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Catalog Description

Prerequisite: Application Software Usage. This course is an Enterprise Systems course that will serve as an overview of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) using SAP and an introduction to other enterprise system tools used to integrate systems together. Students should gain an understanding of the impact of ERP systems on organizations, using SAP and other systems as a working example. Students will also get hands on experience with the SAP system both Hosted and, in the cloud, and look at the alternative systems as well.

Course Outcomes

By the end of this course students should be able to:
1. Understand what an ERP system is
2. Gain experience working in an ERP system, specifically SAP
3. Understand integrated business processes
4. Understand criteria for high-quality information, and apply these criteria to evaluate information
5. Use an enterprise system to process key transactions
6. Gain knowledge in various modules supporting integrated business processes
7. Gain knowledge of SAP and various SAP products (including the cloud)
8. Gain knowledge of the competitors and add-on products in the ERP arena

Grading (1000 pts)

A 900 – 1000 pts
B 800 – 899 pts
C 700 – 799 pts
D 600 – 699 pts
F Less than 599

Grading

8 Projects / Labs 65%
8 Quizzes 20%
8 Participation 15%

Weekly Modules

MODULE 1 – Chapter 1, Chapter 2 (Aug 15 – Aug 27)

MODULE 2 – Chapter 3 (Aug 28 – Sept 11)

MODULE 3 – Chapter 4 (Sept 12 – Sept 25)

MODULE 4 – Chapter 5 (Sept 26 – Oct 9)

MODULE 5 – Chapter 6 (Oct 10 – Oct 23)

MODULE 6 – Chapter 7 (Oct 24 – Nov 6)

MODULE 7 – Chapter 8 (Nov 7 – Nov 20)

MODULE 8 – Chapter 9 (Nov 21 – Dec 5)

Required Textbook

Business Process Integration with SAP S/4HANA by Simha Magal & Jeffrey Word ($50.00)
https://courses.epistemypress.com/Course/index

Desire2Learn

The class assignments/grades are managed through D2L.
ALL OF YOUR ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE UPLOADED AND GRADED ON D2L!!!

Common Syllabus Requirements

All common statements for this syllabus are found at http://www.gcsu.edu/business/docs/GCRequiredSyllabusStatements.docx