MIS 2502 Introduction

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Instructor Info

• Cindy Joy Marselis• Office: Speakman 209 C and Jones

Hall 312 (Health Sciences Campus)• phone: 215.707.9096• email:

cindy.joy.marselis@temple.edu• Office Hours: T 11:15 – 12:15

Diamond Peer Teaching Assistant Information • Michelle Dy-Reyes• email: skoday@gmail.com• Office Hours:

• 11:00AM-12:00PM.

Attendance

• Attendance is voluntary however I will not reteach information if you fail to come to class.

• Attendance is extremely important since we’ll be doing in class exercises and demos

• Make a nameplate and place it on your desk each day• Print the presentation prior to class and have it available

during the lecture.• Print the in-class exercisesso you can participate. They

schedule is on the syllabus and I post announcements to blackboard.

Class Etiquette

• Please be respectful. • Arrive on time and stay until the

end.• Cell phones, pagers, and laptop

computers must be turned off and put away during class. • Remove headphones and ear

buds during class.• Refrain from personal discussions

during class.

Grades

• Grades will be posted to blackboard and hardcopy returned

• It is YOUR responsibility to verify grade posted is accurate

• Grade discrepancy must be reconciled within 1 week of grade posting

Final Grades

• The final letter grade determined by:

# points achieved total possible points

• Unless there is an arithmetic mistake, the grade posted to blackboard is your final grade

• No requests for adjustments will be entertained!!!

What should you expect?Money, Booze, Rock & Roll, and FUN!

NOT!!! What can you REALLY expect?

Type # Independent vs. Pair Points/each

Exams 3 Independent Exam 1 – 75

Exam 2 - 100

Final - 125

Labs 6 Independent or Pairs 5 points each - 30

Homework 1 Independent 5 points

Homework

• Very similar to in class exercises but work is completed independently

• Due as indicated on course calendar. Rough time estimate provided on syllabus

• 1 Access, 1 ERD + EZY documenter

• Answers posted to bb after due date to assist when studying

Lab Rules• Must be submitted to turn it in before class

time• Must be completed independently or in pairs of

2• Must load Oracle client and SQL + client to

work from home• Submit documents with file name of: Lab X , Student 1Last Name, Student 1First

Name, Student 2 Last Name, Student 2 First Name

Example: Lab1, Marselis, Cindy, Springsteen, Bruce

Submission of Deliverables

• Submit all assignments as hardcopy

• Drop in Turn It In by beginning of class • Please make a snapshot of the

submission and keep it in case there is some problem with the Turn It In functionality

Tutoring• MIS 2502 tutoring should

be available this semester from AMIS

• More information will be forthcoming.