MIS 610: Seminar in Information Systems

Management

Yong Choi

School of Business Administration

CSU, Bakersfield

First Announcement

Are you IT/IS specialist? Please let me know

Focus on technical-side of MIS Database, Website for E-Commerce, and GIS Managerial MIS by the book

Hybrid Course: possibly week 4 and 5 Definitely week 5

Instructor Name: Yong Choi, PhD My Internet Home Page Used to be one of the coldest state universities professor Where am I from?

Office: BDC 101Office Hours: before or after classPhone: (661) 654 - 6691Email: ychoi2@csub.edu No email checking during weekend…

Tour of Class website

www.csub.edu/~ychoi2Download course materials

Tour of Blackboard

www.csub.edu/els/bb9/My First Time!! Submit assignment, exam, project, and class

discussion through Blackboard 9 (Bb 9). Must self enroll to Bb9 - see the instruction

from the course website

About MIS Lab….DO NOT TRY TO FIX THE COMPUTER!! You will never be penalized because of

technical problems of this classroom. Make sure the Internet connection of your

computer works!

It is your responsibility to bring a flash (stick) memory to save your work.

MIS Lab Security Policy

IT and Dean’s office established an official security policy. Students are not allowed to stay in the MIS Lab

without a faculty member present. Students will not be allowed to loan the MIS lab

proxy card under no circumstances. There are no exceptions to this rule. Contact the Dean’s office if you have questions or suggestions about this policy

Course Materials

MIS 2010, 1st Edition

Hossein Bidgoli - California State University, Bakersfield

ISBN-10: 0324830084

ISBN-13: 9780324830088

See the text information PPT from the course website

Course DescriptionDesigned for a student who has minimum computer background.

Create and manage database system Develop an E-Commerce website Learn about GIS in business

Evaluation and GradingPoints scales are subject to change.

Assignment/Project/Discussion 65%Exam 35%

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Course GuidelineEmail Policy You MUST USE the Blackboard EMAIL (“Message” : Bb

term) as soon as you are self enrolled successfully.

Class Attendance Is required Notify me first by email prior to the absence. Miss 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 time to time.

Course Guideline

Peer Group Evaluation is a part of the grading scheme. To prevent free riding in the group, the contribution of each

member will be assessed. Each member is expected to submit a peer group evaluation

at the end of the quarter. Your evaluation is 100% confidential.

No one will be allowed to see your evaluation. Please remember that your final grade can be up or down

graded based on the evaluation result.

Course Guideline

Any Work Turned In must be neatly done and should conform to the following specifications. 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 GuidelineLate work

Will be penalized (20% each day late) Let me know if you need more time….

Failure to submit an assignment by the deadline will result in a grade of 0.

A written excuses from the appropriate person such as a medical doctor is the only acceptable form of excuse.

Course GuidelineOffice hours 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.

ActivitiesAssignment

Application Development

Class discussionGroup Project

Have tour of each assignment!

Who are you?

Introduce yourself on the paper… Name? From where? What do you do? Your IT and computer knowledge and skill?

1 to 10

Any suggestion?

Group

Maximum five

Minimum three

Send me your group name and members using Bb 9 email.