We have learned quickly that there are as many ways to organize the Introduction to MIS course as there are instructors for the course. Each instructor and institution brings their own unique perspective and approach. This variety is a testament to the richness in the content that surrounds this course. We have tried, in this book, to support this variety in pedagogy by developing materials that supports different ways for organizing and delivering content. OUR COURSE ORGANIZATION Since we believe there is no ―best‖ way to organize this course, we offer as a starting point the way we have organized the course at our institution. Our course covers 13 weeks with a midterm at week 7 and a final during the final exam period. We lecture for 2 hours a week to approximately 150 students. An additional hour of student time per week is spent in a tutorial, of less than 20 students, where students are introduced to business applications such as MS Office Suite (including Access), MS Visio and Adobe Dreamweaver and Fireworks. The last two one-hour tutorial sessions are used for group project presentations where groups of students are asked to provide a 10 minute presentation of a particular IS topic (e.g. identify theft, data mining, firewalls, IS audit). ASSIGNMENTS, QUIZZES, AND EXAMS Our course requirements include the following:  2 personal assignments (one before the midterm and one after the midterm)  1 group project  8 weekly quizzes  Midterm exam  Final exam Our personal projects provide a challenge for students to apply the knowledge they have gained in both the tutorials and the lectures. Our student assignments vary each semester, but if you are looking for some suggestions please contact us and we will provide you with some of the examples we have used in the past. The weekly quizzes may be of interest to some instru