INFS1200/ INFS7900 Introduction to
Information Systems
Semester 2
2009
Course Description
INFS1200/INFS7900 Introduction to Information Systems introduces the student to the area
of computer-based information systems. It includes basic concepts necessary to
correctly design, and implement, a small information system. The course
will prepare students to deploy small information systems in industry and will
also prepare them for further study of advanced information system concepts
taught later in the program.
Assumed
Background
Senior Math B or MT 140. Basic set theory is useful. No computer
programming experience is assumed.
Contacts
Xue Li (Course Coordinator)
Office: 78-650
Tel: 3365 2379 Fax: 3365 4999
Email: xueli@itee.uq.edu.au
Tutors (Allocations)
Miss Elizabeth Dawn Alpert, s4099871@student.uq.edu.au (Photo)
Miss Ling Chen, s4193152@student.uq.edu.au (Photo)
Mr Boon Cheen Tay, s4208528@student.uq.edu.au (Photo)
Current Notices
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26/10/09
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SWOTVAC week Consultations (2 – 6 Oct. and 11 Nov. 2009) Elizabeth Dawn Alpert : • Monday (2/11/09) 1-5 pm (GPS 78-420) • Wednesday (4/11/09) 9:00am – 1:00pm (GPS 78-420) Boon Cheen Tay : • Tuesday (3/11/09) 1-5pm (GPS 78-420) • Thursday (5/11/09) 9:00am – 1:00pm (Axon 47-211) Ling Chen : • Friday (6/11/09) 1-5 pm (GPS 78-420) • Wednesday (11/11/09) 1-5pm (GPS 78-420) |
| 19/10/09 |
The final lecture (10:00am-11:50am, Mon 26 Oct
2009) in Week 13 is to present a revision on this course and discuss the
final examination. Your questions regarding the final examination will be
discussed there. A guideline of the final exam is given at
http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~infs1200/Exams/#FINAL_EXAM_S2_2009_-_50% .
After this lecture, inquiries about the final examination can only be openly discussed in the INFS1200 Newsgroup. The lecturer will not answer individual inquiries about the content of the final examination after the final lecture. |
| 01/10/09 | The Results of the Middle Semester Exam (MSE) are now available. Your transcript will be returned to you at 10:00am Mon 5 Oct 2009 in the Lecture Theatre 08-139. Tutors will be there to provide you a brief feedback. Please come. |
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28/09/09
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For students who did not take the MSE (Middle Semester Exam) and had been granted for a Special MSE, the exam is now decided to be held on 12:00noon - 01:40pm in Room 78-622 (GP South Building), on Friday 30 Oct 2009. This exam will have the same scope as that of MSE and the similar questions will be given. If you are not sure whether you have been granted for this Special MSE or not, please contact Dr Xue Li xueli@itee.uq.edu.au . Please also confirm your name to Dr Xue Li if you are coming. |
| 21/09/09 | The Deadline of the Assignment is 16 Oct 2009 as indicated on the assignment sheet, not 9/10/09 as mentioned in the Course Profile. The online submission will be opened on 12 Oct 2009. |
| 14/09/09 | The Best Students Assignments of S1 2009 are now available online. You can download them and learn from them. The Assignment requirement of S1 2009 is also available there. |
| 09/09/09 | The Sample Middle Semester Exam Paper is now available online. Please try it first before look at the solutions. The MSE will have different questions. |
| 31/08/09 |
Tutorial session T7 (12-12:50pm Friday ) is to be cancelled from Week 6 (4/09/09) due to the lack of interest (only one student). |
| 27.08.09 |
There is an online exercise on Relational Database Design available now. http://114.78.59.156:8899/ldbm/login.php . Both INFS1200 and INFS7900 students can use this by selecting INFS1200 at the login page. You will need to use your Student Number to log in. No password is required. This exercise is not assessed. Please finish the online exercise before 14 September 2009. |
| 17.08.09 | The Assignment is out now. |
| 03.08.09 |
Change of Mondays Lecture room: 2:00pm – 2:50pm 42-216 (NOT 01-E215). |
| 23.07.09 | Download Tentative Weekly Plan |
| 22.07.09 | Note that one hour per week for pracs is basically to make available lab time for you - there are no supervised set exercises per week. See the pracs page to make sure the expectations are clear to you or discuss with your lecturer |
| 21.07.09 | Signon is available for students - sign up for 1 hour of tutorial and 1 hour of prac every week, starting from week 3 (10 August 2009). There are no tutes or pracs in weeks 1-2). |
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20.07.09
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Welcome to INFS1200/7900.
This course will be your first introduction to databases and information
systems. As most of you will be aware, computer based information systems are
overwhelmingly found all around us in almost every domain. Correct database
design, and effective data management form to a large extent, the foundation
for the success (or failure) of an information system. The database community
is very significant both in academia and industry. It consists of large
industry/vendors like Oracle www.oracle.com
, DB2 (IBM) www.ibm.com/db2, SQLServer
(Microsoft) www.microsoft.com/sql
. This community is also privileged to have some of the top researchers and
scientists in computer science. You will find a database group in almost all
IT/CS schools in the top universities around the world. The |
