I’m an IT major. Well… I’m an arrogant IT major. I feel like I already know everything for this degree. Because of that, I’ve been avoiding the entry level classes for as long as possible. Well, I’m a senior now, so it’s time to get those entry level classes finished up. The more I take the low level 101-esque clases, the more I see a disturbing trend. These classes don’t teach you any IT fundamentals. In fact, they would probably be more appropriately titled: How to give your boss a reach around.
The reasoning here is that you don’t actually learn anything about computers. You learn marketing/business terms that vaguely relate to computers only in that computers are so pervasive, anything can be related to computers.
If I wanted to be in marketing / business, I would take a class in marketing or business. Me? I want to learn about computers. I would so much rather see IT 101 all about setting up Linux VMs, familiarizing with various unix flavors, gaining some windows sysadmin skills (policies, etc) or learning about low level computing concepts. Instead, what you’re getting is the definition of B2B, and tips on how to suck up to management.
Note: I’m not opposed to having a business class or two required for my degree. That’s a-okay… but make me take a business class.