Meeting notes for 2005 AACCD Area F subcommittee
February 3-4 2005
Georgia Perimeter College

Becky Rutherford (chair)	SPSU	brutherf@spsu.edu
Ahmad Ghafarian	North GA College and State University	aghafahian@ngcsu.edu
Kam Fui Lau	Armstrong Atlantic State University	kamlau@drake.armstrong.edu
Lee Southard	Coastal GA Community College	southard@cgcc.edu
Randal Griffus	Dalton State College	rgriffus@em.daltonstate.edu
Byron Jeff (Recording Secretary)	Clayton College and State University	byronjeff@mail.clayton.edu
Mathias Fonkam	Albany State University	mathias.fonkam@asurams.edu
Efosa Idemundia	Middle Georgia College	eidemundia@mgc.edu

Area F Recommendations

The subcommittee evaluated the 2003 and 2004 IT documentation and recommends the following recommendations for Area F in Information Technology:

Area F For IT shall consist of:
   Programming Courses                      6-8 hours
   Introduction to IT                       2-3 hours
   Mathematics                              2-4 hours
      Discrete or Statistics or Calculus or Finite Math
   Program Specific Electives               3-8 hours
      Selected from IT, Math, CS, or IT application area

The subcommittee Added Finite Math to the Mathematics Class list.

Learning Objectives

INTRO TO IT

• Understand and use binary number systems.
• Understand the terminology of IT.
• Understand the basic areas of IT (database, programming, networks, and web development).

PROGRAMMING

• Understand how to solve problems using a computer programming language.
• Understand how to develop an algorithm to solve a problem.
• Understand and apply how to test and debug programs.

MATHEMATICS

• Develop problem solutions abstractly using mathematical concepts.