CourseCISC 101 Career Explorations
Date/TimeMonday/Wednesday 9:30 AM – 10:50 AM
LocationMeen 101
InstructorWalter Wimberly

Course Description: An exploration of the essential ideas of Computer Science and Information Technology with emphasis on computational thinking, and problem solving. Additionally, this course will explore different types of careers that students might go into upon graduation. This course also offers a brief examination of the modern information society and the influences of technological advances on society and culture.

Prerequisites: none

Weekly Activities

ModulesClass Discussions
1Intro to Class
How to Be Successful
Career Paths Management vs Practitioner vs Grad School
2Professional Differences between IT and SE
Educational Differences between IT and SE
Importance of LinkedIn
3Intro to Problem Solving
Getting Started with Lucid Chart
Linear Steps to Solve a Problem
4Intro to Conditional Statements
More Advanced Conditional Statements
3Repeating Statements to Solve a Problem
Predefined Processes
Putting Everything Together in One FlowChart
4An Intro to Pseudocode
Simple Pseudocode Statements
5Using Variables in Pseudocode
Multiple Variables in Pseudocode
6Pseudocode Decisions
Nested Conditions
7Pseudocode Conditional Loops
Psuedocode Counting Loops
Psuedocode Predefined Procedures
8Desktop Developer
Help Desk Support
9Network Administration
10Back End Development
Application Management
11Front End (Web and Mobile) Development
Computer Security
12Full Stack Developer
Cloud Management