The College of Computer Studies of Holy Name University held a dialogue with industry players on November 8, 2014 at the Chico Cafe in Dao Diamond Hotel in Tagbilaran City. The dialogue was held in order for the college to gather opinions from the potential employers of its graduates in order to help improve the Bachelor of Science in Computer Science curriculum.
The BSCS Academic Program Review and Development Committee invited Henry Baliar, Head of Corporate IT of Alturas Group of Companies, Ruel Rule, founder of Geeko IT Solutions and Jerome Auza, Technology Consultant of Auza.Net. The committee members were Isabel Abucejo, Mariejo Narca and Jay Paig, all professors of the college.
L-R: Jerome Auza of Auza.Net, Ruel Rule of Geeko IT Solutions, Henry Bailar of Alturas Group of Companies, and the BSCS Academic Program Review and Development Committee members: Isabel Abucejo, Mariejoe Narca and Jay Paig
During the small group discussion, the committee gathered opinions from the industry players on the strengths and weaknesses of the graduates, the qualities and skills required of graduates, the trends in the industry that must be incorporated in the curriculum and possible linkages opportunities.
The industry players suggested updates on the curriculum on so that there would be elective subjects focusing on certain specializations of computing specializations like accounting, cloud computing and open source development. They also gave feedback on their experience with the graduates of HNU BSCS who have worked at their organizations.