W. Scott Cordle

Professor | Student

Scott Cordle is the Program Director for Information Technology at Sullivan University’s College of Business and Technology, where he also serves as a Professor in the Information Technology department. He joined Sullivan University in 2002 as an adjunct instructor for introductory programming courses, transitioned to a full-time role in January 2003, became the Department Chair in 2006, and has been the Program Director since 2018. Before his tenure at Sullivan University, Mr. Cordle worked as a Client Systems Analyst at Trover Solutions, a Data Analyst at Product Specialties, and a Training Manager at Sodexho Marriott. His varied professional experience highlights the practical relevance of the technologies he teaches. Mr. Cordle holds a Master of Science in Managing Information Technology from Sullivan University, earned in 2002, and a Bachelor of Arts in Music Education with a major in Voice from Shorter University in Rome, Georgia.


Interests: Programming, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Robotics, Tech Stuff


Projects

Vacay 2015

A responsive web application for travel planning that my team developed in ICS 415.

Javascript Meteor MongoDB GitHub

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Micromouse 2015

My team developed a robotic mouse that won first place in the 2015 UH Micromouse competition.

Robotics Arduino C++

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Cotton 2014

A text adventure game that I developed for ICS 313.

Lisp GitHub

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Essays

The difficult things will always be difficult

06 Feb 2016

Difficulty: a thing that is hard to accomplish, deal with, or understand. One of my friends asked the question earlier last week – why is it so hard to be an officer for the student branch? Why is so hard...

Engineering

Smart Questions, Good Answers

08 Sep 2015

Is there such thing as a stupid question? I’ve had instructors address a whole class and say, “There’s no such thing as a stupid question.” I now know that is in fact not true because I’ve challenged the statement and...

Questions Answers StackOverflow

Igniting the fire

26 Aug 2015

Ever since I first grasped a paintbrush, I’ve always been eager to learn about design. Design is such a complex concept. For example, when looking at abstract art, its meaning can be completely different for different people. It motivates a...

Software Engineering Learning