Course Schedule : Greg Rose, MIS 250
Note: discussion questions assignment #1 is noted as 'Disc. assgnmt1';
discussion questions assignment #2 is noted as 'Disc. assgnmt2', etc. below
Tutorial or beyond notepacks
discussion questions assigned
  assignment readings Assigned Notepacks
Date Wk Topic due   (read and use for class)
Mon 12-Jan-09 1 Overview of syllabus and class/Intro to MIS overview   Syllabus Overview    
Weds 14-Jan-09 1 Intro to MIS overview continued     MISjobs.ppt        
Part 1 of Course: Strategic Uses of Information Technology    
Mon 19-Jan-09 2 Holiday            
Weds 21-Jan-09 2 Managing the digital firm   Ch1 ch1.ppt        
Mon 26-Jan-09 3 Managing the digital firm continued   Ch2      
Weds 28-Jan-09 3 Disc. Assgnmt / Ch2. Information systems in the enterprise Disc. assgnmt1 due Ch2 ch2.ppt        
Mon 2-Feb-09 4 Ch2. Information systems in the enterprise continued   Ch2        
Weds 4-Feb-09 4 Quiz 1 / Ch3 Acquisition of IS / disc. Assgnmt Disc. assgnmt2 due Ch3 ch3.ppt          
Mon 9-Feb-09 5 Ch3 Acquisition of IS continued Ch3        
Weds 11-Feb-09 5 The digital firm   Ch. 7 & 10 ecommerce.ppt          
Mon 16-Feb-09 6 Holiday              
Weds 18-Feb-09 6 Quiz 2 / The digital firm continued   Ch. 7 & 10          
Mon 23-Feb-09 7 The digital firm continued / Disc. Assignmt Disc. assgnmt3 due            
Weds 25-Feb-09 7 MIDTERM EXAM - Vocab            
Mon 2-Mar-09 8 MIDTERM EXAM - Essays          
Part 2 of Course: How Information Technology Works    
Weds 4-Mar-09 8 guest speaker   Ch6 Ch6          
Mon 9-Mar-09 9 guest speaker Excel/PPT tutorials DUE              
Weds 11-Mar-09 9 Hand back midterm / guest speaker                
Mon 16-Mar-09 10 Holiday          
Weds 18-Mar-09 10 Holiday                
Part 3 of Course: Behind the scenes-How we Build and Manage Information Technology and the Negative Consequences        
Mon 23-Mar-09 11 Ethical and social issues / disc. assgnmt Disc. assgnmt4 due article & Ch4 Ethics      
Weds 25-Mar-09 11 Ethical and social issues continued   article & Ch4            
Mon 30-Mar-09 12 Quiz 3 / Ethical and social issues continued Access tutorial DUE Ch4        
Weds 1-Apr-09 12 Ethical and social issues continued   Ch4            
Mon 6-Apr-09 13 Systems Development Ch 13 Development    
Weds 8-Apr-09 13 Systems Development continued / disc. Assgnmt Disc. assgnmt5 due Ch 13            
Mon 13-Apr-09 14 Outsourcing lecture / Managing Information Resources   Ch 11 InfoResources    
Weds 15-Apr-09 14 Managing Information Resources continued   Ch 11            
Mon 20-Apr-09 15 2nd EXAM - Vocab          
Weds 22-Apr-09 15 2nd EXAM - Essays            
Mon 27-Apr-09 16 work on tutorials or stay for The next tech wave lecture     impeds.ppt    
Weds 29-Apr-09 16 Teaching evals / Hand back 2nd exam HTML tutorial DUE              
Time permitting, topics may be added or deleted.