University of North Carolina Wilmington
Educational Program Assessment Plan and Report
Assessment Plan for 2011-2012
Cameron School of Business
Primary Contact Name/Info: Becky Porterfield, AoL Director, Cameron School of Business
Degree: Master of Science in Computer Science and Information Systems
MSCSIS Program Outcomes
Program Outcome
Tools
UNCW Strategic Goal
PO 1: Increase dialogue
Wilmington IT Exchange
between industry and MS and Conference
CSIS program.
UNCW Goal 5
Implementation
Summary of Findings
Dr. Tom Janicki; number
of industry people, faculty
and students who attend
events
Spring 2012 event had
approximately 300
attendees: students,
industry professionals,
faculty. Breakout sessions
and panels also support
PO2. Supports PO3
through broad awareness
marketing.
Fall 2012 event had more
than 20 employers
inverviewing.
Approximately 30
graduate students
attended. Approximately
CSIS alumni attended.
Spring 2012 group of
graduate and
undergraduate students
attended their first event.
New contacts made with
DOD and FBI.
IT Career Day
Dr. Tom Janicki
Cyber Defense
Competition
Dr. Ulku Yaylacicegi, Dr.
Ron Vetter, faculty and IT
Professionals
Actions Taken
Panel topics are adjusted
each year to maintain
currency. Post-event
meetings to adjust
operational issues. New
speakers and special
guests each year.
Continue to promote the
event, with the goal of
increasing industry and
student involvement.
Continue involvement
making operational
changes. Offer
independent study credit
to students.
PO2: Provide learning
opportunities for faculty
Cape Fear .Net Developer
Group
Meeting space on campus
through Dr. Janicki, IT
professionals arrange
meetings
IT Breakfast Series
Dr. Tom Janicki; number
of breakfast meetings and
attendance data
Cyber Defense
Competition
Dr. Ulku Yaylacicegi, Dr.
Ron Vetter, faculty and IT
Professionals
Cape Fear .Net Developer
Group
Meeting space on campus
through Dr. Janicki, IT
professionals arrange
meetings
Faculty training
Faculty arrange their own,
funding support from
ISOM and CSB
New web site content;
web site analytics
Dr. Douglas Kline, Dr. Tom
Janicki, other faculty
UNCW Goal 2
PO3: Improve student
recruitment
UNCW Goal 1
This fills a professional
organization gap in the
Wilmington area. Venue
for faculty and
professionals to interact
and share knowledge.
Approximately 2 breakfast
meetings each semester.
Faculty and professionals
share knowledge and
keep current with fastchanging technologies.
Bi-weekly meetings of
students with industry
professionals guestspeaking. Faculty learn
real-world challenges.
A valuable learning
opportunity for faculty.
At least 4 IS faculty
traveled for multi-day
technical training. New
knowledge integrates well
into the classroom.
Web site content does not
address concerns of
prospective students.
Web traffic has been
stable over 2 years.
Continue supporting this
professional group
through meeting space
and attendance of faculty
and students.
Continue to offer new
topics each year.
Continue and increase
involvement in this event.
Continue supporting this
professional group
through meeting space
and attendance of faculty
and students.
Continue to financially
support technical training
trips. Seek new sources of
funds for training.
Implement “landing
pages” more focused
towards specialized areas
such as Security. Provide
links from capstone
documents to main site.
Improve calls-to-action.
Social media: LinkedIn,
Facebook
Dr. Douglas Kline, Mrs.
Karen Barnhill
Social media usage is
increasing among
potential applicants
Google Adwords and
reports
Dr. Douglas Kline, Mrs.
Karen Barnhill
Graduate School
applications reports
Graduate School
The current Adwords
budget is too small to
have a measurable effect,
but shows anecdotal
promise.
Applicants hear about
graduate programs from
1) the web; 2) word-ofmouth
More clearly explain
application process.
Establish LinkedIn and
Facebook presences.
Adopt LinkedIn for
internal processes such as
event announcement. Use
LinkedIn for public
announcements: awards,
publications, etc.
Increase adword budget,
have focused landing
pages, target major metro
regions one direct flight
from Wilmington.
Increased social media
usage. Increase alumni
word-of-mouth through
social media.
