Department of Decision Sciences and Information Technology ...



Department of Decision Sciences and Information Technology Management

John Cook School of Business

Saint Louis University

Spring 2018

Course Syllabus

Information Technology with Supply Chains - 23313 - ITM 2000 – 50

Class Meeting Times: Thursdays 6:00 – 8:45 pm

Class location: Cook Hall 240

Credit Hours: 3

Instructor: Sallie Taylor

E-mail: taylorsallie@ (PREFERRED)

sallie.taylor@slu.edu

Course Web page:

Office Hours: Sunday evenings from 4:00 p.m. to at least 5:00 p.m. in our classroom. (I generally stay until there are no more questions, which could mean 6:00 or 7:00, but will stay at least until 5:00.) Upon request, I *may* also be available before class. I am an adjunct instructor and work during the day, so I cannot meet during the workday. If the classroom is reserved for some other purpose, I will post a note on the door about where I will be located.

Required Textbook/Materials:

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• Access to a computer with Internet access

• Office 365 (Can be downloaded from SLU. Google slu office 365)

• Software called Nvu – Can be down loaded from the Internet or accessed from JCSB Citrix Server

• Jump drive / Memory stick (This hardware is not optional.)

• A pack of 4 x 6 index cards – lined or unlined

• Username for 1apps (Free. signup at )

Course Prerequisites: N/A

Course Description: Students completing MIS/ITM 200 will be fluent users of information and information systems in both organizational and personal contexts. In addition, students will have the foundation knowledge necessary for entering higher level MIS/ITM courses.

Course Communication: The instructor will use students' slu e-mail addresses for distribution lists associated with the class (class/group e-mails)

If you e-mail me with a question, I will respond to the address from which the question was asked.

Course Objectives:

By successfully completing MIS/ITM 200 you will be able to:

• Identify major computer hardware components and post PC devices and show familiarity by demonstrating utilization of these components and devices; compare and contrast various types of software, and identify the major phases of the systems development life cycle

• Describe current and emerging networking technologies, understand client-server architecture, and identify major information security threats and counter-measures

• Identify how electronic commerce works and how it can be used for competitive advantage

• Understand the key business processes; identify the purposes, advantages and disadvantages of Enterprise Resource Systems

• Understand and identify major ethical concerns related to information and technology

• Construct a data model that meets the requirements of a business scenario, retrieve data from a database, and use an electronic spreadsheet to analyze data for decision support

• Construct a Web based project that meets provided specifications

• Understanding the different roles and responsibilities of IT professionals

• The role of IT in supply chain management

• Apply IT concepts to your planned future career and or those of others

This course is designed to give you skills and information pertinent to how you are most likely to use Information Technology in the business environment upon graduation. Students enrolled come from a broad range of majors and examples will be given in many contexts, including medical, financial, industrial, manufacturing, accounting, etc.

In addition to the above course objectives, in this section you will also learn features of Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Access. You will learn how organizations use that software to transform data into information from which decisions can be made. You will also learn how to build a simple static webpage and how to distinguish a static page from a dynamic one in terms of the tools/technologies needed to build them. Where appropriate, we will also discuss ethical issues related to the use of information technology in the work/business environment.

Course Structure:

Short Lectures or Discussion

Class discussions clarify and enhance knowledge gained from reading or completing assigned material.

In-Class activities/Lab activities

For most class meetings, we will engage in one or more activities that will help you achieve higher levels of learning related to the course objectives.

Typical class format:

1. Review and collection of assignment if any

2. Lecture

3. Quiz

4. Break

5. Activity

6. Dismissal

Exams

• There will be two exams: one midterm and a final exam. The exams will be composed of

multiple-choice, true/false, and short answer questions. 5-10% of the questions on the

exam questions will come from the reading and may not have *directly* been covered in class.

Often, these questions are drawn from diagrams/charts etc.

• There will be two practicals which parallel the Excel and Microsoft Access lab activities

• For each exam or practical, you may use 1 hand-written 4x6 index card with any information you

want to write on both sides. Nothing may be affixed or glued to the card and the instructor may

examine the card at any time.

• During exams or practicals, you will be asked to leave your backpacks, laptops, and cell phones at the front of the classroom.

Projects

• Formal paper related to the subject of ethics and information technology (This paper is NOT

optional. If you do not submit it, you may receive a grade of incomplete.

