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Implications for computer science departments of the ACM information systems curriculum

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The ACM Curriculum Committee on Computer Education for Management last year issued a report containing a variety of curriculum recommendations for graduate professional programs in information systems [1]. The work of the Committee has been supported by the National Science Foundation.* A brief summary of the recommendations is given in the Proceedings of ACM 72 [2]. The report addresses the need for information systems programs as stand-alone offerings, or as part of Master's level education in graduate business schools, computer science departments, or other graduate departments. The implications of these recommendations for computer science departments may be addressed under three headings, depending on the role of the department as: (i) including offerings relevant to information systems in its regular Master's degree program; (ii) participating in the offering of an independent program leading to an MS degree in information systems, but as a collaborator with another unit, e.g. a business school; or (iii) undertaking to offer an independent program entirely on its own.

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  1. 1 Ashenhurst, R.L. (Ed.), "Curriculum Recommendations for Graduate Professional Programs in Information Systems"—A Report of the ACM Curriculum Committee on Computer Education for Management, Communications of the ACM. v. 15, no. 5 (May, 1972), pp. 363-398. Google ScholarGoogle ScholarDigital LibraryDigital Library
  2. 2 Ashenhurst, R.L., "Curriculum Recommendations for a Master's Program in Information Systems Development." Proceedings of the ACM Annual Conference 1972, pp. 134-137. Google ScholarGoogle ScholarDigital LibraryDigital Library
  3. 3 Atchison, W.F. et al., "Curriculum 68: Recommendations for Academic Programs in Computer Science"—A Report of the ACM Curriculum Committee on Computer Science, Communications of the ACM, v. 11, no. 3 (March, 1968), pp. 151-197. Google ScholarGoogle ScholarDigital LibraryDigital Library

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        cover image ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
        ACM SIGCSE Bulletin  Volume 5, Issue 1
        Proceedings of the 3rd SIGCSE symposium on Computer science education
        February 1973
        171 pages
        ISSN:0097-8418
        DOI:10.1145/953053
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        • cover image ACM Conferences
          SIGCSE '73: Proceedings of the third SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
          January 1973
          185 pages
          ISBN:9781450373753
          DOI:10.1145/800010

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