INSTRUCTOR:

Paul Licker
 

PHONE:
EMAIL:

(248) 370-2432
licker@oakland.edu 
 

OFFICE HOURS:
 

(432c Elliott Hall) MW 1:30-2:30; 5:30-6:30 or by appointment

CLASS TIMES:


PLACE:

Section 11366 MWF 2:40-3:30 (Final Exam: M April 23, 3:30-5:30)
Section 11369 M 6:30  (Final Exam: M April 23: 7:00 pm-9:00 pm)

(11366) PH 302       (11369) North Foundation Hall 156
 

TEXTS:

(Lecture) Fundamentals of Information Systems.  Third Edition
By Ralph M. Stair and George W. Reynolds.

(Project) TBA

SUPPLEMENTARY
MATERIALS:

All required materials are available through the course website.  The address of the website is
http://www.sba.oakland.edu/Faculty/licker/Personal/MIS300
/Winter2007/GeneralCourseMaterials/StudentMaterials/HomePageWinter2007.htm
 

OVERVIEW:

MIS 300 is an introduction to the concepts, methodologies and tools for Management Information Systems (MIS) seen from the perspective of a business user. We will focus on the role of Information Technology (IT) as an enabler of business processes.
 

Information Technology is playing an ever-increasing role in business and it is important for all business students to have an understanding of how they may interact with Information Technology as a user, developer, analyst, entrepreneur, customer or manager.  In MIS 300 we will explore business processes, database technology, systems analysis, hardware, software, networks, system development, business analysis, and global and ethical issues related to Information Systems in business today and tomorrow. 

METHODS:

The course involves lecture-discussion, classroom exercises, small-group teamwork, electronic communication, individual exams, and task assignments.

ASSIGNMENTS:

A group project will acquaint you with the process, procedures and activities that attend the development of information systems.  The project will increase your awareness of what systems do, how they are created and managed and how relationships between IS professionals and their internal and external clients are maintained.

EXAMS:

There will be one mid-term and a final exam concerning the concepts of Management Information Systems covered in the readings, exercises, tutorials and the class discussions. The exam format will be multiple choice. Make-up exams will not be given, except in extenuating circumstances.  There will be at least two and probably three ungraded diagnostic in-class quizzes to prepare for the exams.
 

GRADING:

Group Project
Mid-Term Exam
Final Exam
 

40 %
20 %
40 %

ACADEMIC CONDUCT:

University policies related to proper Academic Conduct will be followed. For more details on those policies, see the OU undergraduate catalog.  Attendance is noted and an attendance sheet will be circulated at each class for you to initial.  If you miss more than four classes without documentation (doctor's note, for example), the instructor will speak with you and in the absence of mitigating circumstances, will reduce your grade by 0.1 for each class missed beyond four.  Please note that signing the attendance sheet is part of proper academic conduct, too.  For policies specific to this course, check the course webpage for “Policies”.
 

PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT:

Student communications to and with the instructor shall at all times be conducted in a professional and courteous manner.  Student communications with one another shall also be professional, courteous and in the spirit of learning.