Assessment Plan, 2004
CIS
BBA PROGRAM--Assessment Plan
CIS
Master of Science--Assessment Plan
Master
of Business Administration
The application of information technology to organizational
functions has shifted from supplanting basic operational tasks to the evolution
of an intelligent information infrastructure which supports knowledge-workers
within the organization as well as customers of the organization. Underlying these changes is an ever more
rapidly developing technology with dramatically changing economics, pushing the
envelope of what is possible and desirable.
In this environment of dynamic and pervasive technology development and
diffusion, the mission of the BBA-CIS program is to produce graduates who are able to combine
their general business and technical knowledge with the latest software
development tools and techniques to create information systems that will meet
the needs of tomorrow’s organizations.
A. Students will be proficient in systems
analysis.
A.1 Students
will be able to investigate, define, document and analyze an existing
information system including the capability to solve complex organizational
problems
A.1.a Within
the context of a capstone course, the ability of students to analyze real-world
organizational needs will be evaluated by the client organizations.
A.1.b The
ability of students to analyze real-world organizational needs will be
evaluated by a faculty panel.
A.2 Student
will be able to specify the requirements for a replacement system.
A.2.a Within
the context of a capstone course, the quality of specifications developed by
students will be evaluated by the client organizations.
A.2.b The
quality of specifications developed by students will be evaluated by a faculty
panel.
A.3 Course
learning objectives are addressed by exams or projects in all systems analysis courses.
A.3.a Where
indicated by the assessments above, or by student evaluations of instructor,
the CIS Undergraduate Program Committee will review exams and learning
objectives for the systems analysis course.
B. Students
will be proficient in systems design from an object-oriented model perspective.
B.1 Students
will be able to read a system specification and analyze user data requirements
within the context of a three-tier architecture.
B.1.a Within
the context of a capstone course, the ability of students to analyze user
requirements for real-world applications will be evaluated by the client
organizations.
B.1.b The
ability of students to analyze user requirements for real-world applications
will be evaluated by a faculty panel.
B.2 Students will be able to presentation tier,
business tier, and data tier abstractions.
B.2.a Within
the context of a capstone course, the ability of students to design current
system architectures will be evaluated by the client organizations.
B.2.b The
ability of students to design current systems architectures will be evaluated
by a faculty panel.
B.3 Students
will be able to develop program specifications, procedures, test plans and
implementation plans.
B.3.a Within
the context of a capstone course, the ability of students to develop program
specifications, procedures, test plans and implementation plans for real-world
applications will be evaluated by the client organizations.
B.3.b The
ability of students to develop program specifications, procedures, test plans
and implementation plans for real-world applications will be evaluated by a
faculty panel.
B.4 Student
will be able to model and develop a design for a web-based application.
B.4.a Within
the context of a capstone course, the ability of students to make effective and
efficient use of Internet applications will be evaluated by the client
organizations.
B.4.b The
ability of students to design and develop effective, graphically pleasing web
sites will be evaluated by a faculty panel.
B.5 Course
learning objectives are addressed by exams or projects in all systems design
courses.
B.5.a Where
indicated by the assessments above, or by student evaluations of instructor,
the CIS Undergraduate Program Committee will review exams and learning
objectives for the systems design course.
C. Student
will be proficient in programming in an object-oriented language.
C.1 Students
will be able to read a program specification using universal modeling language.
C.1.a Within
the context of a capstone course, the ability of students to develop
object-oriented software that conforms to specifications will be evaluated by
the client organizations.
C.1.b The
ability of students to develop object-oriented software that conforms to specifications
will be evaluated by a faculty panel.
C.2 Students
will be able to design, code, test and document an object-oriented program in
an object-oriented programming language.
C.2.a Within
the context of a capstone course, the ability of students to write
object-oriented programs will be evaluated by the client organizations.
C.2.b The
ability of students to write object-oriented programs will be evaluated by a
faculty panel.
C.3 Course
learning objectives are addressed by exams or projects in all systems analysis
courses.
C.3.a Where
indicated by the assessments above, or by student evaluations of instructor,
the CIS Undergraduate Program Committee will review exams and learning
objectives for the programming courses.
The above assessment results are to be reported by the assessment coordinator to the CIS Undergraduate Program Committee. The committee will analyze and evaluate the results and determine possible changes to courses and programs. Where changes are indicated, the committee will appoint a subcommittee consisting of representative committee members and representatives of the instructional faculty involved in the affected courses. The subcommittee will develop improvement action plans for the affected courses and programs, and deliver these action plans to the full committee for approval.