JOLIET JUNIOR COLLEGE

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER INFORMATION

AND OFFICE SYSTEMS

COURSE SYLLABUS

Course Prefix and Number CIS 240

Course Title Management Information Systems

Curriculum Computer Information Systems

Semester Hours 3

Lecture 3

Lab 0

Prerequisites CIS 124 or CIS 126 or consent of department.

Preferably to be taken in final semester.

Catalog Description

A course in planning, selecting, and implementing business computers and managing an information-processing center. The emphasis of this course is on managing small business computer systems. A case study approach will be used in this course.

Course Objectives: See attached.

Prepared by: Reviewed by:

Adolph Scheiwe R. Raghuraman

Dept. of CIOS Updated 12/00 Department Chairperson Date

STUDENT MATERIALS

A. Textbooks:

Title: Essentials of Management Information Systems, 4^th Edition

Author: Laudon

Publisher: Prentice Hall

B. Other Required Materials

A 3 1/2 inch high density disk

Other Course Requirements

Student Evaluation (Type of Grading)

Evaluation, grading, and attendance policies are established by the individual instructor. A comprehensive final exam will be given.

Midterm 100 90 - 100 A

Final 100 80 - 89 B

Project 100 70 - 79 C

Homework 100 60 - 69 D

Excel, Access Project 100 59 and below F

500

Teaching Aids or

Week/Days Topic or Class Activity Special Instruction

1 Introduction

2 Personal Productivity

3 Solving Problems

4 Operations and Transactions

5 Database Management

6 Networks and Telecommunications

7 Integration of Information

8 Models and Decision Support

9 Decisions in Business Areas

10 Complex Decisions and Artificial Intelligence

11 Strategic Analysis

12 Systems Development

13 Organizing Information System Resources

14 Information Management and Society

OBJECTIVES

At the end of the course, students will be able to:

1. Understand the Personal Productivity Tools.

2. Understand the concept of Operations and Transactions.

3. Work with DBMS.

4. Know the beginning of telecommunications and networking.

5. Create Decision Support System.

6. Appreciate the Concept of AI.

7. Understand System Development Life Cycle.

8. Relate Information Management and Society.

9. Understand future needs and developments.