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Once the general architecture of the curriculum and course names were determined, goal and objective statements for each of the courses were developed. The goal and objective statements were developed to achieve a synthesis consistent with underlying principles and characteristics of IS graduates, general curriculum areas, an updated body of knowledge, and the concept of spiral learning.
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The goal and objective statements were developed using the
template definitions of Appendix 4. The levels of learning are
explicit in all of the statements. The use of the template
structure ensured consistent and uniform language. The language
used in writing goals and objectives help faculty devise
examinations to measure the performance required for completion
of each of the units. Overall, 127 goals were identified.
Approximately 250 objectives were developed and matched to the
goal statements.
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Exit levels of competency were developed for all third and
fourth level elements of the body of knowledge. The exit level of
knowledge is the depth or level of understanding students are
expected to attain for each knowledge unit by the completion of
the program. Items from the body of knowledge were assigned to
the appropriate objectives at the level of competency required to
satisfy the objective. Knowledge units may appear in more than
one objective. For each occurrence of a knowledge unit, an exit
level of competency was assigned. This repetition of the
knowledge units formed a progression of increasing competency.
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Each goal and its associated objectives comprise a Learning
Unit. Each goal/objective set was assigned a Learning Unit name.
The level of knowledge was extracted from the
"template" text of the learning unit, since precise
language indicating level had been used. Learning units were
grouped within each curriculum presentation sub-area. Figure A6.1
shows the relation of learning units to the curriculum sub-areas.
Figure A6.2 show the learning units associated with each course.
Appendix 8 shows the details of each course and also shows the
details of each of the learning units. In summary,
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IS'97 consists of
Curriculum Areas which are broad areas of knowledge which can be expressed by
IS Courses which are implemented through a sequence of
IS'97 Learning Units each defined by a specific
Learning Unit Goal which describes presentation of
Body of Knowledge Elements whose effective presentation can be assessed by
Learning Objectives which describe the expected level of knowledge outcome performance by students.
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Many institutions are developing integrated courses that span
multiple academic units. For example, a business school may wish
to develop an entirely integrated core curriculum and ensure that
appropriate end-user computing is a component of such a program.
An alternate example might involve development of a hybrid CS-IS
core curriculum. It is the intention that learning units can be
moved intact into these integrated courses and programs. With
incorporation of the learning units, the integrity of the IS
learning experience can be preserved in the integrated program.
Figure A6.1 -- Learning Units in IS'97
(organized by Curriculum Area and Sub Area)
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CURRICULUM PRESENTATION AREA
CURRICULUM SUB-AREA
LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE
COURSE NUMBER
LEARNING UNIT NUMBER AND NAME
A. FUNDAMENTALS OF CIS
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A.1 IS LITERACY
LEVEL COURSE LU-# LEARNING UNIT NAME----------------
1 00 0004 IT AND SOCIETY
1 00 0001 SYSTEMS AND IT CONCEPTS
1 01 0012 ETHICS AND THE IS PROFESSIONAL
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A.2 END-USER COMPUTING
1 00 0003 PROBLEM SOLVING, SMALL IS
1 02 13.01 WORK AND ACTIVITY CONCEPTS
