As many of you already know, Drs. Rettenmayer and Johnston have left the CIS@ULM family to pursue opportunities elsewhere. We wish them good luck in their new endeavors. On the down side, this represented 50% of the CIS faculty. Fortunately, Dr. Berry was able to secure funding for us to hire a visiting professor to help cover our current load of CIS offerings for the Fall 2007 semester. Please join Dr. Wood and I in welcoming Ms. Natalie Campbell. Ms. Campbell is joining us from the Graduate Studies and Research Office and is completing her doctorate at Mississippi State University in Information Systems.
This change in the CIS faculty will have a number of significant impacts on the program. The most pressing issue is that we have had to rearrange the instructors for several classes. You should be prepared for some new faces and some old faces you weren’t expecting for that first day of class. Ms. Campbell will be teaching CINS306, 344, and 350. Dr. Wood will be teaching CINS 302 (the follow-on to CINS 220), and just when you thought you were safe…I’m on deck for CINS 430. I’ve had requests for the textbooks for these reassigned courses, so I’ve listed them below.
CINS 306
*ISBN: 0619212841
*Title: Oracle 9i:sql W/intro.to Pl/sql-w/cd
*Author: Morris-murphy
*Publisher: THOMSON
*Copyright: 2003*ISBN: 0201752847
*Title:Database Design For Mere Mortals-w/cd
*Author:Hernandez
*Publisher:PEARSON
*Copyright:2003
*Edition:2NDCINS 302
*ISBN: 0321393999
*Title:Starting Out W/visual Basic 2005-w/2cds
*Author:Gaddis
*Publisher:PEARSON
*Copyright:2007
*Edition:3RDCINS 344
*ISBN: 0130384713
*Title:Corporate Computer Network Security
*Author:Panko
*Publisher:PEARSON
*Copyright:2004
As you may have noticed, we lost two faculty and gained one. This means that going forward, we may not be able to offer such an extensive list of courses every semester. Students in the CIS program are encouraged to “own” their program of work. To help you, the CIS major or minor, own your program of work, I will be working on a multi-year listing of course offerings so that you can plan your course work out as you progress towards graduation. Look for that document here and in the CIS program Facebook group.
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Thats what I know, and now you know too.
Dr. Barnett, Faculty Chair, CS/CIS
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