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Join us for the semester wrap-up meeting to discuss essential updates regarding the Accounting and IT Department. We will cover curriculum changes, deadlines for course syllabi and prerequisite forms, office hours, and administrative responsibilities. We also need to address our current holding pattern pending approval from Dr. Dan. Important dates include the first day of classes on January 14 and Martin Luther King Day on January 21. Please be prepared to contribute to discussions about advising, promotional activities, and departmental responsibilities.
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http://Business.AState.edu/CIT Computer & Information Technology Semester Wrap-Up Meeting Happy Holidays!
Items • Information needed • The new Accounting and IT Department (?) • Curriculum • Miscellaneous • Calendar
Information Needed • By January 11 • Office hours • At least 8 hours per week • Post on your door • eMail me • Syllabi • 1 per course • eMail me • Hardcopy to Jeanette • Prerequisite forms • One from each student • Keep in your office • CV (if none provided during Fall) • MS Word file; email as attachment to me • Follow format provided at CIT website • ProfAct reports (February 1; both hardcopy & email) • Goal statements (April 1; hardcopy)
Department of Accounting & Information Technology • Administration • Chair: Professor Tina Quinn, PhD • CIT Coordinator: To be determined • Effective January 1, 2008 • But wait . . .
The AIT Department • As of this week, everything is on hold! • Waiting for approval from Dr. Dan • All those international students might want a MSISeC • So, we’re currently in a “holding pattern” • Nevertheless, let’s discuss some of the issues facing a combined department
AIT Issues: A CIT Coordinator • Whom do we want to recommend? • What responsibilities are involved? • Advising: default advisor; transfer students; MSISeC • Degree plan and curriculum direction and oversight • Developing/delegating promotional materials • Evaluating transfer work, computer proficiency, etc. • Coordinating promotional activities • Software acquisition/maintenance (e.g., MSDN, SAS, Oracle, . . . ) • That means that the AIT chair will • Evaluate faculty • Handle student complaints, etc. • Address overrides, class cancelations, . . . • Deal with financial issues (e.g., travel requests)
AIT Issues: Other Stuff • Physical property • “Library” (textbooks, journals, reference material, . . . ) • Files • Computer junk • Note: we’ll no longer have a conference room • For much of what we have we can just discard it • PRT and curriculum committee representation • Other things . . . ?
Curriculum • Report from our CoB committee representative (Russ) • Future of the MS program • From previous meeting • Current NEA students aren’t sufficient • Need to develop plan for alternate means of GA support • New opportunity • International students • Revised prerequisites needed • Dual track approach (Business/Technology)? • We each need to review the 2007/08 catalog to see what problems, corrections, changes need to be addressed
Miscellaneous • Employment opportunities • CUSI • Full-time • Internships • Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc. (AECI) • IT Services • SAS programmer / data analyst • Business Objects • Announcements: please make sure you pass them on to students • Student recruitment/retention • NSO: Today and several times between now and August • Preview Day: February
Some (but not all) Important Dates • First day of classes: January 14 (M) • Martin Luther King Day: January 21 • Convocation of Callers: Jan/Feb • Spring Break: March 17-22
