Heidie Ganjineh Hutchinson, MSIS
Professor/Consultant Information Technology
Curriculum Development, Years 2001-2005
As the CIS/Telecom Curriculum attracted more and more students, it was decided to create "tracks" within the CIS/Telecom Curriculum, with concentration on Networking, Programming, and Web Master:
New Curriculum: The "Networking" Track of Computer Information Systems/Telecom:
This new curriculum was offered from academic year 2001-2002 through academic year 2004-2005. This curriculum included development of 6 new courses. I was responsible for the development of 5 of these new courses.
This new curriculum led to the employment of a new full-time CIS/Telecom faculty member, Drew Campbell, who had training and job experience in computer networking using Cisco Networking Technology.
This curriculum provided the students with training and skills in:
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Client and server operating systems using Windows operating system
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PC hardware, upgrade, and trouble shooting
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Creating and maintaining networks using Cisco networking technology
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The training necessary for industry standard certifications: A+, Network+, etc.
A copy of the curriculum description and curriculum outline is provided here.
Revised Curriculum: The "Programming" Track of Computer Information Systems/Telecom:
This revised curriculum was offered from academic year 2001-2002 through academic year 2004-2005. The curriculum included development of 3 new courses and revision of 1 course. I was responsible for the development of 2 of these new courses, and the revision of the 1 exiting course.
This curriculum provided the students with training and skills in:
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Internet and the World Wide Web concepts and usage as research tools
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Creating web pages using FrontPage as web software development tool
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Using Microsoft Office as software productivity tools used in offices in business
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Visual Programming using Basic and C ++
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Web Programming using Java language
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Analyzing, designing, and developing databases using Microsoft Access
A copy of the curriculum description and curriculum outline is available here.
New Curriculum: The "Web Master" Track of Computer Information Systems/Telecom:
This new curriculum was offered from academic year 2001-2002 through academic year 2004-2005. This curriculum included development of 6 new courses. I was responsible for the development of all 6 of these new courses.
This curriculum provided the students with training and skills in:
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Internet and the World Wide Web concepts and their usage as research tools
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Creating web pages using FrontPage as web software development tool
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Using Microsoft Office as software productivity tools used in offices in business
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Web Programming in Java language
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Creating web applications using web languages (HTML, JavaScript, ASP, JSP) with connectivity to databases
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Analyzing, designing, and developing E-Commerce applications
A copy of the curriculum description and curriculum outline is provided here.
Also, the actual Curriculum Committee Form for the new Web Master curriculum is provided here.