1 02 13.02 SUPPORT: INDIVIDUALS VS GROUPS
2 02 13.05 ORGANIZING PERSONAL DATA RESOURCES
2 02 13.07 ACCESSING/RETRIEVING/STORING DATA
3 00 0002 KNOWLEDGE WORK SOFTWARE
3 02 13.09 CONFIGURE AND CUSTOMIZE A PACKAGE
3 02 13.16 IMPLEMENTING A PERSONAL IS APPLICATION
B. IS THEORY AND PRACTICE
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B.1 SYSTEMS/QUALITY
1 01 0006 INFORMATION AND QUALITY
1 01 0005 SYSTEMS AND QUALITY
2 03 0016 IS THEORY
2 03 0022 SYSTEMS AND QUALITY, AND IS
2 08 0099 IS REQUIREMENTS/WORK-FLOW PLANNING
3 05 0042 INFORMATION MEASUREMENTS/DATA/EVENTS
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B.2 DECISION MAKING
1 01 0010 CHARACTERISTICS OF AN IS PROFESSIONAL
2 03 0021 DECISION MAKING, SIMON MODEL
2 03 0020 PERSONAL GOALS AND DECISIONS
2 03 0019 PERSONAL, COGNITIVE PROCESS
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B.3 IS PLANNING
2 03 0018 IS DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT
2 03 0123 IS MANAGEMENT OF IS FUNCTION
2 03 0026 IS PLANNING
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B.4 IT AND ORG SYSTEMS
2 01 0009 IT AND ATTAINING OBJECTIVES
2 03 0031 IS SOCIETY AND ETHICS
2 03 0017 IS STRATEGIC COMPONENT
2 03 0027 IS TYPES
2 03 0025 MODELS, ORG; RELATION TO IS
2 03 0023 SYSTEMS, ROLE OF MGMT, USERS, DESIGNERS
2 03 0024 SYSTEMS, WORK-FLOW, ORG SYSTEMS
2 07 0085 IS PROFESSIONAL CODE OF ETHICS
3 03 0119 ETHICS AND LEGAL ISSUES
C. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
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C.1 COMPUTER HARDWARE
1 01 0007 IT HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE
1 06 0064 IT HARDWARE ARCHITECTURES
2 06 0063 IT PERIPHERAL DEVICES
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C.2 SYSTEM SOFTWARE
1 06 0065 IT SYSTEMS SOFTWARE COMPONENTS/INTERACT
1 06 0068 OS ENVIRONMENTS AND RESOURCES
2 06 0067 OS FUNCTIONS
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C.3 TELECOMMUNICATIONS
2 04 0124 IS MANAGING EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
2 04 0037 TELECOM, ARCH., TOPOLOGIES, PROTOCOLS
2 04 0036 TELECOM, CENTRAL/DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS
2 04 0032 TELECOM, DEVICES, MEDIA, SYSTEMS
2 04 0034 TELECOM, ECONOMICS, DESIGN ISSUES
2 04 0038 TELECOM, HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE
2 04 0033 TELECOM, ORG SUPPORT BY
2 04 0039 TELECOM, SERVICES, RELIAB., SECURITY...
2 04 0035 TELECOM, STANDARDS, STD ORGS
2 06 0062 TELECOM, SYSTEMS VIEW HW/SW
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C.4 PROGRAMMING
2 02 13.10 PROCEDURAL/EVENT DRIVEN PROGRAMMING
2 05 0052 PROBLEM SOLVING, ENVIRONMENTS/TOOLS
2 05 0056 PROBLEM SOLVING, IS APPL, SUBSTRUCTURES
2 05 0050 PROBLEM SOLVING, MODULES/COHESION/ COUPLING
2 05 0049 PROBLEM SOLVING, OBJECT IMPLEMENTATION
2 05 0051 PROBLEM SOLVING, V&V--SYSTEMS VIEW
2 05 0061 PROGRAMMING: LANGUAGE COMPARISON
2 07 0083 IS SOFTWARE QUALITY METRICS
2 07 0082 PROBLEM SOLVING, COMPLEXITY METRICS
2 09 0104 IS APPLICATIONS, PROGRAMMING ENVIRONMENT
2 09 0101 IS IMPLEMENTATION WITH OBJECTS/EVENT DR
3 05 0060 PROBLEM SOLVING, DESIGN, TEST, DEBUG
3 05 0059 PROBLEM SOLVING, FILE/DB EDITORS/RPTS
3 05 0048 PROBLEM SOLVING, TOP DOWN IMPLEMENTATION
3 05 0058 PROBLEM SOLVING, WITH FILES/DATABASE
3 09 0100 IS APPLICATION WITH PROGRAMMING LANG
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C.5 ALGORITHMIC DESIGN
2 02 13.11 IMPLEMENTING SIMPLE ALGORITHMS
2 05 0044 ADT'S, CLASSES, OBJECTS
2 05 0053 ADT'S: DATA AND FILE STRUCTURES
2 05 0043 DATA: CHARACTERS, RECORDS, FILES, MMEDIA
2 05 0046 OBJECT REPRESENTATION OF A SYSTEM
2 05 0045 PROBLEM SOLVING, FORMAL PROBLEMS AND IS
2 08 0089 ADT'S: DATABASE MODELS AND FUNCTIONS
3 05 0054 ADT'S: ARRAYS, LISTS, TREES, RECORDS
3 05 0055 ADT'S: INDEXED FILES, KEYS
3 05 0047 PROBLEM SOLVING, ALGORITHM DEVELOPMENT
3 05 0057 PROBLEM SOLVING, DATA/FILE APPLICATIONS
D. SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT
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D.1 SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
2 02 13.08 IS LIFE CYCLE: DEVELOPING WITH PACKAGES
