1. Juniata CollegeISECON 20011 An Information Technology Program for a Small Liberal Arts College: An Interdisciplinary Approach Loren K. Rhodes Michael L. Frandsen, Dennis L. Johnson, Donna S. Weimer, David J. Fusco Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA

2. Juniata CollegeISECON 20012 Juniata College 4 year liberal arts college, central Pennsylvania 1300 students, mostly residential Program of Emphasis (major) students encouraged to design own POE often interdisciplinary programs, double majors 50-60% individualize their POE’s 2 advisors approve

3. Juniata CollegeISECON 20013 Juniata College Regionally known for sciences: pre- medicine, biology and chemistry Education Computer Science since 1980 1998 an alumni couple gave multi- million dollar endowment for an IT program

4. Juniata CollegeISECON 20014 Donor’s Vision for IT scholarship: leveraging communication and problem solving skills with IT courses internship: engage industry experience leadership: management skills entrepreneurship: build a technology product and successfully market it interdisciplinary: a collaboration among existing departments

5. Juniata CollegeISECON 20015 Design Process Pre-existing programs: Mathematics/Computer Science (Nat. Sci.) Accounting/Business/Economics (Soc. Sci.) English/Communications (Humanities) IT program was developed from on- campus committee from these departments External Advisory board was established

6. Juniata CollegeISECON 20016 Departmental Cooperation Information Technology Computer Science Math Business Accounting Economics Communication English Theatre Arts

7. Juniata CollegeISECON 20017 Advisory Board Development of the program Internship placements, on-site projects, equipment Membership (<20) alumni, big and local business, government AT&T, Nortel, Lucent, Microsoft, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Datatel, Eclipsys, Penn State IST, Fairfax County VA

8. Juniata CollegeISECON 20018 Curriculum Goals CS fundamentals, software development, database, network Communication skills, oral presentation and technical writing Business fundamentals, management, entrepreneurship Experiential - student teams working on industry projects for 3 semesters + internships Change management

9. Juniata CollegeISECON 20019 IT courses Principles of IT First course Web based, using WebCT or Angel Business, Communication and CS courses Innovations for Industry capstone sequence Three semesters, junior and senior years Team projects

10. Juniata CollegeISECON 200110 Computer Science CS 1 and CS 2 Software Design (Engineering) Networking Web Design Discrete Structures

11. Juniata CollegeISECON 200111 Business and Communication The Management Process Behavior Analysis of Organizations Business Strategies Art of Public Speaking Professional Presentations Technical Writing Indiv@metaverse.com

12. Juniata CollegeISECON 200112 Indiv@metaverse.com Challenge students with the past, present, future analysis of technology’s impact on society 1892--Can we predict new technologies? 1940--Can we anticipate their consequences? 2000--What is progress? 2100--How do we prepare for change?

13. Juniata CollegeISECON 200113 Innovations for Industry(I-4-I) The hallmark of our program A required, three semester experiential learning opportunity Places teams of students in organizations to identify and understand problems, and recommend and apply IT solutions

14. Juniata CollegeISECON 200114 I-4-I Goals To provide students with real-world experience in the needed technical, business and communications skills to function as members of an IT project team To provide service to partnering organizations To obtain real-world feedback for students and faculty

15. Juniata CollegeISECON 200115 I-4-I Process Combination of classroom, on campus, and in the field activities Emphasis on project management, flexibility, communication, team work, and problem solving Teams of 3-4 students Faculty sponsor for each team Evaluation by client, faculty, peers

16. Juniata CollegeISECON 200116 I-4-I Organization Three courses IT 300, IT 380, IT 480 All meet together Exception is IT 300 Focus on project management 5-Phase Project Management…,Weiss/Wysocki Case studies Teams are a cross section of the 3 levels

17. Juniata CollegeISECON 200117 I-4-I Technologies Project management Networking Web Development Handheld OS ASP Use cases XP Database/SQL Java C++ Visual Basic XML Linux

18. Juniata CollegeISECON 200118 I-4-I Student Comments "Maybe I learned more [in this class] than I learned in all the [other] classes I have taken.” "I don’t know how to describe to you how much I have learned in the last semester through words. My actions speak for themselves. I have grown because of this course and I feel that I will continue to grow in the semesters to come."

19. Juniata CollegeISECON 200119 I-4-I Client Comments "I do think that this was a great learning experience demonstrating the dynamic environment that they will have to operate in…. They reacted extremely well to these changes…. Based on the barriers they faced, they exceeded our expectations.” "I wanted to let you know your database has been tested and is now up and running …. You did a great job on meeting our requirements for the ASP. The people who have been through the training so far have been impressed. Thanks for the great work."

20. Juniata CollegeISECON 200120 Areas of Concentration Students choose three courses in various areas of application Digital Media Entrepreneurial Studies Communication Media Computer Science Business Individualized

21. Juniata CollegeISECON 200121 Integration of IT campus wide The application of IT naturally integrates into other disciplines Criminal Justice Biology (Bioinformatics) Environmental Science Education Psychology Political Science

22. Juniata CollegeISECON 200122 Staffing All current and planned IT faculty are joint appointments 2 Business / IT 2 Computer Science / IT Communication / IT 2 Environmental Science / IT Network Services Director / IT

23. Juniata CollegeISECON 200123 Facilities Faculty representing 3+ departments Teaching/Learning Technology Center Computer/Network Services Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership Currently scattered across campus In 2004 all IT-related departments will be housed in one facility

24. Juniata CollegeISECON 200124 Summary Interdisciplinary Experiential Teamwork, project management Access to technologies Educational technology http://departments.juniata.edu/it