The standard for papers in the graduate program is the APA style. All participants in this course and all graduate INSS, MGMT, PUAD, and ECON courses should have a copy of the style guide:

American Psychological Association. (2001). Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th Edition. Washington DC: Author.

All graduate students should be prepared to utilize the UMUC online library at http://www.umuc.edu/library/. The library contains a large number of full text academic journals that are free of charge and immediately available. The library homepage also contains a number of links related to improving students' research and writing skills.

The author’s web page: http://facweb.cs.depaul.edu/cwhite/Book/ChapterUpdates.htm

Publications of the various professional societies (such as ACM -- the Association for Computing Machinery, the IEEE Computing Society, and the various management professional societies) are strongly recommended. In addition, there are many trade journals (such as eWEEK and InfoWorld) that MIS professionals should become familiar with, many of these being published both weekly and on-line.

Grades for this course will be assigned as follows:

A 92%
B 80 – 91%
C 70 – 79%
F Below 70%

Please note that Bowie State University does not use "D" for graduate students. The grade F(a) is used to designate academic failure. F(n) is used to designate failure for non-completion. Grades of Incomplete or Withdrawal are governed by UMUC-Europe policies. For further details, please refer to the UMUC-Europe Graduate Catalog, available in your local Education Center or online at : http://www.ed.umuc.edu/general_info/publications/catalogs.

Graduate school at the masters level focuses on helping students obtain the education needed for success as professionals in their chosen fields. Thus, UMUC-Europe Graduate Programs and Bowie State University share the common goals of promoting excellence in academic scholarship through thoughtful inquiry and the skillful application of knowledge and theory for the betterment of society.

In order to maximize your graduate educational experience in general and this course in particular, you are required to:

10% - Participate in classroom discussions / Exercises / Quizzes

30% - Complete graduate level projects, write graduate level papers or case studies

20% - Orally/visually present prepared material

40% - Complete one or more written examination(s)

Participate in classroom discussions: You are expected to come to class prepared to engage in all discussions in a professional and informed manner. Usually this requires two to three hours for every hour of a face-to-face class.

Complete graduate level projects, write graduate level papers or case studies: You are required to conduct professional-level research, including appropriately citing works of others and avoiding plagiarism. Resubmission of course work from previous classes (whether or not taken at UMUC, UMUC-Europe or BSU), partially or in its entirety, is not acceptable in this course and will result in an automatic failure on the assignment.

Orally/visually present prepared material: You are required to present your results in a professional manner. This typically means an oral presentation accompanied by appropriate visual material.

Complete one or more written examination(s): The examination process in this class will assist you in developing the writing and critical thinking skills necessary for successfully passing the comprehensive exam required of all graduate students. The examination questions used for this course will either be taken directly from past comprehensive exams or written as though to be included on a comprehensive exam.

Read each chapter before class meeting.

Initial meeting:
Introductions
Review of syllabus
Clarification of goals, objectives and requirements
Orientation to subject

Second meeting: Ch. 1 – Review Questions / Exercises

Third meeting: Ch. 3 – Review Questions / Exercises
Ch. 2 – Read and prepare a brief report on the subject – Exercises will be assigned as homework

Fourth meeting: Ch. 4 – Review Questions / Exercises
Ch. 5 – Read and prepare a brief report on the subject – Exercises will be assigned as homework

Fifth meeting: Ch. 6 – Review Questions / Exercises

Sixth meeting: Ch. 7 – Review Questions / Exercises

Seventh meeting: Ch. 8 – Review Questions / Exercises

Eighth meeting:
Review
Midterm exam

Ninth meeting: Ch. 9 – Review Questions / Exercises

Tenth meeting: Ch. 11 – Review Questions / Exercises

Eleventh meeting: Ch. 13 – Review Questions / Exercises

Twelfth meeting: Ch. 14 – Review Questions / Exercises

Thirteenth meeting: Ch. 10 – Review Questions / Exercises

Fourteenth meeting: Ch. 12 – Review Questions / Exercises

Fifteenth meeting:
Course evaluations
Student presentations

Sixteenth meeting:
Student presentations
Examination

The University has a license agreement with Turnitin.com, a service that helps prevent plagiarism from internet resources. I may be using this service in this class by either requiring students to submit their papers electronically to Turnitin.com or by submitting questionable text on behalf of a student. If you or I submit part or all of your paper, it will be stored by Turnitin.com in their database throughout the term of the University's contract with Turnitin.com. If you object to this temporary storage of your paper, you must let me know no later than two weeks after the start of this class. Please Note: If you object to the storage of your paper on Turnitin.com, I may utilize other services to check your work for plagiarism

Since 1994 he has contributed in the creation of Advanced Systems’ Legacy System, developing client / server software components, based on Internet Technology. He has experience as a systems’ analyst and designer.
As a researcher his focus is in the field of VLDBs and Data Warehousing projects.