Weekly Course Schedule – Fall 2025

IS446 A-Section - Systems Analysis and Design

Meets Tuesday Afternoons

Week 1 (August 25 – August 31)



Tuesday, August 26   (12:00 P.M. – 1:50 P.M., LISB 131)
Class Session 1
Topics
  • Course Startup
In-Class Activities
  • Q & A regardinng syllabus, roadmap, Weekly Schedule, Canvas site
  • Introductions
Required Readings
Required Recordings
Prep For In‑Class Activities
  • Introduce Yourself
    I am expecting each of you to speak for 1 - 2 minutes. Here are the things that I would like you to share with us: Your name; The iSchool program in which you are enrolled; Your employment (this includes, full-time, part-time, university, and home care activities); Your previous experience with skills covered in this course including systems analysis, systems design, conceptual data modeling, and user interface design; Most Important: What you would like to get out of this course. I look forward to meeting each of you during your introductions.


Thursday, August 28   (4:00 P.M. – 5:00 P.M., Zoom)
Optional Session
Lab Session
On Thursday afternoons from 4:00 PM till 5:00 PM, we will be holding an optional Lab Session using Zoom. Please drop by to ask a question, to discuss solutions to previous assignments, to get help with the current assignment, to discuss the final project, or just to say hello. Please use a headset while participating.


Schedule Note
There are no weekly assignments due this week.