Transcript The Information Systems Concentration

The Information
Systems
Concentration
Barry Floyd
Professor, Information Systems
IS Concentration Coordinator
Passion
 Figure out what you really like to do
 What do information systems graduates do?
 ‘Know” business and technology
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Business Analyst
Web designer
Network Administrator
Database Designer
 Are you a ‘people’ person?
 http://www.calpoly.edu/~bfloyd/bus391.htm
$$$$
 If you don’t have a passion, go for money.
 Average starting salaries reported by graduates for
2007-2008
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Information Systems
Industrial Technology
Economics
Finance
Accounting
Management
International Business
Marketing
$60,000
$59,000
$53,000
$53,000
$52,000
$41,300
$40,000
$38,000
Cal Poly Career Services
 https://www.careers.calpoly.edu/search_
2007.php?yr=2007%20-%202008
Who will pay you that much
money?
 Google
 Oracle
 IBM
 Chevron
 Amgen
 AOL
 Big four consulting
 Cisco
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firms
Apple
Sun
Microsoft
Disney
Make sure you have the right concentration!!
 Grant Thornton
 Gilead Sciences
 Lockheed
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Service
 If you don’t know what you like, and are
not motivated by money, do something
nice for the world:
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build houses with Jimmy Carter in
Nicaragua
join the peace corp, …
 Get a job with Amgen?
Note
 The best job does all three …
Overseas Assignments
 Many of our students are given overseas
assignments within two years of starting their
jobs
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Frida Orre: Google Dublin -Ireland
Scott Allen: EY - Australia
Erin Bivens: Capital Group - London
 Why will they send you overseas?
 Skills!!!
 I have taught in Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Mexico,
Vietnam, Finland, Spain …
Double Concentrate
 We make is easy for you to have two
concentrations ..
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Most highly sought after double
concentration is Information Systems and
Accounting
But you can double concentrate with
marketing, finance, international business,
entrepreneurship, management …
Goals of IS program
 To educate students in the area of information
systems AND have all students find a job in
their chosen profession …
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We will help you find an internship
We will help you find a full-time job after graduation
 Be happy
 There are jobs available, even in these tough
times …
Are there jobs?
 Article in Delta Sky airline magazine says …
 1,181,000 … “That’s how many U.S. Software
Engineers will be needed by 2016, a 38 percent
increase over 2006, according to the U.S.
Bureau of Labor Statistics. A whopping 45
percent increase is expected for applications
engineers, those directly involved with business
units and computer programs. … applications
positions grow faster because they promote
innovation and efficiency.”
The Concentration
 The IS concentration courses:
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Two programming classes
One database class
One systems analysis and design class
One software implementation class
Two electives
 Take your first IS class (BUS 290) Spring
Quarter of your sophomore or junior year
Things to do …
 Take BUS 391 early (or any intro class in the functional
areas of business)
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This will help you determine which is the right
concentration for you.
 Meet Jane Johnson in career services and see what jobs
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are there for business students … have a target job that
you are shooting for and then do the work to get that job.
Join Greenlight program if allowed
Don’t screw up your GPA by farting around in your
classes your first two years
Be a good member of any team you are on
Know that the IS concentration is the best one out there
(it’s true)
Information Systems
Association
 http://www.isa.calpoly.edu
 Students to answer questions …
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Ron Wong
Tiffany Russell
Contact
 Barry Floyd
 805 756 6551
 [email protected]
 Screenname: barrydfloyd
 Facebook …
 Questions??