This course has an assignment that is due by 11:55 pm Central Standard Time on Wednesday night of the first week of class. Failure to complete this assignment will result in your removal from the course for non-participation.

Students can purchase Option 1 or Option 2:

Option 1: e-textbook and MindTap access: ISBN 13: 978-1-337-09907-3
Option 2: Paperback version of book and MindTap access: ISBN 13: 978-1-337-59848-4

Online access to MindTap is required for this class.

MindTap is an online website that provides an e-textbook as well as online homework assignments. NOTE: MindTap is NOT “optional:” the MindTap exercises make up 20% of the total course grade. It would be next to impossible to pass the course without MindTap access. Most students find the e-textbook adequate for the course. 

You will receive instructor information to "join" the class on MindTap on the day that classes open. There is a 14 day free trial period for MindTap, so even if you have not received a purchased access code, you should have access to the class on day one. If you do not want to purchase from the CMU MBS Online Bookstore, wait until the link is available to make sure you are purchasing the correct product.

Survey of the systems development process and the role of information systems in business with emphasis on accounting information systems.  Students will become familiar with the general role, structure, and control of the accounting information system.  A specific application software package for a small business is introduced and used. Prerequisite: Junior standing, BU225, AC201, AC202, or instructor's permission.  Cross Listed with MG370

Upon successful completion of the course, each participant should be able to:

• identify the various categories of information systems in a firm.
• discuss the challenges faced by companies that choose to implement technology aggressively.
• discuss the techniques used by firms to minimize the resistance to change.
• identify the stakeholders in any type of information system.
• identify the role of each stakeholder in the implementation and use of an information system.
• discuss how new systems are successfully deployed.
• be able to identify opportunities for improvement in the flow of information involving the firm.
• differentiate between data and information.
• discuss the ways data is refined as it works its way through an organization.
• understand how sensitivity analysis is used by the firm in its decision making process.
• understand basic networking terminology.
• prepare working models to solve information system problems using Excel and Access.
• converse in simple database and programming terminology.
• construct logical models of information systems
• construct data models of information systems