North Carolina Central University
School of Library and Information Sciences
 
LSIS 5610: Information Systems Project
Generic Description

Course Goals

The goals of this course are (1) to provide students with experience in analyzing, designing, implementing, and evaluating information systems; and (2) to fit together all of the concepts from previous courses regarding information system development.

Instructional Notes

1. Students are assigned one or more system development projects. The projects involve part or all of the system development cycle. Students typically select projects from a list that the instructor drafts. Under exceptional circumstances, students may propose their own projects, but these must involve a client other than the student and the proposed project must be approved by the course instructor prior to the student beginning work on it.

2. LSIS 5610 is typically taken at the end of the MIS program. Because it is meant to make use of skills in the analysis and design of information systems, students should have completed courses in systems analysis and systems design or courses with strong analysis and design components.

3. There are no class meetings as such, but there are reading assignments and quizzes. Students are encouraged to keep in close contact with the course instructor. Blackboard will be used for posting assignments and communicating with students during the semester. It is the responsibility of the student to make sure that the instructor has a correct email address and that the email address is working. It is the student's responsibility to check email and the Blackboard version of the course frequently.