College of
Business Administration
Spring 2025
MIS 101 - Computer Information Systems for Management
Section 3: Monday and Wednesday 4:30-5:45 pm
in Tahoe Hall 1026
Section 4: Monday 6:00-8:50 pm in Brighton
Hall 110
Section 9: Asynchronous (Web Online)
Disclaimer: This syllabus and the schedule of
readings, assignments, and activities may be changed by the instructor in order
to maximize student learning needs and meet the objectives of the courses.
I.
Instructor Information
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Instructor |
Spiros
Velianitis, MS/MIS |
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E-mail |
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Web
Page |
http://www.csus.edu/indiv/v/velianitis
and Canvas |
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Office Hours |
Tuesday and Thursday 4:30-6:00
pm in TAH-2077 |
Email access is
essential in communicating with the instructor and your peers. Please activate
your CSUS e-mail account.
II. Academic Learning Resources
Textbook:
Software:
III. Business Concepts
Keywords: MIS, Collaboration
Information Systems, Information Systems Strategy, Hardware & Software,
Database Processing, The Cloud, Competitive Advantage, Business Intelligence,
Information System Security, Information Systems Management, Information
Systems Development.
IV. Instructional Design
Course Description: Explores
the application of computers to the organizational environment with a
management perspective. Topics may include transaction processing systems,
management reporting, decision support systems, strategic planning, security,
controls and acquisition of hardware, software and services. The interface
between the information systems professional and the manager will be defined.
Case studies and use of appropriate software packages may be included.
Course
Rationale/Course Overview: As the Northern California region
recovers from the economic downturn businesses, not-for-profits and government
agencies/departments will begin seeking business graduates who are capable of
leading their business units as well-qualified managers. Focus on developing
our best students to fill these opportunities through a challenging business
curriculum that emphasizes cross-functional business integration, problem
solving and decision making.
Course Learning
Objectives
This course is designed to be a critical component of the BS
Business Administration program by addressing the following three learning
objectives of the program:
1. Technology
Applications: Recognize and apply appropriate information and management
technologies to achieve organizational goals.
2. Reflective
Thinking Skills: Review information, circumstances,
and outcomes systematically for evaluation purposes.
3. Innovative
Thinking Skills: Apply information to generate unique
and original alternatives for effective problem solving and decision making.
V. CBA Program-Level
Learning GOALS
Goal 1 Fundamental Business Knowledge
Competence
based on fundamental business knowledge.
Business
competence integrated with other business knowledge areas and ethical responsibility.
Business
communication utilizing contemporary and classic communication
techniques and methods.
Ability to
translate knowledge of business and management into practice.
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Student
Learning Outcomes |
Assessment
Strategy |
Direct
Assessment Measure |
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Technology Application |
Team Assignment |
Grading Rubric |
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Reflective Thinking Skills |
Team Assignment |
Grading Rubric |
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Innovative Thinking Skills |
Individual Project |
Grading Rubric |
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CBA
Program-Level Learning GOALS |
Exams |
Scoring Guide |
VII. Grading Criteria, Guidelines, and Assignments
Technology
Application Project: The goal of the Technology
Application Project is to allow you to develop a Computer Based Information
System (CBIS) to provide information for effective decision making. This
project is a group assignment to allow individuals to exchange ideas and learn
from each other. You will build an Information System to record stock and
investment information with data downloaded from the Internet and copied from
other sources. This system will also produce the appropriate information for
decision making (you will find more information on the Assignment
section).
Systems Development Web Project: The importance of the Internet as an
inexpensive way to bring your messages and data to a worldwide audience is ever
increasing. All types of companies, small and large, see the Internet as a huge
opportunity. This project will give you the opportunity to use this new
technology and benefit from it. Your assignment is to develop a personal/group
Web Site, which will be hosted at the CSUS Web Pages server (no other servers
will be allowed). You are free to select any content for your Web Site as long
as it in accordance to the rules and regulations defined by CSUS and addresses
a problem/opportunity.
One of the objectives of this assignment is to understand the
process of building software. This systems development process includes several
activities grouped into phases like analysis of the needs, design of the
solution, implementation of your solution, maintenance and review. Our main
focus is on the systems development process itself and not so much on the
finished product.
