UNIVERSITY FACULTY SENATE FORMS

 

Academic Program Approval

 

This form is a routing document for the approval of new and revised academic programs.  Proposing department should complete this form.  For more information, call the Faculty Senate Office at 831-2921.

 

 

Submitted by: ___Clinton White_____phone number__302-831-6902________

                               

Department:  Accounting and Management Information Systems_

                        Email address_whitec@lerner.udel.edu

                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Date:   _______November 29, 2010______________

 

Action:  ____Add Global Enterprise Technologies (GET) Minor_________________

(Example:  add major/minor/concentration, delete major/minor/concentration, revise major/minor/concentration, academic unit name change, request for permanent status, policy change, etc.)

 

Effective term________________11F___________________________________

                                                (use format 04F, 05W)

 

Current degree_______N/A__________________________________________________

                                    (Example:  BA, BACH, BACJ, HBA, EDD, MA, MBA, etc.)

 

Proposed change leads to the degree of: ____N/A____________________________________

                                                                                             (Example:  BA, BACH, BACJ, HBA, EDD, MA, MBA, etc.)

 

 

Proposed name:___Global Enterprise Technologies Minor____________________________                                         Proposed new name for revised or new major / minor / concentration / academic unit

                                                                                (if applicable)

 

Revising or Deleting:    N/A

 

Undergraduate major / Concentration:______________________________________

                                                                                    (Example:  Applied Music – Instrumental  degree BMAS)

 

Undergraduate minor:____________________________________________________

                                   (Example:  African Studies,  Business Administration,  English, Leadership, etc.)            

 

Graduate Program Policy statement change:_________________________________

                                                                  (Must attach  your Graduate Program Policy Statement)

 

            Graduate Program of Study:______________________________________________

                                 (Example:  Animal Science: MS  Animal Science:  PHD  Economics: MA Economics: PHD)

 

 

                Graduate minor / concentration:___________________________________________

 

 

Note: all graduate studies proposals must include an electronic copy of the Graduate Program Policy Document, highlighting the changes made to the original policy document.

 

 

 

 

 

List new courses required for the new or revised curriculum. How do they support the overall program objectives of the major/minor/concentrations)?

 (Be aware that approval of the curriculum is dependent upon these courses successfully passing through the Course Challenge list. If there are no new courses enter “None”)

 

The new courses required for the Global Enterprise Technologies Minor are listed below.  Each of these courses supports the overall program objectives of:

 

1.                   Leveraging technology for the advancement of global enterprises

1.1.          Ensuring the strategic value of IT in the business

2.                   Mastering the challenges of building and managing large global systems

2.1.          Project management teamwork and integration of technology

3.                   Thinking critically to solve technical challenges

3.1.          Employing diverse and creative approaches to complex systems

4.                   Understanding large scale enterprise information systems

4.1.          Scalability, reliability, performance, availability, security

5.                   Communicating across the global enterprise

5.1.          Effective team management in a complex, global environment

 

•          MISY300 The Business Value of IT:  Supports program objectives 1, 2 and 3.  Students learn to understand, analyze, and articulate the ways in which information technology can create business value. Includes concepts such as TCO, ROI, NPV, analyzing strategic fit and IT investment risk along with discussions of issues impacting the introduction of global information systems into organizations.   Open to MIS Majors and GET Minors Only.  

•          MISY375 GET Immersion Experience Internship:  Supports all of the program goals.  Fully supervised internship within a large and complex enterprise over an 8 month period of time.  Documented project deliverables and learning outcomes. Students complete a learning contract with their on-site manager, participate in scheduled residencies with university faculty and review progress with a faculty advisor.  PREREQ:  MISY300 and MISY330. Open to MIS Majors and GET Minors Only. 

•          MISY370 Large IT Projects:  Business & IT View:  Supports all of the program goals. Exposes students to challenges of large IT projects from two perspectives:  the software development life cycle and the business modeling of IT projects. Students learn to model the value of IT, measure IT risk and how the software development life cycle operates. Immersion Program Only.  PREREQ:  MISY300 and MISY330. Open to MIS Majors and GET Minors Only. 

