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CIS 123 - Management Information Systems

Final Project: Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint (due 5/13/17)
Discussion assignment #4 (on D2L): Chapter 14 (starts 4/29, main post due by 5/6, replies by 5/13/17)
Final exam section 5001: (5/16/17 10 AM - Noon, or in LSC by request 5/8/17 - 5/15/17)
Final exam section 5002: (5/18/17 8 AM - 10 AM, or in LSC by request 5/8/17 - 5/15/17)

Quiz #1 (on D2L): Chapters 1, 2 (due 2/4/17)
Written assignment #1: Chapters 1, 2 (due 2/4/17)
Discussion assignment #1 (on D2L): Chapter 2 (starts 1/28, main post due by 2/4, replies by 2/11/17)
Project #1: Excel (due 2/11/17)
Quiz #2 (on D2L): Chapters 3, 4 (due 2/18/17)
Written assignment #2: Chapters 3, 4 (due 2/18/17)
Project #2: PowerPoint (due 2/18/17)
Project #3: Excel (due 2/25/17)
Quiz #3 (on D2L): Chapters 5, 6 (due 3/4/17)
Written assignment #3: Chapters 5, 6 (due 3/4/17)
Discussion assignment #2 (on D2L): Chapter 5 (starts 2/18, main post due by 2/25, replies by 3/4/17)
Quiz #4 (on D2L): Chapters 7, 8 (due 3/18/17)
Written assignment #4: Chapters 7, 8 (due 3/18/17)
Midterm exam (in class 3/21/17 or 3/23/17, or in LSC by request 3/20/17 - 3/24/17)
Discussion assignment #3 (on D2L): Chapter 7 (starts 3/18, main post due by 3/25, replies by 4/1/17)
Project #4: Access (due 4/1/17)
Quiz #5 (on D2L): Chapters 9, 10 (due 4/8/17)
Written assignment #5: Chapters 9, 10 (due 4/8/17)
Project #5: Access (due 4/15/17)
Quiz #6 (on D2L): Chapters 11, 12 (due 4/22/17)
Written assignment #6: Chapters 11, 12 (due 4/22/17)
Quiz #7 (on D2L): Chapters 13, 14 (due 5/6/17)
Written assignment #7: Chapters 13, 14 (due 5/6/17)
Project #6: Word (due 5/6/17)

Note: Dates listed are for the Monday of the week the topic is covered.

Orientation (Week of 1/16/17)
Business Information Systems (BIS) Overview (Week of 1/23/17)
1. In-class Microsoft Excel demonstration
2. BIS Overview
Strategic Uses of Information Systems (Week of 1/30/17)
Business Functions and Supply Chains (Week of 2/6/17)
1. In-class Microsoft PowerPoint demonstration
2. Business Functions and Supply Chains
Hardware (Week of 2/13/17)

Software (Week of 2/20/17)
Networks and Telecommunication (Week of 2/27/17)
Databases (Week of 3/6/17)
1. In-class Microsoft Access demonstration
2. Databases

Spring break: 3/13/17 - 3/19/17

Web Enabled Commerce (Week of 3/20/17)
1. Midterm exam: available via prior request in the LSC 3/20/17 - 3/24/17 or in class during the regularly scheduled class time on 3/21/17 or 3/23/17. Requests for the LSC exams must be made at least 48 hours in advance. Check the LSC website for their exam testing times.
2. Web Enabled Commerce
Global Information Systems (Week of 3/27/17)

Decision Support and Expert Systems (Week of 4/3/17)
1. Note: This week the class lecture will go into much more detail about artificial intelligence than the text.
2. Decision Support and Expert Systems
3. Genetic algorithm example
4. Expert system demonstration
Business Intelligence and Knowledge Management (Week of 4/10/17)
1. School is closed on 4/13/17 for faculty development - Thursday class does not meet
2. School is closed on 4/14/17 for Good Friday
3. In-class Microsoft Word demonstration
4. Business Intelligence and Knowledge Management
Systems Planning and Development (Week of 4/17/17)
Choices in Systems Acquisition (Week of 4/24/17)

In-class Microsoft Application integration (Access, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) demonstration
Choices in Systems Acquisition

Risks, Security, and Disaster Recovery (Week of 5/1/17)
In-class Q & A; help with final assignment (Week of 5/8/17)
Final exam: available via prior request in the LSC 5/8/17 - 5/15/17 or in class during the regularly scheduled final exam time. Final exam for section 5001 is 5/16/17 from 10 AM to Noon. Final exam for section 5002 is 5/18/17 from 8 AM - 10 AM. Requests for the LSC exams must be made at least 48 hours in advance. Check the LSC website for their exam testing times.

Note: Quizzes 1 through 7 cover topics on the midterm exam. Quizzes 8 through 14 cover topics on the final exam.