Assessment
The CIS major is designed to provide solid grounding in computer information systems, and prepare students for direct entry into the workforce as computer information systems professionals in the roles of system and network analysts, database administrators, programmers or programmer/analysts; or to provide solid grounding that can serve as a basis for further study in computer science. The department identifies the following five goals:
- Fundamental Concepts of Information and Computer Technology
- Students should demonstrate ability to efficiently use computers with end-user software to solve real life problems
- Application Development
- Students should demonstrate ability to solve application problems of limited complexity
- Be able to implement those solutions using current Object Oriented programming languages
- Be able to use new application development methods involving Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE)
- Understand the integration of individual application systems into the overall organizational information systems
- Project Management
- Students should demonstrate the ability to participate as a member of a project team in the solution of a real-life problem at a professional quality level (program capstone)
- Be able to develop a multi-user system with audit controls and project management techniques
- Be able to use accepted testing strategies
- Be able to plan and implement auditing
- Information Systems
- Students should be able to apply the concepts of management information systems
- Be able to describe the organizational impact of information systems and emerging technologies, as well as ethical issues surrounding the use of information systems
- Fundamental Business Concepts
- Students should demonstrate comprehension of fundamental business concepts in management, accounting, finance, law and economics (to be done in cooperation with the Business Department)
