Each student will be issued e-mail and login accounts to NPU's network systems. Access to our local network will only be available through direct connection to the North Park network on campus in one of our labs or classrooms. This direct connection provides access to student e-mail, network hard drive remote storage, local web sites. Management skills and perspectives covered are planning and control, organizational structure, teamwork, conflict management, problem solving and managing change. Academic writing skills are a primary focus.
Guidance is given in the preparation of a portfolio for both prior and current learning assessment.
Career patterns are reviewed and analyzed in light of learning styles and life-development theory. A key component is attention to setting up a pattern of critical reflection and journaling throughout one's degree completion. Design principles and implementation issues are presented in the context of operating systems functions - hardware, other system programs, application programs, and interactive users. It will include a discussion of computer professional ethics and the ACM Code of Ethics and professional conduct. Software design tools such as CASE, object-oriented analysis, RAD, 4GL, GUI are discussed.