ERIC Number: EJ1052817
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-1942-2504
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Enhancing the Graduate Information Systems Curriculum: A Career Skills Oriented Approach
Khoo, Benjamin; Harris, Peter
American Journal of Business Education, v2 n2 p65-80 2009
The Information Systems (IS) curriculum needs to be updated frequently due to the rapid rate of advances in information systems (IS) and the technologies that drive IS, and also industry's skill requirement of IS graduates. This paper describes a Career Skills Oriented Approach to enhance the graduate IS curriculum based on current information from recent career skills studies, United States Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), MSIS2000 model curriculum recommendations, the current demand for information security professionals, professional certifications in demand, and the resources required.
Descriptors: Information Systems, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Enrichment, Skill Analysis, Job Skills, Information Security, Educational Practices, Educational Change, Educational Certificates, Core Curriculum, Fundamental Concepts, Graduate Study, Course Descriptions, Course Objectives, Information Science Education, Required Courses, Degree Requirements
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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