign project
(CLO5)
Data governance concepts and
4 20/09/2020 Chapter3
activities(CLO1)
Data governance management:
5 27/09/2020 tools, techniques and Chapter3
implementation guidelines(CLO1)
Data architecture concepts, practice
6 4/10/2020 and integration within enterprise Chapter4 Quiz 1
architecture
11/10/2020 Data architecture tools , techniques
7 and implementation guidelines Chapter4
(CLO2)
18/10/2020 Data warehousing and business
8 intelligence: concepts and activities Chapter11 MS1 submission
(CLO6)
25/10/2020 Data warehousing and business
9 intelligence: tools, techniques and Chapter11
implementation guidelines(CLO6)
1/11/2020` Data Quality concepts and activities
10 Chapter13
(CLO1)
8/11/2020 Data Quality tools, techniques and
11 Chapter13
implementation guidelines(CLO1)
15/11/2020 Data security: concepts and
12 Chapter7 Quiz 2
activities (CLO3)
22/11/2020 Data security: tools, techniques and
13 Chapter7 Final submission
implementation guidelines(CLO3)
29/11/2020 Big Data and data science: concepts
14 Chapter14
and activities (CLO7)
15 6/12/2020 Presentations

16 13/12/2020 Review

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 Weekly Lab Outline ~ May Be Subject to Minor Changes ~

Chapter Assignments (A) /

Week Dates Topics Exams Lab
Readings Projects (P)
1 30/08/2020 Introduction
Lab 1:
2 06/09/2020 Enterprise Data Management Solution Assessed lab
Increases ROI
Lab 2
3 13/09/2020 Consent manager: an ethical solution Assessed lab
for the processing of social media data
Lab 3:
4 20/09/2020 Assessed lab
Data Management Maturity Assessment
Lab 4
5 27/09/2020 Assessed lab
designing data maturity test
Lab 5
6 4/10/2020 Data governance: Driving value in Assessed lab
healthcare
11/10/2020 Lab 6:
7 Assessed lab
Exercises: Entity-Relationship Model
18/10/2020 Lab 7:
8 Exercises: Enhanced Entity- Assessed lab
Relationship Model
25/10/2020 Lab8:
9
introduction to Tableau desktop
1/11/2020` Lab 9
10 Create a data mart and link it to
tableau Desktop
8/11/2020 Lab 10
11 Lab assignment
Data quality in TabeauPrep builder
15/11/2020 Lab 11
12 cleaning structured and unstructured
data using tableauPrep builder
22/11/2020 Lab 12
13
Manage Tableau online
29/11/2020 Lab 13
14 Lab assignment due
Security in tableau Online
15 6/12/2020 Presentations

16 13/12/2020 Review

Makeup

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Instructor’s Policy and academic integrity:

 Instruction in this course is provided through demonstration and discussion. Class time will be
provided for practicing concepts as well as working through assignments; however, additional
time outside of class will be essential to improve skills and complete the assignments.
 Students are required to attend every class. Please check attendance policy at the end of this
syllabus.
 Students are expected to treat the classroom as a professional environment and treat students and
faculty with respect. At a minimum, I expect you to treat each other (and your instructor)
politely and with respect. This includes turning off all cell phones, participating in class, and
arriving in a timely manner. Please remember that personal conversations during lecture are
distracting to your fellow students. Collaboration on a project is an exception, of course.
 Students are expected to observe academic integrity. Cheating of any type will not be tolerated.
Students will submit their own work, if other people words are used, proper bibliographic citation
is required.
 Students will not take part in any unethical activity to improve or maintain their academic
standing. This includes but not limited to; cheating, copying, and plagiarizing (presenting the
work of others as your own). These unethical activates will lead to a grade of “F” in this course.
 Copying an assignment from another student in this class will lead to an automatic failure for this
course and to a disciplinary action. Allowing another student to copy one's work will be treated
as an act of academic dishonesty, leading to the same penalty as copying.
 All mobile or smart devices should be turned off. Using mobile device including a smart phone,
smart watch, etc. may result of handing the device to the instructor if asked to do so and picking
it up later from the office of the Vice Dean of Academic Affairs.
 Recording of lectures is prohibited.

Class participation and student preparation for each class:

 In order to have productive and lively discussions, every student is required to read the textbook,
review the class notes. The classroom participation is expected to be professional and balanced
(no one overly dominating or silent) during classroom discussions and group activities. It is
highly recommended to go through (read) the relevant book chapter (check table above) before
coming to the lecture.
 Review objectives from the chapters.
 Make note of any questions you may have to pose during class or via e-mail.
 Optional: browse the online Power Point presentations for the class.

Blackboard System:

 You will be expected to regularly check your email/blackboard page for any announcement or
information, at least the day before the lecture.
o I may announce a discussion topic on the blackboard, one day before the lecture.
o Feel free to use the discussion board on blackboard for any discussion with your
classmates within this course and not for any other subject.

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 Attendance Policy – Course Syllabus

The following policy should replace all the previous announced rules.
 According to the university regulations, any student who fails to attend 85% of the total
lectures and labs cannot be admitted to the final exam of a given course.

 Regular students must attend at least 85% of all lectures, labs, and tutorials. Any student with
less than 85% attendance (15% or more absent) in a course will result of being barred from
entering the final exam.
a. Any student barred from entering a final exam for failure to meet the attendance policy
will automatically fail the course. Class work grades will be recorded, and the student
will receive an overall grade of barred (DN).
b. Attendance will be taken for all regular weeks as shown in the University academic
calendar
 A student absent from a lecture, or a tutorial due to medical excuse or any other emergencies
must submit an official excused document to the office of Vice Dean for Academic Affairs
within one week of the absent day.
a. This applies to any midterm exam, or a final exam that the student missed during the
absent date.
b. Once the Office of Vice Dean for Academic Affairs receives the excused document, it
will evaluate it and notify the instructor of the decision whether it is accepted or not.
c. A submitted medical document must be an official stamped medical record from
governmental or respectful hospitals.
 Students must be prompt attending the class per the time specified in the class schedule.
a. Being late is equivalent to ½ absent. Being late twice from the start of the class is
considered one absent.
b. Being late ½ hour and more from the start of the class is considered one absent.
 It is the student’s responsibility to keep track of his/her attendance and count his/her percentage
of being absent.
 The lists of barred students will be announced after the last official day of regular lectures.

 To calculate the attendance percentage using the following formula:

o Total Number of Lectures = Number of Weeks (According to the university’s
calendar or the course syllabus) × (Number of Lectures + Labs in every week).
o The minimum attendance rate allowed = Total Number of Lectures × 0.85
o Example: Total Lectures for CS – 211 would be:
16 Academic Weeks × (2 Lectures + 1 Lab) = 48 Lecture/Lab
The minimum attendance would be: 48 × 0.85 = 41 Lectures/Labs

Note: When a student submits any excuses for absence in any course, the accepted excuse of
absence is counted as ‘an absence with excuse’ and is deducted from the total attendance for
any given student. In the case of student receiving barred status, the total amount of absence
excuses is considered by the Vice Dean of Academic Affairs at the College of Computer
Science and Technology.

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