Instructor: Amy Everhart
Office Phone: 410-455-2647
Office: ACIV B-
wing 455 E-Mail: everhart@umbc.edu
Office Hours: T/Th 2:30
– 3:30 or by appointment
Required Text: Morgan, James N. (1999), 3rd edition. Application Cases in MIS. Homewood, IL: Irwin.
Course Description: IFSM 295 is a course designed primarily for students with little or no background in application programming. The course will briefly review basic Word, Excel, and Access terminologies and expand the student’s ability to utilize these application programs in various work-related cases.
Course Objective: The main objective of the course is to give the student enough exposure to various application-programming software so that he feels confident in his ability to appropriately incorporate these programs into his own work situations.
Course Requirements:
A. Home/class assignments will
be dispersed throughout the semester. These will take the form of
an exercise done using one of the application programs, the result of which
will be printed and submitted for completion. Assignments that are
75% or more completed will be given credit. One assignment may be
missed without penalty. All assignments are due the class BEFORE
the exam for that application. Any home/class assignments may be
resubmitted once before the application’s due date. NO late assignments
will be accepted. Always carry your copy card!
B. Exams will test the student’s ability to use specific commands for each application as well as the student’s understanding of the concepts in each application program.
C. An independent project will be assigned for each application program. Projects are due BEFORE the start of the class on which they are due. Projects turned in after this time will receive a 10% grade reduction for each day (not class) that they are late.
D. Each student is required to have at least two disks dedicated to IFSM 295. We will format them in class, if necessary, before they are used. The disk(s) will be turned in at the end of the semester.
E. All students must register
in the course via the courseinfo web site. This site will confidentially
list each student’s assessments. You will be given instruction in
how to log onto the site at a later date.
Grading
The weights given to assignments
and exams are as follows:
· 2 exams (30% each)
60%
· completion of assignments
by 75% or more 10%
· 2 projects (15% each)
30%
All IFSM instructors are required
to administer exams and/or other evaluations that differentiate among students’
performance.
Students electing to take the class P/F (those who do not need it for their major) must achieve a 65% to be considered passing.
Cheating: Any cheating on exams, homework, or independent projects will result in a grade of 0. Repeat offenders will be referred to the University for further action.
Make-up Exams: If you are unable to take a scheduled exam, please see me as soon as possible. If I feel the reason for your absence from class is indeed an emergency, you will have the opportunity to make up the exam. Documentation to support the reason for the absence will be helpful to me in making my decision. If insufficient notice of your absence is not given, no make-up exam will be administered.
Class Schedule
3/15 Excel HW/CW
due
3/27 Excel Exam
3/27 Excel project due
5/10 Access HW/CW
due
5/15 Access Exam*
5/17** Access proj. due
* last day of scheduled
classes
** due in my office of the IFSM
office by 4 p.m.