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Course Syllabus
BIA 3620 – Introduction to Business Analytics Lecture
Professor: Dan Joaquin
Class: Section 002 W 4:10pm - 5:35pm BAS S
Section 005 R 4:20pm – 5:45 pm BAS S
Office and Hours: BAS N
Office hours Tuesday 9:30PM – 11:00 PM Wednesday & Thursday 2:00PM – 4:00pm or by appointment
Phone: 615.898.
Email: Dan.Joaquin@mtsu.edu
Textbooks: None required. Class will be supported with readings and videos that are directly linked
via the course D2L website.
Other Materials: The Turning Technologies QT Device is required in the course for both participation and
exams. It is available at the MTSU bookstore and other retailers.
Mission of the Jones College of Business:
The mission of the Jones College of Business is to:
Set our students' foundation for life-long learning through high quality learning experiences resulting from quality teaching, classroom interactions, student professional organizations, service learning, and interactions with faculty outside the classroom. Further the scope and dissemination of the body of business knowledge through scholarly research that advances our disciplines, enhances teaching/learning, and improves outcomes of for-profit, not-for-profit, and governmental organizations. Contribute to the economic development of the region through our outreach programs.
We will produce career-ready undergraduate students, MBA, MAcc, MS, and PhD graduates prepared for career challenges and advancements, significant applied research, and consulting consistent with the expertise of our disciplines.
Lottery Scholarship
Do you have a lottery scholarship? To retain the Tennessee Education Lottery Scholarship eligibility, you must earn a cumulative TELS GPA of 2.75 after 24 and 48 attempted hours and a cumulative TELS GPA of 3. thereafter. A grade of C, D, F, FA, or I in this class may negatively impact TELS eligibility.
If you drop this class, withdraw, or if you stop attending this class you may lose eligibility for your lottery scholarship, and you will not be able to regain eligibility at a later time.
For additional Lottery rules, please refer to your Lottery Statement of Understanding form (http://www.mtsu.edu/financial-aid/forms/LOTFEV.pdf) or contact your MT One Stop Enrollment Coordinator (http://www.mtsu.edu/one-stop/counselor.php).
Course Description and Objectives
The course focuses on the understanding and application of data analytics and business intelligence in industry, and has been divided into two concurrent components: a lecture (BIA 3620) and a lab (BIA 3621). This part of the course, BIA 3620, will focus on the use of data analytics and business intelligence in industry and how it can be employed to provide a company with operational and strategic advantages. The lecture will also cover the underlying tenets of data management, visualization, and the use of dashboards for data insight.. The objectives of this course are: o You will learn how business intelligence and data analytics are used to provide a strategic advantage to companies with access to large amounts of data o You will learn how data is acquired, stored, managed, governed, and retrieved for analysis o You will understand how data can be transformed into useful and actionable information o You will understand how performance is measured and how key performance indicators are formed from business measures o You will consider, evaluate, and apply the underlying tenets behind data visualization o You will be introduced to the use of dashboards and other reporting tools for insight into data The experiences in this course have been designed to enhance your understanding of the role of data in the current business environment and how it can be effectively use to supporting decision making.
Preparatory Material
This class requires a sufficient level of mathematical maturity to work with quantitative reasoning. This is satisfied by an understanding of the material presented in the prerequisites stipulated by the University requirements of QM 2610 or equivalent course.
Class Format and Grading
The course has been designed to include you in the learning process, with the opportunity to discover knowledge through active involvement. A total of 1000 points are available in the joint BIA 3620 and BIA 3621 courses. Of those points, 570 are allotted to BIA 3621 and 430 are allotted to BIA 3620 (as follows).
Clicker Participation (9 @ 10 points each) 90 points D2L Quizzes (10 @ 10 points each) 100 points Midterm Exam 120 points Final Exam 120 points Total 430 points
Letter grades will be awarded based on the aggregate scores from both the lab and lecture sections of BIA 3620/3621. Plus/minus grades may be awarded based on your relative position within a letter grade. All grade disputes must be brought to my attention within one week of receiving the grade. No changes to grades will be made after one week.
