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BASIC INFORMATION
Stallings, W., & Case, T. (2013). Business Data Communications: Infrastructure, Networking and Security
(7th ed.). Prentice Hall. ISBN: 978-0-13-302389-3.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This is an advanced course covering information systems infrastructure. The areas covered include architecture,
operating platforms, database systems, data storage, networking, wired and wireless transmission, e-commerce,
cloud computing, virtual servers, and mobile computing. Prerequisite: BA 602 Management Information Systems.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
• Examine how business utilizes telecommunications networks and information systems architecture.
• Analyze the design and uses of information technology infrastructure.
• Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of competing solutions.
• Examine the knowledge needed to design and implement a comprehensive information system for an
organization.
• Illustrate and discuss current advances in IT infrastructure.
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ASSIGNMENT INFORMATION
According to the Office of the Vice President of Academic Affairs, attendance begins for all students on
the first day of class. This includes students who register “late”.
The University attendance policy will be followed. The policy states that a student who has missed the
equivalent of one week (1) of class periods for any reason receives a warning. Any student who misses
equivalent of two weeks of class periods (2) for any reason is automatically withdrawn
administratively (WA) from the class and is calculated in the grade point average (GPA) as if it were
an F.
Attendance for online classes is figured the same way as the face-to-face classes, using missed
assignment due dates as absences. For a graduate term class, which is 8 weeks in length, if a
student misses 1 week of assignment due dates, a warning will be sent. Any student who
misses 2 assignment due dates will be automatically withdrawn from the class with a grade of
WA.
Please see the Student Handbook for a complete explanation of the university policy. There are no
excused or unexcused absences according to the policy.
Late work, including DQ responses and written assignments are considered late if posted after the
due date. Points will be deducted for late work:
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Posts to the discussion board question is due by Thursday, posts to others by Sunday evening.
No late work will be accepted without prior approval of the instructor. In addition, NO WORK will
be accepted after the close of the class at the end of the session. The last day for acceptance of
late work will be the last day of class.
APPEALS POLICY
To appeal a grade on an assignment you must send an e-mail to your instructor's e-mail address using
your official CU student e-mail within five days of the grade having been posted. Overdue appeals will
not be considered.
INCOMPLETE
POLICY
Students will not be given an incomplete grade in the course without sound reason and documented
evidence. In any case, for a student to receive an incomplete he or she must be passing and must have
completed a significant portion of the course (at least 70% of the work).
ACADEMIC
INTEGRITY POLICY
Students are expected to be academically honest. This is not only a matter of academic integrity, but of
Christian principle. Students assume full responsibility for the content and integrity of the academic
work they submit. The guiding principle of academic integrity shall be that a student's submitted
assignment must be the student's own work. A student is guilty of dishonesty when he/she:
Campbellsville University and its faculty are committed to assuring a safe and productive educational
environment for all students. In order to meet this commitment and to comply with Title IX of the
Education Amendments of 1972 and guidance from the Office for Civil Rights, the University requires
all responsible employees, which
includes faculty members, to report incidents of sexual misconduct shared by students to the
University’s Title IX Coordinator.
Title IX Coordinator:
Terry VanMeter
1 University Drive
UPO Box 944
Campbellsville, KY 42718 Administration Office 8A Phone 270-789-5016
Email: twvanmeter@campbellsville.edu
Information regarding the reporting of sexual violence and resources that are available to victims of
sexual violence is set forth at: www.campbellsville.edu/titleIX.
COURSE ASSIGNMENTS
Course Work Points Possible
Week 1
Discussion 1 50
Quiz 1 10
Quiz 2 10
Week 2
Case study 1 75
Quiz 3 10
Week 3
Discussion 2 50
Quiz 4 10
Quiz 5 10
Week 4
Case Study 2 75
Quiz 6 10
Week 5
Discussion 3 50
Quiz 7 10
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Quiz 8 10
Week 6
Case Study 3 75
Quiz 9 10
Quiz 10 10
Week 7
Discussion 4 50
Quiz 11 10
Research Paper 100
Week 8
Discussion 5 50
Quiz 12 10
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Discussion Questions
You must provide your own response to the main question, plus reply to two (2) other students responses to the
question, for a total of three postings for each Discussion Question assignment. Late work, including DQ responses
and written assignments are considered late if posted after the due date. All discussion questions must include a
minimum of one reference, but should include all those used in the development of your response to the discussion
question.
Your response to the discussion questions: 40 points
Replies to others (2 reply responses): 10 points (5 points each)
Deductions:
Late posting of discussion questions:
Less than a week late deduction at the discretion of the faculty instructor
One Week Late: 2 point deduction
Two Week Late: 4 point deduction
Three Week Late: 6 point deduction
Four Weeks or more: 8 point deduction
No references in your discussion question response: 2 point deduction
No late work will be accepted without prior approval of the instructor. In addition, NO WORK will be accepted after
the close of the class at the end of the session. The last day for acceptance of late work will be the last day of class.
