MIS 213 / Fall 2025

Business Technology and Intelligence

Email - janickit @uncw.edu

Office Hours

Tom Janicki Office Hours - Zoom Link
  • Thursdays 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. - in person and on Zoom
    • Office - Congdon Hall 1019 (most days)
  • Tuesdays when a hands on project is due
    9:30 to 11:30 a.m.
    Zoom Only
Graduate Student Tutoring Assistance  (in Congdon Hall 2004 or Zoom - depending on the day/time)
  • Mondays
    10 to 1 on Zoom
    2 to 4 - in Congdon Hall 2004
  • Tuesdays
     10 to Noon - in Congdon Hall 2004
    Noon to 1 on Zoom
    1 to 5 in Congdon Hall 2004
  • Wednesdays
    10 to 5 - in Congdon Hall 2004
  • Thursdays
    10 to Noon - in Congdon Hall 2004
    1 to 5 in Congdon Hall 2004
  • Fridays
    10 to Noon on Zoom
    1 to 4 - in Congdon Hall 2004

Course Calendar

AugustSeptember 2025October
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
311

Labor Day Holiday

2

Read Chapter 3 and Appendix C

Discussion #1 in Canvas

34

MQ - Chapter 1 - Value

56
7891011

MQ - Chapter 3 - Storing Data

Project 2 - Access (Steps 1-45)

1213
141516

Read Chapters 2 and 13

Project 3 - Queries (Steps 46-58)

1718

MQ - Chapter 2 - Intro

1920
212223

Test 1 (ends 9/25 @ 5:00 PM)

Career Day

24

Test 1 Continues

25

Test 1 (ends 9/25 @ 5:00 PM)

26

Attendance, Test 1 Period (3/4 earns 100)

27
282930

Read Chapter 4

Project 4 - Pages B-10 to B-13

12

MQ Chapter 4 - Decision Making

34
567

Read Chapter 5

MQ - Chapter 5 - Information

89

Fall Break

10

Fall Break

11

 

Entropy Mini Quiz Expectations

  • To help reinforce your learning, most chapters will have a mini quiz associated with them
  • You will find the mini quiz link in Entropy
  • Mini Quizzes are due by 11:59 pm on their due date.
  • You may take each mini quiz 3 times until the due date, Entropy will record the highest score

Discussion/Feedback Expectations

  • Periodically (check calendar) you will be requested to discuss a topic related to Information Systems and Technology. This is the only graded item that will occur in Canvas. Check Canvas for the topic under the DISCUSSION tab each month.

Attendance

  • Attendance will be taken via the PollEverywhere App. You may miss 1 class per test period for any reason (you do not need to send an email). A deduction will be taken for each class missed after the one 'free miss' per test period.