Turning Technology’s QT Device This course makes use of Turning Technology’s QT Device as both a clicker to be utilized in class for participation points, and as a mechanism for taking exams. You must have purchased, registered, and have available a QT Device during class to obtain the points available in this course. Failure to bring your QT Device to a class will result in a zero for participation in that class. Failure to bring your QT Device to an exam will necessitate that you take the exam on paper and will result in a 10% deduction on your final exam score.
note that exams do not exclusively require the regurgitation of facts. Some exam questions will require you to demonstrate understanding of the material and apply knowledge you acquired during class. Exam absences will have to be justified, documented, and verified before a make-up exam will be provided. Last minute or lack of advance notification of absence will require an emergency situation for justification. Excused absences will require that you take the exam early. All exams will be closed book and closed notes; no electronic material of any kind is allowed. You must use your QT Device to take an exam. If you fail to bring a QT Device to an exam, you will need to notify the professor before class and sit at the front of the classroom when taking your exam. A 10% deduction is made from exams taken without your QT Device.
Special Needs
If you have a disability that may require assistance or accommodation, or if you have questions about any accommodation for testing, note takers, readers, etc. please speak to me as soon as possible. Students may also contact the Office of Disabled Student Services (898-2783) with questions about such services. No accommodations will be made for any need not documented and approved by Office of Disabled Student Services. Additionally, it is your responsibility to arrange accommodations with me prior to exams so that our schedules can be coordinated.
Academic Conduct:
MTSU expects its students to maintain high standards of personal and scholarly conduct. I consider academic misconduct one of the gravest infractions at a university. Hence, breaches of the standards of conduct will be met with the severest penalties allowed, including an “F” (zero) for the course or a recommendation for dismissal from the university. Failing grades on exams earned via academic misconduct cannot be replaced by a higher grade on another exam as indicated in the Exams section above. Academic misconduct includes the following: Copying from another student's exam, lab, or question set. Using, during an exam, materials and/or devices not authorized by the professor. Collaborating with or seeking aid from another student during an exam. Knowingly using, buying, selling, stealing, transporting, or soliciting, in its entirety or in part, the contents of an exam, quiz, or other assignment not specifically authorized by the professor for release. Substituting for another student, or permitting another student to substitute for oneself, to take an exam or lab. Representing someone other than yourself in class via a mobile device for purposes of course credit. Plagiarism, or the appropriation, theft, purchase, or acquisition by any means another's work, and the unacknowledged submission or incorporation of that work as one's own offered for credit. Facilitation, defined as intentionally or knowingly helping or attempting to help another to violate a provision of the institutional code of academic misconduct. Collusion or the unauthorized collaboration with another in preparing work offered for credit. Although I do not discourage you from learning and working together with other students, all material submitted for credit must be your own original work. If you are in doubt about whether some action is allowable, you must contact me first and ask for clarification. Academic dishonesty will be reported to the Office of Academic Affairs regardless of the ramifications on your life. It is not my responsibility to minimize the damage from actions that you take.
As Stephen Covey once stated, "You can’t talk your way out of what you’ve behaved your way into."
Classroom Conduct:
While the inclusion of electronics as learning devices has greatly benefitted the classroom, it is critical that you learn to control their use. Thus the following policies have been put in place for this course:
Personal use of a mobile phone is restricted during class. o You are required to turn the ring tone off and set the phone to vibrate. o You are not prohibited from glancing at an incoming call or text message. If you decide it is necessary to take a call or respond to a text, you must exit the classroom before doing so. Laptop and tablet computer use is restricted in the class. o Students have found it tempting to use their personal devices to access information and websites unrelated to what we are doing. Your use of a personal tablet or laptop is limited to material that is directly related to the course.
You are expected to work on class material and only class material during class. A violation of any of these policies may result in an additional assignment of my choosing. Failure to submit the assignment will result in the loss of significant grade points.
