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Syllabus For Introduction To Information Systems IDS 1020 Fall 2016

This document provides a syllabus for an Introduction to Information Systems course. The key points are: 1. The course will introduce how information technology influences business, teach Microsoft Excel and Access skills, analyze IT case studies, and cover hardware, software and networks. 2. Required textbooks cover Excel and Access tutorials and information systems concepts. 3. Classes will include lectures, discussions, and lab work in Excel and Access. Grading will be based on assignments, attendance, exams, with midterm and final exams making up 90% of the grade. 4. Students must attend regularly, participate in class, and follow professional standards regarding technology and communication use. Academic dishonesty will be subject to discipline

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Syllabus For Introduction To Information Systems IDS 1020 Fall 2016

This document provides a syllabus for an Introduction to Information Systems course. The key points are: 1. The course will introduce how information technology influences business, teach Microsoft Excel and Access skills, analyze IT case studies, and cover hardware, software and networks. 2. Required textbooks cover Excel and Access tutorials and information systems concepts. 3. Classes will include lectures, discussions, and lab work in Excel and Access. Grading will be based on assignments, attendance, exams, with midterm and final exams making up 90% of the grade. 4. Students must attend regularly, participate in class, and follow professional standards regarding technology and communication use. Academic dishonesty will be subject to discipline

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SYLLABUS FOR INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION SYSTEMS

IDS 1020; Fall 2016


Yeshiva University

Sy Syms School of Business

Instructor: Shu Han Class Location: BH 1111


Office: BH 403A Office Hours: 12:30-1:00pm
Email: [email protected] Mondays & Wednesdays
Course website: ANGEL or by appointment

Course Objectives
1. Serve an introduction to how information technology shapes and influences firms
and businesses;
2. Familiarize students with the use of Microsoft Excel and Access, to a level of
effectiveness that is consistent with a standard business environment;
3. Analyze selected cases that illustrate the how information technology could be
utilized to generate business intelligence and aid business decision-making;
4. Develop an understanding of hardware, software, telecommunications, Internet
technology, network architecture, and infrastructure choices for firms

Textbooks
We will only use selected chapters from the following books. You can either purchase the
whole book or the chapters individually through e-book option.

New Perspectives on Microsoft Office 2013, First Course, by Ann Shaffer, ISBN:
9781305409002
o Excel Tutorials 1, 3, 4, Access Tutorials 1, 2
o E-chapters option is available from Cengage Brain
o How to purchase eChapters:
1. Go to http://www.cengagebrain.com/shop/index.html
2. Search the book by ISBN number or book title
3. Choose to buy eChapters
4. Choose all five tutorials (Excel Tutorials 1, 3, 4 and Access
Tutorials 1, 2)
5. Check out
Check out

1
 New Perspectives on Microsoft Office Excel 2010, Comprehensive, by June Parsons,
ISBN: 0-538-74291-7
o Excel Tutorial 12
o E-chapters option is available from Cengage Brain

1. Go to http://www.cengagebrain.com/shop/index.html
2. Search the book by ISBN number or book title
3. Choose to buy eChapters
4. Choose Chapter 12
5. Check out

Background Reading:
Information Systems: A Manager’s Guide to Harnessing Technology—Version 4.0 by
John Gallaugher
http://catalog.flatworldknowledge.com/catalog/editions/gallaugher_4_0-information-
systems-a-manager-s-guide-to-harnessing-technology-4-0

This course is a combination of lecture-discussion classes and lab classes. For conceptual
content, classes will follow a format of short lectures and discussions. For computer
applications (Excel and Access), classes will follow a format of software demonstration by
the instructor and lab work by students.

Grading
The calculation of final grades will be as follows:

Assignments 5%
Attendance, Professionalism and Participation 5%
Midterm Exam* 35%
Final Exam** 55%
Total 100%
*Nov. 21, 2016 class time
**Jan. 05, 2017 for sections 211 and 231; Jan. 09, 2017 for Section 241

Assignments: Assignments should be submitted through Canvas submission box. Late


assignments will NOT be graded. It is your responsibility to learn how to use the
submission box.

Communication
All communication will be via the YU e-mail system. It is your responsibility to check you
YU emails constantly.

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Class Attendance, Professionalism, and Participation
Class attendance – Reasonable attendance is expected and required. Reasonable absence
is defined as twice the number of times the class meets per week (i.e. 2x2=4). Any special
requests for personal time away from class and/or early travel must be approved by the
SSSB Dean’s Office (BH 412).

Professionalism means a number of things, such as:


1. speaking in class only after you raise your hand and being asked by the
instructor;
2. computers should be turned off except when you are asked to perform lab
works on it;
3. Web-surfing is not allowed anytime during class time;
4. Cell phones should be turned off during class;
5. being on time to class

Scholastic Dishonesty
Any student who commits an act of scholastic dishonesty is subject to discipline. Scholastic
dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, cheating, plagiarizing, colluding, submitting for
credit any work or materials that are attributable in part or fully to another party, taking an
exam for another person, and engaging in or attempting to engage in any act designed to
give an unfair advantage to a student.
Class participation includes the responsibility to share understanding and judgment with
the class in order to advance the group's collective skills and knowledge. Be sure to
contribute ONCE per class period via questions or expressed thought. Class participation
scores will be based upon the quantity and quality of each student's class discussion.

Scores for the Attendance, Professionalism, and Participation component of the course are
based solely upon the judgment of the course instructor, and they are non-negotiable.

Notes
1. No make-up for midterm exam.
2. Late assignment will NOT be graded.
3. FINAL EXAM: Final examinations may be postponed only for health or emergency
reasons. In such cases please go to the Office of the Dean to file a “Request for a
make-up”. The Committee on Academic Standards will review the request and notify
you if a make-up is approved. If a make-up exam is not approved, you will receive an
“F” grade.
4. DISABILITIES NOTICE: Students with disabilities who are enrolled in this course
and who will be requesting disability-related accommodations should make an
appointment with the Office of Disability Services, [email protected], (646) 592-4280
during the first week of class. Once you have been approved for accommodations,
please contact me to ensure the successful implementation of those
accommodations.

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