School of Business and Economics CIS 4270-30 Management and Accounting
Information Systems
Summer, 2002
COURSE
SYLLABUS
COURSE
DESCRIPTION: MANAGEMENT AND ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEMS
The concepts, theory and practice of developing a
management information system applied to business functions such as accounting,
management and marketing. Hardware,
software, network, database management and reporting techniques used in
business functions. Systems analysis and
design and prototyping with emphasis on controls and security
considerations. Includes student
homework projects. Prerequisites: ACCT 3200 and CIS 3060 or 3281.
COURSE
OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this course you should be
able to:
1.
Describe the nature of business and accounting processes in organizations.
2.
Be able to build and validate a model of business events, information
processes, and their relationships.
3.
Describe types of business processes, information capture and process risk and
categories of control.
4.
Describe characteristics of traditional sales/collection process and
acquisition/payment processes and be able to model them.
5.
Analyze human resource, financial and conversation processes and be able to
model them and describe their relationship to information technology (IT)
applications.
6.
Describe steps required to complete an event-driven IT application prototype
for a business process.
7.
Explain how modeling relates to, and facilitates the reengineering of business
and information processes, integration of business solutions, and the
management of change.
8.
Understand the interaction of the accountant and other computer information
systems users with the information systems technology specialist.
9.
Use systems documentation techniques such as flowcharts and data flow diagrams
describing the documents and procedures used in the information system. Become familiar with graphics and automated
design tools.
10.
Solve simple business and accounting problems using applications software such
as Excel, Quickbooks, Peachtree, and
graphical tools.
OFFICE
AND HOURS:
Office: Warren
Hall UM 35, Phone: (510) 885-3364
email:
Web
page: http://haywire.csuhayward.edu/~dduncan
Office hours:
Mon, Wed
REQUIRED
MATERIALS:
Hollander, Anita Sawyer, Eric Denna and J. Owen
Cherrington, Accounting, Information
Technology, and Business Solutions, Second Edition, Boston,
MA: Irwin McGraw-Hill, 2000.
Two 3.5 inch disks, 1.44mb density.
3 Scantron sheets, beige, 8.5 by 11 inches, available in
CSUH bookstore.
Supplemental handouts also will be provided. Additionally, you may get assistance with
equipment problems from assistants in the computing labs.
RECOMMENDED
MATERIALS:
Grauer, Robert and Maryann Barber, Exploring Microsoft
Excel 2000, Prentice hall, 2000
A standard flowchart template may be helpful.
OPTIONAL
MATERIALS:
A reference book about Microsoft Office Professional 2000
or later and Windows 95 or 98.
One possibility:
Grauer, Robert and Maryann Barber, Microsoft Office
2000 Professional Volume 1, 1st edition, published by Prentice
Hall, 2001.
COURSE
PROCESS:
The tentative course schedule attached shows the order of
topics, readings and homework assignments. Before each class meeting study the
reading assignments, prepare any written assignments and be prepared to
discuss questions and exercises
in the
text. Class discussions will
emphasize some parts of the text
material and elaborate on
others. Your are expected to be
on time for all class meetings. It is
disruptive when students arrive late or leave early. If you must miss class, it is
your responsibility to get any notes or announcements from another
classmate. Out of consideration for your classmates, during class be sure
electronic devices such as cell phones, pagers are turned off. You also should
be prepared to spend at least four (sometimes more) hours per week working on a
computer either in the lab or at an
alternate location if convenient.
GRADING
Individual course grade will be determined by the number
of points that you accumulate. Points
will based on three exams, homework assignments, in-class participation and
possibly quizzes. These course components
will be weighted as follows:
Midterm
1 25% - 250 points
Midterm
2 25% - 250 points
Final
Exam 25% - 250 points
Homework assignments 20%
- 200 points
Class
participation and attendance 5% - 50 points
100% 1000 points
Thus, your final grade will be based on the total points
you accumulate, taking into account both their absolute and relative values to
other scores in the class.
EXAM
POLICY:
Exams will cover text readings, homework assignments, and
class discussions. They will be closed
book, closed notes and closed neighbor.
Questions will be mostly multiple choice but may include, true/false,
matching, short answer, problems and essays.
No make-ups will be allowed.
Thus, if you miss one exam, 90% of the lowest score you receive on the
other exams will be substituted. You must take the final exam to successfully
complete the course.
HOMEWORK
POLICY:
There will be several homework assignments which will
help to demonstrate your understanding of the subjects covered. Assignments are due on the date indicated on
the course schedule at the beginning of class (or when called for). It is your responsibility to see that your
assignments are turned in during class on the date due, even if you are unable
to attend that day. You may turn assignments in early, but late homework will not be accepted.
Homework submitted should follow these guidelines:
1) Work on 8 1/2 by 11 inch paper.
2) Submit
original work only; no photocopies.
3) Remove tear strips from computer
output.
4) Staple pages together in upper left
corner before class.
