Information Technology Career Ladder

Clayton College & State UniversityLarry Booth, IT Department HeadLarryBooth@Mail.Clayton.edu

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Problems & Opportunities

Rapidly evolving IT industry Industry concerns with academic programs

Tenure, Theory vs Skill Standards

Shortage of IT faculty Knowledge Workers need to stay current Job Changers need retraining All students have laptop computers

Design Challenges

Put folks into the workforce quickly Address needs of both Knowledge Workers and

Job Changers Economically feasible implementation Curriculum designed to keep pace

Courses evolve Professional Development time for Faculty

The Time Was Right

Georgia moves from Quarter to Semester 1997 A time for curriculum review Fall 1998, first semester at CCSU

Information Technology Project (ITP) 1998, CCSU deploys laptops to all students

Campus Infrastructure Changes No more computer labs Wired classrooms become the standard

Industry Developed Skill Standards

Northwest Center for Emerging Technologies Funded by NSF grant Developed IT Skill Standards Document

NWCET now called

National Workforce Center for Emerging Technologies

               

      

                     

Skill Standards for INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

                                                               

http://smartskills.nwcet.org/publicHome.asp

Proposal to the Board of Regents

Phase out two existing programs Computer Information Systems (COIS) Data Processing

Create a New College within the University Create a Department of Information Technology

within the New College Offer a variety of Degrees in Information

Technology

Foundations vs Skills

Foundations Courses cover the theory of IT

Students are required to take the Foundations

Content relatively stable and evolves slowly

Prefixed: ITFN

Skills Courses provide hands-on experience

Students choose appropriate skills

Content evolves to keep pace with industry

Prefixed: ITSK

Information Technology Career Ladder

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An Overview

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The The Department of Information TechnologyDepartment of Information Technology offers the offers the IInformation nformation TTechnology echnology CCareer areer LLadderadder

A program that prepares graduates to enter the A program that prepares graduates to enter the Information Technology field at three levels.Information Technology field at three levels.

BIT

AASIT

CIT

Gen. Ed.

The IT Department’s Three-tier Curriculum

Certificate of Information Technology (CIT)

Associate of Applied Science in Information Technology (AASIT)

Bachelor of Information Technology (BIT)

Clayton College and State UniversityInformation Technology Career Ladder Bachelor (BIT)

Field Experience: ITFN 4014 InternshipITFN 4003 Portfolio

BA Major Concentration: Datbase, Networks, Programming, E-Commerce

Upper Division Foundation: Associate (AASIT) Free ElectiveMGMT 3101 Prin of MgmtITFN 3314 Quality AssurITFN 3134 Systems & SecurityENGL 3901 Writing for I.T.MATH 3902 Math for I.T.

Practicum: ITFN 2012 Internship

Certificate (CIT)

Skills: IT Skills Courses + ITFN 130x or 1501

ITSK 1701 Database

Foundations: ITFN 1101 Info Systems ITFN 2123 Project Mgmt

ITFN 1112 Sys Analysis ITFN 2601 Operating SystITFN 2001 Prof Dev Sem ITFN 1201 Database Design

ITFN 130x Program'ng, OR Or Skill Choice if 1201 Taken

ITFN 1501 Networking

Gen Ed:Area A ENGL 1101, MATH 1101 ENGL 1102

Area B COMM 1001, CRIT 1101 COMM 1002

Area C C1, C2 Choices

Area D MATH 1221 D1 Choices

Area E POLS 1101 SOCI 1101 or PSYC 1101HIST 2110 SOSC 2501 or HIST 1110

Department of Information TechnologyDepartment of Information Technology

ORGANIZATIONORGANIZATION

Department HeadDepartment Head Full-time IT faculty: 10 Assistant Professors Full-time IT faculty: 10 Assistant Professors Part-time faculty share their work experiencePart-time faculty share their work experience Undergrad Instructional & Lab AssistantsUndergrad Instructional & Lab Assistants An Advisory Board composed of employers, An Advisory Board composed of employers,

business representatives and technology experts business representatives and technology experts from the fieldfrom the field

Department of Information TechnologyDepartment of Information Technology

Key design principles that set the IT Curriculum apart Key design principles that set the IT Curriculum apart from more traditional computer science and from more traditional computer science and information degrees:information degrees: Competency based curriculumCompetency based curriculum Laddered plan of progression (Gen. Ed. Spread over 4 years)Laddered plan of progression (Gen. Ed. Spread over 4 years) Certificate with HOPE grant available for most applicantsCertificate with HOPE grant available for most applicants Flexible and adaptable program contentFlexible and adaptable program content Sustained collaborative relationships with corporate & public Sustained collaborative relationships with corporate & public

sectorssectors Experiential, team-centered approach complements course-based Experiential, team-centered approach complements course-based

learninglearning

Department of Information TechnologyDepartment of Information Technology

STRENGTHSSTRENGTHS Teaching teams for facultyTeaching teams for faculty Student teaming in coursesStudent teaming in courses Portfolio development & InternshipsPortfolio development & Internships Very positive feedback from employers & Very positive feedback from employers &

internship supervisorsinternship supervisors Faculty on Annual ContractsFaculty on Annual Contracts

Summers used for Curriculum Revisions and Summers used for Curriculum Revisions and Professional DevelopmentProfessional Development

Program Growth

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The Future

The New College has been renamed:

“College of Information & Math Sciences” CIMS now has two Departments

Information Technology Mathematics

A Computer Science Department will soon be added and we look forward to new degrees in Math and Computer Science.