MIS 610:
Seminar in Information Systems
Management
Yong Choi
School of Business Administration
CSU, Bakersfield
Instructor
Name: Yong Choi, PhD
Office: BDC 142
Office Hours: on the class website
Phone: (661) 654 - 6691
Email: ychoi2@csub.edu
 No email checking during weekend…
Website for Course
Tour of the course website NOW!
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You can download almost every class material from the
course website…..
http://www.csub.edu/~ychoi2
Textbook 1
Management Information Systems
for the Information Age, 8th Edition
By Haag and Cummings
Irwin-McGraw Hill
ISBN-13: 9780073376783
Buy from the Internet store such as
Amazon market place
Very cheap because of the new
edition, 9th edition.
Textbook 2
Big Data, Big Analytics: Emerging
Business Intelligence and Analytic
Trends for Today's Businesses
Minelli, Chambers, and Dhiraj
ISBN: 978-1-118-14760-3
Wiley, 2013
Tour of Blackboard (BB) 1
http://www.csub.edu/els/bb9/
Enrollment option: “SELF-ENROLL”
 First time using BB: try “How to Enroll in a
Blackboard Course” tutorial on the CSUB
Blackboard website
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Tour of Blackboard (BB) 2
Let’s enroll now
 You
must know your “Net ID.”
 Access Code: mis610csub
BB Self-Enrollment
Login to Blackboard
Go to the Courses tab near the upper left of the interface.
In the Course Catalog module, click the Browse Course Catalog
button.
For the search criteria change the first dropdown next to Course
to Instructor. In the text box to the far right type the last name of
the instructor. Click Go.
Find the course in the list and click the Action Button next to the
Course ID and select Enroll. Note: Contact your instructor if the
Action Button is missing.
If required enter the Access Code provided by the instructor.
After verifying this is the correct course, click Submit.
Course Description 1
Learn basic and new knowledge of MIS
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Online quiz for every chapter:
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Basic terms and definitions
Basic managerial implications of MIS
Online MIS case discussions with your peers
Big Data technology short paper
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Three pages: actual body of paper
Course Description 2
Hands-on & practical
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Database system and management
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Relational Database using Access
Develop digital map using GIS
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Virtual online courses by ESRI (Environmental Systems
Research Institute)
Installation of GIS SW (ArcGIS 10.0) is required!
Try GIS stuff: create ESRI global account, register for the
course.
Submission 1
Whatever you are required to submit, You must
submit it through BB. Otherwise, it will not be
accepted.
If you’d like to avoid any type of possible
technical problems, please use PCs in the
school computer lab (Grad Lab)
Submission 2
When you submit a file (i.e., assignment), you
MUST CLOSE Microsoft office application
(i.e., Access) COMPLETELY.
Otherwise, ONLY title of you file will be
accepted and processed without including
actual contents of your file.
Submission 3
And if you need to submit several files, you
must submit all files together at once. That is,
you must "UPLOAD" all the assignment files
together at once.
When you turn in the assignment, the file
name must make sense.
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JohnDoe_assignment_3.doc
ECprjt_1_group_3
Evaluation and Grading
Points scales are subject to change
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Quiz
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Total 7 quizzes, only count 6 quizzes
Each quiz worth 5 points
Case discussion
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30 Points
20 points
5 points for each
DB Assignment
50 Points
 GIS Project
50 points
 Big Data paper
50 points
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200 points
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Quiz 1
Each quiz worth 5 points.
In order to pass the quiz, your score must be
32 out of 40 (80%).
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5 points for each quiz and only 6 out of 7 will
be counted
Only two options: PASS or FAIL
If you fail (less than 80%), you earn nothing
(zero point).
Quiz 2
Allowed to try the quiz three times.
Must be finished in two hours
Each quiz due date is available from the class
website.
The quiz is NOT available after the due date.
Case Discussion
Group activity
Must discuss thru your group Blackboard (BB)
discussion board
Each case discussion worth 5 points
No participation, No credit
Grading based on quality of discussions
Assignment, Project, & Paper
All technical
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Database: application development
GIS: digital mapping
Big Data: writing paper
Each worth 50 points
Course Guideline 1
Class Attendance
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Is required
Notify me first by email prior to the absence.
Missing a class because of a documentable illness
or other reasonable cause, I will provide help.
Otherwise, I do not repeat any lectures, labs……
The attendance will be checked.
Course Guideline 2
Any Work Turned In must be neatly done and
should conform to the following specifications.
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Use complete sentences - Little bit of grammatical
mistakes are OK. But no misspelled words.
Neatness and organized appearances do count.
MUST be machine-typed.
Multiple pages (more than two) MUST be stapled
together. Otherwise, your work will not be accepted.
All work MUST be done on 8.5" x 11" paper.
Course Guideline 3
Late work
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Will be penalized (25% each day late)
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The submission link will be disappeared. Thus, it must be
turned in by BB email (attachment)
Failure to take a quiz by the deadline will result in
a grade of 0 (the quiz link will be disappeared).
Participating case discussion after the due date
will result in a grade of 0.
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A written excuses from the appropriate person such as a
medical doctor is the only acceptable form of excuse.
Course Guideline 4
Office hours
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You must be able to demonstrate you have
already put a reasonable effort into solving and/or
analyzing the problems.
Please do not try to use office hours to make up
for a missed class (I do not repeat any lectures).
Honor code
Classroom conduct: everyone is equal.
No Interference
Surfing the web, typing, texting, talking
and any other interferences
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If you have any question, let your instructor know.
Up to 30 % of your total score can be
deducted depending on the level of
interference.
Late Policy
All Students must come to class on time.
If you late more than 20 minutes without
any notification (at least 24 hours), then it
will be considered as “ABSENCE.”
More than three absences will negatively
impact your final grade.
Who are you?
Please stand up and introduce yourself…
Name?
 Your home town?
 What do you do?
 Any suggestion?
 MIS specialist? – please see me
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Group for Case Discussion
Minimum of 2 members
Maximum of 4 members
Must create a group name
Email me your group name and each member’s
name