/
COB: MIS Department COB: MIS Department

COB: MIS Department - PowerPoint Presentation

lois-ondreau
lois-ondreau . @lois-ondreau
Follow
376 views
Uploaded On 2017-07-25

COB: MIS Department - PPT Presentation

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

cob mis major curricula mis cob curricula major courses department hours current business information analysis amp concentration future core

Share:

Link:

Embed:

Download Presentation from below link

Download Presentation The PPT/PDF document "COB: MIS Department" is the property of its rightful owner. Permission is granted to download and print the materials on this web site for personal, non-commercial use only, and to display it on your personal computer provided you do not modify the materials and that you retain all copyright notices contained in the materials. By downloading content from our website, you accept the terms of this agreement.


Presentation Transcript

Slide1

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

COB: MIS Department

Alignment with Mission/Vision

Current Curricula

Ours

Other SchoolsGuidelinesPedagogies UsedSlide4

COB: MIS Department

New Major: BS in Information Systems

Where Does MIS Go From Here?Slide5

COB: MIS Department

Our Goal is to Provide a Current, Responsive and Innovative Curriculum

We consider this critical in ITSlide6

COB: MIS Department

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

COB: MIS Department

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

COB: MIS Department

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

COB: MIS Department

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

COB: MIS Department

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

COB: MIS Department

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

COB: MIS Department

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?