2 02 13.13 IMPLEMENTING AND EVENT DRIVEN APPLICATIONS
3 08 0093 IS APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT/CODE GENERATE
3 08 0090 IS DATABASE AND IS IMPLEMENTATION
3 08 0092 IS DATABASE APPLICATION IMPLEMENTATION
3 08 0091 IS DATABASE APPLICATION STRUCTURING
3 09 0103 IS DEVELOPMENT TESTING
4 10 0110 IS APPLICATIONS, PRODUCTION SYSTEMS
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D.2 DATABASE
2 02 13.06 DATABASE TERMINOLOGY AND CONCEPTS
2 02 13.12 IMPLEMENTING A SIMPLE DATABASE DESIGN
3 07 0081 IS DATABASE APPLICATIONS DEVELOPMENT
3 08 0088 IS DATA MODELING
3 08 0095 IS DATABASE CONCEPTUAL/LOGICAL MODELS
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D.3 SYS ANALYSIS/DESIGN
1 02 13.03 INFO ANALYSIS: INDIVIDUAL VS GROUP
2 02 13.04 INFO ANALYSIS: FINDING IS/IT REQUIREMENTS
2 03 0028 IS DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
2 07 0077 IS DEVELOPMENT RISKS/FEASIBILITY
2 08 0097 IS CONVERSION PLANNING
3 01 0008 IT SYSTEMS SPECIFICATION
3 02 0014 PROBLEM SOLVING, WITH PACKAGES
3 07 0072 IS ANALYSIS AND DESIGN TASKS
3 07 0078 IS CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT AND IS
3 07 0075 IS DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION
3 07 0076 IS RAPID PROTOTYPING
3 07 0074 IS REQUIREMENTS AND SPECIFICATIONS
3 07 0084 SYSTEMS AND QUALITY METRICS/ASSESSMENT
3 08 0098 IS DEVELOPMENT AND CONVERSION
3 08 0096 IS FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATIONS
4 10 0111 IS REQUIREMENTS AND DATABASE
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D.4 TEAMS/INTERPERSONAL
2 08 0086 INTERPERSONAL, SYNERGISTIC SOLUTIONS
3 07 0079 INTERPERSONAL, CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT
3 07 0080 INTERPERSONAL, GROUP DYNAMICS
3 08 0087 INTERPERSONAL, AGREEMENTS/COMMITMENT
3 10 0126 PERSONAL, TIME/RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT
4 08 0117 PERSONAL, PRESENTATION
4 10 0113 INTERPERSONAL, EMPATHETIC LISTENING
4 10 0114 INTERPERSONAL, GOAL/MISSION ALIGNMENT
4 10 0112 PERSONAL, PROACTIVITY/PRINCIPLED ACTION
1800
D.5 PROJECT MANAGEMENT
2 10 0109 IS DEVELOPMENT PROJECT CLOSE DOWN
3 08 0094 IS DEVELOPMENT AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT
3 08 0127 QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
3 10 0105 IS DEVELOPMENT PROJECT PLANNING
4 10 0106 IS DEVELOPMENT PROJECT MANAGEMENT
4 10 0107 IS DEVELOPMENT PROJECT MANAGEMENT
4 10 0108 IS DEVELOPMENT PROJECT MANAGEMENT TOOLS
4 10 0116 IS LIFE CYCLES AND PROJECTS
E. IS DEPLOYMENT AND MANAGEMENT
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E.1 SUPPORT SERVICES
4 10 0118 PERSONAL, LIFE-LONG LEARNING
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E.2 SYSTEMS INTEGRATION
2 04 0040 TELECOM, INSTALLATION, IMPLEMENTATION
2 04 0041 TELECOM, LAN, INSTALL, CONFIGURE
2 06 0069 OS, INSTALL MULTI-MEDIA
2 06 0070 OS, INTEROPERABILITY AND SYS INTEGRATION
3 06 0071 OS, INSTALL MULTI-USER SYSTEM
3 07 0073 IS COMMERCIAL IMPLEMENTATIONS
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E.3 MANAGEMENT OF IS THE FUNCTION
1 01 0011 IS CAREERS
1 03 0030 PERSONAL, PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
2 03 0029 IS IMPLEMENTATION, OUTSOURCING
2 10 0122 IS POLICIES AND STANDARDS
3 10 0120 IS MANAGEMENT AND DEPT ORGANIZATION
3 10 0115 IS RESPONSIBILITY TO SELL DESIGNS TO MGT
3 10 0121 PERSONAL, LEADERSHIP AND IS
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E.4 INFORMATION RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
2 10 0125 IS IMPLEMENTATION AND OUTSOURCING
3 02 0015 INFORMATION USE STRATEGIES
Figure A6.2 -- Learning Units in IS'97
Courses
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This figure show the distribution of learning units in the
IS'97 courses. The learning units are organized according to the
curriculum presentation areas and subareas. The learning unit
numbers correspond to the numbers used in Appendix 7 which gives
a complete definition of the individual learning units. The level
of knowledge associated with each learning unit corresponds to
the IS'97 knowledge units defined in Appendix 8.
