See www.weekspace.com for the next challenge date. Students will first meet in AB412 for the 100-question concepts exam. After passing the concepts exam, students are then tested on applications (Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint) in the lab. The process takes three to four hours.
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:
1. 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.
2. Credit by special examination may not be
attempted in a particular course more than once.
3. Credit by special examination may not be
earned in a course the student has failed or audited until after one
calendar year has passed.
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 email Sandy Week at his/her intention to challenge the course
5. 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.
