SCANS Matrix
Program: Computer Programming
CIP: 11.0201
LIST ALL COURSES REQUIRED AND IDENTIFIED COMPETENCIES
Competencies
Course Number
Course Title
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
X
X
X
X
COSC 1300
Intro to Computing
ITSE 1329
Programming Logic & Design
ITSC 1305
PC Operating Systems
COSC 1436
Programming Fundamentals I
MATH 1314 or higher
College Algebra
ITSC 1307
Unix OS I
COSC 1437
Programming Fundamentals II
ITSW 1307
Introduction to Database
ITSE 1311
Beginning Web Programming
ENGL 1301
Composition I
ITCC 1401 or ITNW
1325
GOVT 2301
Math/Science Elective
Cisco Exploration 1 or
Fundamentals of Networking
Constitutions, Federalism, &
Participation
Math/Science Elective
ITSE 1350
System Analysis and Design
ITSE 2309
Database Programming
ENGL 1302 or
Computer Science
Elective
ITSE 2302
Composition II or Computer
Science Elective
ARTS, DRAM, MUSI
Elective
ITSE 2321
INEW 2334
X
X
X
X
Intermediate Web
Programming
ARTS, DRAM, MUSI Elective
Object-Oriented Programming
Advanced Web Programming
Accounting/ Business
Elective
INEW 2330
ACCT 2401, BUSI 1301, or
MRKG 1301
Comprehensive Software
Project: Planning and Design
COMPETENCY REFERENCES
8 Basic use of computers
7 Workplace Competencies: resources; interpersonal
skills; information; systems; and technology.
6 Personal Qualities: A worker must display responsibility, selfesteem, sociability, self-management, integrity, and honesty.
5 Thinking Skills: A worker must think creatively, make decisions, solve
problems, visualize, know how to learn, and reason effectively.
4 Speaking and Listening: Organize ideas and communicate orally; receive,
attend to, interpret, and respond to verbal messages and other cues.
3 Arithmetic or Mathematics: Perform basic computations and approach practical
problems by choosing appropriately from a variety of mathematical techniques.
2 Writing: Communicate thoughts, ideas, information, and messages in writing, and create
documents such as letters, directions, manuals, reports, graphs, and flow charts.
1 Reading: Locate, understand, and interpret written information in prose and in documents such as
manuals, graphs, and schedules.
SCANS Matrix & Competencies
Revised August 2010
SCANS Competencies Checklist
SCANS COMPETENCIES FOR PROGRAM Computer Programming
ACADEMIC YEAR 2010-11
Competency
Course where Competency
is Assessed
1 READING: Locate, understand,
ENGL 1301
and interpret written information in
prose and in documents such as
manuals, graphs, and schedules.
2 WRITING: Communicate
ENGL 1301
thoughts, ideas, information, and
messages in writing, and create
documents such as letters,
directions, manuals, reports, graphs,
and flow charts.
3 ARITHMETIC OR
MATH 1314
MATHEMATICS: Perform basic
computations and approach
practical problems by choosing
appropriately from a variety of
mathematical techniques.
4 SPEAKING AND LISTENING:
Organize ideas and communicate
orally; receive, attend to, interpret,
and respond to verbal messages
and other cues.
5 THINKING SKILLS: A worker
must think creatively, make
decisions, solve problems, visualize,
know how to learn, and reason
effectively.
6 PERSONAL QUALITIES: A
worker must display responsibility,
self-esteem, sociability, selfmanagement, integrity, and honesty.
Method of Assessment
Assessed per ENGL 1301
Administrative Master Syllabus
Assessed per ENGL 1301
Administrative Master Syllabus
Assessed per MATH 1314
Administrative Master Syllabus
7 WORKPLACE COMPETENCIES:
resources;interpersonal skills;
information; systems; and
technology
8 BASIC USE OF COMPUTERS
SCANS Matrix & Competencies
Revised August 2010
COSC 1300
Comprehensive Final Exam
Findings and Plans for
Improvements