Major requirements for the CIS degree (Curriculum Committee ...

Curriculum Committee

Progress Report

9-29-2006

What we will Cover Today

• High Level View of Kent State University & the College of Business Administration

• Degree Trends• KSU Requirements for Baccalaureate degree• College of Business Administration Requirements• CIS Degree Requirements• Required Courses Review• Our Plan• Summary

Kent State UniversityA collection of Colleges

• Undergraduate Studies• Honors College• Eight Colleges

1) Architecture and Environmental Design2) Arts and Sciences3) Arts4) Business Administration5) Communication and Information6) Education, Health and Human Services7) Nursing8) Technology

• College of Continuing Studies

College of Business Administration

• Five Departments1) Accounting

2) Economics

3) Finance

4) Management and Information Systems

5) Marketing

College of Business Administration Seven Undergraduate Majors

1) Accounting

2) Business Management

3) Computer Information Systems

4) Economics

5) Finance

6) Marketing

7) Operations Management

Undergraduate Requirements

To get a degree, there are

three sets of requirements

– University– College– Major

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Finance

Marketing

Ops Mgt

KSU UndergraduateDegree Requirements

121 Credit HoursMinimum 2.0 GPA30 Hours “in residence”University Orientation 1 HourLERs 36 HoursDiversity 6 HoursWriting Intensive Course 3 Hours39 Hours Upper Division Course Work

KSU Requirement

University Orientation, 1 hour

Required of all students except

a) Those 21 or older at initial college

enrollment

b) Those transferring 25 or more

semester hours

But, 121 Hours still required to graduate

KSU Requirement

Liberal Education Requirements 36-37 Hours (LERs)

I. 6 Hours Composition

II. 6 Hours Math and Critical Reasoning

III. 9 Hours Humanities and Fine Arts

IV. 9 Hours Social Sciences

V. 6-7 Hours Basic Sciences

KSU Requirement

LERs6 Hours Composition

Either (6 Hours)

ENG 10001 College English I and

ENG 10002 College English II

Or (8 Hours)

HONR 10197 Honors Colloq I

HONR 10297 Honors Colloq II

KSU Requirement

6 HoursMath and Critical Reasoning

Choose from 40+ courses.

Business requires (7 Hours)

MATH 11011 College Algebra (4 Hours)

MATH 11012 Intuitive Calc (3 Hours)

KSU Requirement

9 HoursHumanities, Fine Arts

Business requires

COMM 15000 Intro to Human Communication (3 Hours)

1 Course from Fine Arts in F&PA

1 Course from Humanities in A&S

KSU and Business Administration Requirement

9 HoursSocial Sciences

Business requires

ECON 22060 Principles of Micro- and Macro-Economics

1 Social Science Elective

(Business MGMT major requires PSYC 11762 General Psychology)

KSU and Business Administration Requirement

6-7 HoursBasic Sciences

No Business specific requirement. Students must choose from a list and one must be a laboratory course.

KSU Requirement

Diversity Requirement

2 courses to meet requirement

One must have “domestic” focus

One must have “global” focus

Often met through

LERs

KSU Requirement

Writing IntensiveRequirement

Must receive C or better.Usually an upper division required course in

student’s major.With permission may be outside the major.Purpose “ … to assist undergraduates in

becoming effective writers within their majors.”

CIS uses M&IS 44048 Software Integration

KSU and Business Administration Requirement

Hand out Blue/Pink Sheets Now

• Blue Sheet: Pre-Major Requirements

• Pink Sheet: CIS Requirements

39 HoursUpper Division

Upper Division consists of those courses numbered between 30000 and 49999.

These courses are expected to require

“… both greater familiarity with the subject matter and greater intellectual sophistication.”

KSU and Business Administration Requirement

CIS Major Requirements

Electives 15 Hours

Student chooses “specialization”

Required 15 Hours

Specific courses/prerequisites mandated

CIS Requirement

CIS ElectivesPick 5 from these 10

M&IS 24080 Programming IM&IS 34032 Data & FileM&IS 34033 Programming IIM&IS 34036 Large SystemsM&IS 34045 Small SystemsM&IS 44044 Systems Analysis IIM&IS 44045 IS ManagementM&IS 44049 Network ManagementM&IS 44095 Special TopicsM&IS 44292 IS Internship

CIS Requirement

CIS Required CoursesOur Focus

M&IS 24060 Systems Analysis I

M&IS 24070 Princ. of System Dev.

M&IS 44042 Telecom & Networking

M&IS 44043 Database Mgmt Systems

M&IS 44048 Software Integration (Writing Intensive Course)

CIS Requirement

Our Process

• Assign one course to each committee member

• Review syllabus– Compare to “hot list” of topics from March– Ask lots of questions– Recommend Delete/Add/Changes

• See changes through

Committee Member

• Dennis Runyon• Chas Gilmore• Myke Matuszak• Brandon Stetter• Ryan Conlon

• Glenn Thomas• Geoff Steinberg

Courses

24060 Systems Analysis I

44048 Software Integration

44042 Telecomunications

24070 Princ. of Sys Dev.

44043 Data Mgt. Systems

Early Findings

• Must have course owners

• Courses must be kept current with business needs and trends

• Course owners must stay abreast of the relationships to other courses

Early Findings

• Course Owner Responsibilities:– With multiple sections/instructors – agree on learning

objectives– Ensure that syllabi are similar between sections– Where possible, use same text books– Keep course content contemporary with future

business requirements– Meet with other course owners of required courses to

coordinate what is covered in each course

Next Steps

• Finish review of courses

• Write-up recommendations

• Go over the changes with “course owner”

• Go over changes with this group

• See changes through

Other Next Step

• Get recent graduates together and ask them what we should have taught them (again).

• Understand the feedback

• Decide how to assimilate their input

SummaryWhat we Covered Today

• High Level View of Kent State University & the College of Business Administration

• Degree Trends

• General KSU Requirements for Degrees

• CIS Requirements

• Required Courses Review

• Our Plan