TCOM Program Assessment

Introduction

The TCOM Senior Project is the capstone and final opportunity to assess the telecom program as a well-rounded, four-year degree. The TCM Deans and Faculty from the DeVry Institutes collectively developed a five-area assessment for the TCM program. Senior projects provide an assessment gound for these objectives. Program assessment is a challenge; espcially, with a course that has minimal in-person student-to-professor contact. To meet this challenge and provide the best ground for program assessment, students are provided a course structure with guidance to design and perfom a real-world project that demands self-discipline, and encourages learning through both achievement and adversity.

The objectives that DeVry graduates should be able to demonstrate are as follows.

Objective #1: Develop a network solution that is matched to the needs of the business.

• Analyze the problem logically
• Design the solution
• Implement the solution

Objective #2: Manage technologies to support business objectives.

• Control or Contain Cost
• Support Productivity Improvements
• Enhance Competitive Advantage

Objective #3: Communicate effectively

• Communicate effectively in writing
• Communicate effectively in oral presentation

Objective #4: Demonstrate Project Management Skills.

• Perform role effectively, as a member or a leader of a project team
• Perform Project planning to ensure successful project completion
• Exercise control over Project elements to ensure on-time completion
• Utilize appropriate tools, techniques and methodologies to ensure the quality of the final product

Objective #5: Apply research and problem-solving skills

• Gather and synthesize information necessary into the solution of a problem
• Use problem-solving methodology in solving problems