From: Mike Estep
Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2010 2:41 PM
To: Johnny Carroll
Subject: Summary of CIS/IT Course and Program Modifications
Summary of CIS/IT Course and Program Modifications
TECH 3033 Course Modification
TECH 3033 Production Planning will be changed to TECH 3033 Project Management. The current course
is already similar in content to project management (with minor differences) and has a focus on
operations management. Changing the primary focus to project management (also requiring a
description change) will better reflect the needs of local industry, making our students more marketable
to employers.
MIS 3033 Course Modification
MIS 3033 Applied Data Modeling will be changed to MIS 3033 Database Design and Management. The
course title change will be more closely aligned with ACM IS 2010 recommendations. Course description
and prerequisite changes are also necessary to align with programming requirements of both CIS (411)
and IT (414) bachelor degree programs.
CIS (BS, 411) Program Modification
 MIS 3033 Database Management and Design will replace CIS 3083 Database Management and
Design in “A. Technical Specialty.”
The requested change will allow MIS to be represented in the major core. Also, both courses are very
similar. Using a single database course will be more efficient in terms of course scheduling and faculty
load assignments.
IT (BS, 414) Program Modification
 MIS 3033 Database Management and Design will replace CIS 3083 Database Management and
Design in “A. Core Courses.”
 MIS 3013 Management Information Systems will replace MIS 3033 Database Management and
Design in “B. Option … 2. Management Information Systems.”
 TECH 3033 Project Management will replace MIS 3083 Systems Analysis and Design in “B. Option …
2. Management Information Systems.”
 MGMT 4443 Project Management will be remove from “C. Guided Electives.”
The requested changes will allow MIS to be represented in the major core. Also, changes made in the
MIS concentration will be more in line with management aspects of MIS that are expected by industry. A
further result of the changes will be increased efficiency in course scheduling and faculty load. The
removal of MGMT 4443 from “C. Guided Electives” is necessary because the School of Business no
longer offers the course.
The changes above will not affect total credit hours for either CIS 411 or IT 414 degree programs.
Mike Estep, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of MIS, CIS
Dept. of Computing and Technology
Cameron University
2800 West Gore Boulevard
Lawton, OK 73505