NEXT CHALLENGE
EXAM:
January 19, 2009 at noon
MEET IN AB412 FOR THE EXAM - HAVE YOUR PAPERWORK WITH YOU (see below)
A regular, currently enrolled student in good academic standing, who has the knowledge and skills taught in IS101, may qualify to take an examination for credit, subject to these regulations:
- Credit may not be earned in a course which covers, at an elementary level, the subject matter of a more advanced course for which the student has already received credit.
- Credit by special examination may not be attempted in a particular course more than once.
- Credit by special examination may not be earned in a course the student has failed or audited until after one calendar year has passed.
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The challenge exam is in two parts: CONCEPTS AND VOCABULARY Review it BEFORE making an appointment.** If you are not familiar with at least 70% of the contents of the book, you will not pass the challenge. You must pass the Concepts and Vocabulary exam before taking the Applications exam. APPLICATIONS The student must score a 70% or better score on the concepts exam and a 70% or better score on the average from the four exams covering Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access in order to receive a Satisfactory which results in three credits being added to the student's record. |
Students
interested in challenging the course should email Sandy Week at
or should come by
AB412 during office hours to discuss testing. Office hours are listed at
http://www.weekspace.com/IS101/isched.htm.
BEFORE COMING TO A CHALLENGE EXAM THE STUDENT MUST DO THE FOLLOWING IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER:1) A student must initiate an application at the Office of Admissions and Records where it is reviewed to determine eligibility.
2) Each authorized applicant must then obtain written approval to take the examination from his or her advisor, the chairman of Accounting and Information Systems, and the of the college in which the student is registered.* (These signatures are put on the form obtained in #1.)
3) The student must then bring the form complete with signatures to the Cashier's Office and pay a $25 per course examination fee. It is recommended that the student make a copy of the form at this time.
4) The student will submit the completed application and receipt of payment to Sandy Week at the time of the Challenge Exam.
Note: After the exam, the completed form and examination will be submitted by Sandy Week to Admissions and Records. Note that credit will not show up on your DARS until the end of the semester that you took the exam. However, students who pass the exam will be allowed to enroll in classes where IS101 is a prerequisite as long as he/she has met all other prerequisites for the course.
* For example, if the student is an IS major, he/she would
have an advisor from the College of Business Advising Center, the Dean of the
College of Business and the Chair of Accounting and IS sign the form.
Another example, if the student is a Computer Science major, he/she would have
his or her Advisor in the College of Engineering, the Dean of the College of
Engineering and the chair of Accounting and IS to sign the form.
** What you should know from the Using Information Technology Book.
You should have a good understanding of Information Systems terminology and
basic concepts. Simply memorizing the definitions at the end of the
chapters will not be enough to pass the exam.
Testable material is as follows:
Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4 ALL
Chapter 5: pixels, OCR, OMR, MICR, sensor, ergonomics, RFID, bar codes/UPC
only
Chapter 6 ALL
Chapter 8: beginning through 8.5
Chapter 9 ALL
Chapter 10: 10.2 only
There are no questions from Chapter 7. You will NOT need to know all
of the dates on timelines, however, you are expected to know when important
things occurred, for example when the Internet and WWW were developed and by
whom.