Computer Information System Program

Program Review(National Campus)

AP Full Official:Associate of Science in Computer Information Systems

Campus: National Campus

Completed by: Business Division

AP Review Submission Date: March 28th, 2014

AR Review Cycle: Fall 2011 – Fall 2013

Program Review AY 2011-2012

1. Program Mission

   Associate of Science in Computer Information Systems provides students with a solid foundation in theory and practice of the computer information systems and prepare them to meet the immediate job market needs, adapt themselves to the rapidly evolving computer industry and further their education in a higher degree program. This contributes to the college’s mission of assisting in the development of the Federated States of Micronesia, and to be globally connected.

2. Program Goals

   1. Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of technical concepts and ethical issues pertaining to information systems
   2. Demonstrate theoretical knowledge and practical skills in the management and strategic use of information systems and technology.
   3. Demonstrate proficiency in the use of different software applications significant to manipulating and analyzing information as well as generating and presenting reports in the various functional areas of business.
   4. Demonstrate solid foundation skills in database design and management, web engineering, programming, and networking;
   5. Demonstrate the ability to adapt to latest technologies using their foundation knowledge and skills from CIS.

3. Program History

   In today’s world, information is a very vital resource in an organization. In order to efficiently utilize information of any form in an organization however, this has to be processed within the organization. This is where information technology with its varied tools becomes very indispensable.

   In the Federated States of Micronesia, however humble its beginning might be, it is imperative that this information technology, coupled with communications has to be taught and learned in the lone college so that the people can be educated and organizations can adapt to, and gradually become at pace with the world trend. With this necessity, the semester of Fall 1998 saw the emergence of a new academic program offering at COM-FSM’s Business Division, the Associate of Science Degree in Computer Information Systems.

4. Program Descriptions

   The Associate of Science in Computer Information Systems program concentrates on organizational applications of information and communications technology and the development of systems and their management. Students receive a fundamental understanding of programming, web engineering, database designing and networking, which prepare them for high-in-demand careers such as programmers, webmasters, network administrators, systems analysts, etc.

5. Program Admission Requirements

   Applicants must meet the following admission requirements to be matriculated into this degree program:

   1. Have graduated or will graduate from high school at the end of the current school year, or have a GED certificate;
   2. Have a minimum high school grade point average of 2.0 as measured on a 4.0 scale, or a minimal score of 35 on each section and an average of 45 for all five sections of the GED test, and;
   3. Be accepted by the COM-FSM Admissions Board.

6. Program Certificate/Degree Requirements

   Degree Requirements Summary

   1. Satisfactory completion of the applicable General Education Core - 29 credits
   2. Satisfactory completion of the prescribed CIS major courses - 42 credits
      TOTAL 71 credits
   3. Cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA) of at least 2.0

   Degree Requirements in Detail

   Preparatory Courses – By Placement General Education Core courses English (9 credits) EN 110 Advanced Reading (3) EN 120a Expository Writing I (3) EN 120b Expository Writing II (3) Mathematics (3 credits) Any 100 level or above mathematics course (3) Natural Sciences (7 credits) A science course with Laboratory or AG 110 or AG 140 (4) A non-lab science or AG 101 (3) Social Sciences (3 credits) SS 150 History of Micronesia (3) Computer Applications (3 credits) CA 100 Computer Literacy (3) Exercise Sports Science (1 credit) Humanities (3 credits) Any course in art, music, history, literature, philosophy, or language (3)

   CIS Major Courses Information Systems (20 credits) IS 201 Computer Information Systems (3) IS 220 Computer Programming w/lab(4) IS 230 Database Design (3) IS 240 Webpage Design (3) IS 260 Business Information Systems (3) IS 280 Introduction to Networking-w/lab (4) Business (7 credits) AC 131 Accounting I (4) BU 101 Introduction to Business (3) Communications (3 credits) EN/BU 121 Business Communication (3) Mathematics (6 credits) MS 101 Algebra and Trigonometry (3) MS 150 Statistics (3) Electives: Any two of the following courses (6 credits) CA105 Data Analysis Using Spreadsheets (3) IS245 Desktop Publishing (3) IS 270 Geographic Information Systems (3)