MSCSIS Student Learning Outcomes
MSCSIS Program
SLO1: Graduates will be
able to formulate and
solve problems using
advanced mathematics
and numerical methods,
and computer information
systems-based
techniques.
UNCW Goal 1
Method: Multiple choice
questions were developed
to assess content
knowledge.
Administration: Questions
are administered to all
students in CSC/MIS 532
Design and Analysis of
Algorithms at the end of
their program. The
MSCSIS faculty committee
reviews the data and
initiates any changes.
No trends in scores were
apparent over time.
However, correct answers
to the recurrence
question of the
assessment were very
low.
Special attention will be
given to writing and
solving recurrences for
running time in the
Computer Algorithms
course.
SLO2: Graduates will
demonstrate knowledge
of ethics and
professionalism, and
understand contemporary
issues such as green
computing, data security,
privacy, and compliance
with regulations.
UNCW Goal 3
Method: Multiple choice
questions were developed
to assess content
knowledge.
Administration: Questions
are administered to all
students in CSC/MIS 534
Information Security
Management at the end
of their program. The
MSCSIS faculty committee
reviews the data and
initiates any changes.
No trends were identified
in assessment scores
across time. However,
questions regarding
cryptoanalysis were low.
The textbook and
instructor for MIS 534 will
change in the Spring. Dr.
Cummings will be
teaching the course in
Spring 2013, and will
cover cryptoanalysis.
SLO3: Graduates will be
able to complete analysis
and design of business
processes employing the
latest information
technology techniques,
including the unified
process model.
UNCW Goal 1
Method: Multiple-choice
questions were developed
to assess content
knowledge.
Scores did not change in a
patterned way over time.
However, a particular
question regarding project
management’s role in
system development
scored very low.
Additional emphasis will
be placed on the role of
project management in
the system development
process, in the MIS550
course.
SLO4: Graduates will be
able to apply science and
business principles to
analyze and interpret
data, using analytic and
computer-based
techniques.
UNCW Goal 1
Method: Multiple-choice
questions were developed
to assess content
knowledge.
Administration: Questions
are administered in
CSC/MIS 550 and 565,
Software Engineering and
Analysis, Modeling, and
Design courses,
respectively at the end of
their program. The
MSCSIS faculty committee
reviews the data and
initiates any changes.
Administration: Questions
are administered in CSC
555 Data Management
Systems at the end of
their program. The
MSCSIS faculty committee
reviews the data and
initiates any changes.
No obvious trends over
time were apparent.
However, correct
responses to the question
regarding Clustered
indexes were very low.
Additional readings on
clustered indexes will be
assigned in the MIS555
class.
SLO5: Graduates will
demonstrate effective
communication through
written and oral
presentations.
UNCW Goal 1
SLO6: Graduates will be
exposed to a variety of
advanced technology
communications tools,
such as Web
conferencing, wikis, and
social networking
software.
UNCW Goal 1
A: Written
Communication
Method: A capstone
assessment survey was
developed for all projects
for evaluation, including
thesis.
Method: Multiple-choice
questions were developed
to assess content
knowledge.
Administration: The
faculty team evaluates the
work using the
assessment survey to
determine if effective
written communication
was evident. This is
conducted when the
major culminating project
for the degree is
completed. The MSCSIS
faculty committee reviews
the data and initiates any
changes
Administration:
Assessment is
administered by faculty
member in the CSC 544
Network Programming
course every fall semester
to all students. The
MSCSIS faculty committee
reviews the data and
initiates any changes
Question 7 of the overall
capstone evaluation form
is the only communication
question on the rubric. No
obvious trends appear in
the data. However,
anecdotal evidence
suggests oral
communication skills can
be improved.
More granular assessment
questions will be added to
measure oral and written
components. Extracurricular communication
skills sessions will be
delivered prior to Career
Night.
Rubric scores showed no
clear trend over time.
However, the scores are
generally very high, with
many questions scoring
100%.
A new set of questions
should be developed that
will more accurately
assess this student
learning outcome.
Appendix A: MSCSIS Program Goals
Information Systems / MS Computer Science Information Systems
Advisory Board Meeting
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Madeline Suite
5:15 to 7:30 p.m.
