Information Systems Program Fall 2010 April 27, 2010
Posted by afoote in : Admissions, Information Systems , add a commentBy April most of the students that have been accepted at Stevenson for the freshman class in the fall have received their acceptance letters and the students of the class are making the decision about coming to Stevenson in the fall. In previous blogs I have mentioned some of the computer changes that will have been made by the fall. Virtualization will be expanded to include more courses. The next version of Blackboard will be available for faculty and students. The operating system for computers on campus will upgrade to Microsoft Windows 7 and Microsoft Outlook will be the email software. These changes will keep the Office of Information Technology (OIT) very busy this summer.
These changes are needed and should be appealing to incoming students. All of these changes are to help students in the program and become better prepared for a career after graduation. There are also a few changes in the Information Systems curriculum to improve course selections for students. After a thorough debate about some of the changes, there has been agreement on all sides and the changes will occur.
Stevenson is a career oriented university and having students to be prepared for a career after graduation is a high priority. With the graduating class for this year in the Information Systems programs, a large number of the graduates either have a job or are in the process of being hired. The program has been successful in achieving this priority and intends on maintaining this record.
Incoming freshman in Information Systems at Stevenson will be entering a program using current hardware, software and tools. The focus will be on preparing for a career in Information Systems.