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Lecture Schedule

This page will need to be updated prior to Winter 2007.

Do not print this page: both the reading list and the schedule will continue to get fleshed out as we proceed through the term.

Week

 Day/Date Activities / Lecture Topic Readings PPT Slides Surveys
Week 1
Mon. - 9/24 Syllabus/Course Overview; Class participation exercise: Why study IS? Some basic IS terminology   Day 1  
Wed. - 9/26 Finding reliable sources of information Finding reliable information    
Week 2
Mon. - 10/1 Concept mapping Concept map primer    
Wed. - 10/3 Building and using effective web-based surveys Web-based surveys
 		   [Sec.1 Survey]
[Sec.3 Survey]
[Sec.1 Results]
[Sec.3 Results]

Week 3
Mon. - 10/8 Chapter 1: Introduction to Information Systems
Group 1: Business Intelligence		 [Section 1]
[Section 3]		 [Sec.1 - Tom] [Sec.1 - Phil]
[Sec. 3PPT Excel]		 [Sec,1 Survey]
[Sec.3 Survey]
Wed. - 10/10 Group 2: IT Outsourcing [Section 1]
[Section 3]		 [Sec.1]
[Sec.3l]
[Sullivan-VO]		 [Sec.1 Survey]
[Sec.3 Survey]
Week 4
Mon. - 10/15 Chapter 2: Information Systems in Organizations
Group 3: ERP systems		 [Section 1]
[Section 3]		   [Sec.1 Results]
Wed. - 10/17 Group 4: Disaster prevention and recovery [Section 1]
[Section 3]		    
Week 5
Mon. - 10/22 Chapter 3: Hardware
Group 5: W3C
Outside speakers: Weyerhaeuser		 Stair, Chapter 3    
Wed. - 10/24 Group 6: XML      

Week 6
Mon. - 10/29 Midterm exam      
Wed. - 10/31 ER diagrams, part 1
Group 7: Web services		 Stair, Chapter 5, pages 201-206    
Week 7
Mon. - 11/5 ER diagrams, continued
Group 8: DB Market		      
Wed. - 11/7 Group 9: Open source business models Chapter 4: Software    
Week 8
Mon. - 11/12 Group 10: Protecting IP      
Wed. - 11/14 Group 11: CobiT      
Week 9
Mon. - 11/19 Chapter 5: Organizing Data and Information
Group 12: HTTP		 Stair, Chapter 5    
Wed. - 11/21 Group 13: RFID      
Week 10
Mon. - 11/26

Chapter 6: Telecommunications and Networking
Group 14: Peer-to-peer networks

 Stair, Chapter 6    
Wed. - 11/28 Group 15: Wireless networks      
Finals Week Mon. - 12/3
 or
Thurs. - 12/6		 Final exam
Section 1 (which normally meets at 10 o'clock) takes the final exam on Thursday @ 6 p.m.
Section 3 (which normally meets at noon) takes the final exam on Mon. @ 9:30 a.m.		      
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