Course Syllabus
Systems
Analysis
Class
Name, Number, and PIN Number
Systems Analysis, CS 3413, 1195
Instructor
Name, Phone Number, E-Mail and Office Number
Cliff Layton, 918-343-7665, Layton@rsu.edu, (Office) HH 253
Office
Hours: Office Hours: MT, 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM in HH 253 or the RSU
Business and Technology Advising Center; MWF, 9:00 to 10:00 AM in HH 258; TR,
8:30 AM to 10:30 AM in HH 253.
Course
Prerequisite
Programming II or Instructor Permission
Course
Description
This systems analysis course is a university junior
level course covering computer systems analysis and creation.
Main topics covered
include systems analysis fundamentals, information requirements analysis,
the analysis process, systems design, and software engineering and
implementation.
Both
theory and hands-on work will be expected in the course, and computer
software tools will be used in aiding hands-on work.
Group will be done
with respect to some course projects.
The
course prerequisite is Programming II or instructor permission.
Required
Text(s) and Materials
Systems
Analysis and Design Seventh Edition, by Kendall
and Kendall
,
Prentice Hall, 2007, ISBN 10: 0132410737, which comes bundled with Visible
Analyst
NOTE: The text package includes a student copy of Visible Analysts
Workbench which will be significantly used in the course for student
hands-on work.
Course
Objective(s)
1.
You will demonstrate understanding of the basic definitions, concepts, and
subfields of systems analysis.
2.
You will create text, graphics, and other archetypes, corresponding to all
phases of systems analysis.
3.
You will use a systems analysis software tool to create archetypes
corresponding to all phases of systems analysis.
4.
You will work individually and collaboratively with others in accomplishing
the above objectives.
Teaching
Methods (Student-Instructor Interaction)
The primary modes of Teacher/Student interaction in the course will be
face-to-face, e-mail and e-file transfer; supplemented by threaded
discussion.
You
should communicate with me, and send files to me through e-mail and e-mail
attachment, regarding your questions, assignments, etc. I will communicate
with you similarly.
Multiple
files should be sent in one attachment, where appropriate, by zipping the
files together prior to sending the result; and I may send several files to
you zipped together, with unzipping required at your location. If you do
not have zipping/unzipping software or do not know how to use it, I will
send you instructions on how to get it, or on how to use it.
Threaded
discussion topics, appropriate to several of those involved in the course
at one time, will be posted and added to in the threaded discussion area,
which should be checked frequently.
Group
projects will be supported by threaded discussion and document sharing
services available through RSU Online or RSU. As the course progresses,
please expect changes in group project assignments; these changes, if any,
will be announced in the Message Center area online and through e-mail to
you.
Excepting
holidays, sometimes weekends, and cases in which I am on trips away from
e-mail, I will respond to e-mail and e-file-transfers daily. I hope you
will do likewise.
Other
forms of Teacher/Student interaction such as phone, FAX,
online-conferencing, etc. may also be used in the course.
Evaluation
Techniques
Evaluation will be based on
totaling scoring of a portfolio of weekly projects, and on PROCTORED
Mid-Term and Final Exams. This is detailed in the General Topic
Outline and Agenda.
As you start your studies you must
locate an acceptable site for the proctored exams. Acceptable locations
might be on a college campus, in the personnel office at your corporation,
at your public library, etc. When you have found a site send in the name of
the institution, its address, telephone number(s), fax number(s), and
appropriate email addresses, including the area code and appropriate phone
extensions, and the name and title of the responsible person who will
personally be administering the tests. Please note, for an individual to be
acceptable as a proctor, they must have an email address and a fax number
available to them!
When
I receive all that, I will review the information and contact you with
approval/disapproval and any additional questions I may have about the
location.
However,
if you are a student in the Rogers
State
University
service
area, you are required to take all the proctored exams at the Claremore, Bartlesville
,
or Pryor, testing sites. Their testing hours are Wednesday through Saturday
as shown below: Claremore - University Preparatory Center Bartlesville
Testing Site Pryor Testing Site: Wednesday through Fridays 8am - 8pm
(except Bartlesville - they open at 10am) Saturdays 8am - 5pm (except
Bartlesville - they open at 10am).
MISSED
EXAMS:
Exams
must be taken within the week scheduled in the General Topic Outline and
Agenda below, and according to times specified at the RSU testing site or
by a proctor. Missed exams may only be made up with the permission and
timing of the instructor, and consistent with RSU testing site or proctor
schedule.
Grading
System
The course grading system is keyed to the Evaluation Techniques indicated above and on the General
Topic Outline and Agenda below, according to the following scale.
90%
-- 100% A
78%
-- 89% B
64%
-- 77% C
50%
-- 63% D
0%
-- 49% F
Attendance
Policies
This course is an online course
in which attendance corresponds to contact between student and instructor
at least twice per week. Attendance and late arrivals are not
directly factored into grading in the course, but it is highly unlikely
that students in the course not having contact with the instructor at least
twice per week will generally do well in the course.
Late
Assignments and Make-up Work Policy
Late
work on assignments is not allowed, with very rare exceptions to possibly
be negotiated.
