The Department of Computer Science and Engineering continues to work on improving the educational programs of the first (bachelor’s) level of higher education in the specialties “Computer Science” and “Computer Engineering”. In March and April, working groups met to update these educational programs.
Members of the working group on specialty 122 Computer Science, teachers of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering proposed to revise the structural and logical sequence of studying interrelated educational components and focused on ways to improve the quality of the program, emphasized the changes made to the educational program, taking into account the experience of stakeholders, in particular the wishes of private IT companies engaged in the commercial development of information technologies and systems of various directions: Mobius Team LLC, Economic Soft LLC, and the Luhansk Regional State Administration.
The members of the working group for the specialty 123 Computer Engineering recognized the combination of basic competencies of university education with practice-oriented training of computer engineering specialists as an advantage of the updated EP. Taking into account the interests of the department’s branches, PJSC “Sievierodonetsk Research and Production Association “Impulse” and Engineering and Production Enterprise “Veles M”, programs of project and technological and undergraduate internships were developed, and sections were introduced into the cycle of professional disciplines that contribute to the formation of the competence of a modern specialist in the field of computer education.
In his turn, the Head of the Department, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Oleksandr Riazantsev emphasized the need to actively cooperate and practice employer surveys throughout the implementation of educational programs in order to obtain feedback and suggestions for continuous improvement of the EP not only with stakeholders, but also with higher education students both during their studies and after graduation. The main tool for obtaining information from students is anonymous questionnaires, which are available to each respondent through their personal account in the e-Campus system, and which are currently implemented for each educational component and the EP as a whole.
In addition, there was a public discussion of the educational programs 122 Computer Science and 123 Computer Engineering of the first level of higher education. All stakeholders were invited to leave feedback, suggestions and proposals for improving the educational program: higher education students, graduates, employers, representatives of the academic community.
The joint work was productive, and as a result of the discussion, the participants made a number of proposals to improve the quality of training of higher education students, which were taken into account when updating the educational program. The educational programs were reviewed and approved by the Academic Council of the University.