05.+Websites+and+more

There are a number of overviews that can help you learn more about the liberal arts and sciences, including Friedrich's Academic Disciplines Grinnell College's Elements of a Liberal Education selections from Thomas B. Jones' //The Humanities: An Introduction// There are also overviews that can provide you with more information about various disciplines, such as Voice of the Shuttle: Web Site for Humanities Research University of Pennsylvania Folklore and Folklife You also might want to review the SUNY General Education Requirements URL: __http://www.esc.edu/ESConline/Across_ESC/academics.nsf/allbysubject/State+University+of+New+York+General+Education+Requirements?opendocument__
 * Website and Article Resources:**
 * URL: __http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~gusf/disciplines.html__
 * URL: __http://www.grinnell.edu/academic/catalog/education/elem/__
 * URL: __http://empire1.esc.edu/coursesspecial/epresources.nsf/162cefd88ecc5e8c852565a10073d4a9/2b25715b5c5299ac85256d43005af604?OpenDocument__
 * URL: @http://vos.ucsb.edu/
 * Instructor comments: This web site has links organized by discipline. They are mainly resources that are useful for someone studying the topic, but following some of them can give you a good sense of the topic.
 * URL: @http://www.sas.upenn.edu/folklore/undergrad_minor/undint.html
 * Instructor comment: This is an example of a site that describes a particular subdiscipline.

Articles:
"Integrating Professionalism and Workplace: Issues into the Computing and Information Technology Curriculum: Report of the ITiCSE'99," Working Group on Professionalism Joyce Currie Little, Mary J. Granger, Roger Boyle, Jill Gerhardt-Powals, John Impagliazzo, Carol Janik, Norbert J. Kubilus, Susan K. Lippert, W. Michael McCracken, Grazyna Paliwoda, Piotr Soja, //ACM SIGCSE Bulletin// , Working group reports from ITiCSE on Innovation and technology in computer science education**,** Volume 31 Issue 4, December 1999 "The Future Of Work: Flexible, creative, and good with people? You should do fine in tomorrow's job market" Peter Coy. //Business Week//March 22, 2004 "Preparing generation Z: CIOs say college graduates aren't ready for corporate IT jobs. Now some progressive universities are doing something about it." Thomas Hoffman. //Computerworld// August 25, 2003 v37 i34 p41(2) "The path to the CIO's office: want to be chief information officer? You might think the requirements include years spent doing hard time in the tech trenches. Today it's about business savvy. (interview with Keith Powell, former CIO of Nortel Networks)" Jennifer Brown. //Computing Canada//, Jan 16, 2004 v30 i1 p20 "Skills that will Matter" Marianne Kolbasuk McGee,//Information Week// 1/2/06
 * URL: __@http://delivery.acm.org.library.esc.edu/10.1145/580000/571917/p106-little.pdf?key1=571917&key2=8924341801&coll=portal&dl=ACM&CFID=20049347&CFTOKEN=19979364__
 * Article abstract: Educators in computing and information technology (CIT) suggest a need for graduates going into the workplace to have a better understanding of professionalism and workplace issues. It is not enough for graduates to have technical capabilities. They must understand many aspects of CIT as a discipline. They should be aware of the various types of CIT educational programs, different job titles and functions, and some aspects of the employment supply and demand. They should be aware of the need for each computing worker to have professional responsibility for their work, and an awareness of the importance of appropriate ethical behavior in the group. They must also have an awareness of the impact of information technology on society as a whole and on individuals, and be prepared to handle a variety of issues arising in the workplace. This paper provides a rationale for the inclusion of professionalism in the CIT curriculum. It focuses on the responsibilities of CIT instructors and provides material to assist carrying out this obligation.
 * Instructor comment: While the intended audience for this article is instructors, as responsible learners actively involved in your own education, you should find some of the information helpful.
 * URL: @http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/04_12/b3875615.htm
 * Selected excerpt: ""While the debate over the future of work pervades the whole economy, information technology is where it's most pointed now. That's because the IT sector is being split in two. More routine tech jobs... are vulnerable to automation or outsourcing. In contrast, there's still plenty of demand in the U.S. for people who combine technical skills with industry-specific knowledge and people skills. ..."
 * Instructor comment: This article is part of a special report on "where are the jobs?"
 * URL: __@http://web2.infotrac.galegroup.com.library.esc.edu/itw/infomark/643/757/49639804w2/purl=rc1_EAIM_0_A107697958&dyn=3!xrn_4_0_A107697958?sw_aep=esc__
 * Selected excerpt: "A Computerworld survey of 244 IT professionals found that three quarters of them say academia isn't preparing graduates for the IT jobs of today or the next few years (see charts, page 42). The survey, plus interviews with CIOs, indicated that the shortcomings are in the areas of business skills, troubleshooting skills, interpersonal communication, project management and systems integration."
 * Instructor comment: A brief article from a trade journal about the importance of skills beyond the technical.
 * URL: @http://web5.infotrac.galegroup.com.library.esc.edu/itw/infomark/617/858/49536189w5/purl=rc1_EAIM_0_A112563314&dyn=8!xrn_1_0_A112563314?sw_aep=esc (Gale Group's Expanded Academic ASAP)
 * Instructor comment: Discusses the importance of business skills in people seeking a CIO job.
 * URL: http://www.informationweek.com/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=HNQHQZZJHLNH2QSNDBGCKHSCJUMEKJVN?articleID=175701264
 * comment: This article discusses employers' views of skills "in-house" vs. outsourced and suggests that the distribution of skills may be changing.