General Topic Outline and Agenda
For
a Summer course, please map the work in weeks 1 and 2 (below) to week 1 (in
Summer), the work in weeks 3 and 4 to week 2, etc., so that the course will
become an 8-week course in Summer with the coverage indicated below.
|
Week
Number
|
|
Chapters or Other
Info. to be Studied
|
Assignment or Test
Due at Week End
|
|
Worth
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
Chapters 1 and 2
|
Problem Set 1 Below
|
|
5%
|
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2
|
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Chapter 3
|
Problem Set 2 Below
|
|
5%
|
|
3
|
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Chapter 4
|
Problem Set 3 Below
|
|
5%
|
|
4
|
|
Chapter 6
|
Problem Set 4 Below
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|
5%
|
|
5
|
|
Chapter 7
|
Problem Set 5 Below
|
|
5%
|
|
6
|
|
Chapter 8
|
Problem Set 6 Below
|
|
5%
|
|
7
|
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Chapter 9
|
Problem Set 7 Below
|
|
5%
|
|
8
|
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Chapter 10
|
Problem Set 8 Below
|
|
5%
|
|
|
|
Chapters
Covered in First Eight Wks
|
Mid-Term
Exam
|
|
10%
|
|
9
|
|
Chapter 11
|
Problem Set
9 Below
|
|
5%
|
|
10
|
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Chapter 12
|
Problem Set
10 Below
|
|
5%
|
|
11
|
|
Chapter 13
|
Problem Set
11 Below
|
|
5%
|
|
12
|
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Chapter 14
|
Problem Set
12 Below
|
|
5%
|
|
13
|
|
Chapter 16
|
Problem Set
13 Below
|
|
5%
|
|
14
|
|
Chapter 17
|
Problem Set
14 Below
|
|
5%
|
|
15
|
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Chapter 18
|
Problem Set
15 Below
|
|
5%
|
|
16
|
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Review and
Final
|
Comprehensive
Final
|
|
15%
|
The
end of a week will be considered to be Monday next following the week at
11:00 PM.
Problem Sets Re. the Table Above
In general,
answers to problems in text form should be in terms of complete
well-constructed sentences and paragraphs, but should be brief.
In general,
answers to problem in graphics forms should be in terms of Visible
Workbench files.
In general, group
work should be done in terms of threaded discussion and document sharing
using RSU Online or RSU services.
1. Study
Chapter 1 and do the following: explore HyperCASE Experience 1 on p. 22; do
Review Questions 1, 3, 5, 8-11, 13, 15, and 17-20; and study the CPU Case
and do exercises E-1. Study Chapter 2 and do the following:
study HyperCASE Experience 2 and do HyperCASE questions 4 and 5; do Review
Questions 2, 6, 7, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17, 19, and 20; do Problem 5; and
study the CPU case and do exercises E-2 and E-5 at the end of Chapter
2. As a collaborative work assignment for Chapter 1, consider why you
might or might not want to become a systems analyst, post your thoughts to
the Threaded Discussion area, and consider other
answers there.
2. Study
Chapter 3 and do the following: study HyperCase Experience 3 and do
HyperCase questions 1 and 3; do Review Questions 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13,
14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 23, 25, 26, 28, and 31; do Problems 1, 6, and 7; and
study the CPU Case and do exercises E-1 and E-2 at the end of Chapter 3. As
a collaborative work assignment, do the Group Project on p. 103 of the
text; please see clarification of this assignment in the Assignment
Clarification section.
3.
Study Chapter 4 and do the following: study HyperCase Experience 4.1
and do HyperCase questions 1 and 2, with 3 examples in each context in
question 1 (not 5 examples); do Review Questions 4, 6, 7, 10, 11, 13, 16,
17, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 31 and 32; and study the CPU Case and do exercises
E-2 and E-3, treating interviews 2 and 4 only, at the end of Chapter 4.
4.
Study Chapter 6 and do the following: study HyperCase Experience 6
and do HyperCase question 1; do Review Questions 4, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15,
16, 18, 19, 20, 22, and 24 ; do Problem 1; and study the CPU Case and
do exercises E-3, and E-8 at the end of Chapter 6.
5.
Study Chapter 7 and do the following: study HyperCase Experience 7
and do HyperCase questions 1 and 2, but not the 0 level diagram in 2; do
Review Questions 3, 5, 6, 12, 15, and 17; do Problems 4, 13, 14, 15,
and 21; and study the CPU Case and do exercise E-6 at the end of Chapter 7.
6.
Study Chapter 8 and do the following: study HyperCase Experience 8
and do HyperCase question 1; do Review Questions 1, 3, 5, 9, 10, 13, 14,
and 15; do Problem 1; and study the CPU Case and do exercises E-5, E-10,
E-13, E-24 and E-25 at the end of Chapter 8.
7.
Study Chapter 9 and do the following: study HyperCase Experience 9
and do HyperCase question 1; do Review Questions 3, 6, 8, 11, 16 and 17; do
Problems 2 and 3; and study the CPU Case and do exercise E-6 at the end of
Chapter 9.