7. Program Courses and Enrollment

   Spring 2014

   Course	No. of Sections	Course Enrollment	Section Fill Rate	Redundancy
   		Fall 2011-Fall 2013
   IS 201 Computer Info. Systems	2	277	92.33%	no
   IS 220 Computer Programming	2	164	99.39%	no
   IS 230 Database Design	1	148	98.67%	no
   IS 240 Web page Design	1	150	100%	no
   IS 245 Desktop Publishing	1	81	108%	no
   IS 260 Business Info. Systems	1	117	78.00%	no
   IS 280 Intro to Networking	2	123	102.50%	no
   CA 105 Data Analysis	1	161	107.33%	no

8. Program Faculty

   JOSEPH FELIX, JR, Associate Professor Bachelor of Science in Computer Science (Park College, Missouri) Master of Science in Information Systems (National University, California)

   MARLENE MANGONON, Associate Professor Bachelor in Computer Data Processing Management (Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Philippines) Master in Business Administration (Virgen Milagrosa University, Philippines

   EDPER CASTRO, Assistant Professor Bachelor of Science in Information and Computer Science (Cebu Institute of Technology, Philippines) Diploma in Computer Science (Open University, University of the Philippines, Philippines) Masters in Information Systems (Open University, University of the Philippines, Philippines)

   George Mangonon, Assistant Professor Bachelor of Science in Mathematics (University of the Philippines, Philippines) Master in Business Administration (Virgen Milagrosa University, Philippines), Doctorate in Business Administration (sans Dissertation) (Virgen Milagrosa University, Philippines), IT Background: Programming - COBOL and Visual Basic (Systems Technology Institute, Philippines and Informatics, Philippines)

   
   
   Faculty to Student Ratio-CIS Program 2011-2013

   Year	Spring	Spring Raio	Fall	Fall Ratio
   2011	172	1:57	198	1:66
   2012	177	1:59	211	1:52
   2013	173	1:43	160	1:40

9. Program Indicators

    

