Career Exploration MUST BE DONE IN 12 HOURS

Please review the attached PDF before saying you can do it.

 

There are two parts

One

Explain the differences as listed

 

Two

Explore careers and write a paper about it

PLEASE READ ATTACHED FILE BEFORE OYU SAY YOU CAN DO THE WORK

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CIS120A Computer Science Careers

Exploring the Profession

For this assignment you will explore some technical career sites and perform research
into different Computer Information Systems, Computer Science, and/or Information
Technology careers. You will write and turn in a report on what you found.

Go to the Computing Degrees and Careers web link:
http://computingcareers.acm.org/?page_id=8 . When you get to the site look for the Site
Contents and go to the Computing Disciplines & Majors. You will find five or six sub
categories under the Computing Disciplines & Majors section, study them. Once you
have studied the different disciplines in this section, write how you would describe the
differences between the different technology related professions:

 Computer Science

 Software Engineering

 Computer Engineering

 Information Technology

 Information Systems and Management Information Systems

Your explanation, in your own words for each of these, should demonstrate you
understand the differences between each of these professions.

You can also go to sites such as the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor
Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2008-09 Edition Web site to find information
on these and other CIS careers.

You have the option of trading any of the above listed disciplines with another(s) you
find in the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook
Handbook provided it (they) relate(s) to Computer Information Systems, Computer
Science, and/or Information Technology jobs.

You also have the option trading the above listed disciplines by narrowing your selection
to four or five distinct areas within a particular discipline such as under Systems
Administrators you might research: Database Administrator, Network Administrator,
Customer Computer Support Administrator, Computer Systems Administrator, and so
on.

You will also find a hyperlink to the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor
Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2008-09 Edition Web site on the CIS120A
Resources web page .

When on the web site, look for the search text box just under the title banner.

http://computingcareers.acm.org/?page_id=8

http://www.bls.gov/oco/

http://www.bls.gov/oco/

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In the search for section type in keywords for the different jobs you might be interested
in. For example below you can see I typed in Computer Support

and my search resulted in several hits, the first being what you see directly below:

Computer Support Specialists and Systems Administrators
Computer support specialists and systems administrators constantly interact with customers and fellow
employees as they answer questions and give advice. …

www.bls.gov/oco/ocos268.htm

You will need to spend some time on both sites and I encourage you explore both site in
depth. There is a wealth of information to be found on both that I believe will be
beneficial to you. Especially take notice of the career fields that most interest you and
spend the majority of your time researching them.

What To Turn In

You will write a college level paper (think MLA style compare and contrast essay here)
on how you would describe the differences between the different technology related
professions you researched and which one or two most interest you and why. Be
mindful that YOU write this paper and you don’t plagiarize from these or other sites. In
the past students have copy and pasted whole paragraphs of material from web sites. I
will be testing for plagiarism and will take necessary action for those who cross the line.

http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos268.htm

http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos268.htm

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Grading Rubric for this assignment

Points

CATEGORY 5 – Above Standards 4/3 – Meets Standards 2/1 – Approaching Standards 1/0 – Below Standards Score

Position
Statement

The position statement
provides a clear, strong
statement of the
author\’s position on the
topic.

The position
statement provides a
clear statement of the
author\’s position on
the topic.

A position statement is
present, but does not make
the author\’s position clear.

There is no position
statement.

Support for
Position

Includes 3 or more
pieces of evidence
(facts, statistics,
examples, real-life
experiences) that
support the position
statement. The writer
anticipates the reader\’s
concerns, biases or
arguments and has
provided at least 1
counter-argument.

Includes 3 or more
pieces of evidence
(facts, statistics,
examples, real-life
experiences) that
support the position
statement.

Includes 2 pieces of evidence
(facts, statistics, examples,
real-life experiences) that
support the position
statement.

Includes 1 or fewer
pieces of evidence
(facts, statistics,
examples, real-life
experiences).

Evidence
and
Examples

All of the evidence and
examples are specific,
relevant and
explanations are given
that show how each
piece of evidence
supports the author\’s
position.

Most of the evidence
and examples are
specific, relevant and
explanations are
given that show how
each piece of
evidence supports the
author\’s position.

At least one of the pieces of
evidence and examples is
relevant and has an
explanation that shows how
that piece of evidence
supports the author\’s
position.

Evidence and examples
are NOT relevant
AND/OR are not
explained.

Transitions

A variety of thoughtful
transitions are used.
They clearly show how
ideas are connected.

Transitions show how
ideas are connected,
but there is little
variety.

Some transitions work well,
but some connections
between ideas are fuzzy.

The transitions between
ideas are unclear OR
nonexistent.

Sentence
Structure

All sentences are well-
constructed with varied
structure.

Most sentences are
well-constructed and
there is some varied
sentence structure in
the essay.

Most sentences are well
constructed, but there is no
variation is structure.

Most sentences are not
well-constructed or
varied.

Grammar,
Capitalizatio
n,
Punctuation
& Spelling

Author makes no errors
in grammar or spelling
that distracts the reader
from the content. Author
makes no errors in
capitalization or
punctuation; so the
essay is exceptionally
easy to read.

Author makes 1-2
errors in grammar or
spelling that distract
the reader from the
content. Author
makes 1-2 errors in
capitalization or
punctuation, but the
essay is still easy to
read.

Author makes 3-4 errors in
grammar or spelling that
distract the reader from the
content. Author makes a few
errors in capitalization and/or
punctuation that catch the
reader\’s attention and
interrupt the flow.

Author makes more
than 4 errors in
grammar or spelling that
distract the reader from
the content. Author
makes several errors in
capitalization and/or
punctuation that catch
the reader\’s attention
and interrupt the flow.

You will note there are no points for 4 or 2. These are the