COMM 226 Schedule Winter 2015

This COMM 226 schedule for Winter 2015 is subject to change
The course textbook is a custom textbook that combines two textbooks: Experiencing MIS (EMIS) and Processes, Systems, and Information (PSI). In the custom textbook, the original chapter and page numbers from the source textbooks are retained; therefore in the custom textbook, there are two chapters 5 and two chapters 6 as well as duplicated page numbers. In the schedule below the following abbreviations are used for the textbook sections:- EMIS: Experiencing MIS (first half of the course textbook)
- PSI: Process, Systems and Information (first half of the course textbook)
Dates | Topic | Readings (before Monday) | Activities, evaluations and slides |
Jan 7 | Course introduction | ||
Jan 12 and 14 | Introduction to IS & IT careers | EMIS ch. 1; Careers in BTM supplement | |
Tue Jan 20 | Last day to add courses | ||
Jan 19 and 21 | Information technology components | EMIS ch. 4 | |
Jan 26 and 28 | Productivity, innovation and strategy | EMIS ch. 3 | |
Feb 2 and 4 | Business processes and using IS to improve processes | PSI ch. 2 (read only Q1,Q3,Q4); read all of ch. 5 |
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Feb 9 and 11 | Supporting processes with enterprise systems | PSI ch. 6, 7 and Appendix 7 | |
Feb 16 and 18 | Supporting processes with enterprise systems (continued) | Same as previous week |
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Feb 23 to 28 | Midterm break | ||
Mar 2 and 4 | Database management | EMIS ch. 5, 5a, 5b; Database Systems supplement | |
Mar 9 and 11 | Database management (continued) | Same as previous week |
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Sun Mar 15 |
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Mar 16 and 18 | Networks and the Internet | EMIS ch. 6 |
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Mar 23 and 25 | E-commerce, social networking and Web 2.0 | EMIS ch. 9 |
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Mar 30 and Apr 1 | Acquiring IS through projects | EMIS ch. 10 |
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Apr 8 | Structure, ethics and IT governance | EMIS ch. 11 | |
Apr 13 | IS security management and privacy | EMIS ch. 12 | |
Monday April 20 7 to 10 pm in H-937 | Final exam |