You will develop the system (Web page) using the Systems
Development Life Cycle methodology (SDLC) and will be individually responsible
for each phase including the documentation of the activities and the output of
each phase. If changes are needed after a phase deliverable is submitted,
a change request document must describe the all changes needed and the reason
for each change (you will find more information on the Assignment section).
Exams: I will
give two Canvas term examinations and 2 practice Quizzes:
1.
Each exam consists of fifty (50) multiple-choice questions (2 points per
question). Examination material will be drawn from the textbook reading, any
other assigned readings, and class lectures and discussion. Emphasis will be
placed on the conceptual understanding of the material and NOT on memory alone.
Understanding the application of the concepts will greatly enhance your grade.
2. Each Canvas Quiz consists of 20 multiple choice
questions (1 point per question). You will have an entire week to complete
these 2 quizzes and you will have unlimited attempts. I will only keep your
highest score.
No make-up examination will be given
without the prior approval of the instructor. If you fail to take the exam,
without valid documentation, I will prepare a different exam which you will
take at 75% of its grade value.
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Points |
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2 Term Exams |
200 |
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Technology
Application Project |
50 |
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Systems
Development Web Project |
50 |
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Personal Video Post |
10 |
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2 Practice Quizzes |
40 |
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Total Points |
350 |
Pluses and minuses will be awarded
along the extremities (i.e., greater than 3% below the upper limit and less
than 3% of the lower limit, respectively).
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Grade |
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90-100 |
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80-89 |
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70-79 |
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60-69 |
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0-59 |
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Note this paragraph, about attendance, does not apply to
section 9 (online class). Your grade is also affected by the number of
absences. You are allowed to have 5 absences. For each absence after your
allowance, 10 points will be deducted. Note that absences are only excused for
a valid reason (health problems, jury duty etc.) and MUST be accompanied with
documentation (i.e., health center note) within one week of returning to class.
Any queries or appeals for a graded
component (such as an assignment or an exam) must be directed to the instructor
in person within 2 weeks after the graded component is returned. No adjustment
will be made for the scores of graded components after the two-week period.
Grading system may change for
compelling reasons.
IX. Course Time commitment
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Contact Hours |
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Lectures & Online Meetings |
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45 hours |
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Out of Class |
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6-9 hours per week |
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Reading Assignments |
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Group Project |
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Exams |
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Total Hours per Week |
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X. Sacramento State Academic
Honesty Policy and Regulations excerpt “Definitions of Academic
Dishonesty” http://www.csus.edu/umanual/student/STU-0100.htm
Cheating. At Sacramento State, cheating is the act of
obtaining or attempting to obtain credit for academic work through the use of
any dishonest, deceptive, or fraudulent means. Cheating at Sacramento State
includes but is not limited to:
1. Copying, in part or in whole, from
another’s test or other evaluation instrument.
2. Using crib notes, "cheat
sheets," or any other device, including electronic devices not permitted by
the instructor as an aid in writing an examination.
3. Submitting work previously graded
in another course unless doing so has been approved by the course instructor or
by department policy.
4. Submitting work simultaneously
presented in more than one course, unless doing so has been approved by the
respective course instructors or by the department policies of the respective
departments.
5. Altering or interfering with
grading or grading instructions.
6. Sitting for an examination by a
surrogate, or as a surrogate.
7. Any other act committed by a
student in the course of his or her academic work that defrauds or
misrepresents, including aiding or abetting in any of the actions defined above.
Plagiarism. Plagiarism, as a form of cheating, is the use of
distinctive ideas or works belonging to another person without providing
adequate acknowledgement of that person’s contribution. Regardless of the means
of appropriation, incorporation of another’s work into one’s own requires
adequate identification and acknowledgement. Plagiarism is doubly unethical
because it deprives the author of rightful credit and gives credit to someone
who has not earned it. Acknowledgement is not necessary when the material used
is common knowledge. Plagiarism at Sacramento State includes but is not limited
to:
1. The act of incorporating into
one’s own work the ideas, words, sentences, paragraphs, or parts thereof, or
the specific substance of another’s work without giving appropriate credit
thereby representing the product as entirely one's own. Examples include not
only word-for-word copying, but also the "mosaic" (i.e.,
interspersing a few of one’s own words while, in essence, copying another’s
work), the paraphrase (i.e., rewriting another’s work while still using the
other’s fundamental idea or theory); fabrication (i.e., inventing or
counterfeiting sources), ghost-writing (i.e., submitting another’s work as
one’s own) and failure to include quotation marks on material that is otherwise
acknowledged; and
2. Representing as one’s own
another’s artistic or scholarly works such as musical compositions, computer
programs, photographs, paintings, drawing, sculptures, or similar works.
