College of Business Administration

Fall 2025

 MIS 160 - Systems Development Life Cycle

Section 1 Course Schedule:  Tuesday and Thursday – 12:00-1:15 pm, MND 2003

Section 2 Course Schedule:  Monday and Wednesday – 6:00-7:15 pm, MND 2003

Disclaimer: This syllabus and the schedule of readings, assignments, and activities may be changed by the instructor in order to maximize student learning needs and meet the objectives of the courses.

Instructor	Spiros Velianitis, MS/MIS
E-mail	Spiros@CSUS.edu
Web Page	http://www.csus.edu/indiv/v/velianitis  and Canvas
Office Hours	Office Hours in TAH-2077 on Tuesday from  1:30 – 4:30 pm

 

Email access is essential in communicating with the instructor and your peers. Please activate your CSUS e-mail account.

 

This course is offered in a Face-2-Face modality.

Textbook:

1.      Valacich et al. Modern Systems Analysis & Design, 9th edition, PEARSON EDUCATION, 2018 (required)

2.      OMG Unified Modeling Language (UML), Object Management Group (OMG), http://www.omg.org/spec/UML/2.5/PDF/ (required)

3.      OMG Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN), Object Management Group (OMG), http://www.omg.org/spec/BPMN/2.0/PDF/ (required)

4.      Bourque, Pierre, and R. E. Fairley. SWEBOK: Guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge. IEEE. Free download at https://www.computer.org/web/swebok/v3 (optional)

5.     Joint Task Force Transformation Initiative, Security and Privacy Controls for Federal Information Systems and Organizations, National Institute for Standards in Technology (NIST) U.S Department of Commerce, 2016. This publication is available free of charge from: http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-53r4 (optional)

Keywords: Systems Development Life Cycle, Business Process Modeling, Business Process Management, Process Reengineering, Software Engineering.

Course Description: Analyze, design, and develop business information systems to solve information needs of businesses and organizations. Topics include various systems analysis and design techniques, tools and methods for building new and/or integrated information systems.

 Prerequisites: MIS 101, MGMT 102

 Course Learning Goals and Objectives:

1.      Think and work as a professional consultant

2.      Become a dependable team player and a leader

3.      Learn to learn

4.      Prepare yourself for the "real world"

5.      Develop systems development skills

6.      Synthesize skills and knowledge from other classes into an innovative technology solution

Goal 1 Fundamental Business Knowledge

Competence based on fundamental business knowledge.

1.1 Demonstrate understanding of fundamental business theories, concepts, and skills.

1.2 Ability to analyze business information in performing business related tasks.

Goal 2 Integrative Business Competence

Business competence integrated with other business knowledge areas and ethical responsibility.

2.1 Ability to identify factors contributing to a managerial problem from a variety of business perspectives.

2.2 Enumerate the costs and benefits that potential solutions will have on the interdependent stakeholders of a firm.

Goal 3 Effective Business Communication

Business communication utilizing contemporary and classic communication techniques and methods.

3.1 Convey information in a variety of business settings.

3.2 Evaluate the efficacy of business communications.

Goal 4 Applied Business Capability

Ability to translate knowledge of business and management into practice.

4.1 Create effective business solutions that are both ethically sound and socially responsible.

4.2 Generate innovative and effective solutions for problem solving and decision making.

Program Learning Goals	Student Learning Outcomes	Assessment Strategy	Direct Assessment Measure
5	Develop systems development skills	Exams	Scoring guide
1, 2, 3, 4, 6	Synthesize skills and knowledge from other classes into an innovative technology solution	Project	Systems Development Project (grading is below)

 Systems Development Project

A Sacramento-area client has hired your project team to develop a web based Information System which will automate one or more business functions. You will conduct all activities and prepare all deliverable products associated with the development process. At the conclusion of your study, you will prepare a comprehensive, high-quality project report containing your results. You will also design and program a working prototype model of your system using the programming language of your choice.

Course Grading:

Exams: I will give two in-class term examinations. Each exam consists of fifty (50) multiple-choice questions. Examination material will be drawn from the textbook reading, any other assigned readings, and class lectures and discussion. Emphasis will be placed on the conceptual understanding of the material and NOT on memory alone. Understanding the application of the concepts will greatly enhance your grade.

No make-up examination will be given without the prior approval of the instructor. If you fail to take the exam, without valid documentation, I will prepare a different exam which you will take at 75% of its grade value.

Final grades will be assigned according to the total points you have obtained through exams and group homework assignments relative to the total possible number of points. 

Your grade is also affected by the number of unexcused absences. You are allowed to have 5 unexcused absences. For each absence after your allowance, 10 points will be deducted. Note that absences are only excused for a valid reason (health problems, jury duty etc.) and MUST be accompanied with documentation (i.e., health center note with a phone number to call for questions) provided within a week of returning to class.