Case Study Assignments
You must provide your own response in preparing your Case Study. Do not copy from other sources (known as
plagiarism). Case Study assignments are valued at 75 points each.
Late posting of Case Study assignments are deducted as follows:
Less than a week late deduction at the discretion of the faculty instructor
One Week Late: 3 point deduction
Two Week Late: 6 point deduction
Three Week Late: 9 point deduction
Four Weeks or more: 12 point deduction
No late work will be accepted without prior approval of the instructor. In addition, NO WORK will be accepted after
the close of the class at the end of the session. The last day for acceptance of late work will be the last day of class.
RESEARCH PAPER
Select a topic from the following list on which you would like to conduct an in-depth investigation. The research
paper is valued at 100 points:
Note: The above topics are also the basis of the discussion questions. You may use up to three resources found by
yourself or your peers as peers as resources for the paper.
Some good questions to ask yourself before turning in your research paper:
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Context and
No submission No context or Developed Developed Clearly
Background
Information 0points background Paper with few Paper with developed
information in of the most of the Paper with the
the Paper appropriate appropriate appropriate
4 points details details details
6 points 8 points 10 points
Content
No submission Paper is not Paper is Paper is Paper is
0points interesting and interesting but relevant but not interesting and
relevant not relevant interesting relevant
4 points 6 points 8 points 10 points
APA Formatting
No submission Did not use Used APA Used APA Used APA
0points APA format format some of format format
correctly the time correctly most correctly
4 points 6 points of the time throughout
8 points paper
10 points
Used Compelling
No submission Did not use a Used an Used a chart, A compelling
Chart, Table, or Map
to Illustrate 0points chart, table, or ineffective table or map to chart, table, or
Something in the map chart, table, or illustrate a map was used
Paper 4 points map point in the correctly to
6 points paper illustrate a
8 points point in the
paper
10 points
Opening
No submission No opening or Fair opening Good opening Excellent
0points ineffective 6 points 8 points closing
opening 10 points
4 points
Body of Paper
No submission Ineffective Fair body of Good body of Excellent body
0points body of paper; paper; covers paper detailing of paper
covers few most of the the Topic detailing the
points needed points needed 8 points Topic
for the Topic for the Topic 10 points
4 points 6 points
Closing
No submission No closing or Fair closing Good closing Excellent
0points ineffective 6 points 8 points closing
closing 10 points
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4points
References
No submission Did not include Included a list Included a list Included a list
0points a list of of all of all of all
references used references used references used references used
and/or they and all and most were and all
were not cited references were cited correctly references were
correctly not cited 8 points cited correctly
4 points correctly 10 points
6 points
Writing Skills
No submission Errors are There are more There are Writing is
0points frequent than occasional occasional totally free of
4 points errors errors errors
6 points 8 points 10 points
Format
No submission Format is not Format is Format is Format is
0points appropriate and appropriate and appropriate and appropriate and
does not enhances the enhances the enhances the
enhance the understanding understanding understanding
understanding of the Topic of the Topic in of the Topic in
of the Topic some of the an effective a creative and
4 points time manner for dramatic
6 points most of the manner
paper throughout the
8 points paper
10 points
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HELPFUL RESOURCES
The Agile Architecture Revolution: How Cloud Computing, REST-Based SOA, and Mobile
Computing are Changing Enterprise IT, 2013, Jason Bloomberg, Wiley & Sons, Inc., ISBN: 978-1-118-
40977-0.
Building a Windows IT Infrastructure in the Cloud, 1st edition, 2012, David K. Rensin, O’Reilly Media,
Inc., ISBN: 978-1-449-33358-4.
Business Data Communications and Networking, 11th edition, 2012. Jerry Fitzgerald. Wiley & Sons,
Inc., ISBN: 978-1-118-08683-4.
Business Intelligence: A Managerial Perspective on Analytics, 3rd edition, 2014, Ramesh Sharda,
Dursun Delen, Efraim Turban, and David King. Pearson Education, Inc., ISBN: 978-0-12-385126-0.
Cloud Computing: Theory and Practice, 2013, Dan C. Marinescu. Elsevier, Inc., ISBN: 978-0-12-
404627-6
Green Communications: Principles, Concepts, and Practice, 2015, Konstantinos Samdanis, Peter Rost,
Andreas Maeder (Editor), Michela Meo, and Christos Verikoukis (Editors). Wiley& Sons, Inc., ISBN: 978-
1-118-75926-4.
The Executive’s Guide to Information Technology, 2nd edition, 2007, John Baschab, and Jon Plot. Wiley
& Sons, Inc., ISBN: 978-0-470-09521-8.
Mobile Design and Development, 1st edition, 2009, Brian Fling. O’Reilly Media, Inc., ISBN: 978-0-596-
15544-5.
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