•          MISY420 Global IT Enabled Innovation and Change:  Supports all of the program goals. Student interns learn how to develop a strategic approach to technology innovation and change; understand organizational implications of innovation; present innovative ideas to senior management. Learn to understand the use of IT to solve a problem or create a competitive advantage. Immersion Program Only.  PREREQ:  MISY300 and MISY330. CO-REQ: MISY421. Open to MIS Majors and GET Minors Only. 

•          MISY421 Global Business Communications:  Supports program goal 5. Principles and practices for effective communication and collaboration in a global enterprise, includes formal presentations, conducting meetings, preparing written summaries and providing clear electronic messaging. Integrates theoretical foundations and practical guidance with real world experiences in communicating effectively in the global workplace.  Immersion Program Only. CO-REQ:  MISY420.

•          MISY437 Large Scale IT Projects I: (fall) Supports all of the program goals. Students learn how to develop a strategic approach to technology innovation and change; understand organizational implications of innovation; present innovative ideas to senior management. Learn to understand the use of IT to solve a problem or create a competitive advantage.  PREREQ: MISY430 or CISC475.   CO-REQ:  MISY439.  Open to MIS Majors and GET Minors Only. 

•          MISY439 Large Scale Projects II: (spring) Supports all of the program goals. Students will be involved in a large scale systems project at a participating GET company.  Topics will include project management, applying the systems development life cycle, leveraging technology to solve a global business problem.  Students will present innovative ideas and solutions to senior management.  CO-REQ:  MISY437. 

•          MISY380 Enterprise Resource Planning Systems:  Supports all of the program goals.  Focuses on large scale enterprise resource planning systems, their development, functionality, and implementation. Students configure a company on a live system. Delivery of ERP systems, such as hosted environments, is explored, as well as, business intelligence tools for analysis of enterprise data. PREREQ:  MISY261.  Open to MIS majors and minors, Information Systems majors and GET minors only.

•          MISY385 Interoperable Information Systems: Supports program goals 1 and 2.  Focuses on the development of interoperable information systems. Coverage will include: syntactic interoperability (exchanging data), semantic interoperability (the interpretation of information), open source software, and standards such as XML. PREREQ:  MISY261.  Open to MIS majors and minors, Information Systems majors and GET minors only.

 

 

Explain, when appropriate, how this new/revised curriculum supports the 10 goals of undergraduate education: http://www.ugs.udel.edu/gened/

 

Goal 1:  Attain effective skills in (a) oral and (b) written communication, (c) quantitative reasoning, and (d) the use of information technology.  The Global Enterprise Technologies (GET) Minor supports items (a), (b) and (d) of Goal #1.  All of the courses required by the GET Minor require oral and written communications, as well as, the use of information technology.

Goal 2:  Learn to think critically to solve problems.  The experiences offered throughout the GET Minor through coursework, internships, or consulting projects challenge the student to think critically to solve problems.

Goal 3:  Be able to work and learn both independently and collaboratively.  Many of the courses in the GET Minor require the students to work independently on assignments and projects, as well as, engage in team projects and other collaborative assignments. 

 

Goal 5:  Understand the diverse ways of thinking that underlie the search for knowledge in the arts, humanities, sciences and social sciences. The GET Minor is designed for students of all majors and disciplines in the university.  The Immersion Internships and the Large Scale Projects classes require students to participate on interdisciplinary teams.  Students will need to consider the perspectives of their team members and their clients when developing solutions to technology problems in large organizations. 


Goal 6:  Develop the intellectual curiosity, confidence, and engagement that will lead to lifelong learning.   The GET Minor will challenge students to design innovative solutions to problems facing large organizations.  They will constantly be engaged in learning new technologies.

 

Goal 7:  Develop the ability to integrate academic knowledge with experiences that extend the boundaries of the classroom. The GET Minor provides students with the option to participate in a long-term internship or to participate in a two-semester technology project with a large, complex organization. 

 

Goal 10:  Develop an international perspective in order to live and work effectively in an increasingly global society.  The GET Minor is focused on providing students with the knowledge and understanding necessary to solve technology problems or implement technology projects in global organizations. 