   Assessment of course student learning outcomes of program courses	IS201-Computer Information Systems Success Rate for SLO Course Learning Outcome   SLO#1 SLO#2 SLO#3 SLO#4 SLO#5 SLO#6 SLO#7 Number of Students Spring 2011 55% 73% 82% 66% 23% 41% 59% 44 Fall 2011 80% 82% 84% 73% 75% 66% 77% 44 Spring 2012 24% 71% 63% 53% 100% 71% 54% 24 Fall 2012 60% 60% 60% 72% 66% 72% 83% 47 Spring 2013 50% 52% 42% 81% 69% 46% 58% 48 Fall 2013 54% 93% 89% 61% 79% 61% 86% 28 Average 54% 72% 70% 69% 69% 60% 70% 39 CA105-Data Analysis Success Rate for SLO Course Learning Outcome   SLO#1 SLO#2 SLO#3 NO. STUDENTS Spring 2011 81% 93% 93% 27 Fall 2011 89% 81% 78% 27 Spring 2012 88% 85% 96% 26 Fall 2012 89% 86% 61% 28 Spring 2013 75% 63% 63% 24 Fall 2013 85% 96% 96% 26 Average 85% 84% 81% 26 IS220-Computer Programming Success Rate for SLO Course Learning Outcome   SLO#1 SLO#2 NO. STUDENTS Spring 2011 70% 96% 23 Fall 2011 65% 96% 27 Spring 2012 84% 100% 19 Fall 2012 60% 96% 25 Spring 2013 82% 82% 33 Fall 2013 82% 82% 33 Average 74% 92% 26 IS240-Webpage Design Success Rate for SLO Course Learning Outcome   SLO#1 SLO#2 SLO#3 SLO#4 SLO#5 NO. of STUDENTS Spring 2011 77% 77% 62% 62% 65% 26 Fall 2011 52% 52% 64% 64% 72% 25 Spring 2012 28% 94% 89% 83% 89% 18 Fall 2012 70% 100% 78% 78% 65% 23 Spring 2013 69% 100% 81% 88% 81% 16 Fall 2013 39% 100% 100% 67% 83% 18 Average 56% 87% 79% 74% 76% 21 IS230-Database Design Success Rate for SLO Course Learning Outcome   SLO#1 SLO#2 SLO#3 SLO#4 SLO#5 SLO#6 SLO#7 NO. of STUDENTS Spring 2011 80% 80% 80% 80% 80% 76 76% 25 Fall 2011 57% 57% 57% 87% 87% 78 78% 23 Spring 2012 72% 72% 72% 64% 64% 76 76% 25 Fall 2012 92% 92% 92% 57% 57% 64 64% 25 Spring 2013 71% 71% 79% 83% 71% 71 62% 24 Fall 2013 100% 100% 70% 83% 87% 91 87% 23 Average 79% 79% 75% 76% 74% 76 74% 24 IS245-Desktop Publishing Success Rate for SLO Course Learning Outcome   SLO#1 SLO#2 SLO#3 SLO#4 SLO#5 NO. of STUDENTS Spring 2012 85% 85% 85% 89% 89% 25 Fall 2012 93% 93% 93% 74% 74% 27 Spring 2013 93% 93% 93% 52% 52% 27 Average 90% 90% 90% 72% 72% 27 IS260-Business Information Systems Success Rate for SLO Course Learning Outcome   SLO#1 SLO#2 SLO#3 SLO#4 NO. of STUDENTS Spring 2011 74% 74% 74% 96% 23 Fall 2011 64% 64% 100% 86% 14 Spring 2012 42% 42% 84% 84% 19 Fall 2012 58% 58% 89% 89% 19 Spring 2013 67% 67% 73% 73% 15 Fall 2013 71% 90% 67% 71% 21 Average 63% 66% 81% 83% 19 IS280-Introduction to Networking Success Rate for SLO Course Learning Outcome   SLO#1 SLO#2 SLO#3 SLO#4 SLO#5 SLO#6 NO. of STUDENTS Spring 2011 95% 95% 95% 76% 76% 81% 21 Fall 2011 65% 65% 65% 90% 90% 80% 20 Spring 2012 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 20 Fall 2012 95% 95% 100% 89% 89% 89% 19 Spring 2013 95% 95% 95% 70% 70% 70% 20 Fall 2013 90% 95% 95% 80% 75% 90% 20 Average 90% 91% 92% 84% 83% 85% 20
   Assessment of program student learning outcomes
