Policies on IT Education By Dr.Paulino S. Tan Chairman, Technoical Panel on IT Education, CHED

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DISCUSSION TOPICS

·         IT Education (ITE) programs

o        Bachelor’s programs

o        Associate program

·         General education IT literacy subject

 

OBJECTIVES OF I T EDUCATION (ITE)

     ITE prepares students to be professionals in IT. Specifically, students by the time they graduate are envisioned to:

·         have undergone training in abstract and analytical processes;

·         have developed personal and social values;

·         have acquired technical skills;

·         be grounded in appropriate concepts and principles; and

·         be adaptive to the work environment

 

STRATEGY TO ATTAIN OBJECTIVES

     ITE aims to equip students with one or more of the following:

·         the basic principles and foundation that underlie the science of this field; (Computer Science)

·         practical knowledge of how Information Systems are installed, operationalized, managed, and administered; (Information Technology)  

·         ability to conceptualize, design, develop, implement and maintain Information Systems (Information Management)

 

IT EDUCATION PROGRAMS

·      As defined by CMO #25, s. 2001, which is a revision of CMO #60, s. 1996

·      B. S. in COMPUTER SCIENCE -- the basic principles and foundation that underlie the science of I T E;

·      B. S. in INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY -- practical knowledge of how Information Systems are installed, operationalized, managed, and administered;

 

IT EDUCATION PROGRAMS

·      B. S. in INFORMATION MANAGEMENT -- ability to conceptualize, design, develop, implement and maintain Information Systems

·      ASSOCIATE in COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY -- basic program which serves as a “ladder” to the B. S. programs; (CMO # 05, s. 1998)

 

QUALIFICATIONS OF FACULTY

An ITE faculty member should have at least one of the following:

·      A bachelor’s degree in one of the ITE programs;

·      A degree in Engineering, physical sciences or mathematics, or Business field with 18 units of formal studies in ITE (bachelor’s or graduate courses);

·      A degree in a field other than ITE plus at least 3 years experience  in the I T profession such as technical support, systems design, applications programming or equivalent;

 

·      A degree in a field other than ITE plus at least 18 units of master’s study in ITE;

·      A master’s degree in a field other than ITE plus at least 2 years of experience in ITE research and 12 units of graduate study in ITE

 

ADMINISTRATION
A Higher Educational Institution offering an ITE program shall have at least two full-time members including the following: 

·         a full-time head, such as Dean, Department Chair, Director, Coordinator or equivalent based on the organization of the school

·         a full-time faculty member

 

QUALIFICATIONS OF HEAD
The HEAD must posses at least one of the ff:

·         A master’s degree in an ITE program

·         A master’s degree in another field plus at least one of the following:

o        Completion of coursework requirements for a master’s degree in an ITE program

o        Five (5) years experience in the IT profession such as in technical support, systems design, applications programming or equivalent

o        Bachelor’s degree in an ITE program

·         A doctorate in a physical science, mathematics, engineering or business field plus five (5) years experience teaching ITE courses (beyond computer literacy level courses).

·         In addition, the Head should have industry advisor(s) to assist him/her, especially if he/she does not have I T industry experience, such as a Board of Industry Advisors that could also assist in industry-academe linkage programs.

CURRICULUM

 

 

Citizen’s Military Training, ROTC, Physical Education, and other similar subjects as required by laws, rules and regulations should be added.

 

 

NON - ITE CORE TOPICS

·         May be classified with General Education subjects

o        Communication skills;

o        Technical writing / presentation skills;

o        Algebra / trigonometry

o        Values formation;

o        Probability / statistics

 

ITE  CORE TOPICS

·         Professional ethics / Code of Ethics for the Filipino I T professional;

·         Mathematical Logic / Discrete Mathematics;

·         Problem solving;

·         Quality processes;

·         Fundamentals of programming / program logic formulation

·         Introduction to the Internet / Web-based programming

·         I T Fundamentals

·         Computer Systems Organization

 

