IEE 305 Information Systems Engineering, Online

This is an online course. There are no face-to-face class meetings. You can log into your course
via MyASU at https://my.asu.edu.

Considering the 6-week duration of this summer course in session A, the required course work
includes only 3 exams and 4 homework assignments. The submission of quizzes and exercises is
optional but will give students bonus points if a student chooses to submit a quiz or an exercise.

Instructor: Samveg Turakhia

Email: smturakh@asu.edu
Office hours: Monday 11-12:
https://asu.zoom.us/j/97221987509
by appointment (an appointment must be made at least one day in advance of the
appointment time)

ASU IT Help: 855-278-5080 or 480-965-6500

Course description: This course covers the development of information systems. Topics include
entity-relationship modeling, relational data modeling, database development, and application
development with graphical user interface.

Textbook: N. Ye and T. Wu, Developing Windows-based and Web-Enabled Information

Systems, Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press, 2014, ISBN 978-1-4398-6059-5. (Students may order
the book from Amazon.com or other similar sources.)

Software: Microsoft Access 2017 and Visual Studio 2017 are used in lecture videos. Access is a
part of Microsoft Office. Students can download Microsoft Office 365 through My Apps in
MyASU. The link is here: https://myapps.asu.edu/app/microsoft-office-365. It downloads as a
package, and Access should be included in it. For questions about getting Microsoft Access on
your PC, please call ASU IT Help at 855-278-5080 or 480-965-6500. For licensing Visual Studio
at ASU, there are permission rules for using the software. If a user is a faculty or student needing
to use Visual Studio for teaching/research/lab usage, users can acquire a license for their system
via the Microsoft Imagine (LSoftwareinks to an external site.) program. For users such as staff
that need Visual Studio for production/development usage, you will have to purchase a license.
A license can be purchased either yearly via the Microsoft EES program through CDW. Users
can contact CDW for a quote by email asu@cdw.com. Visual Studio is also free for users to sign
up for their own account, however this is considered for personal usage and should not be used
on ASU owned devices unless you follow the permission rules listed above.

Lecture notes: The purpose of lecture notes is to serve the instructor by prompting the instructor
what to cover in lectures. Lecture notes are provided to students for convenience only. They are
not meant to be complete course materials for students. Students need to have a hard copy of the
textbook for the course. An electronic copy of the textbook is not allowed during exams.
Schedule: (Dates for Summer20: 5/18 classes begin, 5/25 Memorial Day No Class, 6/26 classes
end, 6/28 final grade due)
Week (Dates Topics Reading and online lectures Student Work
for Summer20) (The submission of each quiz
and exercise is optional,
receives bonus points, and is
due by Sunday in the week of
the lecture with the quiz and
exercise if a student chooses
to submit)

1 (5/18-5/24) Course Overview and Textbook: Part II Introduction Quiz: 0.1

Introduction to Database Online lecture: 0.1 Exercise: 0.1
Development

Course Introduction Course syllabus; Quiz: 0.2

E-R Modeling: entities, Textbook: Chapter 5 and the part Quizzes: 1.1 – 1.3
relationships, and their of Chapter 26 on E-R modeling Exercises: 1.1 – 1.3
Attributes; degrees and Online lectures: 1.1 – 1.3
cardinality of
relationships

E-R modeling: associative Textbook: Chapter 5 and the part Quizzes: 1.4 – 1.6
entities, weak entities, of Chapter 26 on E-R modeling Exercises: 1.4 – 1.6
superclasses, subclasses, Online lectures: 1.4 – 1.6
participation and disjoint
constraints.

HOMEWORK 1 Homework#1 is due on

Tuesday (5/26), 11:59 PM

2 (5/25 – 5/31) Exam1 (covers Chapter Exam1 is on Friday, 5/29,

5 and the part of 11-12:15 PM, BYENG M1-
Chapter 26 related to E- 09
R modeling)

Relational Modeling and Textbook: Chapter 6 and the part Quizzes: 2.1 – 2.2
Normalization: structure, of Chapter 26 on relational
properties and constraints modeling and normalization Exercise 2.1 – 2.2
of relations; Online lectures: 2.1 – 2.2
transformation of an E-R
model to a relational data
model

Relational Modeling and Textbook: Chapter 6 and the part Quizzes: 2.3 – 2.5
Normalization: of Chapter 26 on relational Exercises: 2.3 – 2.5
transformation of an modeling and normalization
E-R model to a Online lectures: 2.3 – 2.5
relational data model

Relational modeling and Textbook: Chapter 6 and the part Quizzes: 2.6 – 2.7
normalization: data of Chapter 26 on relational Exercises: 2.6 – 2.7
 redundancy, modeling and normalization
anomalies, functional Online lectures: 2.6 – 2.7
dependency

HOMEWORK 2 Homework#2 is due on

Tuesday (6/2), 11:59 PM

3 (6/1 – 6/7) Exam2 (covers Chapter Exam2 is on Friday, 6/5, 11-

6 and the part of 12:15 PM, BYENG M1-09
Chapter 26 related
to relational
modeling and
normalization)
Textbook: Chapter 7 and the part
Access: Introduction, of Chapter 26 on Access Quizzes: 3.1 – 3.2
tables, and Online lectures: 3.1 – 3.2 Exercise 3.1 – 3.2
relationships
Textbook: Chapter 7 and the part
Access: Queries of Chapter 26 on Access Quizzes: 3.3 – 3.5
Online lectures: 3.3 – 3.5 Exercises: 3.3 – 3.5

