1. 1st Day: MIS 320: Principles of MIS

2. [MIS 320]: Principles of MIS
[lecture]: Mondays and Wednesdays
[lab]: Thursdays or Fridays (check your schedule)
[times]: 8:30am to 9:50am
[lecture prof]: Chris Califf (pronounced KAY-LIFF)
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[office]: Parks Hall 039
[phone]:
[office hours]: Monday and Wednesday, 10am to 11:30am; 2pm to 2:30pm
me if that doesn’t work for you and we can set something up

3. [lab, uploads, and grades]: Canvas (check often please)
[course website]:
mis320spring2019.weebly.com
[lab, uploads, and grades]:
Canvas (check often please)

4. [GOOD NEWS FOR MIS PEEPS]:
MIS
“A survey found that MIS majors were among the most satisfied with
their career path since graduation when compared to other majors.” – Wall Street Journal's Paths to Professions
project
“IS employment in the United States is
projected to grow by about 1 million jobs.”
– Ken Laudon, NYU
“The median annual salary for computer and information systems managers, which includes MIS directors, was $113,720.” – Bureau of Labor Statistics
“MIS undergraduates earned higher starting salaries than the next-closest business-school graduates, with averages of $57,817 for undergraduates, and $67,632 for graduate students.” – IS Job Index
“IS graduates are satisfied [with their jobs] with 85% agreeing that jobs had good work-life balance and 86% are satisfied with their offer.”
- IS Job Index
“Overall job placement levels in the IT industry are "healthy," with an overall job placement level of 78% for those with a college degree.”
- AIS and Temple University Study

5. [Activity: 7 Things in Common]:
Get in Groups of 3-4 people.
Do not get in a group with someone you already know. That means MOVE AROUND.
Introduce Yourselves.
Find 7 Things in Common. These things CANNOT BE basic things like hair color, gender, the fact that you are a student, etc. For example, your favorite movie might be The Notebook. Talk to one another.
Exchange addresses.

6. Now, Please Share with the Class a few Interesting Thing in Common

7. This is the beginning of your careers. Be busy being born.
Bob Dylan – “It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)” on Bringing It All Back Home (1965)
This is the beginning of your careers. Be busy being born.