Program Objectives

We have program educational objectives for our Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Information Systems programs. Program educational objectives are broad statements that describe the career and professional accomplishments that the program is preparing graduates to achieve. These objectives describe the expected accomplishments of our graduates during the several years following graduation.

Our Computer Science program objectives are:

Objective 1: Our graduates will apply their knowledge and skills to succeed in a computer science career and/or obtain an advanced degree.

Objective 2: Our graduates will function ethically and responsibly, and will remain informed and involved as full participants in our profession and our society. Our graduates will successfully function in multi-disciplinary teams.

Objective 3: Our graduates will apply basic principles and practices of computing grounded in mathematics and science to successfully complete software related projects to meet customer business objectives and/or productively engage in research.

Objective 4: Our graduates will apply basic computing principles and the knowledge of major areas of application of those fundamentals to the benefit of society.

Our Computer Engineering program objectives are:

Objective 1: Our graduates will apply their knowledge and skills to succeed in a computer engineering career and/or obtain an advanced degree.

Objective 2: Our graduates will function ethically and responsibly, and will remain informed and involved as full participants in our profession and our society. Our graduates will successfully function in multi-disciplinary teams.

Objective 3: Our graduates will apply basic principles and practices of computing grounded in mathematics and science to successfully complete hardware and/or software related engineering projects to meet customer business objectives and/or productively engage in research.

Objective 4: Our graduates will apply the basic principles and practices of engineering in the computing domain to the benefit of society.

Our Information Systems program objectives are:

Objective 1: Our graduates will apply their knowledge and skills to succeed in an information systems career.

Objective 2: Our graduates will function ethically and responsibly, and will remain informed and involved as full participants in our profession and our society. Our graduates will successfully function in multi-disciplinary teams.

Objective 3: Our graduates will apply basic principles and practices of computing grounded in mathematics, science, and business to successfully complete projects and perform services related to information systems to meet customer business objectives.

Objective 4: Our graduates will apply the basic principles and practices of information systems to the benefit of society.

Our program objectives were revised in fall 2006 and spring 2007 with input from constituents (Tampa Bay area employers, department faculty, and department advisory board members).