Curricula Review BBAMIS Spring 2015 COB MIS Department Example of informal review 20102012 three MIS and one CS faculty met with three key Acxiom employees for an assessment of curricula ID: 572866
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COB: MIS Department
Curricula ReviewBBA-MISSpring 2015Slide2
COB: MIS Department
Example of informal review:
2010-2012: three MIS and one CS faculty met with three key Acxiom employees for an assessment of curricula
Examined business needs with respect to our curricula
Included some actual training with Acxiom’s ETL toolsConducted a gap analysisIn part, this resulted in:New coursesA new concentration (Business Analysis)Large grant ($150k)Slide3
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Alignment with Mission/Vision
Current Curricula
Ours
Other SchoolsGuidelinesPedagogies UsedSlide4
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New Major: BS in Information Systems
Where Does MIS Go From Here?Slide5
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Our Goal is to Provide a Current, Responsive and Innovative Curriculum
We consider this critical in ITSlide6
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We do this by the following:Monitoring industry IT trends
Meeting often with stakeholders
Employers
Students and alumniExamining curricula at other universitiesIT/IS Curricula GuidesSlide7
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We must prepare students in two ways:Enduring IT concepts and practices—used throughout one’s career
Strategic deployment & development of IT
Data storage/retrieval
Networking—communicationsProject management?Foundation & Core CoursesSlide8
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We must prepare students in two ways:Latest tools and technologies – to help get first job
Relational DBs
LAN/WAN & wireless networks
Data analysis tools (Visible Analyst, etc.)Latest programming languagesSlide9
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Number of majors and graduates
Percentage
of grads. by
concentration (since 2012)2010/112011/122012/132013/142014/15Majors
116
112
126
133
148
Grads
31
29
36
36
40?
Percentage of Graduates
Business Analysis
35%
Networking
32%
Programmer Analyst
21%
E-Commerce
11%
GIS
1%Slide10
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Major curricular initiatives (10 yrs):
Established four concentrations 2008
Added Business Analysis concentration 2012
About to establish a new major, BS-ISDeveloped ten new courses, eight in last five years; revised many othersSlide11
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New CoursesMIS 4366 Adv. Web Development (2007)
MIS 4367 Adv. Web Design w/ DBs (2010)
MIS 3343 Adv. Spreadsheets (2011)
MIS 4355 Project Management (2011)MIS 4360 Information Security (2011)MIS 4380 Business Intelligence (2013)Slide12
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New Courses
MIS 3335 Scripting Languages (Python) (2014)
MIS 4339 Java II (2014)
MIS 4364 Comp. & Network Security (2014)QMTH 4341 Quant. Analytical Methods (2014)Slide13
MIS-Current Curricula
Three Concentrations (BBA-MIS)Application Development
E-Commerce Track
Programmer/Analyst Track
GIS Track (3 GEOG courses)NetworkingBusiness AnalysisSlide14
MIS-Current Curricula
Business AnalysisNewest concentration (2012)
Direct result of industry stakeholder input
Required four new courses
MIS 4355 Project ManagementMIS 4380 Business IntelligenceMIS 4360 Information SecurityQMTH 4341 Quantitative Analytical MethodsAll of these courses also taught in MBASlide15
MIS-Current Curricula
Core CoursesMIS 3363 Networking I
MIS 3365 Database Applications
MIS 3328 Sys. Analysis & Design
All concentrations require a programming classAll have two MIS electivesTwo courses are concentration-specificSlide16
MIS-Current Curricula
How We CompareEight colleges in AR. offer MIS
Six are BBAs; two are BS (but in COB)
