AMERICAN CULTURE AND LITERATURE | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
LOG4743 | Information Systems for Logistics Management | Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester. |
Language of instruction: | English |
Type of course: | Non-Departmental Elective |
Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
Course Coordinator : | Prof. Dr. YAVUZ GÜNALAY |
Course Lecturer(s): |
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi LEVENT AKSOY Prof. Dr. İPEK ALTINBAŞAK FARİNA |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | online text material |
Course Objectives: | This course provides an introduction to fundamental concepts of Management Information Systems in the modern business environment. New trends and innovations in the information and communication technologies are also discussed. Students are expected to create a new e-commerce business plan/idea during this course. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; I. Be familiar of basic terminology for Information Systems and Technology (IS/IT). II. Importance of Information systems in logistics systems. III. Show the relation between ethics, privacy, security and information systems. IV. Define data, knowledge, information and data management systems. V. Able to create a working database using a DBMS. VI. Define telecommunication technology. VII. Define e-commerce, e-business and new businesses. VIII. Relate logistics processes with e-business processes. |
What is an information system, components of information system, current information technologies, importance of IS/IT in logistics. |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Be familiar of basic terminology for Information Systems and Technology (IS/IT). | Pre-reading and internet search |
2) | Importance of Information systems in modern businesses | Internet search |
3) | Define data, knowledge, information and data management systems. | |
4) | Database Management System (DBMS) implementation | Lab hour |
5) | Networks, and telecommunication. | |
6) | Internet and Internet Protocol | |
7) | E-commerce and e-business. | Internet search |
8) | Mobility and new business models. | |
9) | Review | |
10) | Information systems in logistics. | |
11) | Information systems, management and decision making. | |
12) | Show the relation between ethics, privacy, security and information systems. | |
13) | Project presentations | |
14) | Project presentations |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Haag, S. and Cummings, M., Information System Essentials, 3rd Ed. McGraw-Hill, 2009. |
References: | Introduction to Information Systems, by R. K. Rainer and C. G. Cegielski, Wiley, 2011. |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Application | 1 | % 10 |
Quizzes | 6 | % 10 |
Homework Assignments | 1 | % 10 |
Presentation | 1 | % 10 |
Project | 1 | % 20 |
Midterms | 1 | % 20 |
Final | 1 | % 20 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 60 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 40 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 42 |
Laboratory | 1 | 1 |
Application | 2 | 8 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 91 |
Presentations / Seminar | 1 | 1 |
Project | 7 | 22 |
Midterms | 1 | 2 |
Jury | 1 | 2 |
Total Workload | 169 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | Upon graduation, students will acquire key skills and attributes to conduct research to use research tools, to solve problems, to communicate effectively and to transfer skills to the workplace. | |
2) | Upon graduation, students will have developed the ability to discuss key issues in fluent English. | |
3) | Upon graduation, students will have developed the ability to compose written documents in English with a mature prose style. | 4 |
4) | Upon graduation, students will have gained broad knowledge of the American and English literary canons. | 4 |
5) | Upon graduation, students will have developed the ability to analyze, synthesize and criticize sophisticated works of American and English literature. | 4 |
6) | Upon graduation, students will have achieved in depth the understanding of contemporary American culture. | 3 |
7) | Upon graduation, students will have developed the ability to draw links among diverse literary texts and documents and establish critical connections and adopt an interdisciplinary attitude. | 3 |
8) | Upon graduation, students will be able to develop new projects individually or in teams. | 3 |
9) | Upon graduation, students will be able to apply their knowledge into their lives for interdisciplinary problem-solving and solutions. | 4 |