• Static Web page built using NVU and

Assignments/Homework quizzes

1. Worksheets will often be posted to accompany assigned reading or as a review of lecture material. These worksheets are not a replacement for reading the text. The worksheets will not be collected.

2. Other hands-on exercises or small research assignments may be assigned as appropriate. These may be collected.

3. Several Homework quizzes will be given during class to assess whether students have completed worksheets, done the assigned reading, research, and reviewed the class notes from the previous class. During quizzes you may typically use the worksheet assigned the class before.

4. Assignments unless otherwise specified, may not be submitted electronically.

They must be hard copies (submitted on paper.)

5. YOU MAY NOT SHARE WORKSHEETS.

Late Assignments and Exam Make-up policy:

Exams and quizzes must be taken at the scheduled time. Neither make-up exams nor

early exams will be given unless an official University policy applies. It is your responsibility to make arrangements to attend exam sessions. Verifiable medical emergencies or University-approved

activities brought to my attention before the exam are the only exceptions to this policy.

Quizzes cannot be taken before or after class. If you need to miss a quiz, it will just be one

of your dropped quizzes/assignments.

Late assignments/homework quizzes are not accepted. If your assignment or homework quiz

is not provided when requested, it may receive a grade of zero. If you enter the classroom after

a homework quiz has been distributed or homework is collected, you may receive a grade of zero

for that quiz or assignment. You must actually be in your seat. It is not enough for

your backpack to be in the room, but not your body. Quiz and homework solutions will often be provided

after they are collected.

If you have a disability that permits you extra time, you must request this assistance at least 2 weeks ahead of the exam date. Extra time cannot be given for the homework quizzes, which are approximately 10 minutes in length and are given at the beginning of class. Extra time can be given for exams and practicals provided documentation is provided or we may work through the Testing Center. It is your responsibility to get the appropriate paperwork and submit it by the required times.

If you have a dispute about an exam, homework, or quiz score, it must be made within one week

of the date of the returned item.

Curves

Because of the generous policies related to dropping quizzes, providing sample exams,

reducing the weight of the lowest exam/practical grade, and assigning ‘free’ percentage

points merely for following class rules etc. no curves will be applied.

Approximate Course Schedule – Fall 2017 (Subject to Change). Changes will be posted to the class web page or reviewed in class

|Date | |

|January 18, 2018 |Introduction and Syllabus |

| |Chapter 1 |

| |Huffman Encoding |

| |MS Excel Introduction |

| |Citrix |

| |In Class Activity |

|January 25, 2018 |Syllabus Quiz and Quiz over Chapter 1 and lecture material |

| |Chapter 2 and introduction to Chapter 3 |

| |MS Excel Continued |

| |In Class Activity |

|February 1, 2018 |Homework Quiz |

| |Chapter 3 continued |

| |MS Excel Continued |

| |In Class Activity |

|February 8, 2018 |Homework Quiz |

| |Chapter 3 continued |

| |MS Excel Continued |

| |In Class Activity |

|February 15, 2018 |Homework Quiz |

| |Chapter 4 |

| |MS Excel Continued and introduction to MS Access |

| |In Class Activity |

|February 22, 2018 |Homework Quiz |

| |Chapter 4 |

| |MS Excel Continued and MS Access |

| |In Class Activity |

|March 1, 2018 |Homework Quiz |

| |Chapter 4 |

| |MS Access |

| |In Class Activity |

|March 8, 2018 |Midterm and Excel Practical |

|March 15, 2018 |Spring Break – No office hours on March 18, 2018 |

|March 22, 2018 |Homework Quiz |

| |MS Access |

| |In Class Activity |

|March 29, 2018 |Easter Break – No office hours on April 1, 2018 |

|April 5, 2018 |Homework Quiz |

| |MS Access |

| |In Class Activity |

|April 12, 2018 |Homework Quiz |

| |Chapter 5, 6 |

| |Building Web Pages |

| |In Class Activity |

|April 19, 2018 |Homework Quiz |

| |Chapter 5, 6 |

| |Building Web Pages |

| |In Class Activity |

|April 26, 2018 |Chapter 5, 6 |

| |Building Web Pages |

|May 3, 2018 |Chapter 7 (If there is time) |

| |Building Web pages |

|May 10, 2018 |Final Exam |

| |Access Practical |

| |Ethics Assignment due |

Unless a request comes directly from the Dean or an Advisor, grades are not calculated intra-semeter except for the purposes of submitting midterm grades. Grades will be posted to Blackboard. NOTE: Class materials are posted to my personal webpage at .