Agenda (Key Items)
1. Update on success of WITX Conference
2. Introduction of Guests / Business and Student
3. Career Day (November 16, 2010) Update, seek speakers, interview tables
4. Breakouts to seek input from the advisory board as we start our 5 year review of the MS CSIS program. Information below is
intended as background materials in advance of the meeting.
Review of MS CSIS Program
Overview of Program:
The Information Systems & Operations Management department from the Cameron School of Business and the Computer Science
department from the College of Arts and Sciences began the Master of Science in Computer Science and Information Systems in Fall
2005. The MSCSIS is an intensive graduate program aimed at preparing the student to take on leadership roles in the development
and implementation of computer and information systems. The curriculum requires 36 semester hours. There are six required core
courses providing a mix of theoretical underpinning, technical skills and information technology perspectives. Students can choose
elective courses to provide opportunity for additional study in a variety of areas. The program culminates with a capstone
experience that can be an integrative project or a thesis.
Experienced professionals and undergraduates from both disciplines will enable significant classroom sharing of real world and
theoretical knowledge.
Core Course Topics:
MIS 534. Information Security Management
 Security Architecture and Models
 Telecommunications and Network Security
 Business Continuity Planning and Disaster Recovery
 Physical Security, including securing network devices
 Authentication, authorization, and accounting
 Implementing firewall technologies, intrusion prevention and VPN
 Cryptographic systems
MIS 555. Database Management Systems
 Structured Query Language
 Data Modeling
 Indexing & Balanced Trees
 Transaction Management
 DB Management (Hardware, Backup, Recovery, Maintenance, etc.)
MIS 565. Analysis, Modeling and Design
 System development methodologies including the cycle and iterative design models: development phases including system
selection and planning, analysis, logical design, physical design, implementation and maintenance
 Techniques for requirements, determination, collection and organization
 Team organization and communication; interviewing, presentation, design and delivery; group dynamics and leadership.
 Project feasibility assessment and risk analysis
 Design reviews and structured walkthroughs
 Human computer interaction (HCI)
 Software and system quality metrics
 Software package evaluation and acquisition, open source, managing, external relationships and procurement.
 Currency in the field of Information Technology
 Enhanced presentations/writing skills
CSC 532. Design and Analysis of Algorithms I
 Design of efficient computer algorithms.
 Algorithms for sorting, searching, pattern matching, and polynomial arithmetic, cryptography.
 The study of greedy algorithms, graph algorithms.
CSC 544. Network Programming
 TCP/IP Protocols: SMTP, HTTP, ARP, TCP, UDP, IP, DNS, ICMP, DHCP, SNMP
 Implementation of network and distributed programming concepts
 Client/server application programming
 Networking programming interfaces (specifically raw sockets and socket APIs)
 Hands on experience with network components (significant laboratory component)
CSC 550. Software Engineering



Reading, critiquing and summarizing research literature (4-8 weeks)
Software architecture and design
UML modeling and the UML metamodel


Aspect-oriented software engineering
Model-driven software development
Elective Courses Offered:
MIS 513. (MBA 513) Information Analysis and Management
CSC 515. (415) Artificial Intelligence.
CSC 517. Symbolic Artificial Intelligence
CSC 520. Digital Image Processing
CSC 421/521. Computer Gaming
CSC 537. (437) Parallel Computing
CSC 546. (446) Grid Computing
MIS 560. Data Mining
MIS 567. Software Architecture and Development Practices
POM 572. Project Management
MIS 575. E-Strategies and Implementation
CSC 577. Pattern Recognition
MIS 587. (CSC 587) Systems Simulation
CSC 591. (MIS 591) Directed Independent Study
CSC 592. (MIS 592) Topics in Computing
CSC 594. (MIS 594) Research Project
CSC 595. (MIS 595) Research Seminar
CSC 598. (MIS 598) Internship
CSC 599. (MIS 599) Thesis
Capstone Experience:
Option 1 - Research Project
This option requires at least 36 semester hours of graduate credit, with three credit hours for the project (CSC 594 or MIS 594).
