Undergraduate Information Systems Programs Research Articles

The ACM/AIS IS2020 Competency Model for Undergraduate Programs in Information Systems: A Joint ACM/AIS Task Force Report

The Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) and the Association of Information Systems (AIS) along with the ISCAP EDSIG, recently released a joint taskforce report IS2020: A Competency Model for Undergraduate Programs in Information Systems. In this paper, the co-chairs of IS2020, the latest Information Systems curriculum guidelines, provide their insight on the problems presented with existing guidelines, illustrate the issue, and share their opinions that led to the release of these latest guidelines.

Opportunities and Challenges of Cybersecurity for Undergraduate Information Systems Programs

This article investigates the opportunities and challenges of cybersecurity for information systems (IS) programs and proposes a curriculum structure of cybersecurity track for IS programs. The study has collected data from eighty-two course websites of thirteen institutions at the graduate level and sixteen institutions at the undergraduate level as well as twenty descriptions of cybersecurity jobs posted on the internet. The collected qualitative data has been analyzed from the from the perspective of IS education. The findings indicate that the topics of cybersecurity management and essential cybersecurity technology are relevant to the IS discipline. The article suggests that these topics can be the components of two cybersecurity courses offered by IS programs to meet the demands and challenges of cybersecurity.

The Changing Information Systems (IS) Curriculum: A Survey of Undergraduate Programs in the United States

The core curriculum of information systems (IS) is vital to the IS field. It serves as a base of knowledge that all IS graduates should possess. Within academic and practitioners' communities, there have been constant discussions about the content of the IS core curriculum. In this article, the authors used a direct survey strategy to examine all undergraduate IS programs offered by business schools in the United States. The survey presents the core curricula of undergraduate IS programs based on accreditation criteria and the most recent IS curriculum model, IS 2002. The authors also compared the current results with those obtained 10 years ago in a separate study (J. L. Maier & S. Gambill, 1996). The research established the current baseline of undergraduate IS curricula and showed how the curricula have changed in the past decade. Information provided in this article should be valuable to IS educators and curriculum designers, as well as IS practitioners, to better understand the foundational knowledge...

Telecommunications Courses in Information Systems Programs

This paper reports on an investigation of how undergraduate information systems (IS) programs include telecommunications courses in their curricula. The curricula of a random sample of undergraduate IS programs were examined. The results indicate that telecommunications typically is not an area of emphasis; most IS programs require only one telecommunications course and less than half provide an additional course beyond that. The number and types of required versus elective telecommunications courses included in IS curricula are presented. The results also show that programs identified as IS majors tend to do a better job of including telecommunications courses in their curricula than programs designated as IS concentrations. Implications of the results and questions for further research are discussed.

Alternative curriculum models for integrating computer science and information systems analysis, recommendations, pitfalls, opportunities, accreditations, and trends

As the computing field grows and matures, many schools have added, or are considering adding undergraduate programs in Information Systems that bridge the gulf between Computer Science and Business...

Development of a Business Operating Systems Course

Curriculum 95 is a collaborative effort between the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the Data Processing Management Association (DPMA), the Academy for Information Systems (AIS), and other professional societies to develop a new model curriculum for undergraduate programs in Information Systems. One of the five curriculum areas defined in Curriculum 95, “Information Technology,” proposes learning units in hardware, software, telecommunications, and programming.This paper discusses the development of a Business Operating Systems course which satisfies the hardware and software components of the Information Technology area in the new model. It describes the results of a survey of Management Information Systems (MIS) faculty who teach technical courses. The survey investigates the delivery of technical courses in general and specific topics and platforms taught in MIS operating systems courses.

IS'95: Guideline for Undergraduate IS Curriculum

This paper provides an overview report of the first joint curriculum development effort for undergraduate programs in information systems. The curriculum recommendations are a collaborative effort of the following organizations: ACM, AIS, DPMA, and ICIS. After a summary of the objectives and rationale for the curriculum, the curriculum model is described. Input and output attributes of graduates are delineated. Resource requirements for effective IS programs are then identified. Lastly, there is a proposal for maintaining currency of the curriculum through electronic media.

Information systems curriculum—a status report

This paper provides a status 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, AIS and DPMA. After a brief description of the background and current task force activities are presented, the recommended courses are briefly listed and described.

Information systems '95 curriculum model

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.

What should be the mission of four year undergraduate programs in information systems?

What should be the mission of four year undergraduate programs in information systems?

Information systems curricula: Business versus academic viewpoints

This paper compares the results of a survey of managers of information systems activities in Fortune 500 organizations and a survey of information systems faculty of accredited business schools with respect to their opinions on the desired composition of undergraduate programs in information systems offered by schools of business. Information is presented on the respondent's opinions about the relative importance of: 1) educational output objectives that graduates of such programs might be expected to possess, and 2) courses and topics within courses designed to achieve these objectives. Similarities and differences between business and academic responses are analyzed.

Curriculum recommendations for undergraduate programs in information systems

article Free Access Share on Curriculum recommendations for undergraduate programs in information systems Author: J. Daniel Couger View Profile Authors Info & Claims Communications of the ACMVolume 16Issue 12Dec. 1973 pp 727–749https://doi.org/10.1145/362552.362554Published:01 December 1973Publication History 96citation1,117DownloadsMetricsTotal Citations96Total Downloads1,117Last 12 Months48Last 6 weeks14 Get Citation AlertsNew Citation Alert added!This alert has been successfully added and will be sent to:You will be notified whenever a record that you have chosen has been cited.To manage your alert preferences, click on the button below.Manage my Alerts New Citation Alert!Please log in to your account Save to BinderSave to BinderCreate a New BinderNameCancelCreateExport CitationPublisher SiteeReaderPDF