INTERNATIONAL BURCH UNIVERSITY
Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences
Department of Information Technologies
2015-2016
| SYLLABUS |
| Code |
Name |
Level |
Year |
Semester |
| CEN 352 |
Introduction to MIS |
Undergraduate |
3 |
Fall |
| Status |
Number of ECTS Credits |
Class Hours Per Week |
Total Hours Per Semester |
Language |
| Non-area Elective |
5 |
3 + 2 |
129 |
English |
| Introduction to MIS course explores current information systems concepts and technologies. Students learn how information systems give a business or organization a competitive edge by providing technologies that help managers plan, control, and make decisions. Includes topics such as hardware and software components of an information system, e-business concepts and implementation, and a survey of common information systems used today. |
| COURSE OBJECTIVE |
| Introducing basic concepts of IS and IT and exploring how technology can be used to create business value; examining the potential benefits and limitations of IT and providing an overview of the components of computers; increasing awareness of managerial issues raised by the use of IT; providing a foundation needed for subsequent MIS coursework. |
| COURSE CONTENT |
- Introduction
- The Importance of MIS
- Collaboration Information Systems
- Strategy and IS
- Hardware, Software and Mobile Systems
- Database Processing
- Cloud
- Midterm Examination
- Processes, Organizations and IS
- Social Media IS
- Business Intelligence Systems
- Development Processes
- Information Systems Management
- Information Security Management
- Project presentations
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| Description |
- Interactive Lectures
- Practical Sessions
- Excersises
- Presentation
- Discussions and group work
- Problem solving
- Case Studies
|
| Description (%) |
| Quiz | 3 | 15 | | Midterm Exam(s) | 1 | 20 | | Final Exam | 1 | 40 | | +Project | 1 | 25 |
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| Learning outcomes |
- Identify management information system application opportunities in business and industry.
- Explain the issues involved in the development and deployment of management information systems.
- Investigate the opportunities and problems associated with computer-based management information system that will provide the background for determining the usefulness of computers to assist management in the planning and control of business operations.
- Evaluate IT-enabled organizational systems and contribute to system development efforts.
- Differentiate between several types of information system.
- Differentiate between database and data warehouse.
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| TEXTBOOK(S) |
- David M. Kroenke, Using MIS (newer edition – 7/E), 2014
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| ECTS (Allocated based on student) WORKLOAD |
| Lecture (14 weeks x Lecture hours per week) | 15 | 2 | 30 | | Laboratory / Practice (14 weeks x Laboratory/Practice hours per week) | 15 | 2 | 30 | | Midterm Examination (1 week) | 1 | 2 | 2 | | Final Examination(1 week) | 1 | 2 | 2 | | Preparation for Midterm Examination | 1 | 15 | 15 | | Preparation for Final Examination | 1 | 25 | 25 | | Assignment / Homework/ Project | 1 | 15 | 15 | | Seminar / Presentation | 1 | 10 | 10 |
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