Only one other has concentrations (UA-Fayetteville)
All are similar in curricula, though most req. more MIS courses (27-33 hours)Add more to compete?Slide17
MIS-Current Curricula
Curricula StandardsOnly one “standard” available:IS 2010 Curriculum Guidelines for Undergraduate Programs in IS
By
ACM/AIS
Interestingly, they are shifting toward a less technical curriculum; the programming course is no longer a core course (now an elective)Slide18
MIS-Current Curricula
PedagogiesMIS uses traditional, hybrid and online course pedagogies
Both COB Foundation Courses online
MIS 2343
QMTH 2330COB Core Course online (MIS 3321)Slide19
MIS-Current Curricula
PedagogiesSome advanced level classes online
MIS 4363 Networking II
MIS 4380 Bus. Intelligence
MIS 3343 Adv. SpreadsheetsMost others are traditional coursesSlide20
MIS: New Major
BS-Information SystemsConceived and developed as a result of indirect assessments
Formal meetings with multiple employers
Met with alumni & students
Examined other universitiesSlide21
MIS: New Major
BS-Information SystemsCompanies need CS/MIS developers
Companies need MIS majors
But for many roles, both have problems
Therefore companies need a combination of the twoSlide22
MIS: New Major
BS-IS: CurriculumInterdisciplinary degree between MIS and Computer Science
Includes a required minor in CS, plus business/MIS courses
BS: at UCA this requires a two-course lab sequence in some science (CS I and CS II)Slide23
MIS: New Major
BS-IS: CurriculumRequires all COB Foundation except ACCT 2311 and MIS 2343 (choice in math/stats)
Requires all COB Core except MGMT 3344 and MGMT 4347
Many tech. courses either CS or MISSlide24
MIS: New Major
BS-IS: CurriculumBS-IS Course of Study
Business Hours (non-MIS): 30
Min/Max CS Hours: 21-36
Min/Max MIS Hours: 9-30Slide25
MIS: New Major
BS-IS: Other SchoolsMultiple other schools have non-MIS technical degrees:
BS-Computer Science
BS-Information Technology
BS-Information SystemsOthers: Comp. Engineering (UA), SW Dev. (Harding)Slide26
MIS: New Major
BS-IS: Other SchoolsBS-CS (8): some schools have multiple CS degrees:
AR State: E-Comm., IT, Gen. Bus
UA-Fayetteville.: BS/BA in CS
UALR: CS-GameBS-IT (2): AR. Tech, UA-Ft. SmithBS-IS (2): UALR, AR. TechSlide27
MIS: New Major
BS-IS: Other SchoolsAll CS degrees have 48+ hours of CS courses; most have 10-30 hours math
UCA: 48 hours CS/19 hours math
Two BS-IT curricula have 74-75 hours CS; not much math
Two BS-IS curricula have 50/62 hours CSSlide28
MIS: New Major
BS-Information SystemsBS-IT/IS has as much or more CS courses than BS-CS
Most require few business hours
BS-CS most require none
BS-IT requires 0 or 3BS-IS requires 15 or 18 (this is max for any non-MIS tech. degreeSlide29
MIS: New Major
BS-IS: Value Added
Bottom line: this degree is unlike any other in the state
It has a minimum of 40 hours of business (including MIS courses), plus a minimum of 21 hours of CSSlide30
MIS-Future
Where do we go from here?
Continue to build/maintain relationships
with
employers and companiesWe want our graduates to be their first choiceHelps to maintain an responsive, current and innovative curriculumResults in additional fundingAdded 2 scholarships in last 2 yearsSlide31
MIS-Future
Where do we go from here?
Upgrade
labs/Add new portable
labBS-IS: track and manage well; develop solid relationship with CSSlide32
MIS-Future
Where do we go from here?Curricula improvements?
Include Unix/Linux
Additional required course in major?
New concentration(s)? Security? Data analysis?Slide33
MIS-Future
Where do we go from here?New courses this upcoming year:
MIS 3335 Scripting Languages (Python)
QMTH 4341 Quant. Methods
MIS 4339 Java IIMIS 4364 Computer & Network SecuritySlide34
MIS-Future
We want to be the best MIS program in the stateWe want our graduates ready to assume important roles in companies
We want employers to seek out our graduates firstSlide35
MIS-Future
Questions?