   Program enrollment (historical enrollment patterns, student credits by major)	CIS Program Enrollment 2011-2013 Year Spring Fall 2011 172 198 2012 177 211 2013 173 160 All Program Enrollment 2011-2013 Year CIS Bus Admin HTM Marine Science HCOP LA Micro Studies Teacher Prep Others 2011 172 190 55 52 89 287 121 385 48 2012 177 232 65 52 100 316 118 451 93 2013 173 186 65 46 123 249 104 404 98 CIS Enrollment Credits By Major for 2011-2013 Year Spring Fall 2011 2163 2337 2012 2168 2479 2013 2103 1987 All Program Enrollment Credits By Major for Spring 2011-2013 Year CIS Bus Admin HTM Marine Science HCOP LA Micro Studies Teacher Prep Others 2011 2163 2403 689 656 1219 3645 1567 4800 599 2012 2168 2756 817 663 1325 3746 1522 5379 1122 2013 2103 2298 749 586 1577 2801 1202 4747 1120 All Program Enrollment Credits By Major for Fall 2011-2013 Year CIS Bus Admin HTM Marine Science HCOP LA Micro Studies Teacher Prep Others 2011 2337 3375 819 709 1526 4664 1784 6004 1224.5 2012 2479 2803 844 847 1813 3788 1497 5268 1398 2013 1987 2644 656 657 1733 3090 1312 4299 1502
   Average class size	Year Spring Fall 2011 21.83 21.00 2012 21.93 21.77 2013 20.85 18.92 All Program Average Class Size Spring 2011 to 2013 Year CIS Bus Admin HTM Marine Science HCOP LA Micro Studies Teacher Prep Others 2011 21.83 21.80 16.67 14.25 17.00 22.20 21.36 16.95 16.37 2012 21.92 20.13 13.70 13.29 18.80 21.50 21.69 17.44 14.24 2013 20.85 18.59 11.25 11.43 15.05 17.62 21.13 16.90 14.77 All Program Average Class Size Fall 2011 to 2013 Year CIS Bus Admin HTM Marine Science HCOP LA Micro Studies Teacher Prep Others 2011 21.00 22.19 13.40 13.60 20.35 22.96 22.88 15.74 17.14 2012 21.77 21.35 13.00 10.80 17.91 20.30 23.79 14.06 11.19 2013 18.92 20.47 9.38 9.80 15.39 18.46 20.41 15.42 14.45
   Course completion rate	CIS Completion Rate By Major (ABC or P%) from 2011 to 2013 Year Spring Fall 2011 63.7% 68.6% 2012 70.4% 71.9% 2013 58.6% 69.0% All Programs Course Completion Rate (ABC or P%) By Major Spring 2011 to 2013 Year CIS Bus.Adm. HTM Mar.Sc. HCOP LA Mic.Studies Teach.Prep Others 2011 63.7% 69.9% 72.4% 56.0% 66.0% 66.0% 66.7% 69.0% 67.1% 2012 70.4% 65.4% 67.4% 67.1% 66.6% 61.1% 60.3% 67.3% 66.5% 2013 58.6% 59.5% 58.9% 46.3% 60.4% 58.7% 64.9% 65.5% 63.1% All Programs Course Completion Rate (ABC or P%) By Major Fall 2011 to 2013 Year CIS Bus.Adm. HTM Mar.Sc. HCOP LA Mic.Studies Teach.Prep Others 2011 68.6% 64.4% 70.8% 57.2% 70.2% 64.1% 65.9% 67.9% 68.9% 2012 71.9% 65.0% 79.8% 62.4% 70.3% 62.8% 62.5% 70.9% 65.4% 2013 69.0% 70.7% 66.3% 62.3% 62.8% 62.2% 75.2% 71.8% 68.5% CIS Completion Rate By Program (ABC or P%) from 2011 to 2013 Year Spring Fall 2011 73.0% 75.3% 2012 79.0% 74.5% 2013 62.5% 71.8% All Programs Course Completion Rate (ABC or P%) By Program Spring 2011 to 2013 Year CIS Bus.Adm. HTM Mar.Sc. HCOP LA Mic.Studies Teach.Prep Others 2011 73.0% 71.9% 74.7% 51.9% 57.9% 67.9% 79.0% 82.3% 75.0% 2012 79.0% 70.4% 77.6% 57.0% 54.9% 67.0% 72.0% 74.7% 76.3% 2013 62.5% 59.7% 72.7% 46.9% 45.4% 61.2% 71.5% 70.6% 76.9% All Programs Course Completion Rate (ABC or P%) By Program Fall 2011 to 2013 Year CIS Bus.Adm. HTM Mar.Sc. HCOP LA Mic.Studies Teach.Prep Others 2011 75.3% 68.2% 70.8% 48.1% 64.9% 66.7% 74.3% 76.6% 86.0% 2012 74.5% 58.3% 79.8% 41.2% 60.5% 65.9% 74.5% 71.4% 81.0% 2013 71.8% 77.5% 66.3% 43.1% 51.9% 68.0% 77.5% 71.6% 84.0%