Pluses and minuses will be awarded along the extremities (i.e., greater than 3% below the upper limit and less than 3% of the lower limit, respectively). 

Based on the total points, your grades will be assigned as follows:

Grading system may change for compelling reasons.

 Please look at the schedule.htm for our detailed weekly schedule.  

Contact Hours and Assignments		Contact Hours
Face-to-face Lectures & Online Meetings		45 hours (3 unit course)
Out of Class	Homework Assignments	6-9 hours per week
	Reading Assignments
	Group Project & Presentation
	Exams
Total Hours per Week	9-12 hours /week

 

Cheating. At Sacramento State, cheating is the act of obtaining or attempting to obtain credit for academic work through the use of any dishonest, deceptive, or fraudulent means. Cheating at Sacramento State includes but is not limited to:

1.      Copying, in part or in whole, from another’s test or other evaluation instrument.

2.      Using crib notes, "cheat sheets," or any other device, including electronic devices not permitted by the instructor as an aid in writing an examination.

3.      Submitting work previously graded in another course unless doing so has been approved by the course instructor or by department policy.

4.      Submitting work simultaneously presented in more than one course, unless doing so has been approved by the respective course instructors or by the department policies of the respective departments.

5.      Altering or interfering with grading or grading instructions.

6.      Sitting for an examination by a surrogate, or as a surrogate.

7.      Any other act committed by a student in the course of his or her academic work that defrauds or misrepresents, including aiding or abetting in any of the actions defined above.

Plagiarism. Plagiarism, as a form of cheating, is the use of distinctive ideas or works belonging to another person without providing adequate acknowledgement of that person’s contribution. Regardless of the means of appropriation, incorporation of another’s work into one’s own requires adequate identification and acknowledgement. Plagiarism is doubly unethical because it deprives the author of rightful credit and gives credit to someone who has not earned it. Acknowledgement is not necessary when the material used is common knowledge. Plagiarism at Sacramento State includes but is not limited to:

1.      The act of incorporating into one’s own work the ideas, words, sentences, paragraphs, or parts thereof, or the specific substance of another’s work without giving appropriate credit thereby representing the product as entirely one's own. Examples include not only word-for-word copying, but also the "mosaic" (i.e., interspersing a few of one’s own words while, in essence, copying another’s work), the paraphrase (i.e., rewriting another’s work while still using the other’s fundamental idea or theory); fabrication (i.e., inventing or counterfeiting sources), ghost-writing (i.e., submitting another’s work as one’s own) and failure to include quotation marks on material that is otherwise acknowledged; and

2.      Representing as one’s own another’s artistic or scholarly works such as musical compositions, computer programs, photographs, paintings, drawing, sculptures, or similar works.

      CBA Tutoring Center – Information will be sent to students over BizList when the schedule is finalized and posted.

XIII. Other Information

Late and Make-up Policy:  The general policy for this course is to require completion of assignments as specified in the class schedule.  All assignments are due at the beginning of the class period. Late assignments may be submitted within a week of the due date with a 20% penalty. No late assignments will be accepter after 1 week.  All assignments will be submitted using Canvas (please do not email your assignments). I will send you instructions on how to submit the assignments before the due dates.

Incomplete: An incomplete grade (I) will only be issued in accordance to College of Business Administration policy. Among the conditions imposed by the instructor that must be met are: (1) a current passing grade (70 percent or better), (2) the successful completion of all prior assignments and exams, and (3) an unforeseen and unusual event beyond your control which prevents you from completing the semester, and can be documented and verified (employment-related events do not qualify). (4) An incomplete will only be considered after it has been determined that a withdrawal (W) cannot be issued. If you do not meet (1) through (4), you do not qualify for an incomplete. As stipulated by the University, an incomplete cannot be assigned when it is necessary for the student to attend additional class meetings to complete the course requirements.

Unauthorized Withdrawal (WU) indicates that a student did not officially withdraw from the course but failed to complete it. Among the conditions imposed by the instructor that must be met are: (1) a passing grade (70 percent or better) at the time that the student stopped attending classes, (2) attendance stopped before the 11th week of the semester. If you do not meet (1) and (2), you do not qualify for an unauthorized withdrawal (WU) grade and as a result you will be assigned a failing (F) grade.

Laptop and cell phone regulation: No photographing, recording or text messaging is allowed without permission of the instructor.

A disruptive student is a student who engages in classroom behavior that interferes with the process of teaching and learning. If a student is disruptive to my class, I will follow the Procedures for dealing with incidents of disruptive behavior described in the DEALING WITH INCIDENTS OF DISRUPTIVE STUDENT BEHAVIOR IN THE CLASSROOM document http://www.csus.edu/umanual/student/STU-0112.htm.