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COURSE
CURRICULUM PRESENTATION AREA
CURRICULUM SUB-AREA
LU-# LEVEL LEARNING UNIT NAME--------------
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IS'97.P0 KNOWLEDGE WORK SOFTWARE TOOL KIT
1.0 FUNDAMENTALS OF CIS
1.1 IS LITERACY
0001 1 SYSTEMS AND IT CONCEPTS
0004 1 IT AND SOCIETY
1.2 END-USER COMPUTING
0002 3 KNOWLEDGE WORK SOFTWARE
0003 1 PROBLEM SOLVING, SMALL IS
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IS'97.1 FUNDAMENTALS OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS
1.0 FUNDAMENTALS OF CIS
1.1 IS LITERACY
0012 1 ETHICS AND THE IS PROFESSIONAL
2.0 IS THEORY
2.1 SYSTEMS/QUALITY
0005 1 SYSTEMS AND QUALITY
0006 1 INFORMATION AND QUALITY
2.2 DECISION MAKING
0010 1 CHARACTERISTICS OF AN IS PROFESSIONAL
2.4 IT AND ORGANIZATIONAL SYSTEMS
0009 2 IT AND ATTAINING OBJECTIVES
3.0 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
3.1 COMPUTER HARDWARE
0007 1 IT HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE
4.0 SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT
4.3 SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND DESIGN
0008 3 IT SYSTEMS SPECIFICATION
5.0 IS DEPLOYMENT AND MANAGEMENT
5.3 MANAGEMENT OF IS FUNCTION
0011 1 IS CAREERS
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IS'97.2 PERSONAL PRODUCTIVITY WITH IS TECHNOLOGY
1.0 FUNDAMENTALS OF CIS
1.1 LITERACY
13.15 1 EMERGING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES
1.2 END-USER COMPUTING
13.01 1 KNOWLEDGE WORK AND ACTIVITY CONCEPTS
13.02 1 IT/IS SUPPORT: INDIVIDUALS VS GROUPS
13.05 2 ORGANIZING PERSONAL DATA RESOURCES
13.07 2 ACCESSING/RETRIEVING/STORING DATA
13.09 3 CONFIGURE AND CUSTOMIZE A PACKAGE
13.16 3 IMPLEMENTING A PERSONAL IS APPLICATION
3.0 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
3.4 PROGRAMMING
13.10 2 PROCEDURAL/EVENT DRIVEN PROGRAMMING
3.5 ALGORITHMIC DESIGN
13.11 2 IMPLEMENTING SIMPLE ALGORITHMS
4.0 SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT
4.1 SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
13.08 2 IS LIFE CYCLE: DEVELOPING WITH PACKAGES
13.13 2 IMPLEMENTING AN EVENT DRIVEN APPLICATION
4.2 DATABASE
13.06 2 DATABASE TERMINOLOGY AND CONCEPTS
13.12 2 IMPLEMENTING A SIMPLE DATABASE DESIGN
4.3 SYSTEMS ANALYSIS/DESIGN
13.03 1 INFO ANALYSIS: INDIVIDUAL VS GROUP CONSIDERATIONS
13.04 2 INFO ANALYSIS: FINDING IS/IT REQUIREMENTS
5.0 IS DEPLOYMENT/MANAGEMENT
5.4 INFO RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
0015 3 INFORMATION USE STRATEGIES
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IS'93.3 INFORMATION SYSTEMS THEORY AND PRACTICE
2.0 IS THEORY
2.1 SYSTEMS/QUALITY
0016 2 IS THEORY
0022 2 SYSTEMS AND QUALITY, AND IS
2.2 DECISION MAKING
0019 2 PERSONAL, COGNITIVE PROCESS
0020 2 PERSONAL, GOALS AND DECISIONS
0021 2 DECISION MAKING, SIMON MODEL
2.3 IS PLANNING
0018 2 IS DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT
0026 2 IS PLANNING
0123 2 IS MANAGEMENT OF IS FUNCTION
2.4 IT AND ORGANIZATIONAL SYSTEMS
0017 2 IS AS A STRATEGIC COMPONENT
0023 2 SYSTEMS, ROLE OF MANAGEMENT, USERS, DESIGNERS
