CIT396B – Advanced Information
Technology for Accounting
Applications
Dr. Catherine Dwyer
Fall 2010
Agenda
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Class introductions
What is CIT396B?
Overview of Syllabus and Class Schedule
Introduction to ePortfolios
Preview of next week’s classes
Catherine Dwyer
Associate Professor Seidenberg School,
Department of Information Technology
Full time since Fall 2000
Other classes taught: CS121, CS122, IS112, IS223, IS241, IS323,
IS396E (Java), IS660Z(Programming Games Using VB)
Lead developer for Web Assisted CIS101
Revision Chair for IS Undergraduate curriculum
Co-author with Dr. Jeanine Meyer of Programming Games With
Visual Basic, Course Technology, 2001
I have taught C, C++, Java,Visual Basic, and JavaScript
Written a textbook for Visual Basic and for JavaScript
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My Computing Background
MS in CS (Pace), PhD in IS from NJIT, dissertation on privacy
management in social networking site
Two daughters, recent college grad (2008) and college
freshman
Prior Experience: Programmer/Analyst at NYC investment
bank, Technology Coordinator at Graphics Design Firm
Husband journalist with The New York Times
Research interests: social networking and social media, online
privacy management, and sustainability
Links to my research on my web site:
http://csis.pace.edu/~dwyer
You?
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Required Text and Software
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Texts:
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Hall, James A., Information Technology Auditing and Assurance,
South-Western Cengage Learning, 3rd edition (to be pub.
September 2010), ISBN 1-4390-7911-0.
Gelinas, Ulric, Sutton, Steve, Fedorowicz, Jane, Business
Processes and Information Technology, From the Global Text
Project (http://globaltext.terry.uga.edu/). (download scanned
version and open on your machine)
Software:
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ACL (Comes with Hall Text)
SAP (available in Accounting Lab)
Microsoft Visio (available through MSDNAA)
ePortfolio (http://eportfolio.pace.edu )
Goals for CIT396B
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Thinkfinity project – update business/accounting
curriculum to reflect dramatic changes in IT applications
since 2000
Students will learn the characteristics of Enterprise IT
Architecture, and is use across all functions of the firm
Students will gain experience doing independent research
on emerging technologies
Students will develop strategies using online tutorials,
videos, etc. to master new IT skills
Students will create online ePortfolio that presents a
professional summary of their experience and
qualifications
Business Services that Depend on
Enterprise IT Architecture
From Hall text, p. 3
Two ways to access class materials
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Prof. Dwyer’s Web Page
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Course syllabus
Class schedule
Blackboard site - http://blackboard.pace.edu
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Announcements
Faculty contact information
Syllabus and Class Schedule
Assignments
Course Resources
Communication
External Links
Introduction to ePortfolios
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Go to http://eportfolio.pace.edu
Pace Software Downloads
MSDNAA
Student Membership on ACM
Next Monday
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Class reading: ch 1 and 2 of Gelinas text