Course Goals and Student Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Describe the methods used in establishing an IT strategy and the common methods used in developing and implementing business applications
• Evaluate an industry's competitive environment and a high level processes as a participant in that industry
• Identify the common functional, cross functional systems, and enabling technologies used across an enterprise
• Identify the components of an IT infrastructure
• Identify the business models, technology components, and impact of eCommerce on business
• Identify the existing and emerging technologies and techniques used in organizational decision support and process automation
• Identify the technologies and techniques used to secure information systems
• Identify special issues in the implementation and use of information systems
• To analyze complex, unstructured, qualitative and quantitative problems, using appropriate tools including information technology

Exams: All exams will cover information in the text readings, case studies, laboratory exercises, and class discussions. Exams can contain true/false, multiple choice, word fill-in, matching, and short essays. Exam 1 & 2 (mid-term) will cover any information covered up to Exam 1 or 2. The final exam will have two parts. Part 1 will cover information covered since Exam 2, and Part 2 will be cumulative covering key elements from the entire course content.

Quizzes: I could give a quiz in class at anytime during the semester to ensure the preparation of the class. The quizzes will cover materials in the readings, cases, and activities and will be given at the beginning of the lecture or case discussion and activity periods. I highly encourage everyone to keep up with the reading to ensure we spend our time in class discussing the application of these materials. No make-up quizzes will be given.

Lab Assignments: We will be using an automated tool called MyITLab to learn MS Access. During your lab sections, you will be required to complete four database exercises. These exercises are designed to teach the fundamentals of database concepts and give you hands on experience in developing databases and extracting relevant data for business use. You have been given lab period time to work on your lab assignments. These assignments should be completed during the lab hours provided but you may also use the open lab as required to complete your work or work at home. Each lab assignment is due as stated in the schedule. A fifth lab may be administered similar to an exam.

Class Participation: Class participation is highly encouraged and will be used to determine if your final grade may be increased when it is near a grade level cutoff. Each student is expected to have read the assigned readings, attempted answering the review questions, and studied the specifically assigned chapter discussion items in preparation for class discussions. If you don’t come to class prepared, don’t expect to receive participation points. I will evaluate your preparation and participation in class when determining your level of participation.

Make sure you display your place card in each class. Place Card Template