5) Do not fold the paper and do not use
folders of any kind.
6) The
first page must be a cover page with the following in the upper left hand
corner:
a. Your name: last name, first name
b. CIS 4270 Section XX
c. Date the problem is due
d. Date problem was turned in
e. Problem numbers & description being
submitted
7) All text must be word-processed. Graphics must be computer generated or drawn
neatly with the aid of templates and other appropriate tools.
8) Double space all textual material.
9) Leave one inch margin all around.
10) For all spreadsheet work, submit output
of all cell formulas you create.
11) Turn in
sections of each assignment in the same order as they are listed in the description.
12) Show
empathy for your reader.
Homework assignments are worth 200 points total. Each of five homework assignments is worth 40
points. If all your homework is
complete, prepared using a computer and submitted on time, then you will earn
the entire 200 points. However, if
homework is done sloppily or incomplete, then the grade will be reduced by the
appropriate amount.
You should do your own work. If it appears that several students have collaborated on a homework assignment, all
will share the grade.
For example, a problem worth 40
points split four
ways would be 10 points
each. The instructor's judgment
will rule in these cases. If you want to minimize the risk
that your work may appear as part of a collaboration, be sure
your submissions are unique. Change or add a label, insert a personal code
at an unobtrusive location,
incorporate your name
and student identification
number in the document, etc.
Homework problems will be discussed in class, using
computer projection equipment if available, or on overhead transparencies, or
on the blackboard. During this
discussion period, you are encouraged to make any notations, corrections,
comments, computations, etc., on your homework assignments in a contrasting
color other than red. After discussion
of the homework, your assignments will be collected for grading. The graded homework and appropriate comments
will be returned during a later class meeting.
When you get your homework assignments back, they will
serve as excellent vehicles for review.
You will have what you thought was the correct solution and your own
in-class notation which will serve to show where your initial thinking may have
been in error. You will also have any
comments made during grading of the problems.
In sum, the homework policy is designed to provide an excellent learning
tool and means of review.
NOTE: Consult the
current
4270_30syl_summer_2002
CIS 4270-30
Summer, 2002 Office:
WA UM35 (510) 885-3364
Management and Accounting Information Systems email:
Dr.
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MEETING NUMBER |
DATE |
MEET.INROOM |
TOPIC |
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HOMEWORK DUE |
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1 |
JUN
24 |
MB
1593 |
COURSE
OVERVIEW |
1 |
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2 |
JUN
26 |
MB
1593 |
INTRO
TO ACCT, IT, BUS SOLN |
1 |
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3 |
JUL
01 |
MB1593 |
FLOWCHARTS/DATAFLOW
DIAGRAMS DIAGRAMMING
WORKSHOP |
A |
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4 |
JUL
03 |
MB
1593 |
MODELING
BUSINESS PROCESSES |
2 |
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5 |
JUL
08 |
MB
1593 |
GRAUER,
EXPLORING EXCEL |
Skim all |
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6 |
JUL
10 |
MB
1593 |
ACCT
INFO SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE |
3 |
ASSIGNMENT
1 |
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7 |
JUL
15 |
MB1593 |
MIDTERM 1SYSTEMS
ANALYSIS & DESIGN |
4 |
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8 |
JUL
17 |
MB
1593 |
EVENT
DRIVEN INFO TECHNOLOGY |
4 |
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9 |
JUL
22 |
MB 1593 |
PROCESSING
RULES, RISKS, CONTROLS |
5 |
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10 |
JUL
24 |
MB
1593 |
PROCESSING
RULES, RISKS, CONTROLS + EXCEL WORKSHOP |
5 |
ASSIGNMENT
2 |
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11 |
JUL
29 |
MB
1593 |
EDP
CONTROLS |
D |
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12 |
JUL
31 |
MB
1593 |
SALES/
COLLECTION PROCESS |
6 |
ASSIGNMENT
3 |
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13 |
AUG
05 |
MB
1593 |
SALES/COLLECTION
PROCESS |
6 |
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14 |
AUG
07 |
MB
1593 |
MIDTERM 2ACQUISITION/PAYMENT
PROCESS |
7 |
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15 |
AUG
12 |
MB
1593 |
ACQUISITION/PAYMENT
PROCESS |
7 |
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16 |
AUG
14 |
MB
1593 |
ACQUISITION/PAYMENT
PROCESS |
7 |
ASSIGNMENT
4 |
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17 |
AUG
19 |
MB
1593 |
OTHER
BUSINESS PROCESSES |
8 |
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18 |
AUG
21 |
MB
1583 |
OTHER
BUSINESS PROCESSES |
8 |
ASSIGNMENT
5 |
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19 |
AUG
26 |
MB
1593 |
BUS
SOLN, CHANGE, PROFESSIONALS |
9 |
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20 |
AUG
28 |
MB
1593 |
REVIEW |
ALL |
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21 |
SEP
06 |
MB
1593 |
FINAL EXAM |
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