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CIS 209 Course Information
¡¡ COURSE INFORMATION SHEET COURSE TITLE: CIS209 ¨C Systems Analysis and Design SEMESTER: Fall 2009 PROFESSOR: Bary Walker OFFICE: Room 8-602 PHONE: 292-3216 (If I'm not in, please leave your name, phone number and best time to call) EMAIL: bwalker@monroecc.edu OFFICE HOURS: Monday and Wednesday 1:00 PM ¨C 1:50 PM, REQUIRED TEXT: Systems Analysis & Design in a Changing World Fifth Edition ¨C by Satzinger, Jackson and Burd Thompson Course Technology Publishing. 2007. ISBN:1-4239-0228-9 http://www.course.com/downloads/mis/satzinger/index.cfm OTHER ITEMS: A Jump/Flash Drive with Labels. A folder should be created labeled HOMEWORK, a second labeled LABS, and a third labeled PROJECTS. You should keep a backup of this jump/flash drive The student should maintain a three ring notebook of all lecture notes and Lab handouts. This notebook should be divided into 15 Tabs; one for each week of the semester and the notes/labs should be placed under the appropriate tab setting. This notebook should be at least a 2 inch notebook OTHER REQUIREMENTS: The students will be expected to spend time (a minimum of 10-12 per week) outside of class sessions to work on Term project, perform readings, perform labs and practice the hardware/software labs and exercises. A late Homework Assignment will receive a grade of zero unless arrangements have been made with the professor ahead of the deliverable date. COURSE DESCRIPTION: A study of the skills required to perform the role of a systems analyst. Emphasis will be placed on developing these systems analyst skills as they apply to the designing, developing and implementing business application software that runs on large mainframe to client-server systems. Topics include: the systems development life cycle, E-Commerce, depicting systems graphically, determining feasibility, project management tools, sampling and investigating hard data, questionnaires, observations, prototyping, using the object-orientated approach to analysis (this includes use case diagrams, use case descriptions, class diagrams, activity diagrams, and systems sequence diagrams), designing effective input and output, developing and E-Commerce based business, database design with normalization, designing effective user interfaces, eXtreme programming, and decision tables(if time allows). Students are expected to work on a team project during the entire semester to develop and Present a system proposal to the class at the end of the semester. Two class hours and three lab hours. Students will meet in a PC classroom for lab. Extensive lab exercises will reinforce the lectured material. Students will be required to complete projects outside of class and laboratory time. Students will be required to give presentations to the class. This is a THREE CREDIT HOUR course. COURSE OBJECTIVES: See document CIS 209 Description Objectives Topics.doc on the M drive in folder "M:\Courses\OCP\CIS Classes\CIS 209 Systems Analysis & Design" COURSE Learning Outcomes: 1. Define and use common System Analysis and Design fundamental terminology. 2. Utilize current Analysis and Design tools to graphically characterize processes and flows in a business system. 3. Design and Create Effective Input/Output including Web pages/forms. 4. Design Logical Databases. 5. Demonstrate the technical and communication skills required for developing a Systems Proposal. COURSE PREREQUISITE: CIS101 or CSC 101 with C or better. TERM PROJECT: An integral part of this course is the study of an Internet company. One of the objectives of the Term Project is to permit the student to apply the concepts and methodologies of systems analysis to real world web-based systems. A secondary objective is to gain a wider understanding of how organizations operate and compete in cyberspace. The project will be included as part of the final grade. There are many deliverables for the project that will be due on a weekly basis. Any missing project deliverable will be graded as ZERO. A Late deliverable for the project will receive a grade of ZERO! QUIZZES Quizzes (Including Pop Quizzes) will be given in any of the Lecture or Lab classes. These quizzes will usually be given during the first 10 minutes of any class. Students arriving late will receive a ZERO. (see Make up Policy for additional information on this) EXAMS: Two or Three Hourly Exams and there will be a Comprehensive Final exam. The hourly exams will be a mainly multiple/choice questions as well as questions that will ask you to explain and apply the concepts taught in the course. The comprehensive final will consist of two parts: A Take Home component and in in-class 2 hour component. Both parts of the final will consist of a combination of problem-solving questions. It will cover material from all aspects of the class sessions (lectures, homework assignments, , lab