COMPUTER SCIENCE TOPICS

1.  Calculus

2.  Abstract Algebra

3.  Electromagnetism and electricity

4.  Digital Electronics

5.  Data Structures

6.  Algorithms

7.  Principles of programming languages (using C-language and other equivalent or higher level language)

8  Computer architecture / assembly language

9. Object-oriented programming

10.  Principles of operating systems

11.  Principles of file organization

12.  Principles database management systems

13.  Compiler Design

14.  Automata theory / Formal languages and computation theory

15.  Principles of data communication and networking

16  Modeling and simulation theory

17. ELECTIVES

 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TOPICS

1.  Art and style of programming

2.  At least 2 application programming languages such as C-language, COBOL, Visual C, Visual Foxpro, Visual Basic, JAVA and the like

3.  Operating systems such as DOS, LINUX, UNIX, or  WINDOWS

4.  Database management system

5.  Relational database management systems oriented development tools and programming languages

6.  Installation of computer system, hardware and software, with actual laboratory hands-on

 7.  Local area network / network technology

 8.  Systems analysis and design

 9.  Software integration, testing and documentation

10.  Systems management and administration

11.  Information resource management

12.  Accounting

13.  Data communications and principles of telecommunications

14.  Multimedia systems

15.  ELECTIVES

 

 

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT TOPICS

1.  Business processes

2.  Organizational theory

3.  Human behavior / Human resource management

4.  Management principles and practices

5.  Accounting, financial process

6.  At least 2 application programming languages such as C-language, COBOL, Visual C, Visual Foxpro, Visual Basic, JAVA and the like

7.  Integrated office productivity software such as Star Office, MS Office, Lotus Smart Suite, Perfect Office, etc.

  8.  Application software for accounting,   purchasing, manufacturing, etc.

  9.  Introduction to E-Commerce

10.  Planning, estimation and project management

11.  Systems analysis and design

12.  Software design and development / Software engineering

13.  Management information system / information  strategy plan

14.  Software integration, testing and documentation

15.  Quality assurance

16.   Information resources / system management

17.   Information systems audit 

18.  Customer relations management

19.  Management of internet services

20.  Data communication and networking technology

21.  Database management system

22.  Executive information system

23.  ELECTIVES

 

COMPUTER LABORATORY

·         A student should be provided with at least 3 hours of individual hands-on computer time per week.

·         This translates to about one computer per 20 student enrolled in ITE program.

·         At least one multi-user or networked system

·         One printer per 15 computers

·         Hardware and software should conform to generally accepted industry standards; at least 20% of the equipment should have been manufactured within the last 3 years.

 

LIBRARY

·         Should have at least 5 titles per subject offered in the curriculum;

·         Should have at least 1 volume per subject of a particular year of the curriculum for every 10 students enrolled in that year level;

·         At least 20% of the books should have been published within the last 4 year;

·         Should have at least 2 local and 2 foreign published magazines, journals or periodicals;

·         Electronic materials such as from CD-ROMS or Internet may be considered as additional library holdings beyond the minimum requirements.

·         Seating capacity of at least 5% of the total student enrolled in ITE

·         Minimum space of 60 sq.. m. or 2 sq. m.per student

 

SAMPLE CALCULATION FOR  MINIMUM LIBRARY HOLDINGS  

ASSOCIATE IN COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY (ACT)

·         A two-year non-degree diploma course

·         “Ladderized” program that can be credited as subjects for the Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology and Information Management

 

A C T   OBJECTIVES

·         Equip students with specific skills for entry into the information technology profession

·         Prepare the students for eventual entry into the regular baccalaureate degree programs in Computer Science, Information Technology, or Information Management

 

GENERAL CURRICULUM

·         A subset of the Basic General Education subjects

·         A subset of the Basic Core Topics and Major Topics for the baccalaureate degree: BS-CS,    BS-IT, or BS-IM

·         Other subjects that may be needed to allow the students to acquire specific I T skills (such as programming, use of personal computer software packages, etc.)

·         Minimum of 66 units, of which the General Education component comprises one-third to one-half of the total

 

I T  LITERACY

·         A general education subject

·         Historically, a basic computer subject; then

·         A programming subject; then

·         Computer and society; then

·         Use of office automation software.

·         TPITE recommendation:

·         Understanding Information Technology and its Implications

·         Coverage:

o        How computers work

o        Information generation (systems) & exchange (data communication)

o        Global networking (internet)

o        Benefits and costs

 

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GRADUATES  

 

ENROLLMENT & GRADUATES