0024 2 SYSTEMS, WORK-FLOW, ORGANIZATIONAL SYSTEMS
0025 2 MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIP TO IS
0027 2 IS TYPES
0031 2 IS SOCIETY AND ETHICS
0119 3 ETHICS AND LEGAL ISSUES
4.0 SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT
4.3 SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND DESIGN
0028 2 IS DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
5.0 IS DEPLOYMENT/MANAGEMENT
5.3 MANAGEMENT OF THE IS FUNCTION
0029 2 IS IMPLEMENTATION, OUTSOURCING
0030 1 PERSONAL, PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
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IS'97.4 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE
3.0 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
3.1 COMPUTER HARDWARE
0063 2 IT PERIPHERAL DEVICES
0064 1 IT HARDWARE ARCHITECTURES
3.2 SYSTEM SOFTWARE
0065 1 IT SYSTEMS SOFTWARE COMPONENTS, INTERACTIONS
0067 2 OS FUNCTIONS
0068 1 OS ENVIRONMENTS AND RESOURCES
3.3 TELECOMMUNICATIONS
0062 3 TELECOM, SYSTEMS VIEW HW/SW
5.0 IS DEPLOYMENT AND MANAGEMENT
5.2 SYSTEMS INTEGRATION
0069 2 OS, INSTALLATION, CONFIGURATION FOR MULTI-MEDIA
0070 2 OS, INTEROPERABILITY AND SYSTEMS INTEGRATION
0071 3 OS, INSTALLATION, CONFIGURATION OF MULTI-USER SYSTEMS
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IS'97.5 PROGRAMMING, DATA, FILE AND OBJECT STRUCTURES
2.0 IS THEORY
2.1 SYSTEMS AND QUALITY
0042 3 INFORMATION MEASUREMENTS/DATA/EVENTS
3.0 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
3.4 PROGRAMMING
0048 3 PROBLEM SOLVING, TOP DOWN IMPLEMENTATION
0049 2 PROBLEM SOLVING, OBJECT IMPLEMENTATION
0050 2 PROBLEM SOLVING, MODULES/COHESION/COUPLING
0051 2 VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION-A SYSTEMS VIEW
0052 2 PROBLEM SOLVING, ENVIRONMENTS AND TOOLS
0056 2 PROBLEM SOLVING, IS APPLICATIONS, SUB-STRUCTURES
0058 3 PROBLEM SOLVING, WITH FILES AND DATABASE
0059 3 PROBLEM SOLVING, FILE/DB EDITORS/REPORTS
0060 3 PROBLEM SOLVING, DESIGN, TEST, DEBUG
0061 2 PROGRAMMING: LANGUAGE COMPARISON
3.5 ALGORITHMIC DESIGN
0043 2 DATA: CHARACTERS, RECORDS, FILES, MULTI-MEDIA
0044 2 ADT'S, CLASSES, OBJECTS
0045 2 PROBLEM SOLVING, FORMAL PROBLEMS AND IS
0046 2 OBJECT REPRESENTATION OF A SYSTEM
0047 3 PROBLEM SOLVING, ALGORITHM DEVELOPMENT
0053 2 ADT'S: DATA AND FILE STRUCTURES
0054 3 ADT'S: ARRAYS, LISTS, TREES, RECORDS
0055 3 ADT'S: INDEXED FILES, KEYS
0057 3 PROBLEM SOLVING, DATA AND FILE APPLICATIONS
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IS'97.6 TELECOMMUNICATIONS
3.0 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
3.3 TELECOMMUNICATIONS
0032 2 TELECOM, DEVICES, MEDIA, SYSTEMS
0033 2 TELECOM, ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT BY
0034 2 TELECOM, ECONOMICS, DESIGN ISSUES
0035 2 TELECOM, STANDARDS, STANDARD ORGANIZATIONS
0036 2 TELECOM, CENTRAL/DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS
0037 2 TELECOM, ARCHITECTURES.,TOPOLOGIES, PROTOCOLS
0038 2 TELECOM, HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE
0039 2 TELECOM, SERVICES, RELIABILITY., SECURITY...
