Heidie Ganjineh Hutchinson, MSIS
Professor/Consultant Information Technology
Curriculum Development, Years 1986-1990
New Curriculum: Information Science/Business Applications:
This new curriculum was offered academic year from 1986-1987 through academic year 1989-1990. The curriculum included development of 5 new courses and revision of 3 courses. I was responsible for the development of 4 of these new courses and the revisions of 1 these courses.
This new curriculum provided students with training and skills in:
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Use of microcomputers, the new technology being used at that time
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Programming in CICS (Customer Information Control System), a new language used in businesses, especially in banks
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Database concepts and database design/development
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Programming in RPG, a language used in businesses
A copy of the curriculum description and the curriculum outline is provided here.
New Curriculum: Information Science/Telecommunications:
This new curriculum was offered academic year from 1986-1987 through academic year 1989-1990. This new curriculum made CCBC the first community college in the U.S. to offer a telecommunications curriculum leading to an associate degree in applied sciences.The curriculum included 3 new courses, which I was responsible for developing.
This new curriculum provided the students with training and skills in:
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Telecommunications concepts and applications
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WAN (Wide Area Network) software design, development, and maintenance using IBM mainframe computers.
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Programming the middle-ware necessary to allow communications between IBM mainframe computers applications
A copy of the curriculum description and the curriculum outline is provided here.