From nitdc-owner Mon May 5 11:44:06 1997 Received: from viu.eng.rpi.edu (hsuc@viu.eng.rpi.edu [128.113.4.49]) by mail1.its.rpi.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA193360 for ; Mon, 5 May 1997 11:43:59 -0400 Received: (hsuc@localhost) by viu.eng.rpi.edu (8.6.9/8.6.4) id LAA22964 for nitdc; Mon, 5 May 1997 11:43:57 -0400 Resent-From: "Cheng Hsu" Resent-Message-Id: <9705051143.ZM23730@viu.eng.rpi.edu> Resent-Date: Mon, 5 May 1997 11:43:56 -0400 X-Mailer: Z-Mail (3.2.1 10apr95) Resent-To: nitdc Received: from viu.eng.rpi.edu (hsuc@viu.eng.rpi.edu [128.113.4.49]) by mail1.its.rpi.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA192390; Mon, 5 May 1997 11:42:58 -0400 Received: (hsuc@localhost) by viu.eng.rpi.edu (8.6.9/8.6.4) id LAA20392; Mon, 5 May 1997 11:42:49 -0400 From: "Cheng Hsu" Message-Id: <9705051142.ZM22950@viu.eng.rpi.edu> Date: Mon, 5 May 1997 11:42:46 -0400 In-Reply-To: "Harry W McLaughlin" "requested outline" (Apr 29, 9:57am) References: <9704290957.ZM29034@lagrange.its.rpi.edu> X-Mailer: Z-Mail (3.2.1 10apr95) To: hsuc, "Harry W McLaughlin" Subject: a conceptual schema for the IT degree program Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-UIDL: 4b94c71789f163bd8a5d2297f1615de1 Status: R Harry has suggested that we divide and conquer the planning task in a top-down manner. John also has asked for a few somewhat bottom-up sample designs for discussion in the next meeting. Thus, I hope the following idea might serve as a "middle-out" point for the discussion :-) Curriculum: BS in IT 1. Core: 6 new, studio-style courses, 24 credit hours total (The first five-year planning horizon will commit to an Internet focus; which might evolve into other themes in the future) E.g., Networking (TCP/IP and other protocols and implementation technology) Software (JAVA, PERL and webmastering software engineering) Hardware (website construction, including client-server and gateway) Enterprise (intranet, extranet and Internet applications) Electronic Commerce (economics, management and legal/ethics issues) Case Studies This core is required of all students majoring in IT. Taking this core alone qualifies for a minor in IT and a subset a concentration. A dedicated laboratory with sufficient equipment to allow students developing hands-on webmastering projects is required. 2. H&SS Requirements: 24 Credit hours 3. Discipline: six parallel tracks, 48 credit hours each Architecture Engineering Humanities and Social Sciences Management Science Systems (encompassing two or more of the above tracks) Each track will be designed with the consent of the appropriate faculty and prepare the student for a possible double major in it (along with the design component shown below). Each track should inlude some restricted list of elective courses in computing and technology. 4. Design: individualized curricula, 32 credit hours total E.g., corporate internship cyberenterprises (campus-based entrepreneurship) apprenticeship (campus projects) departmental requirements (disciplinary courses) Any combination of these topics is permissible. For instance, if the student would elect to do full time and supervised cyberenterprises during the two summers for all 32 credits, then s/he could graduate in the third May. The other extreme could be true, too, where the student would elect to do 32 credits of disciplinary works and get a dual degree in that field. There should be some guidelines and requirements for each of these topics, such as deliverables (for the first three) and hands-on systems development projects (for the last - e.g., senior design). The program might also institutionalize an "internal consulting" operation for the Institute, in cooperation with the CIS and other professional units, or even some external operations to provide a "teaching enterprise" for the students. This teaching enterprise will then help provide a structure for students' earning credit hours in this category (maybe with pay, too). This curriculum calls for a total of 128 credit hours with a minimum of 6 new courses and a new Internet laboratory. It allows for single or double major, and the possibility of graduating in three years. It follows some of the criteria that we discussed so far. Organization: One possibility is to commission a campus-wide new center to be the home base of the new IT degree. The Center should have direct involvement of some deans (maybe a steering committee?) and joint appointments with regular faculty. While full time staff will be kept to a minimum, some new clinical faculty might have to be included. Cheng