You may calculate your own grade by keeping track of scores and following the below schedule.

Grading Policy: Letter grades will be assigned as follows where the cutoff is the lowest score that will be assigned that grade. Note that the cutoff points are strictly enforced. Extra credit is not available. Any dispute over grades must be made in writing and within one week of the day the exam or assignment was returned to you. Your written appeal must include the original graded word and your reason for disputing the assigned grade. Because of the generous policy related to dropping quizzes and discounting the lowest exam score, no curve is typically applied to final grades.

|Grade |Cutoff |

|A |[93,100] |

|A- |[90,93) |

|B+ |[87,90) |

|B |[83,87) |

|B- |[80,83) |

|C+ |[77,80) |

|C |[73,77) |

|C- |[70,73) |

|D |[50,70) |

|F |[0,50) |

The Final Grade will be calculated as:

Element Value

Attendance, Participation, and Conduct (APC) 3%

In Class Quizzes and other Homework (All

are out of 10 points. (Scaled) the lowest 4 will be dropped. 10%

Web Page Homework counts as 5 quizzes.)

Lowest Exam or Practical 10%

All other exams and practicals (3) 72% (24% each)

Ethics Assignment 5%

The Midterm Grade will be calculated as:

20% * Quiz Grade (2 lowest quiz/homework grades will be dropped)

40% * Excel Practical

40% * Midterm

If you miss class, no matter what the reason, and if you miss a quiz, that quiz will count as one of your dropped quizzes. This includes illness and official athletic reasons. The generous ‘built in drop policy’ is incorporated into the policy for exactly that reason.

Note about APC: Attendance, Participation, Conduct

The key to earning all 3 of the percentage points that apply to APC is to avoid creating a negative memory in the instructor’s mind. Though the instructor may take attendance, it will not count towards APC. Arriving to class late or leaving class early in a manner that is disruptive may count negatively towards APC.

Below are examples of ways to create negative memories:

• Arriving to class late and disrupting class by expecting the instructor to provide you with handouts or accepting your late homework.

• Asking if you can take a quiz early because you want to leave class early or at the break.

• Talking during class

• Not having a jump drive, a required piece of equipment for the class

• Not having required software installed on your laptop

• Not turning in exams or quizzes when asked

• Talking before quizzes/exams have been collected or while they are being passed out.

• Talking that results in a delay of the instructor passing out the quizzes

• Leaving trash in the classroom

• Using your lap top during lecture when it has already been announced that laptops should be closed.

• Texting/allowing yourself to be otherwise distracted during class or lab

• Allowing cell phones to ring or vibrate during class

• Loud yawning/gum popping

• Asking for special treatment- i.e. asking for a quiz if you arrive late and after quizzes have been

handed out or asking for credit for the in class activity even though you did not attend class.

• Arguing about the application of class policies/procedures that are spelled out on the syllabus

• Asking me if ‘you missed anything important’ during an absence from class.

• Asking me what you missed during an absence from class, rather than consulting another student

for notes first or rather than asking the instructor a specific question about the content.

• Asking me if it OK to leave early or miss class. (It is never OK, but if you have to, it is up to you.)

• Most generally: engaging in behavior that is distracting or disruptive to the instructor or other

students.

If you have followed all rules, you can expect to earn all 3 percentage points. It is not the instructor's responsibility to alert students of violations. Students are responsible for familiarizing themselves

with all rules on this syllabus and in the University's Code of Conduct.

Succeeding in my class is as simple as:

1. Come to class and take the quizzes and exams as scheduled

2. Follow along during lecture and lab and do the assignments, whether collected or not

3. Practice what you learned

4. DO THE PRACTICE PRACTICALS. They are a gift and should assure you

of a grade of A or B. Do them. Redo them. And do them once more.

5. Do not create any negative memories for the instructor.

Emergency number: 977-3000 or 911

Make sure you know where the exits are and how to access them in case of emergency.

Official University Calendar

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Additional Academic Integrity and Disability information

Cooperation is encouraged, but during quizzes, exams, and practicals it is forbidden.

Doing so may result in a score of 0 and referral to the Dean of Students.