Under this option, the student is required to complete a three hour research project under the direction of a graduate advisory
committee. This project could involve the development of software, work on a project (potentially part of a team), independent
research, or some other scholarly pursuit. The outcome includes a technical paper written by the student and an oral defense
acceptable to the student's advisory committee. In the oral defense, the student is responsible for the domain of the research
project as well as the program coursework.
Option 2 - Thesis
This option requires at least 36 semester hours of graduate credit, with six credit hours for the thesis (CSC 599 or MIS 599). Each
student must present and defend a thesis, based on original research, acceptable to the student's advisory committee, prior to
graduation. In the oral defense, the student is responsible for the domain of the research effort as well as the program coursework.
The thesis defense is open to the public.
List of Capstone/Thesis Completed:
Seiken Higashionna, Constructing a 3D morphable face from a single picture by establishing a correspondence from 2D active
appearance model parameters, July 16, 2010
Maz Boddoohi, An Evaluation of Software Architectures, May 3, 2010
Christopher Cotton, Rez-o-lution: Ticket Management System, April 30, 2010
Matthew Ratliff, Active Appearance Models for Affect Recognition using Facial Expressions, April 23, 2010
Parker Moran, Advancement of Academic Research Computing at UNCW, April 16, 2010
Jerry Martin, Suppressing Independent Loops in Packing/Unpacking Loop Nests to Reduce Message Size for Message-Passing Code,
April 14, 2010
Maurice Benson,Using 3D Video Game Scenarios and Artificial Neural Networks to Classify Brain States for a Brain Computer
Interface, March 30, 2010
Camilo Alvarez, iTour: A System for Self-Guided Virtual Campus Tours of UNCW, December 8, 2009
Matt Boykin, Utilization of Automation to Deliver Historical Economic Data to Customers through the Use of Web Technologies,
December 3, 2009
Matt Hernandez, Determining Improvements to IT Systems through Business Service Management while Calculating, Through Time
Savings (or Fractional Employee Reduction), the Business Value of IT Investments, December 1, 2009
Matt Mascherin, Venture Business Plan for E-Commerce Business, December 1, 2009
Robert Harrison, A Low-Cost Tele-Operated Robotic Platform, November 30, 2009
Casey Tucker, GNU Radio and the USRP as a Solution for Remote Emergency Monitoring, November 11, 2009
Royce Nobles, Evaluation of Spelling Correction and Concept-based Searching Models in a Data Entry Application, June 25, 2009
Sarah Peck, Analysis and Implementation of an Assurance of Learning System for the Cameron School of Business, May 13, 2009
Justin Denning, A Quantitative Analysis of SQL Server 2008 Constructs, May 1, 2009
Kevin Matthews, Development and Evaluation of an Adaptive Grading/Learning System (AGLS), December 11, 2008
Steve Sutton, Cipher-N -- a Secure, Web-based Document Exchange Service, December 8, 2008
William Shipman, CommunityTips.org: A system for Anonymous Tipping, October 30, 2008
Max Rupplin, DDAS: Distributed Data Analysis System, June 13, 2008
Josh Tobey, Utilizing Web Technologies to Provide Historical Data Relative to the Economic Health of Southeastern North Carolina,
May 8, 2008
James G. Huff, An Applicable Approach to Signal Analysis and Peak Detection, May 7, 2008
Ryan Renninger, Analysis and Implementation of a Financial Budgeting System in a Corporate Environment, April 25, 2008
Allen Rawls, A Systematic Approach for Improving Predicted Arrival Time Using Historical Data in Absence of Schedule Reliability,
April 16, 2008
Daniel Rayburn-Reeves, Disambiguating Human Spoken Diary Entries Using Context Information, April 4, 2008
Shaun Border, Communication Between Outlook Mobile Services and Mobile Devices, November 19, 2007
Alisha Oliver, Exploring Methods to Justify Projects with Intangible Benefits, November 14, 2007
Eric Harris, Extending GridNexus and JXPL to Support the Visual Assembly of Web Services, July 12, 2007
Ryan Wilkins, Neurocognitive Inspired Hierachical Face Recognition System, May 10, 2007
Chris Holtsford, A Solution for Community Development, May 2, 2007
Employers of Graduates:
American Eagle Chicago IL
Deloitte Touche Atlanta GA
GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Wilmington NC
New Hanover Regional Medical Wilmington NC
Corning Wilmington NC
ATMC Shalotte NC
PPD Wilmington NC
Safe Data Inc Wallace NC
VisionAir Wilmington NC
United Advisors Wilmington NC
The Coastal Companies Holden Beach NC
Health Care Software Farmingdale NJ
Triumph Interactive Wilmington NC
W. T. Cox Subscriptions Wilmington NC
Grant Thornton Raleigh NC
TranS1 Wilmington NC
AT&T Charlotte NC
UNCW Wilmington NC
Pricewaterhouse Coopers Washington DC
Specialty Soft Wilmington NC
Cape Fear Community College Wilmington NC
94% of graduates have positions within their field or are attending graduate school (1 graduate in PhD program) within 2 months of
graduation. Average Starting Salary: $54,545
Review of MS CSIS Program
BREAKOUTS
Breakout sessions organized into the following groups:
Core Curriculum:
1. Review the core course topic lists.
2. Is there anything missing?
3. Are the topics relevant today?
Selection of Electives:
1. Review the electives offered.
2. Are there any elective courses that are missing?
3. Are the courses relevant today?
4. How should we assess the value of our programs?
Service Learning / Community Involvement / Project Theses
1. Internships are strongly encouraged in the program.
2. What can we do to get more students placed?
3. How should internships be assessed?
4. Review the projects/theses completed.
5. Are the projects relevant today?
6. How do we involve the community / mentor relationship
Appendix B: MSCSIS SLO1 Findings
Content Knowledge Assessment Results, Spring 2011
CSC 532
Questions and Answers
1)
Is the following true or false?
Spring 2009
Percentage
Correct (N=1)
Spring 2011
Percentage
Correct (N=8)
0.0%
50.0%
100.0%
25.0%
100.0%
62.0%
f(n) = O(g(n)) Implies g(n) = O(f(n))
a)
True
b)
False
2)
Is the following true or false?
f(n) = O(g(n)) implies g(n) = Ω(f(n))
a)
True
b)
False
3)
What is the O() complexity for the following function. Give your answer as a function of n.
float PiPower(n)
{
int I = 1;
float prod = 3.14;
while (I < n)
{
prod = prod * prod;
I = 2 * I;
}
return (prod);
}
a)
O(n)
b)
O(n^2)
c)
O(n^3)
d)
O(log n)
4)
What is the O() complexity for the followng segment of program which multiplies two
matrices a and b (resident in 2-d arrays) to find the result matric in c.
100.0%
75.0%
The two most common algorithms (Prim and Kruskal Algorithms) to solve Minimum
Spanning Tree problem belong to which of the following class of techniques.
Dynamic Programming
Divide and Conquer
Greedy
100.0%
100.0%
Which of the following characterizes the applicability of Dynamic Programming Techniques
to solve problems?
Solution of the problem is always composed of the solutions of two almost equal sized sub
problems
100.0%
75.0%
int i=0, j=0, k=0;
float a[n][n], b[n][n], c[n][n];
a)
b)
c)
d)
5)
a)
b)
c)
6)
a)
for (i=0; i<n; i++)
for (j=0; j<n; j++)
for (k=0;k<n;k++)
c[I, j ]=c[I,j] +a{I,k}*b[k,j];
O(n)
O(n^2)
O(n^3)
O(log n)
b)
Solution of the problem uses solution of sub-problems which have been solved earlier.
c)
Problem can be formulated by a set of linear inequality constraints and the objective is to
optimize a linear function.
7)
0.0%
50.0%
a)
b)
c)
d)
Write a recurrence for the running time T(n) of f(n), and solve that recurrence. Assume that
addition can be done in constant time.
def f(n):
if n ==1:
return 1
else:
return f(n-1)+f(n-1)
T(n)=T(n-1)+T(n-1) +Ѳ(1)
T(n)=T(n-1)+Ѳ(1)
T(n)=T(n-1)
T(n)=Ѳ(1)
8)
Decide whether you think the following statement is true or false.
0.0%
50.0%
a)
b)
In a flow network which has maximum flow from node s to node t the flow across any s-t
cut (no matter which cut is considered) is the same.
