Innovation

UNO has a new program of study within the Information Technology department called the "IT Innovation Degree." Essentially this allows entrepeneurs to create their own program of study based on a solid core of Information Technology classes. The reason I'm looking into this, is that I like innovation yet I like customizing things the way I use them. So after a little while, going through the course catalog, I put together a list of classes proposing the concept of a Data Analysis and Programming degree. This is very, very strong on database technology as well as multiple development languages including C++ and Java. Someone at work told me the order in which people move while in the Information Technology department. The students in Computer Engineering that can't make it, switch to Computer Science, which in turn switch to MIS, which in turn now have the opportunity to fill whatever stupidity they want into the Innovation degree. From my point of view, I can see the chain of events, however, I don't want the accounting and minor business requirements associated with MIS. I would rather have a degree based upon solid programming and data analytics.