NORTHERN VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Annandale Campus
IST 100 10N
- Introduction to Information Systems
(3 hour credit course)
Prerequisite: Ability
to read and write at a collegiate level.
January 14, 2002 May 10, 2002 (Spring Semester
2002)
Meets on Tuesdays in room CC-0234 from 1930 - 2220.
Instructor: Asst. Professor Leon J. Nicely, Sr.
E-mail: ljnicelysr@worldnet.att.net
Office Hours: 1 hour before class in room
CC 0234 or by appointment.
Time of contact outside
office:
Students may call my office number at anytime.
If I am not available, please leave a voice mail message. Students may contact me in the evenings at
my home before 9:00 p.m.
Required Text: Discovering Computers 2001- Concepts for a Connected World
by Shelly, Cashman, Vermaat
(ISBN: 0-7895-5937-4)
Course description and/or objective: Introduces students to general concepts of computer information systems. Presents terminology and effects of computers on daily life. Discusses available hardware and software as well as their applications. Exposes students to the system development process and computer number systems. Lecture 3 hours per week.
COURSE
REQUIREMENTS:
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2 Deliverables - 20% (10% each)
·
2 Tests - 40% (20% each)
·
1
Finals -15%
·
1
Team Project - 15%
·
DCP
(Degree Completion Plan) 10%
Grading
Criteria:
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A 90 100
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B 80 89
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C 70 79
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D 60 69
·
Failure:
below 60
All students must turn in deliverables, tests, final
and presentations at the scheduled time. Except in the case of emergencies or
the prior approval of instructor, no
late assignments will be accepted! No
late assignments will be accepted! No
late assignments will be accepted!
Academic
integrity:
Academic dishonesty cannot be condoned.
When such misconduct is established as having occurred, it subjects you
to possible disciplinary actions ranging from admonition to dismissal, along
with any grade penalty of the instructor might, in appropriate cases, impose. Procedural safeguards of due process and
appeals are available to you in disciplinary matters. Section X of the NVCC 1999 2000 Student Handbook cites numerous
acts that are viewed as academic dishonesty.
Please review!
Attendance
policy: Education
is a cooperative endeavor between a student and his or her instructor. Instructors plan a variety of learning
activities to help their students master the course content. Your contribution is to participate in these
activities within the framework established in the class syllabus. Successful learning requires good
communication between students and instructors; therefore, regular classroom
attendance is essential and required.
It is your responsibility to inform me prior to an
absence from class. You are responsible for making up all course work missed
during an absence. In the event of
excessive unexplained absences, you may be administratively withdrawn from the
course.
Last day for
add/drop: January 18,
2002
Last day to
apply for graduation: January 25. 2002
Last day for
schedule adjustments with tuition and textbook refunds: January 25, 2002
Last day to
withdraw without grade penalty: March 21,
2002
Fire/Emergency Evacuation
Procedures:
You will find a framed emergency evacuation plan on one of the walls in each of
the classrooms. This describes the
procedures that should be followed, and it diagrams both the primary and
secondary routes that are to be used, in case you need to evacuate the building. Students will be reminded of these
procedures at the outset of the first class.
