School of Business and Economics
Department of Management
MIS 620: Management Information Systems Summer I 2015
I. Locator Information:
Instructor: Su Dong
Course: MIS 620 Management Information Systems
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Day and Time Class Meets: Online via Blackboard
Office Location: SBE 351
Office Phone: (910) 672 1198
Email address: sdong@uncfsu.edu
Office hours: By Appointment
FSU Policy on Electronic Mail: Fayetteville State University provides to each student, free of charge,
an electronic mail account (username@uncfsu.edu) that is easily accessible via the Internet. The university has
established FSU Broncos email account as the primary (and only) mode of correspondence between university
officials and enrolled students. Inquiries and requests from students pertaining to academic records, grades,
bills, financial aid, and other matters of a confidential nature must be submitted via FSU Broncos email.
Inquiries or requests from personal email accounts such as YAHOO, Gmail and others are not assured a
response. The university maintains open-use computer laboratories throughout the campus that can be used
to access electronic mail. Rules and regulations governing the use of FSU email may be found at this FSU email
policy clickable link. ***Important: Your Blackboard account is linked only to your FSU Broncos e-mail
account. If you are not using your FSU email Broncos account, you will NOT be receiving communications
from the instructor, which includes announcements, and class communications.
FSU Policy on Course Withdrawal: Withdraw from class means you are withdrawing from 1 or 2
classes that you will not be attending and you have other classes on your schedule that you will attend.
Effective Fall 2009, students will be allowed only 5 withdrawals from class for the remaining of your college
career. The 6th W will be calculated as “F”. This policy is found at this link:
http://www.uncfsu.edu/registrar/withdrawals.htm
II. Required Textbook:
Business Analytics: Data Analysis & Decision Making, 5th Edition by S. Christian Albright and Wayne L.
Winston
ISBN-10: 1-133-62960-1
ISBN-13: 978-1-133-62960-3
III. Additional Readings:
Super Crunchers: Why Thinking-By-Numbers is the New Way To Be Smart by Ian Ayres
ISBN-10: 0553384732
ISBN-13: 978-0553384734
Handouts, power-point slides, and Assignment Help documents will be posted on Blackboard. You can
print the posted material and bring them to class. Please note that I will not provide printed copies of
any of the posted materials in the class.
IV. Course Objectives:
Information systems have become essential for creating competitive firms, managing global
corporations, and providing useful products and services to customers. This course provides the
concepts of management information systems that students will find vital to their professional success.
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It is a computer-based approach to planning, design, implementation and evaluation of information
systems in complex organizations. International issues related to the transnational firms, and social,
ethical and cultural issues related to information systems are covered also.
V. Software: SAS ON-Demand Excel with Add-ins
VI. Schedule:
Tentative course schedule
This is a tentative schedule and is subject to change. Please refer to Blackboard for the most up-to-date
schedule.
Topic
Unit 1
Introduction and course overview
Introduction to Management Information Systems
Unit 2
Decision Support Systems and Business Analytics
Unit 3
Data Warehousing
Unit 4
Regression Decision Models
Mid Term Exam
Unit 5
Clustering
Unit 6
Optimization and Simulation Modeling
Unit 7
Text Analytics
Unit 8
Global Information Systems
Final Exam
(Will cover everything after Mid Term Exam)
VII. Grading: We are planning to use Blackboard to help with the course and grading
Category
Exams
Assignments
SAS Assignments
Total
% Finale Grade
60%
30%
10%
100%
To compute your final letter grade use the following scale:
Grade
A
B
C
D
F
Percentile Score
90 - 100%
80 - < 90%
70 - < 80%
60 - < 70%
below 60%
Grades will be posted on Blackboard after each exam or assignment is graded. Access to your grades will
be through Blackboard. The grade distribution and scale are subject to change. Depending upon how
the entire class performs in each exam I will curve the grades if required.
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VIII. Assignments:
Problem Solving Assignments
These assignments will involve the use of concepts discussed and taught in class. Assignments must be
submitted through Blackboard; submission of electronic copies by e-mail or disk is not acceptable. Your
NAME and ID should appear on the top of each page that you submit. All assignments should be
completed on time and submitted on Blackboard before the submission deadline as shown on
Blackboard. Assignments submitted after the deadline will be considered late. No late submissions will
be accepted on these assignments.