 

 

 

Identify other units affected by the proposed changes:

(Attach permission from the affected units.  If no other unit is affected, enter “None”)

 

The curriculum for the Global Enterprise Technologies Minor includes 3 optional computer science classes (CISC437 Database Systems, CISC475 Advanced Software Engineering, CISC483 Introduction to Data Mining) in order to make the program more accessible to Computer Science majors.  The support letter from the Department of Computer and Information Sciences is attached. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Describe the rationale for the proposed program change(s):

(Explain your reasons for creating, revising, or deleting the curriculum or program.)

 

The objective of the Global Enterprise Technologies (GET) Minor is to extend the education of undergraduate students, in all majors across the university, in the use and deployment of large scale systems in global organizations to solve complex problems. The GET minor is a specialized minor for those students interested in working with large scale systems in global organizations.  Our alumni, employers who recruit our students, and our current students who return from internships, report that a program is needed that addresses the issues of scalability, globalization and enterprise resources planning systems. We conducted a survey of major employers of our students regarding the creation of the global enterprise technologies minor.  The feedback on the survey and the support for the program was very positive.  We also held a faculty meeting with our Department Advisory Board where the proposed GET minor was presented. The Advisory Board was very supportive of developing the Global Enterprise Technologies minor.  All of the parties mentioned note that our students need to understand issues with large scale systems and have more experience working with these systems in large organizations, through internships or capstone consulting classes.  We also have the opportunity to partner with JPMorgan Chase in the development of the global enterprise technologies curriculum and the creation of the immersion (8 month) internship experiences for our students.  The GET minor is also very accessible to students outside of the Lerner College of Business and Economics.  The GET minor will prepare students for technology careers in global enterprises. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Program Requirements: 

(Show the new or revised curriculum as it should appear in the Course Catalog.  If this is a revision, be sure to indicate the changes being made to the current curriculum and include a side-by-side comparison of the credit distribution before and after the proposed change.)

 

MINOR IN GLOBAL ENTERPRISE TECHNOLOGIES (GET)

The GET Minor is designed to extend the education of undergraduate students, in all majors across the university, in the use and deployment of large scale systems in global organizations to solve complex problems.  Applications to be admitted into the GET Minor are submitted on-line through UDSIS.  Students who would like to participate in the Immersion Option must also submit an application to companies offering extended internships through the GET program. The minor requires seven courses, with a grade of C or better. 

 

Option One: Immersion Curriculum*

Credits

MISY261     Business Information Systems

MISY300     The Business Value of IT

MISY330     Database Design and Implementation or CISC 437 Database Systems

MISY370     Large IT Projects: Business and IT View

MISY420     Global IT Enabled Innovation and Change

MISY421     Global Business Communications 

MISY375     GET Immersion Experience Internship

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*Students in the Immersion Option will participate in an 8 month extended internship with a global organization, which runs from January to August. Students will be enrolled in 12 to 15 credits and academic content will be delivered through a combination of residencies and blended learning classes during the internship.  



Option Two: Non-Immersion Curriculum

Credits

MISY261     Business Information Systems

MISY300     The Business Value of IT

MISY330     Database Design and Implementation or CISC437 Database Systems

MISY430     Systems Analysis and Implementation or CISC475 Advanced Software Engineering

MISY437     Large Scale IT Projects I

MISY439     Large Scale Projects II

 

Choose 3 credits from the following:

MISY380     Enterprise Resource Planning Systems

MISY385     Interoperable Information Systems

CISC483      Introduction to Data Mining

 

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ROUTING AND AUTHORIZATION:        (Please do not remove supporting documentation.)

 

Department Chairperson                                                                                                        Date                                       

 

Dean of College                                                                                                                       Date                                       

 

Chairperson, College Curriculum Committee___________________________________ Date_____________________

 

Chairperson, Senate Com. on UG or GR Studies                                                                   Date                                       

 

Chairperson, Senate Coordinating Com.                                                                 Date                                       

 

Secretary, Faculty Senate                                                                                                       Date                                       

 

Date of Senate Resolution                                                                                                      Date to be Effective               

 

Registrar                                                                  Program Code                                         Date                                       

 

Vice Provost for Academic Affairs & International Programs                                               Date                                       

 

Provost                                                                                                                                   Date                                       

 

Board of Trustee Notification                                                                                                                Date                                       

 

Revised 02/09/2009   /khs