   Student persistence rate (semester to semester)	Cohort Rate 2012 84.6% 2013 86.0% All Program Persistence Rate from 2012 to 2013 Cohort CIS Bus.Adm. HTM Mar.Sc. HCOP LA Mic.Studies Teach.Prep Others 2012 84.6% 81.9% 81.3% 80.0% 91.7% 82.% 72.4% 88.7% 66.7% 2013 86.0% 87.5% 66.7% 46.7% 92.1% 79% 108.3% 79.0% 62.5%
   Student retention rate (Fall-to-Fall for two-year programs; Fall-to-Spring for one-year programs)	CIS Program Retention Rate from 2012 to 2013 Cohort Rate 2012 84.6% 2013 86.0% All Program Retention Rate from 2012 to 2013 Cohort CIS Bus.Adm. HTM Mar.Sc. HCOP LA Mic.Studies Teach.Prep Others 2012 65.4% 55.6% 50.0% 70.0% 83.3% 47.9% 48.3% 58% 44% 2013 55.8% 75.0% 55.6% 40.0% 92.1% 51.6% 100% 63.% 60%
   Success rates on licensing or certification exams (CTE, TP, Nursing, etc)	NONE
   Graduation rate based on yearly number	CIS Graduation Rate from Fall 2008 to Fall 2010 Full Term Year Rate 100% Rate 150% Rate 200% Fall 2008 FTr 9.8% 22.0% 36.6% Fall 2009 FTr 0.0% 14.8% 44.4% Fall 2010 FTr 4.8% 14.3%   All Program Graduation Rate from Fall 2008 to Fall 2010 - Graduation Rate 100% Full term Year CIS Bus.Adm. HTM Mar.Sc. HCOP LA Mic.Studies Teach.Prep Others Fall 2008 FT 9.8% 0.0% 0.0% 3.8% 10.3% 0.0% 5.0% 0.0% 0.0% Fall 2009 FT 0.0% 3.3% 16.7% 0.0% 0.0% 2.8% 15.8% 0.0% 0.0% Fall 2010 FT 4.8% 2.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.3% 11.5% 0.0% 0.0% All Program Graduation Rate from Fall 2008 to Fall 2010 - Graduation Rate 150% Full term Year CIS Bus.Adm. HTM Mar.Sc. HCOP LA Mic.Studies Teach.Prep Others Fall 2008 FT 22.0% 25.0% 16.7% 19.2% 34.5% 41.7% 40.0% 7.1% 0.0% Fall 2009 FT 14.8% 26.7% 66.7% 20.0% 23.8% 27.8% 47.4% 46.2% 11.1% Fall 2010 FT 14.3% 10.0% 8.3% 7.7% 11.1% 14.3% 23.1% 15.5% 0.0% All Program Graduation Rate from Fall 2008 to Fall 2010 - Graduation Rate 200% Full term Year CIS Bus.Adm. HTM Mar.Sc. HCOP LA Mic.Studies Teach.Prep Others Fall 2008 FT 36.6% 36.1% 50.0% 23.1% 51.7% 100.% 50.0% 35.7% 0.0% Fall 2009 FT 44.4% 33.3% 133.3% 20.0% 38.1% 41.7% 73.7% 69.2% 22.2%
   Students seat cost	Not Available
   Cost of duplicate or redundant courses, programs or services	No redundant courses therefore zero cost.
   Students’ satisfaction rate	Not Available
   Alumni data	Not Available
   Employment data and employer feedback (employer survey)	Not Available
   Program added or cancelled at nearby regional institutions (PCC, GCC, Hawaii schools, UOG, CMI, NMC)	Not Applicable
   Transfer rate	Not Available

