Information Technology Advisory Meeting

Spring 2013 Invitation

 

Dear Arday,

 

The Information Technology faculty at M State (Minnesota State Community and Technical College) invites you to our advisory meeting. The meeting will be held on February 6, 2013 @ 6:30 pm in room B150 (outside door N3). Please contact us if you wish to have a campus map with the room numbers.

 

The Advisory Meeting consists of Information Technology professionals guiding the curriculum and instructional direction of our Information Technology programs. Our current program offering is Computer Programming – AAS, Information Technology – AS, Information Technology – AAS, and Information Technology – Diploma. Please contact us if you wish to have a copy of any or all of our curriculum offerings.

 

We very much need your input to our programs. We would be grateful for a reply to this invitation, so we may accurately plan enough food for the meeting. You may extend this to other professionals you think would help us improve our curriculum and instruction. The meeting agenda is provided below.

 

We look forward to seeing you.

 

Yours,

 

Minnesota State Community and Technical College Information Technology Faculty

 

Chris Goltz, Computer Programming Instructor, Chris.Goltz@minnesota.edu

Deb Flaskerud, Computer Programming Instructor, Deb.Flaskerud@minnesota.edu

Dave Hjalmquist, Computer Programming Instructor, Dave.Hjalmquist@minnesota.edu

Randy Johnson, Information Technology Instructor, Randall.Johnson@minnesota.edu

Tim Preuss, Information Technology Instructor, Tim.Preuss@minnesota.edu

 

Agenda for Spring 2013

·                     MSCTC welcome

·                     Computer Programing – AAS Informatics class addition

·                     Computer Programming – AAS credit count change (All AAS programs are required to be no more than 60 credits in length by 2014 unless the program has a waiver.)

·                     Information Technology – AS required programming class changes (MSUM Computer Information Technology now requires two classes of Python programming in the first two years.)

·                     Information Technology – AS programming class and speech class requirements

·                     Information Technology – AAS Informatics class addition

·                     Information Technology – Diploma Informatics class addition

·                     Discussion: Identify current and future processes and technologies

·                     Announcement:

·                     Questions and Answers

 

Advisory Member Functions (MSCTC Advisory Committee Guide)

·                     Identify specific subject areas of program inclusion

·                     Prioritizing the recommend subject areas

·                     Specifying appropriate program content level

·                     Reviewing program outcomes on an ongoing basis

·                     Assessment of program quality

·                     Specifying appropriate foundational skill standards for local needs

·                     Identifying general education and related technical skills needed by graduates

·                     Recommending equipment to support the program content

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Tim Preuss
Information Technology Instructor
1900 28th Ave South
Moorhead, MN 56560
tim.preuss@minnesota.edu
www.minnesota.edu
218-299-6614
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