assignments, demonstrations, discussions, extra handouts and so forth). MAKE-UP POLICY: Make-up Exams/Quizzes will be given only under special circumstances at the discretion of the instructor. The instructor must be contacted before the exam/quiz is given (or in some cases 24 hours after the exam if not before) in order to approve the excuse and make arrangements for a make-up. (A written excuse may be necessary. A regular doctor or dentist appointment is not an acceptable excuse.) Any make-up exam/quiz must be taken within a 24 hr period of the missed exam/quiz. Students who are unable to contact the instructor personally are to leave a message. Students are strongly encouraged to make every effort to attend class on the day of an exam because if the student's excuse is not acceptable, that student will receive a grade of ZERO for the exam. Assignments: Students will apply the concepts covered in the lectures and in the readings in individual assignments. Typical homework includes: Internet research, web-site evaluation, case discussions and write-ups, and presentations. Late Assignments will receive a grade of Zero. Policies are subject to change with notification given by the instructor. GRADING: Quizzes/Exams 30% Labs & Homework Assignments 15% Term Project 25% Comprehensive Final 30% ====== Total 100% The Final Average determines the final Grade as follows: Final Average Grade>=93<=100 A >= 90<=92 A- >=87<=89 B+ >=83<=86 B >=80<=82 B- >=77<=79 C+ >=73<=76 C >=70<=72 C- >=67<=69 D+ >=63<=66 D >=60<=62 D- <=59 F Exception: No student who scores below a 65 on the comprehensive Final Exam will be given a final course grade of C or above. If the students overall grade average is 73 or above going into the Final Exam and the student scores below a 65 on the Final Exam they will be given a maximum (it could be lower) Final course grade of C-. The previous grading methodology will be adjusted for computing the Final course grade. The Final adjusted course Grade will be calculated based on the Overall Grade Average and a Multiplier. The multiplier used will be based on the Final Exam Score as follows:
To calculate the Final course adjusted grade you multiply the Overall Grade Average and the Multiplier to recalculate the new Overall Grade Average to be used to assign the Final Course Grade. Here is an example. Suppose Sally Smart has an Overall Grade Average of 95 going into the Final Exam and scores a 60 on the Final Exam. Since Sally did not pass the final exam the original grading system will be adjusted by taking Sally¡¯s Overall Grade Average (95), determining the multiplier (in this case .72) based on the score on the Final Exam and multiplying the two to come up with the New Overall Grade Average of 68.4. New Overall Grade Average Final Course_Grade >=67<=72 C- >=60<=66 D+ >=53<=59 D >=45<=52 D- <=45 F Using the New Overall Grade Average ranges above and Sally¡¯s New Overall Average of 68.4 her Final Course Grade is a C-. Another Example: Suppose Sam Terrific has an Overall Grade Average of 65 going into the Final Exam and scores a 60 on the Final Exam. Since Sam did not pass the final the original grading system will be adjusted by taking Sam¡¯s Overall Grade Average (65), determining the multiplier (in this case .72) based on the score on the Final Exam and multiplying the two to come up with the New Overall Grade Average of 46.8. Using the New Overall Grade Average ranges above and Sam¡¯s New Overall Average of 46.8 his Final Course Grade is a D-. ATTENDANCE Prompt and regular attendance is expected/required for all lectures and labs. Any student that is consistently LATE, ABSENT or UNPREPARED for class will be DROPPED from the course. Any combination of 3 of the following will result in the student being DROPPED from the course: Unprepared for Lecture/Lab, Missing Assignments/Labs/Projects, Absent, Late. Late Homework Assignments will receive a grade of Zero unless arrangements have been with the professor made ahead of the deliverable date. Cell Phones Turn them off. A student that continuously has their cell phone go off during class will be asked to leave Lecture for that day and will be counted as an absence from class. RESPONSIBILITIES: Even if a class is missed the student is responsible for the material covered, the assignments given, and any announcements made regarding changes in policies. Absence from class cannot be used as an excuse for missing assignments or not being prepared for quizzes/projects. The textbook(s) should be brought to each class based on the Tentative Schedule. ACADEMIC HONESTY For the official wording on Academic Honesty, please consult the MCC Student Handbook. Homework Assignments in this class are not intended to be group projects. They should be a reflection of YOUR problem-solving ability and style. Assignments which are identical, or nearly so, will received a grade of 0. |
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