Executive Advisory Board on Curriculum (EABC ... - MISRC
Executive Advisory Board on Curriculum (EABC ... - MISRC
Executive Advisory Board on Curriculum (EABC ... - MISRC
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Attendance:<br />
Carl Adams, IDSc, <strong>MISRC</strong><br />
Gedas Adomavicius, IDSc<br />
Scott Amm<strong>on</strong>, Target<br />
Mick Att<strong>on</strong>, Thoms<strong>on</strong> West<br />
Mark Baltes, Securian<br />
Nomuun Batbold, Club MIS President<br />
Steve Brown, Carls<strong>on</strong> Companies<br />
Troy Cardinal, KPMG<br />
Chip Council, Target<br />
John Curtin, <strong>MISRC</strong><br />
Kevin Daly, Club MIS<br />
Alok Gupta, IDSc<br />
Vandy Johns<strong>on</strong>, Medtr<strong>on</strong>ic<br />
Mike Kirst, General Mills<br />
Janet Lerch, US Bank<br />
Mike McFarlane, Cargill<br />
Brent Murray, IBM<br />
Tim Ols<strong>on</strong>, IDSc<br />
Tamara Rath, Northwest Airlines<br />
Yuqing (Ching) Ren, IDSc<br />
D<strong>on</strong>na Sarppo, <strong>MISRC</strong><br />
B<strong>on</strong>nie Saxe, Target<br />
Shirl Stroeing, SUPERVALU<br />
Mary Texer, Target<br />
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November 27, 2007<br />
Meeting Summary<br />
1) A significant amount of discussi<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> Management Informati<strong>on</strong> Systems <strong>Curriculum</strong><br />
document presented by Gedas Adomavicius, IDSc. For example, the changes in the MIS<br />
<strong>Curriculum</strong>. The document is posted <strong>on</strong> the web.<br />
Changes in MIS curriculum (as of Fall 2008)<br />
Starting in Fall 2008 semester, there will be the following major changes in MIS curriculum:<br />
• IDSC 3201 – Introducti<strong>on</strong> to Programming for Systems Development (4 credits) will be split into the<br />
following two courses:<br />
o IDSC 3101 – Introducti<strong>on</strong> to Programming (2 cr.)<br />
o IDSC 3102 – Intermediate Programming (2 cr.)<br />
• IDSC 4203 – Informati<strong>on</strong> Technology Infrastructure (4 cr.) will be split into the following two courses:<br />
o IDSC 3103 – Introducti<strong>on</strong> to Databases (2 cr.)<br />
o IDSC 3104 – Business Communicati<strong>on</strong> Technologies (2 cr.)<br />
• IDSC 4204 – Informati<strong>on</strong> Services Management (4 cr.) will be a writing-intensive course (IDSC 4204W).<br />
• A new required 2-credit course – the MIS capst<strong>on</strong>e course – will be added to the MIS curriculum<br />
(tentative<br />
course number: IDSC 4301).
2) Wiki informati<strong>on</strong> from Tim Ols<strong>on</strong><br />
- Document is posted <strong>on</strong> the web.<br />
3) Discussi<strong>on</strong> around how to further market MIS careers. Ideas suggested<br />
-Two Sub committees were formed- Pre College and Existing College students<br />
Posted <strong>on</strong> the web.<br />
4) Letter to Dean Davis-Blake and Associate Dean Robert Ruekert<br />
- Mike McFarlane
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