Instructor: Brenda Mak bmak@sfsu.edu      Science 345,   Telephone: 415-405-0595
Office Hours:  Tuesday  3:25pm-5:25pm, 6:10pm-6:35pm; Thursday 3:25pm-5:00pm and by appointment.

Class Schedule:
ISYS 363-14(schedule # 28027) Thursday 7:00pm-9:45pm (BUS 222 / BUS 214)
ISYS 363-15(schedule # 28028) Tuesday Thursday 2:10pm-3:25pm (BUS 115 / BUS 214)

Textbooks:
1. Management Information Systems: Managing the Digital Firm (ISBN-10: 0132304619) (student web site) (Internet web sites)
2. Exploring Microsoft Office Excel 2007 Comprehensive by Grauer, Mulbery, Scheeren 3. Exploring Microsoft Access 2007 Volume 1 by Grauer, Lockley, Mulbery (amazon website)

References:
1. Dreamweaver 8: Complete Concepts and Techniques, by Shelly, Cashman, Wells, and Freund, Thomson, Course Technology, ISBN: 1418859923. (www.dreamweaver.com free trial download for 30 days) or Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 -- illustrated introductory by Sherry Bishop (amazon's web site)2. Electronic Commerce: A Managerial Perspective 2006 by Efraim Turban, Dave King, Jae Kyu Lee, and Dennis Viehland: , 4/E, Prentice Hall, 2006, ISBN: 0-13-185461-5 (T) 3. Enterprise Systems for Management by Motiwalla, Thompson 4. Required: Mannino, Database Application Development & Design, McGraw-Hill Irwin, 2007, 3rd edition, ISBN-13 9780072942200   (online learning center)

Project: Students are to work on a project, in groups of 4, to develop a website for a company. Students will use Excel, Access, and Word, in addition to Expression Web or Dreamweaver to develop the web pages.

Philosophy of Teaching : The objective of this course is to study the use of information technology. Students will learn the the concepts in management information systems, and how to integrate information system to the management of business companies. Students will learn to define the requirements of a good system. Students will develop capacities for synthesis and analysis in class discussions and a semester project on evaluation and development of mock internet system in business to increase international exposure in a multicultural context. Students will gain understanding and knowledge in the impact and significance of information technology worldwide.

Topics covered in the course: (i) organizations, management and the networked enterprises; (ii) Informationa technology infrastructure, including hardware, software, telecommunications, system security; (iii) digital applications, such as enterprise applications and e-commerce; (iv) building systems and project management. In addition, students learn to use Excel and Access for information management. These topics will be approached using a combination of lectures, readings, assignments, and class discussions. Students are encouraged to apply the concepts learned in class to analyze systems in the real world.

Education is a cooperative effort that involves active participation from both the instructor and the students.  Students are expected to engage actively in the learning process and to provide feedback on what they have expected to learn in the course and whether the materials covered in classes and homework assignments are helping them achieve their desired outcomes. As such, students should participate actively in going through the lecture materials, reading the texts and extra handouts, and doing the assignments and projects. Please do not hesitate to ask the instructor if there are questions, even during the course of a lecture. If you are confused, it is likely that someone else is also confused. To facilitate this process of  mutual learning and growth, we do not allow any behavior that would disrupt the classroom learning process.  Students should respect the rights of others seeking to learn.  All cellular phones or pagers should be turned off, or put on vibrant mode if they are needed for emergency purposes.  There should not be any talking during lectures and presentations.  If there are questions, bring them to the class. Our goal is to allow every student to devote his or her attention on learning.

*Important: As announced several times in class, due to the fact that there is a great number of students trying to add this course, students not in attendance the first four weeks of classes will be dropped, unless they notify the instructor their reasons of being absent. In addition, students who have work conflict schedules with the class schedule and have to miss class constantly are advised to take another class that fits their work schedule.

Academic Honesty :
Students are expected to follow the highest principles of academic honesty. Any work a student turns in should be the work of the student, and no answers to homework assignments or examinations should be "given away". Students may, however, discuss with one another, but each should develop his or her own final version of the assignment. Students may borrow models (codes or concepts) for the assignments, but must cite the models (codes or concepts) taken from elsewhere with comments that specifies the original author, the date and version of the model, a summary of the modifications made to the model, and instructions for getting the original model. This applies to the models (codes or concepts) obtained from the web, the lectures, the text and elsewhere. Under no circumstances will cheating or plagiarism be allowed. Penalties for academic misconduct range from F for the course to expulsion from the university. For more information, refer to the University Catalog (Policies and Regulations).

Services for Students with Disabilities :
The University is committed to providing reasonable academic accommodation to students with disabilities. Individuals with physical, perceptual, or learning disabilities (as addressed in the Americans with Disabilities Act) who need reasonable accommodations are encouraged to contact the instructor. The Disabilities Resources Center (Student Services Building 110, telephone: 415-338-2472) is available to facilitate the reasonable accommodations process.

Class Schedule
Important Dates: Feb 20: Last day to add and drop classes, Mar 20: last day to request CR/NC option