10. Analysis

    Findings:

    1. Assessments of CSLO
       
       

       Course	Findings
       IS201	Low success rate of SLO#1 is due to transition from High-School classes to College-level classes because as the classes progresses or more particularly from SLO#2 and up success rate are relatively compared to SLO#1.
       IS220	The Thinking Skills (creative thinking, decision making, problem solving) of some students were not demonstrated well in SLO 1.6-1.9 and SLO 2.1-2.6. Students have difficulty in constructing mathematical expressions, relational expressions and Boolean expressions in presenting solution to a problem. Most of the students who passed the course only obtained a C and D grade
       IS23	Students have difficulty in constructing queries (SQL - Structured Query Language) as a demonstration of proficiency for SLO#4 using mathematical expressions, relational expressions and Boolean expressions.
       IS240	Students who do not complete the required exercises and projects fail Low success rate of SLO#1 resulted from not attending the first day/week of classes
       IS245	Course has a lot of hands-on activities and therefore activities are hands-on intensive in the form of hands-on exercises and capstone projects. Thus students who do not complete the required exercises and projects fails.
       IS260	Students who fail in IS220 or who have not taken IS220 or have low grades in IS220 normally encounter difficulties in fulfilling programming-related activities for SLO#4 Concept in ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) are hard to relate to students given there is no manufacturing company here in FSM that student could relate to and most of all such topics are discussed on 3rd year level courses for other programs like in Business.
       IS280	In SLO #5 requires basic mathematical skills that includes analysis and quantitative reasoning for doing IP Addressing and most of students were doing poorly in this SLO.
       CA105	Students are doing very well in hands-on activities while they are doing poorly on the concepts and theories. The grading practice is that percentages in grading both concepts/theories and hands-on are both 50%.

    2. Assessments of PSLO
       
       • The success rate of all PSLO is overall good except for PSLO#1 interestingly on all Fall Semesters from 2011 to 2013 which has an average success rate of 59% whereas during Spring Semesters again from 2011 to 2013 it has an average success rate of 73.33%.
       • Most of the CIS program courses are concentrated on PSLO#4 which is lent more on IT (Information Technology) courses rather than on PSLO #1, #2 and #3 which lend more on IS (Information Systems) type of courses.
       • The whole AY 2011 PSLO#5 is not assessed not until starting Fall 2012 when IS245 (Desktop Publishing) is offered.
    3. Program enrollment (historical enrollment patterns, student credits by major)
       
       • Out of 12 programs offered in National Campus CIS Program ranks 4th consistently in program enrollment and credits by Major.
    4. Average class size
       
       • On all semesters from AY 2011-2013 CIS program consistently ranks either as 1st or 2nd in terms of Average Class size.
    5. Course completion rate
       
       • Course Completion Rate by Program is very good which range in terms of ranking in comparison to other programs from 1st to 5th. However, Course Completion Rate by Major is not doing as good with two 8th places ranking, namely, on Spring 2011 and Spring 2013.
    6. Retention Rate
       
       • Retention Rate from Fall 2011 to 2012 is in 3rd place with 65.4% however from Fall 2012 to Fall 2013 retention goes down to 55.8% which is good for 6th place among 12 programs at National Campus
    7. Graduation Rate
       
       • Overall Graduation rate is good except for Full Term 2009 at 150% Rate which is 0% and is good for 8th place among 12 programs. So, 100% Rate is very good at 2nd place for Full Term 2008 and 2010 while 200% Rate is middle of the pack at either 4th or 5th place.

    Recommendations:

    1. Convert CIS (Computer Information Systems) to IT (Information Technology) Program
       
       • As stated on the findings above most of the CIS program courses are concentrated on PSLO#4 which is lean more on IT (Information Technology) courses rather than on PSLO #1, #2 and #3 which lean more on IS (Information Systems) type of courses. So, in that regard CIS Program should be converted to IT (Information Technology) program to focus more our resources to our inherent strength.
       • To triangulate this findings the Business Division will conduct survey on different businesses here in FSM or Pohnpei as to what specific IT or IS related skills that they need from our students.
       • Business Division should then start on crafting of the courses offered on the proposed IT Program including electives that would be beneficial to students here in FSM and as well as the business community. The proposed IT Program could start at the earliest on Fall 2017 or Spring 2018.
       • Business Division also would start a proposal to look for bigger laboratory classrooms that would cater for IT-related laboratory classes like CISCO Networking, Server Management, Desktop Support etc.
    2. Bigger Laboratory room for IS280 (Networking class)
       
