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Curriculum Changes and How They Will Affect You?

AITP MeetingStan Gambill

Sept. 20, 2006

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Information Systems Curriculum

•Committee started work Fall, 2004•Gathered input from:

studentsfacultyemployerscurriculum models

Tennessee employers•Completed Fall, 2005•First course offerings Fall, 2006•Full implementation Fall, 2007

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Course Requirements• Required (8 courses)• INFS 2400 Web Development • INFS 2600 Programming Logic w/ VB.Net• INFS 3200 Business Applications

Development• INFS 3400 Objected Oriented

Programming with C#.Net• INFS 3800 Project Management and

Systems Development• INFS 4790 Database Design &

Development• INFS 4900 Business Data

Communications• INFS 4950 Advanced Web-Enabled

Application Development

New Course

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Course Requirements (cont.)

• Electives (choose 2)• INFS 3500 Knowledge Management

Systems• INFS 4300 Security Assurance and

Information Systems Auditing• INFS 4500 New Technologies in

Information Systems• INFS 4740 Information Resources

Management• INFS 3990 / 4990 Independent Study

in Information Systems• INFS 4420 Information Systems

Internship

New Course

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Course Requirements (cont.)

• Other Electives (may never be offered)

• INFS 2730 Programming Languages• INFS 4200 Data Enhanced Internet

Applications• INFS 4830 Database Programming

INFS 2200 Introduction to Microcomputingwill not count towards major under new catalog

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Course Prerequisites

INFS 4950 Advanced Web-Enabled Application Development

INFS 2400 Web Development

INFS 2600 Programming

Logic with VB.NET

INFS 3800 Project

Management and Systems

Development

INFS 3400 Object Oriented

Programming with C#.Net

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Schedule of New Course Offerings Fall, 2006

INFS 2400 Web DevelopmentINFS 2600 Programming Logic with VB.NetINFS 3800 Project Management and Systems DevelopmentINFS 3500 Knowledge Management SystemsINFS 4300 Security Assurance and Information Systems Auditing

Spring, 2007INFS 3400 Object Oriented Programming w/ C#.Net

Fall, 2007INFS 4950 Advanced Web-Enabled Application Development

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Last Time Old Courses Offered? Spring, 2006

INFS 2720 COBOL ProgrammingINFS 4200 Data Enhanced Internet ApplicationINFS 2730 Programming Languages

Fall, 2006INFS 4760 Advanced Programming

Spring, 2007 INFS 4980 Information Systems Project

Revised version of the course may be offered in the future

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How Does This Affect Me?

Fall, 2007 - New catalog goes into effect Fall, 2007 – Earliest possible graduation

under new catalog Students may take new courses and still

graduate under the old catalog but each case would have to be evaluated separately.

New courses will be substituted for required courses no longer offered

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Questions?