For anyone – professionals or people wanting careers in technology -
who is interested in taking computer courses in English and becoming
Carnegie Mellon University iCarnegie and Temple University Program
certified in Java, C++, and open source technologies in Tokyo,
please try to attend our upcoming information session:

Event: Carnegie Mellon University's iCarnegie Temple IT Program
Topic: Information Session
Date: Tuesday, September 7th
Time: 7 - 9 PM
Place: Tokyo - Temple University Japan, Room 500
Map: http://www.tuj.ac.jp/newsite/main/maps/index.html

Additional program information can be found at:
http://www.tuj.ac.jp/itp/

Further information is as follows:

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The Temple IT Program stems from a partnership program between TUJ
and iCarnegie Inc., an educational affiliate of Carnegie Mellon
University (CMU) located in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. CMU is one of
the worlds top computer science research and educational
institutions for software development and was ranked the #1 US
Computer Science Program for 2002 by US News & World Reports.
Through participation in this program, students and IT professionals
in Japan are provided access to world-class computer education
resources and training content from the United States while also
maintaining the benefits of having course instructors teaching in an
American University classroom environment.

The Temple IT Program offers certification in two critical IT
disciplines: Computer Programming and Software Systems Development.
By completing the required combination of five core courses,
students earn the Certificate in Computer Programming and possess
advanced skills and training for positions as C++ programmers, user
interface developers, and Java/Web programmers. Students who
complete a further five-course combination receive the Certificate
in Software Systems Development, which will allow them to
effectively work in large projects as database developers, software
engineers, and software project managers. In particular, courses
SSD9 and SSD10 prepare students and corporations to effectively
plan, organize and manage large scale IT projects while also
providing in-depth knowledge and experience in using the Capability
Maturity Model (CMM) for managing software development projects. CMM
is a global IT industry standard software management process that
was jointly developed by the Software Engineering Institute (SEI)
and Carnegie Mellon University.

Through the use of the Temple IT Program, corporate IT departments
have the ability to assess the technical abilities of their current
IT staff while also providing them a cost-effective way to raise the
IT technical skills of each staff member to meet corporate needs.
Also, the added benefit of having your IT staff trained in English
will enable them to work more productively in multinational IT
project environments. TUJ is also offering a Corporate
Sponsorship/Internship Program to a limited number of companies to
allow corporations direct access to program students for internship
opportunities at your company, thus providing a corporate recruiting
resource that ensures measurable technical skills and
communicational ability. Corporate Sponsorship also provides
companies the added benefit of reduced course fees for employees
interested in taking the program.

If you have any additional questions about our program and how it is
structured to improve the IT productivity and functions within
corporations, please contact us for further information. Our current
efforts in marketing the program include talking with technology
managers and corporate Human Resource departments to help them
assess how this program may benefit their organization, thus any
comments or thoughts on the program or professionals who may be
interested in the Temple IT Program would be greatly appreciated.
The following weblinks provide more information on the program.
Thank you for your time and hope to have an opportunity in the near
future to discuss further the benefits of the Temple IT Program.

Best Regards,

Robert Scheele
Temple University Japan
Temple IT Program – http://www.tuj.ac.jp/itp
Phone: 03-5441-9800 Ext. 503
Email: itp@...