If you are observed/heard talking after the first quiz or exam has been passed out, it will be assumed that you are cheating.

Any student caught cheating during an exam or quiz will be assigned a zero and may be

asked to leave the class or referred to the Dean of Students.

Please do not distract the instructor with questions until after all quizzes have been collected.

If you come to the second class meeting, it is assumed that you have agreed to all items on this syllabus.

Official University Statements

POLICY STATEMENTS on behalf of the University Office of Academic Affairs and Student Success Center Academic Integrity Syllabus Statement:

Academic integrity is honest, truthful and responsible conduct in all academic endeavors. The mission of Saint Louis University is "the pursuit of truth for the greater glory of God and for the service of humanity." Accordingly, all acts of falsehood demean and compromise the corporate endeavors of teaching, research, health care, and community service via which SLU embodies its mission. The University strives to prepare students for lives of personal and professional integrity, and therefore regards all breaches of academic integrity as matters of serious concern.

The governing University‐level Academic Integrity Policy was adopted in Spring 2015, and can be accessed on the Provost's Office website at

Additionally, each SLU College, School, and Center has adopted its own academic integrity policies, available on their respective websites. All SLU students are expected to know and abide by these policies, which detail definitions of violations, processes for reporting violations, sanctions, and appeals. Please direct questions about any facet

of academic integrity to your faculty, the chair of the department of your academic program, or the Dean/Director of the College, School or Center in which your program is housed.

Cook School Academic Honesty Policy

It is the policy of the John Cook School of Business at Saint Louis University that the "Giving and receiving of unauthorized assistance on any graded exercise constitutes academic dishonesty and may result in grade reductions and/or probation, suspension, or dismissal."

Title IX Syllabus Statement:

Saint Louis University and its faculty are committed to supporting our students and seeking an environment that is free of bias, discrimination, and harassment. If you have encountered any form of sexual misconduct (e.g. sexual assault, sexual harassment, stalking, domestic or dating violence), we encourage you to report this to the University. If you speak with a faculty member about an incident of misconduct, that faculty member must notify SLU’s Title IX coordinator, Anna R. Kratky (DuBourg Hall, room 36; akratky@slu.edu; 314‐977‐3886) and share the basic facts of your experience with her. The Title IX coordinator will then be available to assist you in understanding all of your options and in connecting you with all possible resources on and off campus.

If you wish to speak with a confidential source, you may contact the counselors at the University Counseling Center at 314‐977‐TALK. To view SLU’s sexual misconduct policy and for resources, please visit the following web

address: ‐counsel‐home/office‐of‐institutional‐equity‐and‐diversity/sexual‐misconduct‐ policy slu.edu/here4you.

Student Success Center Syllabus Statement:

In recognition that people learn in a variety of ways and that learning is influenced by multiple factors (e.g., prior experience, study skills, learning disability), resources to support student success are available on campus. The Student Success Center assists students with academic and career related services and is located in the Busch Student Center (Suite, 331) and the School of Nursing (Suite, 114). Students can visit slu.edu/success to learn more about:

¬ Course‐level support (e.g., faculty member, departmental resources, etc.) by asking your course instructor.

¬ University‐level support (e.g., tutoring services, university writing services, disability services, academic coaching, career services, and/or facets of curriculum planning).

Disability Services Academic Accommodations Syllabus Statement:

Students with a documented disability who wish to request academic accommodations must contact Disability Services to discuss accommodation requests and eligibility requirements. Once successfully registered, the student must also notify the course instructor that they wish to access accommodations in the course.

Please contact Disability Services, located within the Student Success Center, at disability_services@slu.edu or 314.977.3484 to schedule an appointment. Confidentiality will be observed in all inquiries. Once approved, information about the student's eligibility for academic accommodations will be shared with course instructors via email from Disability Services and viewed within Banner via the instructor’s course roster.

Note: Students who do not have a documented disability but who think they may have one are encouraged to contact Disability Services.

Faculty who teach writing‐intensive courses may also wish to include a specific description of writing services available through the Student Success Center:

• Writing Services

I encourage you to take advantage of the writing services in the Student Success Center; getting feedback benefits writers at all skill levels. Trained writing consultants can help with any kind of writing project, multimedia project, and/or oral presentation. They offer one‐on‐one consultations that address everything from brainstorming and developing ideas to crafting strong sentences and documenting sources. For more information, call 977‐3484 or visit

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