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COURSE OVERVIEW
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TEXT AND READINGS
Our primary text is Business Intelligence and Analytics: Systems for Decision Support, 10th edition, authored by Ramesh Sharda, Dursun Delen, Efraim Turban
Published by Pearson (December 30th 2013) – Copyright © 2015
PowerPoint Slides are available at the course website on UKMFolio.
Catalog Description: Decision Support and Business Intelligence Systems provides the only comprehensive, up-to-date guide to today’s revolutionary management support system technologies, and showcases how they can be used for better decision-making.
UKMFolio is the UKM’s official learning platform based on the Moodle platform designed to provide educators, administrators, and students with an integrated system to create personalized learning environments. Most of the course materials such as lecture notes i.e. slides, data, case study, assignments, online discussions, and quiz will be accessible through UKMFolio. Search for TTTU6214.
Course Objectives
As a result of our work together in this course, you should:
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COMPUTER LABS
Analytics can be simply defined as the discovery of meaningful patterns in data and it entails applying data patterns towards effective decision making. Analytics relies on the simultaneous application of statistics, computer programming, and operations research to quantify performance. Thus, to improve hands-on skills on computer-programming, you will be learning and using how to use RapidMiner, Tableau, and Microsoft Excel, for building a decision support system or for modeling.
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UKM registered students are eligible to download and use Office 365 Education for free, including Word, Excel, 
PowerPoint, OneNote, and now Microsoft Teams, plus additional classroom tools. All you need is a valid UKM email address <matricnumber@siswa.edu.ukm.my> . If you are not familiar with MS Excel, there are plenty of free guidelines on Youtube and Web that you can easily learn from. All you need to learn is just a basic introduction of how to use MS Excel. I will teach the rest, God Willing.
ASSIGNMENT AND PROJECT(S)
You will be expected to complete a number of in-class and out-of-class assignments and Project(s). If you have problems that prevent you from following the class schedule, please let me know in advance and we will discuss how we might accommodate your situation. If the assignment/project is submitted before the due date, then the student can receive 100% of the points. Assignment/project submitted within 24 hours of the end of a dateline can only receive a maximum of 90% of the total points for the lab and later than 24 hours can only receive a maximum of 80% of the total point.
CLASS ATTENDANCE
You are expected to participate in all class sessions. Active, consistent participation in class is an essential part of the learning experience. We will be discussing cases and readings both face-to-face and/or video conferences. You need to read the materials and prepare to answer the quiz for each topic. The quiz is online and you are given 3 attempts.
QUIZ
You will take an online quiz over the Chapter readings. You can find your quiz at the end of each topic on the class page on UKMFolio. AFTER you have read the chapter, you can take the Quiz over that chapter. The unit quizzes will be a mix of 10 or more questions, possibilities include short answer, True-False questions, and multiple-choice questions. Make sure you complete all quizzes before the beginning of Examination Week because the quizzes are only accessible before the Examination Week.
EXAM
Only one exam that students need to prepare for which is the final exam. The actual format of the final exam will be discussed in class prior to each exam. You will receive a study guide for the final exams.
Grading Process
Most of our class sessions are oriented to lectures, discussion of case studies, and hands-on computer lab sessions. The material will introduce you to the most significant problems faced in using and managing information and developing decision support systems.
Your final grade is a function of the following:
| Tasks | % |
| Assignments/Exercises | 30% |
| Project | 20% |
| Chapter Readings and Quiz | 10% |
| Exams | 40% |
| Total |
UPDATES
Course materials, syllabus, and assignments may be updated, revised, or altered during the course. Changes will be announced in UKMFolio.
COURSE SCHEDULE
(subject to change with notice)