XI. Student services
1. Services to Students with Disability (SSWD)
“Sacramento State is committed to ensuring an accessible
learning environment where course or instructional content are usable by all
students and faculty. If you believe that you require disability-related
academic adjustments for this class, please immediately Disability Access
Center (DAC) to discuss eligibility. A current accommodation letter from DAC is
required before any modifications, above and beyond what is otherwise available
for all other students in this class will be provided.”
3. Student Health and Counseling Services
“Your physical and mental health are important to your
success as a college student. Student Health and Counseling Services (SHCS) in
The WELL offers medical, counseling, and wellness services to help you get and
stay healthy during your time at Sac State. SHCS offers: Primary Care medical
services, including sexual and reproductive healthcare, transgender care, and
immunizations; urgent care for acute illness, injuries, and urgent counseling
needs; pharmacy for prescriptions and over-the-counter products; mental health
counseling, including individual sessions, group counseling, support groups,
mindfulness training, and peer counseling; athletic training for sports injury
rehabilitation; wellness services, including nutrition counseling, peer-led
health education and wellness workshops, and free safer sex supplies; violence
and sexual assault support services. Most services are covered by the Health
Services fee and available at no additional cost.”
3. Crisis Assistance & Resource Education Support
(CARES)
“If you are experiencing challenges with food, housing,
financial or other unique circumstances that are impacting your education, help
is just a phone call or email away. The CARES office provides case management
support for any enrolled student
XII. Student Resources
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CBA
Tutoring Center – Information will be sent to students
over BizList when the schedule is finalized and
posted.
XIII. Other Information
Late and Make-up Policy: The general policy for this course is to require completion of
assignments as specified in the class schedule.
All assignments are due on the Canvas specified dates. Late assignments
may be submitted within a week of the due date with a 20% penalty. No late
assignments will be accepter after 1 week. All assignments will be
submitted using Canvas (please do not email your assignments). I will send you
instructions on how to submit the assignments before the due dates.
Incomplete: An incomplete grade (I) will only be issued in accordance to
College of Business Administration policy. Among the conditions imposed by the
instructor that must be met are: (1) a current passing grade (70 percent or
better), (2) the successful completion of all prior assignments and exams, and
(3) an unforeseen and unusual event beyond your control which prevents you from
completing the semester, and can be documented and verified (employment-related
events do not qualify). (4) An incomplete will only be considered after it has
been determined that a withdrawal (W) cannot be issued. If you do not meet (1)
through (4), you do not qualify for an incomplete. As stipulated by the
University, an incomplete cannot be assigned when it is necessary for the
student to attend additional class meetings to complete the course
requirements.
Unauthorized Withdrawal (WU) indicates that a student did not officially
withdraw from the course but failed to complete it. Among the conditions
imposed by the instructor that must be met are: (1) a passing grade (70 percent
or better) at the time that the student stopped attending classes, (2)
attendance stopped before the 11th week of the semester. If you do not meet (1)
and (2), you do not qualify for an unauthorized withdrawal (WU) grade and as a
result you will be assigned a failing (F) grade.
Laptop and cell phone regulation: No photographing, recording or text messaging
is allowed without permission of the instructor.
A disruptive student is a student who
engages in classroom behavior that interferes with the process of teaching and
learning. If a student is disruptive to my class, I will follow the Procedures
for dealing with incidents of disruptive behavior described in the DEALING
WITH INCIDENTS OF DISRUPTIVE STUDENT BEHAVIOR IN THE CLASSROOM document https://www.csus.edu/student-affairs/student-conduct/policies.html