Program Assessment Reporting System (PARS)
Supporting ABET accreditation and continuous excellence for the CIDM program.
Terminologies in PARS
Program Education Objectives (PEOs)
Long-term professional accomplishments graduates are prepared to achieve in the CIDM program.
Student Outcomes (SOs)
Essential characteristics and skills students possess as they join the professional workforce.
Learning Outcomes (CLOs)
Detailed course-level measurements used to implement and refine specific Student Outcomes.
Assessment Measurements
Professors evaluate their students depending on one or all of the above mentioned direct measures which directly attribute to a Course Learning Outcome, which in turn contributes to the Program Student Outcome.
Assessment Performance Scale
In 2015, the CIDM department adopted the following revised performance scale for CLO measurements when scores on an assessment item is used:
90-100
EXEMPLARY
80-89
GOOD
70-79
SATISFACTORY
0-69
UNSATISFACTORY
Meet Our CIDM Faculty
Our faculty members drive the assessment and continuous improvements required for ABET accreditation.
Dr. Amjad Abdullat
Ed.D., Pepperdine University
Dean of the Engler College of Business & Engler Professor of CIS
Dr. Jeffry Babb
Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University
Associate Dean, Professor of CIS & Stan Sigman Professor of Business
Dr. Mary Liz Brooks
Ph.D., Texas Tech University
Associate Professor of Digital Business & Barbara Petty Professor
Dr. L. Leon Chen
Ph.D., University of Kentucky
Associate Professor of CIS & McCray Professor of Business Analytics
Dr. Marisa Crisostomo
Ph.D., University of Oklahoma
Clinical Assistant Professor of Decision Management
Mr. Kareem Dana
M.S., Duke University
Adjunct Instructor of Computer Information Systems
Dr. Sean Humpherys
Ph.D., University of Arizona
Associate & Pickens Professor of Computer Information Systems
Dr. Murray E. Jennex
Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University
Clinical & Gensler Professor of Computer Information Systems
Ms. Nga Nguyen
M.S., West Texas A&M University
Part-time Instructor of Computer Information Systems
Dr. Leslie Ramos Salazar
Ph.D., Arizona State University
Abdullat Professor of Business Communication and DM
Dr. Abraham Sen
Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University
Assistant Professor of Computer Information Systems
Dr. Bin Shao
Ph.D., University of Illinois
Professor of Decision Management & Terry Professor of Business
Dr. Jingyi Tian
Ph.D., University of Southern California
Assistant Professor of Business Analytics
Mr. James Webb
M.B.A., West Texas A&M University
VP for IT, Chief Information Officer & Instructor of CIS
Dr. Carl Zhang
Ph.D., George Washington University
Assistant Professor of CIS & Paul Engler Professor