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Advisement – Professor Floyd Jay Winters, Computer Science Program Director General | Internships | Courses To Take | A+ | CGS1000_CEL Please see my MCC Web site: http://faculty.mccfl.edu/winterf/winterf.htm On the top of my home page I have sample syllabi for the classes that I teach. On the bottom of my home page I have the following helpful links: 1. Computer Information Administrator – be sure
to see the bottom yellow advisement page. After you take CGS1000 and at one or two other Computer course, you can declare your major, once you decide what track you want to pursue (CIT, Programming or Networking). 2. Tentative MCC Computer Sci. Schedules – can help you graphically see course offerings for several semesters at the same time. Notice the color coded individual semester tabs at the bottom of the screen: http://faculty.mccfl.edu/winterf/schedule.xls 3. USF AS to Bachelor of Applied Science, MCC Version of USF IT Prerequisites – these two links are helpful if you want to transfer to USF. http://www.sarasota.usf.edu/Academics/bsas.html
I currently have a list of nearly 350 personal emails of students who have taken my upper level Computer Science classes. I use this list to send emails about internships, job opportunities, and relevant announcements. During the past two years I sent out about 90 emails about job and internship offerings to the students on this list. If you have taken at least 12 semester hours of Computer Science courses and you want to be added to this list - click Reply and for the Subject type: Add me. Make sure you include your name and the desired email to contact you with. To find out information about other jobs and internships see: Jobs/Internships on the bottom of my Home page. If you have successfully completed four or five upper level computer courses and you do not see a job or internship that works for you, consider the following.
1. Go to my website, click on the CGS 1949 Intern link on the top of the page, and carefully read through all of the items. 2. If you have taken at least 15 semester hours of Computer Science courses and are interested in an Internship, consider this: * Identify the local businesses that are near you that you would most like to work for. * Once a day or at least several times a week visit one. Ask to speak with the manager or Human Resource person. * Ask if they would be interested in hiring an intern for a relatively low wage; someone they can break in the way they want. And perhaps, if they are happy with the quality of work, possibly consider hiring sometime in the future. * Learn from each visit. Ask questions. Improve your interviewing skills. This works. Learn from each visit. Ask questions. Improve your interviewing skills. This works. Please note, that you may already have enough credits to get a CERTIFICATE IN COMPUTER INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. See: http://faculty.mccfl.edu/winterf/CIA-AAS-S09.htm#Cert. If you have the 33 credits, why not apply for it now? It might give you an advantage if an unexpected job suddenly pops up. The best hours to visit or call me are: MWF 1:30-3:30 & Tue 10:00-11:30 My office is in Building 19 (Technology – just north of the cafeteria) in room 129 (which is in the middle of the building – where the halls intersect).
Feel free to email me if you have any additional questions.
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Hi Computer Science Majors, Please note that a number of you may already have enough credits to get a CERTIFICATE IN COMPUTER INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. See: http://faculty.mccfl.edu/winterf/CIA-AAS-F07.htm#Cert. If you have the 33 credits, why not apply for it now? It might give you an advantage if a unexpected job suddenly pops up. TAKE COP 2510 if you are signing up for computer classes for the Summer or the Fall and need a Programming Concepts course. The old Programming Concepts courses COP 1551 and COP 1311 are no longer offered (but they still count if you already took them.) They have been replaced by COP 2510 – which is offered in the summer and is the suggested or required prereq for most of our programming classes. We changed to COP 2510 last semester in order to make sure that this AA Programming Concepts course would transfer to USF for all students who seek to continue their studies. TAKE CIS 1355 in instead of CIS 1354, which is currently the requirement in the catalog. Both are Security courses, but we are not planning to offer CIS 1354 next year. The rationale is that it is better to offer only one Security class that should have adequate enrollment instead of dividing the enrollment between two different Security classes which might have to be cancelled if they have low enrollment. I will gladly do a course substitution for anyone taking CIS 1355 instead of CIS 1354. For planning purposes for Networking majors - CET 2792 Supporting Windows Server and CEN 2323 Designing a Secure Network (Capstone course) will probably be offered in the Spring 2009. Also, please see my MCC Web site: http://faculty.mccfl.edu/winterf/winterf.htm On the top of my home page I have sample syllabi for the classes that I teach. On the bottom of my home page I have the following helpful links: 1. Computer Information Administrator – be sure to see the bottom advisement page. 2. Tentative MCC Computer Sci. Schedules – can help you graphically see course offerings for several semesters at the same time 3. USF AS to Bachelor of Applied Science, MCC Version of USF IT Prerequisites – these two links are helpful if you want to transfer to USF. Feel free to stop by my office or email me if you have any questions about any of our Computer Info Technology programs. Floyd Jay Winters |
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A+ and Net + Certification at MCC The A+ test is about half hardware and half software. I would recommend the following three courses for A+ Certification It is recommended that our students take the following three courses to best prepare for both the A+ and Net + Certification exams: 1. CTS 1300 Networking & Operating Systems (replaced CEN 1322, CET 2791) 30% 2. CET 1600 Networking Fundamentals 5% 3. CTS1150 Microcomputer Hardware and Maintenance (old number was CTS 1260) 65% These three courses will cover most of the material on the A+ and Net + Certification exams. But, as is the case with virtually all certification exams, after completing these three courses, and before taking either of these exams, the student should also pick up one or two books with current samples of the test banks for the specific exam that they choose to take. For more information on these certifications see: |
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There are two ways to get credit for CGS1000 without attending class: 1. The way I recommend - take it Distance Learning - if you know all the material you can finish it in one or two days, then all you have to do is show up for the final exam. This way you can get an actual grade, which is also transferable. You can actually start my DL course early before you even sign up- it is online at: http://faculty.mccfl.edu/winterf/SylCisDL.htm 2. CEL (Credit for Experiential Learning) a. Submit a portfolio of your Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Excel projects b. Sit for the final exam (which you must prepare for on your own). If you get an 85% or higher, you get an S. c. You still have to pay for CEL credit, but not as much as a regular course; you do not get a regular grade, and the odds are that it is not transferable. |