Information and Organizations

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Information and Organizations

• ITEC 1010
• Section N
• Winter 2008

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Course Information

• My web page
• www.atkinson.yorku.ca/marina
• Class web site
• www.atkinson.yorku.ca/marina/COL1010N08.htm
• Lectures
• W 700 - 1000 p.m.
• Make your own notes

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Syllabus

• Basic concepts of information technology and
  information systems
• Major trends in information technology
• Information technology applications to business
  problems
• HTML 4.0 and software applications (spreadsheets,
  databases)

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Required Material

• Fundamentals of Information Systems. Fourth ed.
    
•  R.M. Stair, G.W. Reynolds. Thomson Course
  Technology, 2008. ISBN 1-4239-0113-4

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Recommended Reading

• Any books on Windows98/2000/XP.
• 10 Minute Guide to Microsoft Excel 2002. J.
  Habraken. Que, 2002. ISBN 0-7897-2633-5 
• 10 Minute Guide to Microsoft Access 2002. J.
  Habraken. Que, 2002. ISBN 0-7897-2631-9 
• The Web Wizard's Guide to HTML. W. Lehnert.
  Pearson Education Inc., 2002. ISBN
  0-201-74172-5 
• The Web Wizard's Guide to DHTML and CSS. S.G.
  Estrella. Pearson Education Inc., 2002. ISBN
  0-201-75834-2

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Course Assessment and Grading Scheme

• Item Weight
• Assignment 1 HTML 5
• Assignment 2 Spreadsheet 5
• Midterm examination                    40
• Assignment 3 Database 5
• Assignment 4 HTML 5
• Final examination                         40

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Assignment Submission

• Due dates - Fridays
• Submission location - assignment drop box 7
  (TEL bldg., third floor)
• Assignments are not accepted in class!

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Assignments

• Are worth 20 of your final mark
• Include questions from Mid-Term and Final Exams
• Assignment Preparation Guidelines
• Late policy

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Important Dates

• Mid-Term Exam (tentative date -February 24,
  2008)
• February 11 15 Reading week
• March 7 last date to drop the course without
  receiving a grade
• April 2 Final Exam review

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Mid-Term Exam

• After Reading week
• Date and location TBA
• A make-up Mid-Term will NOT be provided
• If you do better on the final exam than on the
  mid-term exam, your final exam mark will replace
  you mid-term mark.