True
False
100.0%
88.0%
9)
a)
b)
c)
Which of the following characterizes the applicability of Linear Programming Technique to
solve problems?
Solution of the problem is always composed of the solution of two almost equal sized sub
problems
Solution of the problem uses solution of sub-problems which have been solved earlier.
Problem can be formulated by a set of linear inequality constraints and the objective is
to optimize a linear function.
10)
Decide whether you think the following statement is true or false.
0.0%
62.0%
60.0%
63.8%
Let G be a flow market, with a source s and a sink t, and a positive integer capacity c(e) on
every edge e. If it is a maximum flow in G, then f saturates every edge out of s with flow
(I.e. for all edges e out of s, we have f(e)=c(e) ).
a)
b)
True
False
Total
Appendix C: MSCSIS SLO2 Findings
Ethics Assessment Results, Spring 2011
1
Questions and Answers
Identifying, assessing, and reducing risk to an acceptable level and
maintaining the achieved level is referred to as _________.
a.
Risk planning
b.
Risk management
c.
Security management
d.
Operations management
2
What are the three fundamental principles (AIC triad) that serve as a security
program’s objectives?
a.
Confidentiality, ignorance and Authenticity
b.
Collision, Integrity and Availability
c.
Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability
d.
Consistency, Integrity and Authorization
3
The steps of an access control model should follow which logical flow?
a.
Identification, authorization, authentication, accountability
b.
Authorization, authentication, accountability, identification
c.
Identification, authentication, authorization, accountability
d.
Identification, accountability, authentication, authorization
4
What is the new program/standard that evaluates the computer security in the
United States?
a.
TCSEC
b.
Common criteria
c.
National security standards
d.
ITSEC
Spring 09
Percentage
Correct (N=9)
88.89%
Spring 10
Percentage
Correct (N=5)
100.00%
Spring 11
Percentage
Correct (N=24)
91.7%
66.67%
100.00%
95.8%
66.67%
60.00%
70.8%
33.33%
60.00%
33.3%
Questions and Answers
5
Which of the following items is Not considered a preventive physical control?
a.
Fencing
b.
Access logs
c.
Security guards
d.
Security dogs
6
A function that takes a variable-length string and creates a fixed-length value is
called ______.
a.
One-way hash
b.
Digital signature
c.
PKI
d.
Encryption
7
When considering an IT system Development life-cycle, security should be:
a.
Mostly considered during the initiation phase
b.
Mostly considered during the development phase
c.
Treated as an integral part of the overall system design
d.
Add once the design is completed
8
Preparing for a damaging event before it takes place in order to minimize loss
and ensure that the business continues to operate is the definition of _______?
a.
Business impact analysis
b.
Business continuity planning
c.
Recovery planning
d.
Emergency response
Spring 09
Percentage
Correct (N=9)
Spring 10
Percentage
Correct (N=5)
Spring 11
Percentage
Correct (N=24)
100.00%
80.00%
91.7%
100.00%
80.00%
58.3%
100.00%
80.00%
87.5%
100.00%
100.00%
95.8%
a.
Questions and Answers
A hospital is trying to select a facility backup option. They want to ensure no
downtime and extremely focused on contingency planning and testing
capability through the year. Which of the following alternatives would serve the
hospital best?
Warm site
b.
Hot site
c.
Reciprocal agreement
d.
Redundant site
10
Which of the following is the science of studying and breaking encryption
algorithms and cryptosystem?
a.
Cryptography
b.
Encryption
c.
Monoalphabetic substitution
d.
Cryptoanalysis
9
Total
Spring 09
Percentage
Correct (N=9)
44.44%
Spring 10
Percentage
Correct (N=5)
60.00%
Spring 11
Percentage
Correct (N=24)
20.8%
100.00%
80.00%
50.0%
80.00%
80.00%
69.6%
Appendix D: MSCSIS SLO3 Findings
Content Knowledge Assessment Results, Spring 2011
1)
Questions and Answers
In general, academics and professionals read research literature for all
but one of the following reasons.
a)
b)
c)
d)
Gain breadth of understanding across many areas.
Gain depth of understanding in specific areas.
Gain understanding of what has been done.
Gain understanding of what cannot be done.
