CS 604 Summer 2009 SYLLABUS
May 19 - August 4, 2009

The directory where the powerpoint slides for the course reside is here.
We will be covering chapters 9 and 10 on Tuesday June 16.


In this broad survey of information technology, we study the hardware, software, connectivity, and uses of large and small computers. We review the systems development process, and the nature of Management Information Systems. Database fundamentals (Access) are introduced and the principles of computer networks are explored. Business and managerial aspects of these topics are considered. Elementary programming is reviewed through macros, BASIC, and Visual BASIC (studying information systems without any knowledge of programming is like doing astrophysics without math).

Incoming students possess, to varying degrees, such skills as word processing, using electronic spreadsheets, and navigating around Windows and the Internet. Therefore, only minimal in-class instruction is provided in these areas. Deficiencies must be remedied through individual study. The course is organized in two primary parts: (a) Tools & General Concepts and (b) Developing and Using Program & Data Systems.

This course is intended for anyone wishing to get an overview of information technology in a single course. MIS majors and those with extensive experience in IT will benefit from more specialized courses.

In order to illustrate the ideas covered in the book, each student will pick a real or imagined business, and describe in writing how they would apply each of the topics in the book the business or part of a business they have chosen. Each student should email me their choice as soon as possible.

Class Meeting: Tuesday 6 - 9:30 PM Englehard 209

Text: Experiencing MIS by David Kroenke

Instructor: Art DuPre

Office Hours: 233 Smith Hall - Tuesdays 5 -6 PM and by appointment.

Telephone: 973-353-5156 ext 7820

Email: dupre@rutgers.edu

Web Page: http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~dupre

The correspondence between percentages and letter grades is as follows:

0-59 F 60-69 D 70-74 C 75-79 C+ 80-84 B 85-89 B+ 90-100 A

We will cover all the chapters in the book, averaging 2 chapters per class meeting.