商业与经济
MSIT in eBusiness Technology
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The School of Computer Science and the Institute for Software Research have decided to discontinue the "MSIT in eBusiness Technology" graduate program as of the end of August 2018, after the graduation of the current class. The program has been part of the SCS portfolio since 2004, and it has shown growing success in educational accomplishment and in placement of students. There have been changes in the economic environment, however, and the learning-by-doing methodology of the program -- which requires intense faculty involvement, with seventeen faculty members working to deliver the curriculum each year -- is no longer financially viable. The decision was not made lightly in view of the exceptional academic quality of the program, its uniqueness in the world, the caliber of its faculty and staff, and the outstanding characteristics of its current students and nearly 1,000 alumni around the world. The program will continue in normal fashion through graduation. No new applications will be accepted.
Most business processes primarily involve communication information. It is only during manufacturing or after a deal has been consummated that physical goods must be moved. As a result, most improvements in business result from advances in information technology, a field that is changing so rapidly it is difficult even for professionals to keep up with.
It is always a question how to teach a subject that is constantly in flux. There is risk that the technical content will be obsolete by the end of the degree program, or shortly after its completion. Our philosophy is that professionals must not learn technology alone, but how to keep up with technology. An equally important precept of our program is that skills cannot be taught, but must be learned through practice. We follow these principles through a unique program specifically designed to produce eBusiness professionals.
We do not offer traditional classes. While students are allowed to take a limited number of traditional elective courses in other departments, the MSIT eBusiness Technology program does not offer courses of its own. We believe that the meta-skills required for success in the workplace, such as team building, time management, interpreting confusing or ambiguous assignments, professional writing, and public speaking, can be acquired only through direct and extensive practice. Toward that end, the program consists of 16 realistic eBusiness tasks that are so extensive they must be completed by teams. Accordingly, the students are initially divided into teams of five people who receive new tasks to perform every 2-3 weeks for 10 months.
The students must produce professional deliverables, such as reports, technology analyses, business plans, and system designs. Because the teams operate independently with minimal guidance, the students must learn to organize themselves, divide workload, become familiar with relevant technologies, and separate important from irrelevant reference material to complete the assigned work on schedule. Guiding the students through the program are four full-time Program Faculty, who work along with 11 other faculty members to ensure that everyone acquires the skills expected of our graduates.
Many of our graduates aspire to be consultants, and consulting preparation is sound training for almost any information technology job. Therefore, to make the degree program as realistic as possible, all students become “employees” of a hypothetical company, ebConsultants LLP, for the 12-month duration of the program. As staff consultants, the students rotate through four assignments in each of the company’s practices: Health Care, Banking, Retail, and Logistics. Team composition changes at each transition, so the students have a chance to exercise their organization skills at different times. To compress 10 months into a single sentence, the most crucial skill the students acquire is learning how to teach themselves. That skill is valuable for a lifetime and outlasts any conceivable shift in technology.
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