All changes in assignments or schedules will be posted on Blackboard. It is your responsibility to keep
up with the changes that are posted on Blackboard.
IX. Questions on Exams:
Questions on the Exams will be taken from the assigned readings of texts, class lectures and
assignments. If the answer to an Exam question is disputed, the student should submit a written appeal,
citing the source (text page) to the instructor. The instructor will take these appeals into account during
grading.
X. Missed Exams:
If an Exam is missed, a COMPREHENSIVE Exam covering all material for the course will be given.
Whether you miss one exam or two exams you will need to take the comprehensive final covering the
entire text in order to compensate for the missed exam/s.
THERE WILL BE NO MAKE-UP EXAM FOR A MISSED COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
XI. The Internet:
You will need a Bronco Account to access Blackboard. To get your Bronco account (if you don’t already
have one) please contact the information technology services. If you already have a Bronco account,
check and make sure that it works correctly.
XII. Working Together:
You may work together when learning how to use computers and applications. Each student, however,
is expected to do the assignments on their own. Copying the computer files of some other student
amounts to scholastic dishonesty (see below) and will be subject to disciplinary actions that could result
in a failing grade or expulsion from the University.
XIII. Class behavior:
Inappropriate behavior in class distracts from the ability of others to profit from their in-class
experience. Such inappropriate behavior includes arriving late, leaving early, talking, surfing the net
during the class, and so on. Rude and inappropriate behavior will not be tolerated. Since it is my
responsibility to provide an environment that is conducive to learning for everyone in the class, I will
deduct points from the grade of any student who chooses to repeatedly distract others. In particularly
egregious cases, I will have the student permanently removed from the class.
Under no circumstances will students be permitted to spend their class time working on assignments
for other classes, checking e-mail, surfing the Web, or printing out homework. Attempts to engage in
such behavior will be reflected in lower grades and may lead to removal from the course.
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XIV. Electronic Devices in Class:
Use of cellular phones, pagers, CD players, radios, and similar devices are prohibited in the classroom
and laboratory facilities. Cellular phones MUST BE TURNED OFF DURING CLASS and students are strongly
discouraged from checking their cell-phone messages when the class in progress. Pagers must be set to
vibrate, rather than beep. Use of instant messaging, email or other communication technologies during
class time is prohibited. You may use a laptop to take notes during the class, but this should be done
without distracting other students and without distracting you from the topic of discussion. Calculators
and computers are prohibited during examinations and quizzes, unless specifically allowed by the
instructor. I will take very seriously any complaints from fellow students who are distracted by non-class
related use of electronic devices by any student.
XV. Disabled Student Services:
In accordance with Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act
(ACA) of 1990, if you have a disability or think you have a disability to please contact the Center for
Personal Development in the Spaulding Building, Room 155 (1st Floor); 910-672-1203.
XVI. Academic Dishonesty:
Plagiarism and cheating are serious offenses and may be punishable by failure on exam, failure in
course, and/or expulsion from the University. For more information refer to the University Catalog:
Student Behavior Expectations: -The instructor will respect all students and will make every effort to maintain a classroom climate
that promotes learning for all students. Students must accept their responsibility for maintaining a positive classroom environment
by abiding by the following rules:
1. Students are expected to arrive to class on time, remain in class until dismissed by the instructor, and refrain from preparing to
leave class until it is dismissed.
2. Student/teacher relationships, as well as relationships among peers, must be respectful at all times.
3 Students are not permitted to wear headphones or other paraphernalia that may be distracting to the classroom environment.
4. Students must refrain from any activity that will disrupt the class; this includes turning off cell phones and pagers.
5. Students are not permitted to use profanity in the classroom.
6. Students will not pass notes or carry on private conversations while class is being conducted.
Consequences for Failing to Meet Behavioral Expectations: The first time a student violates one of these rules, the instructor will
warn him or her privately, either after class or before the next class. (Faculty members reserve the right to warn students publicly if
needed.) The second time a student violates the guidelines, the instructor may deduct as many as twenty points from the student’s
next exam grade. If a student violates the guidelines three times, the instructor will report the student to the Dean of Students for
disciplinary action according to the FSU Code of Student Conduct.
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