INSS 300 - OUTLINE (Text version)

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Day      5:30 -  6:50             7:00 - 8:00         Assignments
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09/06  Course overview,         Group formation and  
       information and systems  lab acquaintance
       concepts [1,2]
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09/13  Decision-making and      Review of  E-mail *  Self-study [6]
       Information systems
       concept [13, 3]
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09/20  TPS and MIS [4]          case: American       (1) case analysis
                                Standard MIS         due by e-mail
                                Architecture
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09/27  Systems Development      Using Freelance *    
      [10,18]
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10/04  Systems Analysis and     DFD and Freelance *  
       DFDs [19]
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10/11  Files & Data Base [8],    Paradox  Review *   (2) Voice DFD due
       handouts
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10/18  Telecommunications,      VOICE: question &    
       networking [7]           answers
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10/25  Navigating the Internet  Telnet, Gopher,      (A) Voice project
       (2,5,6,7,11)             Listserv, FTP *      due
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11/01  The World Wide Web and   HTML Editors         (3) Gopher search
       HTML (13)                (handout) *          due
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11/08  DSS and Expert Systems   case: XCON at DEC    (4) case analysis
       [14,15]                  (pre#1)              due by e-mail
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11/15  DSS design: handouts     Lotus macros review* 
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11/22  End-user computing [9]   case: DuPont & EUC   (5) case analysis
                                (pre#2)              due by e-mail
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11/29  Strategic Impact and     Ethical issues:      (B) Home page due
       global aspects of        handouts and video
       Information Systems      It's just not worth
       [5,12]                   the risk; Porter 
                                Hospital: question
                                and answers
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12/06  Information Resource     case: SOS IS         (6) case analysis
       Management [17,20]       planning (pre#3)     due by e-mail
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12/13                  == Study day, no classes == 
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12/20  Final exam (5:30 - 8:00)                     (C) Porter Hospital
                                                    due
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               * lab meetings

Link to classes

1. Course overview, information and systems concepts
2. Decision-making and Information systems concept
3. TPS and MIS
4. Systems Development
5. Systems Analysis and DFDs
6. Files & Data Base
7. Telecommunications and networking
8. Navigating the Internet
9. The World Wide Web and HTML
10. DSS and Expert Systems
11. DSS design. (handout).
12. End-user computing
13. Information Resource Management
14. Strategic Impact and global aspects of Information Systems

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