Professional Accreditation of Information Systems Programs

Although accreditation is over 100 years old, the accreditation of information systems programs is a new experience for information systems programs. This paper describes the important aspects of accreditation as a process of excellence and shows how information systems faculty members can now employ that process to improve the overall quality of their programs for the benefit of their students, their institutions, and their profession

Information Systems Accreditation: Preparation, Process, and Standards

The objective of this paper is to provide an overview of the accreditation process for information systems (IS) programs. This tutorial includes: an overview of the general accreditation criteria and IS program-specific criteria; the process of information systems accreditation from ABET\u27s Computing Accreditation Commission (CAC) perspective; a review of the process of planning and preparing for the accreditation team visit; the experience of gathering sample course materials from faculty; and a discussion of the accreditation process from the review team\u27s perspectiv

The Master of Science in Information Systems Curriculum

A joint ACM/AIS Committee on Graduate IS Curricula was appointed in January 1998 with the charge of recommending a curriculum guideline for MS programs in Information Systems. This paper describes several of the areas of work and accomplishment of the Committee

Experiences with the MSIS2000 Curriculum

The MSIS2000 curriculum was approved in January 2000 by both AIS and ACM, with the endorsement of the other leading IS professional organizations. In the months since then, a number of institutions have adopted the curriculum while others have decided to adopt other configurations. This panel discusses the curriculum, the experiences of three schools that adopted it, and of a school that chose to go in another direction

Graduate IS Curriculum for the Millennium: Background, Process and Recommendation

The MSIS 2000 model curriculum, prepared by the Joint ACM/AIS Curriculum Committee, provides guidelines for colleges and universities offering Masters degrees in Information Systems. This paper summarizes both the program and the procedures used to create it. In brief, the minimum masters program involves 10 courses for students with adequate preparation. This minimum program consists of 6 core course (data management; analysis, modeling, and design; data communications and networking: project and change management, information systems policy and strategy, and systems integration) and a 4-course career track. The procedure used included face-to-face and computer meetings among committee members and extensive consultation with the worldwide IS community

Proposed Information Systems Accreditation Criteria

The time for accreditation of programs in Information Systems seems appropriate because of the demands of industry and academe. This project is funded by the National Science Foundation and has representatives appointed by the leading societies in computing, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), IEEE Computer Society (IEEE-CS), Association for Information Systems (AIS), Association for Information Technology Professionals (AITP) and the computing Sciences Accreditation Board (CSAB)

IS\u272000 Model Curriculum and Guidelines for Undergraduate Degree Programs in Information Systems: Update Progress from IS\u2797

IS’97 represents the culmination of a four year effort by the CoChairs, task forces and reviewers (Davis 1997). The work now represents the official model curriculum for the ACM, AIS and AITP. Preliminary reports were presented in 1994 (Gorgone 1994) and in 1995 (Longenecker et al 1995). Presentations of IS’95 draft, and the finished IS’97 have been made subsequently at AIS, ICIS, ISECON, IAIM, IACIS, SIGCSE, DSI, and IRMA conferences by one or more of the CoChairs

Panel: Report of the Joint ACM/AIS Committee on Graduate IS Curriculum

This panel will discuss the MS in IS Curriculum Guidelines for the 21st Century. This curriculum is the work of a committee jointly sponsored by the Association for Information Systems (AIS) and the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). The committee, chaired by John Gorgone and Paul Gray, conducted several virtual conferences and a series of meetings during 1998 and 1999. It also consulted extensively with the IS community through presentations at ten different national and international meetings