4 (6/8 – 6/14)
Access: Queries Textbook: Chapter 7 and the part Quizzes: 3.6 – 3.7, 3.9
of Chapter 26 on Access Exercises: 3.6 – 3.7, 3.9
Online lectures: 3.6 – 3.9

HOMEWORK 3 Homework#3 is due on

Tuesday (6/16), 11:59 PM

5 (6/15 – 6/21)
Application development: Textbook: Chapters 11 and 12 and Quizzes: 4.1 – 4.2
Introduction, Windows the part of 26 on Visual Studio Exercises: 4.1 – 4.2
forms and controls, Visual Online lectures: 4.1 – 4.3
Basic Programming

6 (6/22 – 6/26) Application development: Textbook: Chapter 13 and the part Quiz: 4.4
Database connectivity of Chapter 26 on Visual Studio Exercise: 4.4
Online lectures: 4.4

Application development: Textbook: Chapter 13 and the part Quizzes: 4.5

Database connectivity of Chapter 26 on Visual Studio Exercises: 4.5 – 4.6
Online lectures: 4.5 – 4.6

Homework#4 is due on
HOMEWORK 4 Tuesday (6/23), 11:59 PM

Exam3 is on Friday, 6/26,

Exam3 (covers Chapter 11-12:15, BYENG M1-09
7 and the part of
Chapter 26 related to
Access)
Student work:
 3 exams: all exams are open-book and open-note. Only a hard copy of the textbook is
allowed. An electric copy of the textbook cannot be used.
 4 homework assignments (1-2 persons): each homework assignment can be done by one
student individually or by two students together as a team. Each student working
individually or each student team must submit one homework assignment. Students
cannot change their team after HW1.
 Quizzes and exercises: optional. The submission of each quiz and exercise is optional,
and is due by Sunday in the week of the lecture with the quiz and exercise if a student
chooses to submit. Submitted quizzes/exercises will be graded and will give students
bonus points.
All student work should be done independently by individual students.

Grading:
Distribution percentage:
 3 exams: 52% (17% for Exam1, 17% for Exam2, and 18% for Exam3, and each exam is
graded on the scale of 0 to 100 points)
 4 homework assignments: 48% (12% for each homework assignment, and each
homework is graded on the scale of 0 to 100 points)
 Quizzes and exercises: optional with bonus 10% (each quiz/exercise is graded on the
scale of 0 to 100 points)

Grading criterion: the following scores are for a guaranteed grade, and cutoff scores for the final
grade may be curved, and +/- may be used.
Final Score (X) Grade
X > 90 A
80 < X < 90 B
70 < X < 80 C
60 < X < 70 D
X < 60 E
Requests for improving the final grade based on need will not be considered.

Online Course
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via MyASU at https://my.asu.edu.

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Late or Missed Course Work

Notify the instructor/TA BEFORE each course work is due if an urgent situation arises and the
course work will not be submitted on time. Published course work due dates (Arizona time) are
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practices or to accommodate a missed assignment due to University-sanctioned activities.

If a student has a reasonable excuse for submitting a homework assignment late, the student must
notify the instructor/TA the reason by the due time of the homework assignment via phone or
email. The student must submit a guidance Memorandum from Student Advocacy and
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document within one week of the notification or before the graded homework is returned to the
class, whichever occurs first. Based on the evaluation of the reason and the supporting document,
the instructor/TA will determine if an extension is granted. Without notifying the instructor/TA
with a reasonable excuse by the due time of the homework assignment, the student will lose 20
out of 100 points for each day of late submission of the homework assignment.

If a student has a reasonable excuse for missing an exam, the student must notify the
instructor/TA the reason by the completion time of the exam via phone or email. The student
must submit a guidance Memorandum from Student Advocacy and Assistance
(https://eoss.asu.edu/dos/srr/StudentAdvocacyandAssistance) as the supporting document within
one week of the notification or before the graded exam is returned to the class, whichever occurs
first. Based on the evaluation of the reason and the supporting document, the instructor/TA will
determine if the student is allowed to make up for the exam. Without notifying the instructor/TA
with a reasonable excuse by the completion time of the exam, the student will receive 0 out of
100 for the exam.

No late submission of a quiz or exercise will be accepted because the submission of each
quiz/exercise is optional.

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Grade Appeals
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the University Policy for Student Appeal Procedures on Grades.
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Students are entitled to receive instruction free from interference by other members of the class.
An instructor may withdraw a student from the course when the student's behavior disrupts the
educational process per Instructor Withdrawal of a Student for Disruptive Classroom Behavior.

Appropriate online behavior (also known as netiquette) is defined by the instructor and includes
keeping course discussion posts focused on the assigned topics. Students must maintain a cordial
atmosphere and use tact in expressing differences of opinion. Inappropriate discussion board
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The Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities accepts incident reports from students, faculty,
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If a student is caught cheating on any one of the course work, the student will receive zero credit
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Copyrighted Course Material and Prohibition of Commercial Note Taking and

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Commercial Note Taking Services, written permission must be secured from the official
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