2)
Which of these questions is least important in assessing research
articles?
a)
What is the contribution or significance of the paper?
b)
c)
What problem is being investigated?
What is the primary research area of the author(s)?
d)
What kind of paper is it?
3)
To which scientist is the origin of separation of concerns principle
normally attributed?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Barry Boehm
Fred Brooks
E. W. Dijkstra
D. L. Parnas
Fall 09
Percentage
Correct (N=13)
Spring 10
Spring 11
Percentage
Percentage
Correct (N=6) Correct (N=5)
69.23%
66.67%
80.00%
38.46%
16.67%
60.00%
100.00%
83.33%
60.00%
4)
a)
b)
c)
d)
Which of the following is not a fundamental AOSD concept
Advice
Component
Join point
Weaving
5)
a)
b)
c)
d)
92.31%
83.33%
100.00%
A meta-model is:
A model that describes other models.
A description of the four levels of the UML.
An instance of a correct model.
Any analysis of a model from a specific perspective.
100.00%
100.00%
80.00%
6)
Software testing shows all of the following, except:
46.15%
100.00%
40.00%
a)
b)
c)
d)
The presence of faults.
The absence of faults.
Test effectiveness.
Test efficiency.
7)
It is difficult to find all the bugs in large complex software because:
92.31%
100.00%
60.00%
a)
b)
c)
d)
The software testers may not know what to do.
The tools may be inappropriate for the testing tasks.
Exhaustive testing is not possible.
Testing is expensive.
8)
a)
Validation is:
Determining if developers are building a software artefact according to
user requirements.
b)
Determining if developers are building a software artefact according to
industry standards.
c)
Determining if developers are building a software artefact according to
its specification.
d)
Making sure users know what they want.
9)
a)
b)
A test oracle is:
A list of expected and actual results.
A list of prefix values, input, postfix values and expected output.
c)
d)
The description of the purpose of a set of tests.
The set of predicted results for a set of tests.
10)
Identify the concept that is not fundamental to model-driven software
development.
a)
b)
c)
d)
Metamodeling
UML
Diagrams
Model transformations
Total
38.46%
50.00%
20.00%
53.85%
83.33%
60.00%
30.77%
33.33%
20.00%
66.15%
71.67%
58.00%
Appendix E: MSCSIS SLO4 Findings
Content Knowledge Assessment Results, MIS 555, Fall 2010
Question & Answers
Fall 2008
(N=7)
Fall 2010
(N=13)
1. The main purpose of referential integrity constraints in a relational
database is to:
Maintain data quality
57%
54%
2. Structured Query Language is a(n):
All of the above
57%
77%
3. A foreign key must:
Refer to a valid value in the referenced table
43%
54%
4. As compared to other data structures, Balanced Trees are used in
relational databases because they:
Reduce physical data access
86%
100%
5. Data fragmentation is helpful in what type of system?
Online transaction processing (OLTP)
100%
69%
6. The "I" in the ACID transaction requirements stands for:
Independent
100%
100%
7. One purpose of an SQL view is to:
Control user access to data
100%
85%
Question & Answers
8. Transaction collisions without loss of data integrity are accomplished with:
Locks
Fall 2008
(N=7)
Fall 2010
(N=13)
100%
100%
9. Relational databases were created to:
Reduce program-data dependence
57%
38%
10. Clustered indexes perform especially well on:
Range conditions in the where clause
71%
62%
Appendix F: MSCSIS SLO5 Findings
1. Written Communication Assessment Results, Spring 2011
CSC/MIS 594 & 599 Capstone Assessment Results
5.00
4.50
4.00
3.50
3.00
2.50
2.00
1.50
1.00
0.50
0.00
Spring 2007
(N=6)
Summer
2007 (N=3)
Fall 2007
(N=6)
Spring 2008
(N=14)
Summer
2008 (N=3)
Fall 2008
(N=11)
Spring 2009
(N=10)
Fall 2009
(N=18)
Spring 2010
(N=16)
Summer
2010 (N=3)
Fall 2010
(N=6)
Spring 2011
(N=8)
Summer
2011 (N=9)
Fall 2011
(N=15)
Spring 2012
(N=39)
Summer
2012 (N=7)
Category
Select and Narrow
Topic for Research
or Projects
Use Computer Lit
Skills/Info
Databases for
Research
Independently
Read CS and IS
Papers
Apply Concepts,
Principles, and
Theories
Critically Analyze,
Evaluate Project or
Thesis Results
Assess Conclusions
and Implications of
Research or Project
Present
Research/Proj.
