Tentative course calendar (Schedule is “subject to change with fair  notice”, changes in Red)

 

Date

 

Topic

Reading Due

Assignments Due

August

27

Class Introduction & Administration

Information Systems in Business (1)

 

 

 

 

Sept

3

Labor Day – No Class

 

 

 

 

10

Strategic Decision Making  (2)

Case Introduction

 

Baltzan Chap.  1&2

 

 

17

E-Business (3)

 

Baltzan Chap. 3

 

 

24

Databases and Data Warehouses (6)

Lab Overview

 

Baltzan Chap. 6

 

October

1

MS Access Lab #1 & 2 Mandatory

 

 

 

 

8

IT Architectures (5)

Exam Review

Baltzan Chap. 5

Lab 1

 

15

Mid Term Exam 1: Chaps 1,2,3,5,6

MS Access Lab#3

 

 

 

 

22

Networks, telecommunications, and Wireless Computing (7)

Exam Review

 

Baltzan Chap. 7

Lab 2

 

29

Supply Chain Management(8)

 

Baltzan Chap. 8

 

November

5

Customer Relationship Management (9)

Enterprise Resource Planning and Collaboration Systems (10)

Exam Review

 

 

Baltzan Chap. 9 & 10

Lab 3

 

Tech Arch Diagram

 

 

12

NO Class

 

 

 

 

19

Mid Term Exam 2: Chaps 7,8,9,10

MS Access #Lab 4

 

Baltzan Chap. 10

Lab 4

 

26

Systems Development (11)

 

Baltzan Chap. 11

 

 

December

3

Lab 5 - Mandatory

Security and Ethics (4)

 

Baltzan Chap. 4

Lab 5

 

10

Project Management and Outsourcing (12)

Final Exam Review

 

Baltzan Chap. 12

 

 

17

Final Exam: Thursday 14:45-1700