Schedules

Week
Lab (Monday or Tuesday)
Wednesday Lecture
Thursday Lecture
1
No Lab First week of class Jan 24: Chapter 1 pp 3-20
First Day, Syllabus,
Types of Information Systems
Jan 25: Chapter 1 pp 21-30
System Concepts,
Components of an Information System
2
Lab 0: Lab Preparation
Lab Policies
Jan 31: Chapter 7 pp 111-113
Functional Business Systems, 5 Areas
Feb 1: Chapter 1 & 7 continued...
Data vs. Information,
Teams/Topic Selection DUE
3
Lab 1: Attributes of Information
World Trade Center Case
Feb 7: Chapter 2 pp 39-49
iTunes Example: Input, Output, Feedback, Classification, Functional Area
Feb 8: Chapter 2 pp 50-58
Competitive Forces & Strategies
Business Process Re-engineering
4
Lab 2: Online Collaboration
GE Centricity Case
Feb 14:
Classes canceled due to snow

Feb 15: Chapter 2 conintued...
Chapter 7 pp 99-110
Summary/Outline DUE
5
Lab 3: Excel Review
Excel ROI Case
Feb 21: Chapter 5 pp 67-74
Databases Concepts
Data Mining & Warehousing
Feb 22: EXAM 1
6
No Lab: Spring Break Feb 28: No Class Spring Break Mar 1: No Class Spring Break
7
Lab 4: Databases vs. Spreadsheets
User Interfaces
Mar 7: Chapter 5 pp 74-80
Presentation 1: TPS Systems
Roger Pelham, Charlie Abel & Paul C.
Mar 8: Chapter 5 pp 81-91
Database Relationships
Presentation 2: DBMS
Rich Terpak, Dan Hallenbeck & Kyle C.
8
Lab 5: Database Introduction
Creating Tables, Relationships, & Queries
Mar 14: Chapter 7 pp 111-124
Functional Business Systems
Presentation 3: Marketing Systems
Todd Crounse & Tara Maloney
Mar 15: Chapter 7 continued...
Functional Business Systems
Presentation 4: Accounting Systems
Frank Leone & Robyn Freeman
9
Lab 6: Organizational Structure & Culture
Outsourcing & Globalization
Mar 21: Chapter 8 pp 133-142
Customer Relationship Management
Presentation 5: CRM Systems
Steven Galluscio, Matthias Besse & Bryan Li
Mar 22: Chapter 8 pp 143-151
Enterprise Resource Planning Data
Presentation 6: ERP Systems
Bevin Stella & Emily Jones
10
Lab 7: Decision Support with Access
Employee Scheduling
Mar 28: Chapter 8 pp 152-161
Supply Chain Management
Presentation 7: SCM Systems
Dan Billings & John Filosa
Mar 29: Exam Review
Draft Paper DUE
11
No Lab: Easter Break Apr 4: No Class Easter Break Apr 5: No Class Easter Break
12
No Lab: Easter Break Apr 11: EXAM 2

Apr 12: Chapter 10 pp 169-187
DSS, OLAP, Data Mining
Presentation 8 & 9:
Data Mining Dan Haemmerle
DSS Paul DeBonis
13
Lab 8: Competitive Advantage
Supply Chain Management & RFID
Apr 18: Chapter 10 pp 187-191 Grades
Executive Info Systems, Knowledge Mgmt.
Presentation 10: EIS
Chuck Willson, Ben Tasse & Wes Speanburg

Apr 19: Chapter 10 pp 192-209
Artifical Intelligence & Expert Systems
Presentation 11: Expert Systems
Chris Fabian & Bryan Ashline
14
Lab 9: Advanced Decision Support
Buying & Selling Mutual Funds
Apr 25: Chapter 10 continued...
Artifical Intelligence & Expert Systems
Presentation 12: AI
Chris Allen, Travis Smith & Guillaume Dufau
Apr 26: E-commerce
Features
Presentation 13: E-commerce
Elizabeth Sweeney, Katie John & Jeff Albert
15
Lab 10: Privot Charts & OLAP
Decision Trees & Conditional Logic
May 2: E-commerce continued..
Special topics.
Presentation 14: Social Impact
Jaclyn Pizzo & Michael Perillo

May 3: Final Exam Review
Final Paper DUE
16
No Lab: Last Week of Class May 8: Final Exams May 10: Final Exams
17