       • Right now Networking class for laboratory has to be divided into two sections whereas the lecture counterpart of Networking class is only one section. This would mean that the college would have to pay extra load per semester for the faculty teaching the aforementioned class. However, if there is a big room enough to accommodate the twenty (20) students per semester then that would mean savings in terms of salary for the college.
       • Smaller rooms for supposedly a laboratory and a Networking class at that is not conducive for learning. When doing hands-on activity for example student has to do it one-at-a-time in front of his/her classmates because of space limitation. Doing cabling/wiring for Networking connection is pretty limited also because the student could not easily move tables to do networking across the room which is more suitable supposedly for such activity.
    3. Real networking equipment for student to test and play around with
       
       • Students are only limited playing with hubs which are virtually obsolete technology in this era of networking. A more suitable one would be manageable switches and also routers. Also a networking server should be there also for students to test and play with. This server could also be use to teach additional classes in the future like Windows Server technologies and Linux-based NOS (Network Operating Systems). This would enhance in achieving SLO#6 and SLO#3.
       • And regarding the space limitation mentioned earlier although a bigger room would be suit of having switches and routers but there is a work around with this one, namely, when routers, switches and servers could be mounted on the wall instead of taking spaces standing vertically (which would mean occupying more space for the limited room).
    4. Recommendation for CSLO Assessment Findings for each IS courses
       

       Course	Recommendations
       IS201	The instructor will pay extra attention to each student for the first 4 weeks so as to gear them up to college-level thinking from high-school level thinking in terms of doing their assignments and exercises. Activities also will be crafted in such a way that it will not be more grade driven but rather it would be more value driven. For example each student will be given the same exact points in their research and subsequent reporting regardless if the reports are good or bad. However, those reports that are excellent will be given extra points that would be carried on to their succeeding exercises on the next phase of the class.
       IS220	Add MS100 as pre-requisites with a grade of B Breakdown the scope of SLOs. Modify course outline
       IS230	Add MS 100 with a grade of 'C' or higher as pre-requisite
       IS240	Give early warning to those who habitually failed to complete exercises Announcement of First Day of Instruction must be included in the college website news feed and emphasize that it is not only an orientation day but start of lecture and attendance is required and counted. Adding of classes must be done during their free time and not be used as excuse for missing classes
       IS245	Give early warning to those who habitually failed to complete exercises
       IS260	Strict implementation of pre-requisite of the course
       IS280	Add MS 100 as pre-requisite
       CA105	Increase percentage grading on the concepts and theories to 60% and decrease percentage grading on hands-on to 40%. This will not improve their grades overall but improve their learning on the concepts and theories

    5. CIS Alumni Tracker
       
       • Create a survey form use to gather information for every graduating students this semester (Spring 2014) that could be used to track them later on.
       • Coordinate with IRPO and IT on how could we make an Information System (online or not) to track alumni for CIS Program (and other programs under Business Division for that matter).
    6. CIS Graduates Tracker
       
       • Generate List for all graduating students under CIS Program at every start of the semester for close monitoring.
       • Pay special attention to Graduating students that are on their 3rd year (150% Graduation Rate) which is the weakness of CIS Program in terms of Graduation Rate. Also pay attention students who are in their 4th year (200% Graduation Rate) to improve ranking middle-of-the-pack ranking of CIS Program.
    7. Strengthen MOU Agreement with UOG and UH
       
       • Coordinate with UOG and UG counterparts to make sure that CIS courses could be transferred to their respective institution otherwise find out in what way some courses in CIS could be automatically be transferrable to their respective institution.
       • This could also mean changing our baseline courses (e.g. IS220, IS230) to match their courses.
    8. Monitor Retention Rate
       
       • Get a yearly update of Retention Rate from IRPO instead of getting it at every cycle of Program Review.