CIS 406 - System Analysis and Design

• Index for the course's web site: www.calstatela.edu/faculty/jperezc/courses/CIS406.
• Syllabus online: www.calstatela.edu/faculty/jperezc/CIS406/courses/syllabus_406.html

Instructor

Dr Jose Perez-Carballo
Office: ST-608
Email: jperezc at calstatela.edu

Description

This course provides an introduction to Systems Analysis and Design methodologies. Topics include analyzing the business case, System development life cycle, requirements modeling, data and process modeling, system architecture, and development strategies, with a focus on object-oriented modeling and project management. Students will learn about output and user interface design, data design, systems architecture and implementation, and systems operation, support, and security. The course also includes hands-on experience with related software tools and the real-world system development project.

Required Text

Systems Analysis and Design, 9th Edition Gary B. Shelly Harry J. Rosenblatt - College of the Albemarle ISBN-10: 0538481617 ISBN-13: 9780538481618 752 Pages Hardcover ©2012 Published

Additional Resources

• This Syllabus: http://www.calstatela.edu/faculty/jperezc/courses/CIS406/syllabus_406.html.
• book's website
• The index of the course's web site: http://www.calstatela.edu/faculty/jperezc/courses/CIS406
• more to be added as the course progresses

Goals and Objectives

Requirements and Grading

The grading of this course involves these components:

• Exams
• Presentations
• Assignments and Participation

You can always find your current standing by looking at your scores in moodle.

Exams

There will be one mid-term and one comprehensive final exam.

Exams are closed book, closed notes. Topics to be on exams will be covered in class discussions and completely defined before each test.

Presentations:

A list of topics will be published in our website. Students are expected to choose a topic and deliver a presentation. The topics will be about design, analysis, and implementation of information systems: successes, failures, new methodologies, etc. Students are encouraged to suggest topics to be added to the list.

Assignments

There will be weekly assignments. Late work is not accepted with NO EXCEPTIONS.

Participation

Students are expected to enrich the course through relevant questions and contributions of personal knowledge and experience. Active participation in class discussions is therefore an important component of this course.

Regular attendance and promptness is required. Attendace may be taken during the first few minutes of the class. Note that attendance is distinct from participation but it will count for the same category. If you are often not present at the time attendance is taken you probably will not get the full credit for participation.

Grades

Grades will be assigned based on the following weights:

• Participation: 12%
• Assigments: 24%
• Mid-term exam: 24%
• Final exam: 24%
• Project: 16%

Letter Grades

Letter grades will be assigned using the following scale:

Policies

Work Load: This course requires a relatively greater expenditure of effort than most courses in the Computer Information Systems program. Students are urged to consider this in planning their program schedule.

Late Work: Late work will not be accepted. WITH NO EXCEPTIONS.