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IS112 Computer Organization and Programming

Professor Catherine Dwyer

Fall 2006

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Agenda

Introductions Syllabus Class Schedule Blackboard web site Technical knowledge and the IS professional Assignment for next class

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Catherine DwyerLecturer IS Dept. Full time since Fall 2000 Other classes taught: CS121, CS122, CIS101,

IS112 , IS223, IS323, IS396E (Java), IS660Z(Programming Games Using VB)

Lead developer for Web Assisted CIS101 Revision Chair for IS Undergraduate

curriculum Co-author with Dr. Jeanine Meyer of

Programming Games With Visual Basic, Course Technology, 2001

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My IS Background

MS in CS (Pace), PhD candidate at NJIT, research topic is social networking sites

Two daughters, college junior and 9th grade Prior Experience: Programmer/Analyst at NYC

investment bank, Technology Coordinator at Graphics Design Firm

Husband journalist with The New York Times Hobbies: reading, bike riding, kayaking, cooking You?

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BS and BBA IS Curriculum

How does IS 112 fit into IS curriculum? What should you get out of taking IS 112?

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IS 112 Course Goals

Students will develop technical research, analysis, and communication skills Research – where/how to find information? Analysis – is information unbiased and accurate? Communication – organize and synthesize your

findings and present to a non-technical audience

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IS Accreditation

National IS organization has created criteria and standards for an IS degree

Document available at http://www.is2002.org

Accredited programs provide higher quality and consistency

Pace was first program in US to obtain accreditation

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IS’2002.4 Description (IS112) Covers hardware/software technology

background in order to understand tradeoffs in computer architecture within a business environment

IS professional: understand business requirements, research technology options, describe and recommend solutions

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IS 2002.4 Topics

Hardware: CPU architecture, memory, registers, addressing modes, busses, instruction sets, multi processors versus single processors; peripheral devices: hard disks, CDs, video display monitors, device controllers, input/output; operating systems functions and types; operating system modules: processes, process management, memory and file system management; examples of hardware architectures; examples of operating systems; installation and configuration of multiuser operating systems.

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Syllabus and schedule

Overview of course requirements and assignments

CS/IS Student Statement of Responsibilities

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Assignments and Grading

Attendance, homework and class participation – 15 pts

Two person presentation (simple machine) – 15 pts

Research paper - 15 pts Research presentation – 20 pts Exam 1 – 15 pts Exam 2 – 20 pts

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Blackboard 6.0

Link is at http://blackboard.pace.edu Your login is beginning of Pace e-mail

address (drop the @pace.edu) Password must be set through the Pace

portal Find your email ID at http://studentit.pace.edu

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What if it doesn’t work?

Access class documents at http://csis.pace.edu/~dwyer

Report problem to http://doithelpdesk.pace.edu/

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IS112 & Blackboard

Reading schedule & list of assignments Submit homework Discussion forums Online reading assignments If Blackboard is unavailable documents can

be obtained at http://csis.pace.edu/~dwyer

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Your Pace Student e-mail

All e-mail from me will go to your Pace student e-mail account

To access your student e-mail go to http://stmail.pace.edu/

Use mail forwarding if you use another e-mail account

Include your FULL NAME in all e-mails sent to your professors

Go to http://studentit.pace.edu/ for help with e-mail

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Why study technology?

What do you need to know about technology?

Where can you find reliable sources of information on technology?

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Role of IS Professional

Research, recommend, develop, install, configure, and maintain information technology (IT) based solutions to business and organizational needs

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IS Professional Role

Good advice is crucial This requires

Complete understanding of fundamental business goals of your company

Current and complete knowledge of potential technical solutions

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Assignment 1: Technical literacy Critical requirement for any professional field

is the ability to read and analyze technical documents Medicine, law, computer forensics, finance

First assignment is to read and answer questions on an article from a leading computing periodical

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Week 1 Assignments

Due Tuesday, Sept. 13th, 11:15 am Discussion board assignments – introduce

yourself, post your AIM screen name Answer Web Search Questions (quiz under

Assignments button)

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Next class

Assignments Review your answers in class Read Chapter 01 in Burd text

Topics Research and analysis requirements for IS

professional Evaluating Internet based research