Findings (Clear,
Coherent, Succinct)
Evaluate Work of
Others Objectively
and Fairly
Analyze Bus. User's
Needs/Develop
Solution
Combine CS/IS
Learning for
Research or Bus.
Opportunities
Spring
2007
(N=6)
Summer
2007
(N=3)
Fall
2007
(N=6)
Spring
2008
(N=14)
Summer
2008
(N=3)
Fall 2008
(N=11)
Spring
2009
(N=10)
Fall 2009
(N=18)
Spring
2010
(N=16)
Summer
2010
(N=3)
Fall
2010
(N=6)
Spring
2011
(N=8)
Summer
2011
(N=9)
Fall
2011
(N=15)
Spring
2012
(N=39)
Summer
2012
(N=7)
3.83
5.00
4.33
4.14
4.00
4.36
4.40
4.26
4.00
3.67
4.17
3.63
4.33
4.07
4.74
4.71
4.00
4.67
4.17
3.71
2.33
4.18
4.30
4.11
4.00
4.00
4.00
3.13
4.33
3.93
3.74
4.71
3.83
4.67
4.17
3.64
2.50
3.55
4.20
4.11
3.88
3.33
4.17
3.25
4.33
3.79
3.44
4.71
4.50
4.67
4.17
4.43
4.33
4.45
4.70
4.11
4.31
4.00
4.33
3.88
4.89
4.13
3.82
4.57
4.33
4.33
3.83
4.21
3.67
4.09
4.60
4.16
4.06
3.33
4.00
3.00
4.78
3.93
3.56
4.57
4.50
4.67
4.20
4.14
4.00
4.36
4.40
4.37
4.13
3.33
4.00
3.25
4.44
4.07
3.49
4.57
4.33
4.33
4.17
4.14
3.33
4.09
4.30
4.00
4.06
3.33
4.17
3.63
4.78
3.87
3.72
4.43
3.60
4.00
3.80
3.93
2.50
4.00
4.22
3.89
3.88
3.33
3.83
3.38
4.33
3.79
3.49
4.43
4.17
4.33
4.33
4.31
3.00
4.36
4.30
4.26
3.69
3.00
2.60
3.38
4.33
3.86
3.62
4.14
4.33
4.00
4.20
4.23
3.33
4.36
4.70
4.32
3.73
3.67
2.83
3.13
4.56
3.67
3.54
4.29
2. Oral Communication Assessment Results
Fall 2010
MIS 565 Oral Communication Assessment
5.00
4.57
4.42
4.50
3.90
3.86
4.00
3.42
3.43
3.24
2.71
3.00
2.42
2.76
2.17
2.00
Fall 2008
Fall 2009
Fall 2010
1.00
0.00
Technical Knowledge
Spring 2009
Presentation Materials
Presentation Style
Presenter Presence
Appendix G: MSCSIS Goal 6 Findings
Content Knowledge Assessment Results, Fall 2010
Question & Answers
1. The main difference between TCP and UDP is:
TCP is connection-oriented and UDP is connectionless
Fall 2008
% Correct
(N=13)
Fall 2009
% Correct
(N=2)
Fall 2010
% Correct
(N=15)
69%
100%
87%
2. World Wide Web technologies include:
All of the above
92%
50%
100%
3. When developing a network application, the primary
programming interface is:
Sockets
92%
100%
87%
4. Examples of distributed computing/programming paradigms
include:
All of the above
62%
100%
47%
5. Which of the following are social networking sites:
All of the above
92%
100%
93%
6. Wireshark is an example of:
Network Sniffer
100%
100%
100%
7. ARP refers to:
Address Resolution Protocol
100%
100%
93%
8. DNS refers to:
Domain Name System
92%
100%
87%
9. Network security technologies include:
All of the above
92%
50%
73%
10. Database management systems used for web programming
include:
All of the above
92%
100%
93%