CSIS-010, CSIS-011, or Excel (spreadsheet) proficiency

The primary goal of this course is to help students be successful in their careers by providing a framework for understanding information systems and how they benefit businesses and their customers.

• Information Systems in Business
• Attributes of Information
• Organizational Structures
• Using Information Technology for Strategic Advantage
• Technical Foundations of Database Management
• Electronic Business Systems
• Enterprise Resource Planning Systems
• Electronic Commerce Systems
• Decision Support & Expert Systems
• Security, Ethical, and Societal Challenges of IT

Your final numeric average will be based on the following weights:

• 30% Labs
• 20% Exams / Quizzes (in class)
• 20% Final Exam
• 10% Homework & Take Home Quizzes
• 10% Report & Presentation
• 10% Attendance & Participation

Letter grades will be assigned as follows:

There will be 10 or 11 lab activities during the semester. Labs require group discussions and activities that must be completed during lab time. If you miss a lab, you will receive a zero. Missing lab will result in the following penalties:

• Miss 1 Lab: A grade of a zero for the lab
• Miss 2 Labs: A grade of zero for both labs plus -3% deducted from your participation grade
• Miss 3 Labs: A grade of zero for all three labs plus -10% deducted from your participation grade.

There are three sections of CSIS-114. However, we do not allow switching to another instructor's lab. You will need to attend your scheduled lab session.

Attendance and participation is worth 10% of your final average. The instructor reserves the right to penalize students up to 10% for excessive lateness, sleeping, disruptions, or lack of participation during lecture and lab. Lab attendance is required. Some labs can not be made-up outside of the lab period. If you miss lab period, you will receive a zero for the lab. In addition, if you miss 2 lab periods there will be 3% penalty towards your participation grade. If you miss 3 lab periods the penalty will be 10%.

College Attendance Policy
http://www.siena.edu/academics/policies/studentpolicies/collegeattendancepolicy.php

• Cheating on the report, a quiz, a homework, or an exam will result in an automatic grade of zero.
• In addition, you will receive a letter grade reduction on your final grade for the semester.
• If you are caught cheating a second time, you will automatically fail the course and a formal letter describing your misconduct will be send to the academic affairs office.

Academic integrity is a severe problem on homework assignments. When working on individual homeworks, it is often necessary to get help in order to interpret questions. Students often cross the line and receive too much help. You can discuss the course material, the problems, and general ideas for how to approach a problem, but your solution should be your own work and you should guard it from plagiarism. You should never compose your answers with the help of other students or tutors. Unless a homework assignment is designated as collaborative, all submitted work should be work of the individual. Excessive similarity in answers will be consider plagiarism.

Academic Integrity at Siena College
http://www.siena.edu/academics/policies/academicintegrity/

• If a serious emergency or medical issue arises, special arrangements can be made at the discretion of the instructor. However, the instructor will only consider serious, documented emergencies and issues.
• For illness or medical emergencies, you WILL have to show documentation (a doctor's note or equivalent) that verifies your excuse.
• For family emergencies, it is required that you contact academic affairs or the counseling center to inform them of the problem and the time you will miss. If your emergency is serious, academic affairs or the counseling center will contact all your instructors to make sure you are allowed to make up missed work.
• If your excuse is not documented or if it is not serious enough to contact academic affairs then you will get a zero on all missed work.