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This page describes course prerequisites, required
computer resources, course administration, and the grading policy. Please
read carefully.
PREREQUISITES
You should have successfully completed BUS041 (or IS510) and either IS520 (or
IS617) before taking IS613. Although helpful, no substantial computer
programming background is required.
REQUIRED COMPUTER ACCESS
All students are required to have access to the following computing
resources:
- A reasonably
up-to-date computer that runs Windows 2000 or later;
- A working and reliable
Internet connection.
- Microsoft Office 2000
or later, including the Access database. If you do not have availability
to the Access database at work or home, you may use Access at any of the
Pace Computer Labs. Please check with the Pace lab near you for the lab
hours. If you would prefer to use another database system, such as IBM's
DB2, Sybase, Oracle or others, please contact the instructor for
approval. NOTE: Excel is NOT a database management system.
COURSE TEXT
The requirement text is:
Rob, Peter & Coronel, Carlos. Data base
Systems: Design, Implementation & Management, 6th
Edition. Course Technology: Cambridge, MA,
2004. [ISBN: 0-619-21323-X].
The text may be ordered online through the Pace
University bookstore or
amazon.com or other online book vendors. See the following link for the Pace
Online Bookstore:
Pace Online Bookstore.
SPECIAL
NOTE:
This is the 6th and latest edition. Do NOT buy an
earlier edition.
COURSE ADMINISTRATION
HOW THIS COURSE WILL BE RUN
This online course will be delivered asynchronously via the Web using the
Blackboard system provided by Blackboard, Inc. That is to say, there are no
scheduled meetings or class times, except for:
The final examination to be taken on campus at either the Pace NY campus
or at the Grad Center in White Plains on December 16 (Friday) from
6:00pm-8:40pm. Room assignments will be announced. This exam will be open
book and proctored. Students will be asked to present their Pace photo ID
card. If you have a conflict with this date, please contact the instructor at
least two weeks prior to the final to make alternate arrangements for taking
the final.
SPECIAL
NOTE:
Those of you who do NOT live in the New York City
Metro area will have to make arrangements to have your final exam proctored.
If this applies to you, please contact the instructor for further
information.
THE COURSE SCHEDULE AND WEEKLY QUIZZES
Although this course is entirely asynchronous, we will follow a weekly
schedule of reading assignments, problem exercises, and a 10-question quiz,
which you will take online. During each week, you will be asked to follow
these guidelines:
- An ID and password
that will allow you to gain access to course materials will be issued to
each student. Basic instructions on how to use the Blackboard system,
version 6 also will be made available. We will be using the
"blackboard.pace.edu" server.
- All weeks begin on
Thursday and end on the next Wednesday. The week's materials are posted
on the course Webpage by Thursday, 10:00am.
- Students are expected
to do the assigned reading during the week. Additional supporting
materials, such as PowerPoint presentations, may also be posted in the
"Assignment" section of the Blackboard 6 system.
- Students are expected
to do assigned exercises during the week. Students, however, are NOT
required to submit assignments to the instructor. Solutions to exercises
will be posted the following week.
- Students are expected
to take a weekly quiz by the end of each week (i.e. Wednesday). Quizzes
are automatically scored and the scores are posted on the student's
electronic grade book of the Blackboard system.
- Students are urged to
contact the instructor via email if they have questions. Every effort
will be made to reply to your note within 24 hours. Students are also
invited to call the instructor at home, if needed. My number is
(937)-439-1513.
- Students will be asked
to complete two online course evaluation surveys, one at the mid-point
of the course and one at the end. Your feedback will be important in
determining the success of the course and identifying areas for
improvement.
DATA APPLICATION PROJECT
All students will conduct and submit a database application project using
Microsoft Access 2000 (or later release), or another recognized database
management system, such as Oracle or MySQL. See the "Database Application
Project" link for details.
GRADING POLICY
Course requirements are weighted as followed:
- Weekly Quizzes
................................................: 20%
(Note: Lowest quiz score will be dropped.)
- Mid-Term Examination
(delivered online)............: 25%
- Database Application
Project.............................: 20%
- Final Examination
(proctored, taken on campus).: 35%
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