8.
Study Chapter 10 and do the following: study HyperCase Experience
10.2 and do HyperCase 10.2 questions 3 and 5; study HyperCase Experience
10.3 and do question 1; do Review Questions 1., 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 19, 20,
21, 25, 27, 29, 31, 35, and 36; do Problems 1 and 10; and study the CPU
Case and do exercise E-7 and E-8(using the web) at the end of Chapter
10.
9.
Study Chapter 11 and do the following: study HyperCase Experience 11
and do HyperCase questions 1 and 2; do Review Questions 1, 3, 7-12,
18, 21-25, 27 and 28; do Problem 3; and study the CPU Case and do
exercises E-4, E-9, and E-14 at the end of Chapter 11.
10.
Study Chapter 12 and do the following: study HyperCase Experience 12
and do HyperCase question 4; do Review Questions 2, 4, 8, 11, 12, and
14-26; do Problem 1; and study the CPU Case and do exercise E-2 at the end
of Chapter 12.
11.
Study Chapter 13 and do the following: study HyperCase Experience 13
and do HyperCase questions 1, 2, and 3; do Review Questions 1-6, 8-14,
17-19, 23 and 26; do Problems 1, 4, and 6; and study the CPU Case and do
exercise E-4 and E-9 at the end of Chapter 13.
12.
Study Chapter 14 and do the following: study HyperCase Experience 14
and do HyperCase question 2; do Review Questions 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11,
12, 14, 16-19, 21, 24, 26, 27, 29, 31, and 34; do Problems 3 and 8;
and study the CPU Case and do exercise E-4 and E-9 at the end of Chapter 14.
13.
Study Chapter 16 and do the following: study HyperCase Experience 16
and do HyperCase question 3; do Review Questions 1-11, 14, 15, 18, 20, 24,
and 25; do Problem 2; and study the CPU Case and do exercise E-2, E-6, and
E-11 at the end of Chapter 16.
14.
Study Chapter 17 and do the following: study HyperCase Experience 17
and do HyperCase questions 2, and 3; do Review Questions 1, 2, 3, 5-8, 10,
11, 13-16, 18, 19, 21, 23, 24, and 26-33; do Problem 1; and study the CPU
Case and do exercise E-1 and E-3 at the end of Chapter 17.
15.
Study Chapter 18 and do the following: do all Review Questions ; and
do Problems 3 and 4 at the end of Chapter 18.
Attendance Policies
This course is an online course in which attendance corresponds
to contact between student and instructor at least twice per week.
Attendance and late arrivals are not directly factored into grading in the
course, but it is highly likely that students in the course not having
contact with the instructor at least twice per week will generally do well
in the course. Also, students MUST participate in Threaded Discussions
within the weeks in which they are assigned, in order to receive credit for
the assignments, unless exceptions are negotiated.
Late Assignments and Make-up Work
Policy
An assignment must be turned in within the week in which it is
due in order to count, subject to student/professor negotiation on very
rare occasions. The end of a week is considered to be Monday
immediately following that week at 11:00 PM.
Academic Misconduct
Students are expected to follow university policies as put
forth in the institution’s Student Code of Responsibilities and
Conduct. In accordance with Title 12 of The Student Code (page 11),
instances of alleged academic misconduct will follow the policies and
procedures as described in Title 12. As a general rule, Faculty at Rogers
State University
has the responsibility of enforcing the academic code. Therefore, if
academic misconduct is suspected, I will submit a letter of alleged
academic misconduct to the Office of Student Affairs.
The Rogers
State University
Plagiarism Statement
Plagiarism
is the representation of the words or ideas of another as one’s own,
including: direct quotation without both attribution and indication that
the material is being directly quoted, e.g. quotation marks; paraphrase
without attribution; paraphrase with or without attribution where the
wording of the original remains substantially intact and is represented as
the author’s own; expression in one’s own words, but without attribution,
of ideas, arguments, lines of reasoning, facts, processes, or other
products of the intellect where such material is learned from the work of
another and is not part of the general fund of common knowledge.
Americans with Disabilities
Act
Rogers
State University is committed to providing students with disabilities equal
access to educational programs and services. Any student who has a disability that he
or she believes will require some form of academic accommodation must
inform the professor of such need during or immediately following the first
class attended. Before any
educational accommodation can be provided, it is the responsibility of each
student to prove eligibility for assistance by registering for services
through Student Affairs.
Students
needing more information about Student Disability Services should contact
the office of Student Development at 343-7707.
Assessment
In the normal course of activities student input will be
gathered concerning many aspects of the class. Student perception,
performance and satisfaction may be solicited, systematically gathered and
studied to improvement of the class and our programs. These
assessments will be in the context of the learning objectives of the class
as well as the mission of the Department, the School and the University.
Copyright
Statement
The
materials on this course website are provided for the educational purposes
of students enrolled in Systems Analysis at Rogers State University. These
materials are subject to U.S. Copyright law and are not for further reproduction
or transmission.
Closure
The schedule and procedures in this course are
subject to change in the event of extenuating circumstances.
