CSCI 6303
Principles of
Information Systems
Syllabus for Fall 2010
Office :
Telephone : Office 381-3550
Email : jabraham@panam.edu Email is the best way to get a hold of me.
Web:
www.cs.panam.edu/~abraham
Email:
jabraham@utpa.edu. Tele: 381-3550
My
Schedule:
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Recommended
Steven Alter, Information Systems: Foundation of E-commerce, 4th
Ed. Prentice Hall, 2002
Martin,
Brown, DeHayes, Hoffer and
Perkins, Managing Information Technology, 6th Ed. Printice Hall, 2008 ISBN 0131789546
David Patterson, Computer
Organization and Design, Revised Printing, Third Edition, 3rd Ed. 2007
Abraham Siberschatz, Peter Galvin and
Greg Gagne, Operating System Concepts with Java, 7th Edition,
2007
Catalog
Description
Presents
foundations of information technology with overviews of databases,
knowledge-based systems, E-commerce, software engineering, software tools, programming,
network communications and Internet.
Course
Topics:
This course will present topics and vocabularies that are core to information technology in particular and computer science in general. The material will be presented from a practical orientation while emphasizing the most important theoretical aspects.
Course
Structure:
Some lectures and other formal instruction will be given by your professor. Each student will be given a topic to write a 50 pages paper and the findings will be presented by the students. Practical assignments will include hardware installation, network installation, creating and manipulating database, html web page design, and VBScript and Java Script programming.
You need to refer three to five textbooks for the paper. Please provide a bibliography at the end. Do not copy from these books, please write a summary of what you read. Create exercises or homework assignments for the topic. Write 20 multiple choice questions covering the topic. Submit the questions and a key to the faculty only.
Course
Assignments and Grading:
There will be one midterm and one final examination. These exams will constitute 60% of the grade. 25% of the grade will be for the research paper (15%) and presentation (10%). The remaining 15% of the grade will be for the practical assignments administered by my TA. The TA will be totally responsible for this portion of the grade. Letter grades will be based on the following grading scale A: 90-100% B: 80-89% C: 70-79% F: 0-69%. This course requires complete participation by everyone in the class, so dont be absent.
If
you must miss an exam, make prior arrangements. No make-up exams will be given
unless you contact me in advance! Homework may be submitted to me by email or
hardcopy in my mailbox prior to class time. Late homework will be levied heavy
penalties. Penalty: One day late 10%, 1
week late 20%, 2 weeks late 50%. Not
accepted afterwards.
Note
to students with disabilities:
If you have a documented disability which will make it difficult for you to carry out the work as I have outlined and/or if you need special accommodations/assistance due to a disability, please contact the office of services for persons with persons disabilities (OSPD), Emilia Remirez-Schunior Hall, Room 1.101 immediately, or the Associate Director at Maureen@utpa.edu, ext. 7005. Appropriate arrangements/accommodations can be arranged.
Verification of disability and processing of special services required, such as notetakers, extended time tests, separate accommodations for testing, will be determined by OSPD. Please do not assume adjustments/accommodations are impossible.
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Week |
Topic |
Presenter
& Lecture Assignments |
Activity or
Assignment Due |
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1 |
Introduction Role of IT in industry Monday Aug 30 2010 first day of class |
Dr. Abraham |
Paper assignment Write a paper on the influence of IT in your major field of study or profession. Due next week. |
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2 |
Holiday (labor day Sept 6) |
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Each assignment is due the following week. |
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3 |
How does a computer work Major group
assignment: Presentations Topics assigned
to you. |
Dr. Abraham |
Assignment
2 Network group project. One page report. |
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4 |
Computer components |
Dr. Abraham Questions on How does a computer work. See main page for link to questions. |
Assignment 3 Report on Virtual Machine setup. Network connection within the virtual machine. Remote desktop within your virtual machine. Due: Oc 11. |
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4 |
Computer Components Continued. |
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Assignment 4 Cache Binary Math |
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6 |
Memory (Internal & External) Addressing Modes Processor Structure & Operations of an accumulator machine 1 IA-32 Processor Architecture 1 Assembly Language 1 choice |
EXAM 1 |
Assignment
5 Assembly language program |
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7 |
Operating System (Process & Threads) 1 CPU Scheduling & Deadlock 1 TCP/IP 2 |
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Assignment 6 Imaginary computer Instruction set |
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8 |
Router installation 3 |
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Assignment 7 Unix Script |
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9 |
Networks - Windows 2003 2 Active Directory 1/2 |
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Assignment 8 |
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9 |
Database Theory 1 |
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Assignment 9 |
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10 |
Database Creation & Maintenance 2 choice |
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Assignment 10 Database creation |
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11 |
Visual Basic Programming Introduction 1 choice Java Programming Introduction 1 choice |
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Assignment 11 Breakup numbers |
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12 |
Artificial Intelligence & Expert Systems 1 |
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Assignment 12 Family tree, Prolog |
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13 |
Web Programming 2 (also create web for chamber) E-Commerce 1 choice |
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Assignment 13 Web page with Script |
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14 |
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15 |
Final Exam |
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Learning outcomes: