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# INFO SYSTEMS ANALYSIS & DESIGN (F22)<br/>MSIT-3050

## Instructor Information

>Professor: Waleed Abdul-Kader
Email: <[e-mail]>
Office Hours: By appointment

I am available through email at any time and through appointment as necessary. You can usually expect a response to emails with 48 business hours.

## Course Overview

### Summary
Info Systems Analysis and Design, is intended as an introduction to systems analysis and design. This course is designed to:
- Explain systems analysis and design
- Introduce project management concepts early in the systems development process, with project management tools and techniques.
- Challenge students on Ethics with real-life ethical issues in an IT environment.
- Provide multi-method coverage, including a comparison of structured, object-oriented, and agile systems development methods.
- Explain how IT supports business requirements in today’s business world.

### Student Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, students will:
- Function as a Systems Analyst within a project team.
- Gather business requirements and turn them into detailed analysis documentation.
- Articulate the various accepted project management methodologies and further explain the Systems Analysts role and responsibilities within each.
- Produce the correct documentation to support their project team in the accepted format.
- Consider ethical dilemmas in the business world.

## Course Format
Although the course is fully online, it is a robust course with significant engagement requirements.

Students are expected to participate regularly every week in Moodle across all activities (viewing, listening, reviewing, writing, discussing). Missing some or all of a week’s activities will most likely reduce your grade due to the loss of participation. There will be no makeup or extra credit assignments.

## Course Resources
- Systems Analysis and Design, 12th Edition, Scott Tilley, ISBN-10: 0-357-11781-6
- MindTap Registration (details on Moodle)

## Grading
| Assignment | % of Course |
| ------------------------ | ----------- |
| Discussions | 25% |
| Appliance Warehouse Case | 25% |
| Music School Project | 25% |
| Botanic Garden Project | 25% |

Assignments will be graded within 10 business days of the deadline.

All written assignments must be turned in on time. It will be my discretion whether to accept any assignment after that time. If they are accepted, they will be given a lower grade. In an attempt to be fair to students who turn assignments in on time, late assignments will be penalized except under extraordinary circumstances where I have given advance permission. I am sensitive to work and family related conflicts. However, students should make every effort to plan.

In addition, plagiarism will result in a grade of “F” for this course. Students are expected to be familiar with what constitutes plagiarism. If you are uncertain, please ask!

When converting “letter grades” to “numeric grades” (or vice versa), the following values will be used.

When converting "letter grades" to "numeric grades" (or vice versa), the following values will be used.
| Range | Letter | Letter To Number |
|:---------- |:------ |----------------: |
| 95-100 | A | 100 |
| 90-94 | A- | 94 |
| 87-89 | B+ | 88 |
| 83-86 | B | 85 |
| 80-82 | B- | 82 |
| 77-79 | C+ | 78 |
| 73-76 | C | 75 |
| below 72 | Fail | 72 |
| Incomplete | IN | |

### Engaged Academic Time at Clark
One unit Clark courses are designed for 180 hours of engaged academic time. The table below outlines an approximation of how the hours are distributed in this course.

| Activity | Estimated hours |
| ------------------------- | --------------: |
| Materials | 25 |
| Discussions | 45 |
| Appliance Warehouse Case | 3o |
| Music School Presentation | 40 |
| Botanic Garden Project | 40 |
| Total | 180 |

## Course Schedule
This schedule is subject to changes. Please review the Moodle course for the most up-to-date information

| Week | Chapter | Activities |
| ------- |:---------- |:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Week-01 | Chapter-01 | Discussion |
| Week-02 | Chapter-02 | Discussion<br/> A Question of Ethics<br/> Appliance Warehouse Case |
| Week-03 | Chapter-03 | Discussion<br/> Appliance Warehouse Case<br/>Music School Project: Mission Statement |
| Week-04 | Chapter-04 | Discussion<br/>A Question of Ethics<br/>Appliance Warehouse Case |
| Week-05 | Chapter-05 | Discussion<br/>Appliance Warehouse Case<br/>Music School Project: Business Requirements |
| Week-06 | Chapter-06 | Discussion<br/>Appliance Warehouse Case |
| Week-07 | | Music School Project |
| Week-08 | Chapter-07 | Discussion<br/>Appliance Warehouse Case |
| Week-09 | Chapter-08 | Discussion<br/>Appliance Warehouse Case |
| Week-10 | Chapter-09 | Discussion<br/>A Question of Ethics<br/>Appliance Warehouse Case<br/>Botanic Garden Project: Mission Statement |
| Week-11 | Chapter-10 | Discussion<br/>Appliance Warehouse Case<br/>Botanic Garden Project: Business Requirements |
| Week-12 | Chapter-11 | Discussion<br/>A Question of Ethics<br/>Appliance Warehouse Case |
| Week-13 | Chapter-12 | Discussion<br/>Botanic Garden Project |

## Resources
### Library Access and Resources
The Clark University Libraries subscribe to many academic resources and offer research assistance for anyone in the Clark community; including students at a distance. The library team offers short tutorials on how to use library resources and the basics of academic research in a Moodle course called "Library Research Tutorials". The Goddard Library Homepage contains links to databases, course research guides, and descriptions of services. For assistance with conducting research or help with a database, use the Goddard Library Online Help to connect with the library team by phone, email, text or chat.

Clark faculty, staff, and students with domain accounts may access all Clark databases remotely with their Clark University credentials. These are the same way you sign into Moodle and your Clark email. Here you can access over 100 databases and multiple resources to complete your research needs. The library hours are 8am to midnight Monday through Thursday, 8 am to 10 pm on Friday, 10am to 10pm on Saturday, and noon to midnight on Sunday (all times U.S. Eastern Time). Online access is available 24 hours per day. For more information follow this link:

<http://www.clarku.edu/research/goddard/>

When you are off-campus and accessing library resources (such as journal articles or online books in the holdings) you may be prompted for your Clark credentials (username/password).

### Technology Requirements
To be successful in this course, you will access materials and submit assignments in Moodle regularly. It your responsibility to ensure that you can do so. At a minimum to access Moodle, you will need access to the Internet and a supported Web browser (Chrome, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari).
In general, you will be expected to submit assignments in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint or PDF format (Clark provides MS Office at no extra cost if you need it). Unless the assignment specifically requires an alternate format, please be sure to submit in one of the above formats or I reserve the right not to grade the assignment. If students need assistance with converting or formatting documents, they should contact the ITS Help Desk.
If you need technical assistance with Moodle, using your Clark accounts or with software used for completing course assignments, contact the ITS Help Desk. You may visit the Help Desk in person at the Academic Commons in Goddard Library, email them at <[e-mail]> or phone them at `508.793.7745` Their hours are available at <http://www.clarku.edu/offices/its/support.cfm>

## Policies
### Accommodations for Individuals with Disabilities
Clark University is committed to providing students with documented disabilities equal access to all university programs and facilities. If you have or think you have a disability and require academic accommodations, you must register with Student Accessibility Services (SAS), by contacting the office directly at [e-mail] or [phone]. If you are registered with SAS, and qualify for accommodations that you would like to utilize in this course, please let SAS know immediately.

### The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
Students at Clark University are protected by the Family Educational and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA). A description of the Act and Clark’s FERPA policy can be obtained online at <www.clarku.edu/offices/src/ferpag.shtml>.

### Faculty Members are Responsible Employees: “It’s On Us” too
Faculty members are required by the Office of Civil Rights to report all alleged sexual offenses to the university’s Title IX Coordinator

Exceptions: The only exceptions to this reporting responsibility are the faculty members who have been designated and trained as Confidential Sources. The professional staff in Clark’s Center for Counseling and Personal Growth and the medical providers at the Health Center are also confidential spaces.

This reporting is necessary to track patterns of offenses so that we can successfully combat all forms of sexual harassment and sexual violence on campus. We believe in providing all students with an educational environment that is free from discrimination. The sexual harassment of students, including sexual violence, interferes with students’ right to receive an education free from discrimination and, in the case of sexual violence, is a crime. The Clark faculty is committed to making Clark University a safe and inclusive environment for all.

### Statement on Inclusion, Equity, and Diversity
The programs of the School of Professional Studies aspire to be a collaborative, inclusive and caring community that strives for equity and equal opportunity in everything we do; that creates a welcoming environment and enables success for people from all walks of life; and that shares common, fundamental values grounded in justice, civility and respect while looking to our diversity as a source of enrichment and strength. We will work to remain steadfast in our pursuit of equity, inclusion, and diversity.

#### Principles
An inclusive university community is achieved and sustained by seeking a diversity of people and perspectives, valuing our differences and ensuring equitable opportunities. We are guided by the interdependent principles of inclusion, equity, and diversity.

We define inclusion as working together to create a welcoming environment through interpersonal interactions that respect and affirm the inherent dignity, value, and uniqueness of all individuals and communities. Inclusion is an active process of creating a community in which people have full access to relationships and resources that enable their personal and intellectual growth and success. Inclusive practices reflect awareness and understanding of the complexity of identity and the increasing interconnectedness of our world.

We define equity as ensuring equality of opportunity in all that we do. Equity requires fairness of standards, norms, and practices for all community members. An equitable learning and working community provides equal access to all rights, privileges, and resources.

We define diversity as seeking and realizing the richness of human difference. Diversity is a dynamic phenomenon, life enriching and foundational to excellence. We strive to create and nurture an environment where a diversity of people, ideas, and perspectives flourish and inspire creativity and achievement.

### University policy on academic integrity.

Academic integrity is highly valued at Clark. Research, scholarship and teaching are possible only in an environment characterized by honesty and mutual trust. Academic integrity requires that your work be your own. Because of the damage that violations of academic integrity do to the intellectual climate of the University, they must be treated with the utmost seriousness and appropriate sanctions must be imposed. The maintenance of high standards of academic integrity is the concern of every member of the University community.
Several ways in which academic integrity may be violated are outlined below.
*Cheating* has three principal forms:
- Unauthorized use of notes, text, or other aids during an examination or in performance of course assignments.
- Copying the work of another.
- Handing in the same paper for more than one course unless the faculty members involved give their explicit permission to do so.

*Plagiarism* refers to the presentation of someone else’s work as one’s own, without proper citation of references and sources, whether or not the work has been previously published. Submitting work obtained from a professional term paper writer or company is plagiarism. Claims of ignorance about the rules of attribution, or of unintentional error are not a defense against a finding of plagiarism.

*Unauthorized collaboration* refers to work that students submit as their own but which was arrived at through a process of collaboration without the approval of the professor. Since standards on appropriate or inappropriate collaboration may vary widely among individual faculty, students should make certain they understand a professor's expectations before collaborating on any class work.

*Alteration or fabrication of data* includes the submission or changing of data obtained by someone else or not actually obtained in the performance of an experiment or study, except where allowed by the professor. It also includes the changing of data obtained in the performance of one's research.

*Participating in or facilitating dishonest activities* includes, but is not limited to:
- Stealing examinations
- Forging grade reports or grade change forms, or altering academic records
- Sabotaging the work of another student
- Selling, lending, or otherwise distributing materials for the purpose of cheating
- Forging or altering Graduation Clearance forms
- Forging letters of recommendation
- Forging signatures on any official university documents

*Academic Dishonesty Sanctions*
In determining the appropriate sanction, the Graduate Dean Board will take into consideration the student’s prior history of academic integrity, and the seriousness of the violation. Sanctions may include but are not limited to one or a combination of the following responses:
- Letter of warning to the student
- Grade of zero for the particular assignment
- Grade of F for the course
- Academic probation, the length of which will be determined by the Board
- Notation of sanction on student's academic record
- Suspension: student may be suspended for one semester or one year; the Board may suspend the student without opportunity for transferable credit
- Expulsion from the University

Appropriate Use of Clark’s Informational Technology System (ITS)
The ITS policy sets forth standards for responsible and acceptable use of Clark University's Information Technology Systems (ITS) resources. These resources include computer systems, computer labs, applications, networks, software, electronic communications and information sources, web pages, and related services. It is the res