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Prerequisites:
As a prerequisite for the first day of class, you must complete the online course “IT for Management”. You must complete this online course before the first day of class. This course should take 12-15 hours to complete and will provide you with the foundation for what we will discuss in class. It is very important that you take your time and work your way through this course carefully. You are required to take all quizzes in this course and your quiz grades in this online course will have a significant impact on your final grade for this course. Directions for acquiring these course materials are found below.
Disability disclosure statement:
Any student who has a need for accommodation based on the impact of a disability should contact me privately to discuss the specific situation as soon as possible. Contact
Disability Resources and Services at 215-204-1280 in 100 Ritter Annex to coordinate reasonable accommodations for students with documented disabilities.
Student and Faculty Academic Rights and Responsibilities Policy:
Freedom to teach and freedom to learn are inseparable facets of academic freedom. The
University has a policy on Student and Faculty and Academic Rights and Responsibilities
(Policy #03.70.02) which can be accessed through the following link: http://policies.temple.edu/getdoc.asp?policy_no=03.70.02.
Course Description:
MIS5122 is a technology “boot camp” for students entering the MS in IT Auditing and
Cyber Security (ITACS) program which do not have a strong background in technology.
This will be a demanding, fast paced course which utilizes online learning, traditional lectures/discussions, and hands-on exercises to introduce students to the technologies IT
Auditors will need to work with when they complete the ITACS program.
The course has two major parts. The first part is a self-paced online course from Harvard
Business Publishing which will introduce students to the technologies we will work with in the classroom. Completion of this online course, including the online quizzes, is a prerequisite for the second part of the course. Completion of this part of the course will require approximately 15 hours. Students should NOT underestimate the amount of time
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and effort they will need to invest in order to be successful in this part of the course.
Quiz grades from this part of the course make up a very significant portion of your final grade for this course.
The second part of this course takes place in a traditional computer lab. A significant amount of reading will need to be completed each evening so that the student has the proper foundation before class meetings.
Course Learning Objectives:
By the end of this course students will be able to:
1.
Be able to explain the major components which comprise any computing system.
2.
Be able to explain system software and to contrast system software from application software.
3.
Be able to explain the major components of a computer network.
4.
Be able to explain how organizations manage and work with data.
5.
Be able to explain applications software and to contrast application software with systems software.
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Required Learning Materials:
IT for Management – To acquire these course materials, please use the following instruction from Harvard Business Publishing:
You have registered for Enterprise Architecture for IT Auditors. This message explains how to get the course materials you need for class on the Harvard Business Publishing for Educators web site
Course link: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/import/ptos/37912302
You need to register on the site to create a user name if you do not already have one.
Some course materials are PDF documents and you can open them with Adobe Reader. eLearning materials include a link you can use to gain access to them. Some course materials may not be available in digital format and these will be shipped to you.
You will have access to the course materials for 6 months.
After you register, you can get to the coursepack at any time by doing the following:
1. Visit hbsp.harvard.edu and log in.
2. Click My Coursepacks, and then click IT for Management
I hope you find this a convenient way to get your required course materials. If you have any questions, please contact me at HBPSalesandMarketingOperations@harvardbusiness.org
Thank you.
COURSE DETAILS:
Professor: Mart Doyle
Coursepack Name: IT for Management
Course Number:
Course Start Date: Jul 01, 2015
Course End Date: Jul 01, 2016
Reference Code: 37912302
For technical assistance, please contact the Harvard Business Publishing Tech Help line at
(800) 810-8858 (outside the U.S. and Canada, call 617-783-7700); or email techhelp@hbsp.harvard.edu
. Our business hours are 8 am - 8 pm ET, Monday-Thursday, and
8 am - 7 pm ET on Friday.
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Texts:
Systems Architecture seventh edition by Burd, 2016, Cengage Learning, ISBN-13 978-1-
305-08019-5 or Systems Architecture sixth edition by Burd, 2011, Course Technology,
Cengage Learning, ISBN-13 978-0-538-47533-4. The seventh edition of this book was just published. It is very expensive, $172 on Amazon. Since it is new, inexpensive used copies are not yet available. While the sixth edition is not as current it is just fine for what we will be doing with it. You can also get used copies for about $48 on Amazon. I would strongly encourage you to pick up an inexpensive, used copy of the sixth edition of this book vs. a new copy of the seventh edition.
Murach’s C# 2010 by Joel Murach, 2012, Mike Murach & Associates, Inc., ISBN-13
978-1-890774-59-2
Murach’s MySQL 2 nd
edition by Joel Murach, 2015, Mike Murach & Associates, Inc.,
ISBN-13 978-1-890774-82-0. This is also a fairly new book but there are used copies available. The first edition of this book is almost identical to the second edition so that would be acceptable for this class and you can pick up a used copy of the first edition for about $10.
Course Materials:
All other course materials including this syllabus, assignments, and slides are available via the Blackboard system.
Academic Requirements
94-100 A
90-93 A-
87-89 B+
83-86 B
80-82 B-
73-76 C
70-72 C-
67-69 D+
63-66 D
60-62 D-
77-79 C+ Below 60 F
IT for Management Quizzes
Class Participation
50%
50%
Class attendance policy –
Attendance is required for all scheduled class meetings. If a student has a truly compelling case for missing a class, this must be discussed with the instructor in advance. Any unexcused absences will result in a reduction of one full letter grade from student’s final grade.
Class Preparation – The Harvard Press IT Management online course, including all quizzes, must be completed before the first class meeting. In addition, students will be required to complete substantial reading assignments the evening before each class meeting.
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Date
Monday
8/10
Tuesday
8/11
Monday
8/17
Tuesday
8/18
Thursday
8/20
Topic
System Day
Morning Session
Module 1 – MIS Careers and Intro to IT Architecture
Morning Activity – LMC
Afternoon Session
Module 2 - Systems
Afternoon Activity - Take apart/assemble a machine
System Software Day
Morning session
Module 3 – Operating Systems
Morning Activity – VMware Exercise, OS Lab
Afternoon Session
Module 4 Storage
Afternoon Activity – RAID Exercise
Networking Infrastructure and Internet Day
Morning session
Module 5 – Networking
Morning Activity – Build a Network
Afternoon Session
Module 6 – Systems Administration
Afternoon Activity – Datacenter Tour
Data Day
Morning session
Module 7 – Introduction to MySQL Server
Morning Activity – Install MySQL
Afternoon Session
Module 8 – Introduction to SQL
Afternoon Activity – SQL Exercise
Application Software and IT Organization
Morning session
Module 9 – Introduction to Programming
Morning Activity – Programming
Afternoon Session
Module 10 – Introduction to Programming (cont.)
Afternoon Activity – Programming
Required Reading
Burd Chapters 1 and 2
Burd Chapters 4 & 6
Burd Chapter 11
Burd Chapters 5 and 12
Burd Chapter 9
Burd Chapter 14
Murach’s MySQL Chapters 1 and 2
Murach’s MySQL Chapters 3 and 4
Murach’s C#2010 Chapters 1, 2 and 3
Murach’s C#2010 Chapters 4 and 5
Change History:
07/06/15 – Initial draft for summer 2015.
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