Information systems '95 curriculum model: a collaborative effort

ABSTRACT

This paper provides a progress report of the joint curriculum task force effort to develop a new model curriculum for undergraduate programs in Information Systems. The curriculum work is the first collaborative effort between ACM and other professional societies associated with information systems education. The paper presents a brief background description, current task force activities, list of recommended courses and course description, and other addressed curricula related issues.

REFERENCES

• 1: Jay F. Nunamaker, Jr. , J. Daniel Couger , Gordon B. Davis, Information systems curriculum recommendations for the 80s: undergraduate and graduate programs, Communications of the ACM, v.25 n.11, p.781-805, Nov 1982 [doi>10.1145/358690.358698]
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• 3: Allen B. Tucker , Bruce H. Barnes , Robert M. Aiken , Keith Barker , Kim B. Bruce , J. Thomas Cain , Susan E. Conry , Gerald L. Engel , Richard G. Epstein , Doris K. Lidtke , Michael C. Mulder , Jean B. Rogers , Eugene H. Spafford , A. Joe Turner, Computing curricula 1991: Report of the ACM/IEEE-CS Joint Curriculum Task Force, ACM, New York, NY, 1991

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  K. Computing Milieux
  K.3 COMPUTERS AND EDUCATION
      K.3.2 Computer and Information Science Education
          Subjects: Information systems education

Additional Classification:
  K. Computing Milieux
  K.3 COMPUTERS AND EDUCATION
      K.3.2 Computer and Information Science Education
          Subjects: Curriculum

General Terms:
Design, Human Factors, Management