0124 2 IS MANAGEMENT OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
5.0 IS DEPLOYMENT/MANAGEMENT
5.2 SYSTEMS INTEGRATION
0040 2 TELECOM, INSTALLATION, IMPLEMENTATION
0041 2 TELECOM, LAN, INSTALLATION, CONFIGURATION
1984
IS'97.7 ANALYSIS AND LOGICAL DESIGN OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS
2.0 IS THEORY
2.4 IT AND ORGANIZATIONAL SYSTEMS
0085 2 IS PROFESSIONAL CODE OF ETHICS
3.0 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
3.4 PROGRAMMING
0082 2 PROBLEM SOLVING, COMPLEXITY METRICS
0083 2 IS SOFTWARE QUALITY METRICS
4.0 SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT
4.2 DATABASE
0081 3 IS DATABASE APPLICATIONS DEVELOPMENT
4.3 SYSTEMS ANALYSIS/DESIGN
0072 3 IS ANALYSIS AND DESIGN TASKS
0074 3 IS REQUIREMENTS AND SPECIFICATIONS
0075 3 IS DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION
0076 3 IS RAPID PROTOTYPING
0077 2 IS DEVELOPMENT RISKS/FEASIBILITY
0078 3 IS CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT AND IS
0084 3 SYSTEMS AND QUALITY METRICS/ASSESSMENT
4.4 TEAMS/INTERPERSONAL
0079 3 INTERPERSONAL, CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT
0080 3 INTERPERSONAL, GROUP DYNAMICS
5.0 IS DEPLOYMENT AND MANAGEMENT
5.2 SYSTEMS INTEGRATION
0073 3 IS COMMERCIAL IMPLEMENTATIONS
2009
IS'97.8 PHYSICAL DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF IS WITH DBMS
2.0 IS THEORY
2.1 SYSTEMS AND QUALITY
0099 2 IS REQUIREMENTS/WORK-FLOW PLANNING
3.0 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
3.5 ALGORITHMIC DESIGN
0089 2 ADT'S: DATABASE MODELS AND FUNCTIONS
4.0 SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT
4.1 SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
0090 3 IS DATABASE AND IS IMPLEMENTATION
0091 3 IS DATABASE APPLICATION STRUCTURING
0092 3 IS DATABASE APPLICATION IMPLEMENTATION
0093 3 IS APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT/CODE GENERATE
4.2 DATABASE
0088 3 IS DATA MODELING
0095 3 IS DATABASE CONCEPTUAL/LOGICAL MODELS
4.3 SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND DESIGN
0096 3 IS FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATIONS
0097 2 IS CONVERSION PLANNING
0098 3 IS DEVELOPMENT AND CONVERSION
4.4 TEAMS AND INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS
0086 2 INTERPERSONAL, SYNERGISTIC SOLUTIONS
0087 3 INTERPERSONAL, AGREEMENTS AND COMMITMENT
0117 4 PERSONAL, PRESENTATION
4.5 PROJECT MANAGEMENT
0094 3 IS DEVELOPMENT AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT
0127 3 QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
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IS'97.9 PHYSICAL DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AN IS WITH A PROGRAMMING ENVIRONMENT
3.0 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
3.4 PROGRAMMING
0100 3 IS APPLICATION WITH PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
0101 2 IS IMPLEMENTATION WITH OBJECTS, EVENT DRIVEN
0104 2 IS APPLICATIONS, PROGRAMMING ENVIRONMENT
4.0 SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT
4.1 SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
0103 3 IS DEVELOPMENT TESTING
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IS'97.10 PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND PRACTICE
4.0 SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT
0110 4 IS APPLICATIONS, PRODUCTION SYSTEMS
4.3 SYSTEMS ANALYSIS/DESIGN
0111 4 IS REQUIREMENTS AND DATABASE
4.4 TEAMS/INTERPERSONAL
0112 4 PERSONAL, PROACTIVITY, PRINCIPLED ACTION
0113 4 INTERPERSONAL, EMPATHETIC LISTENING
0114 4 INTERPERSONAL, GOALS, MISSION , ALIGNMENT
0126 3 PERSONAL, TIME AND RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT
4.5 PROJECT MANAGEMENT
0105 3 IS DEVELOPMENT, PROJECT PLANNING
0106 4 IS DEVELOPMENT, PROJECT MANAGEMENT
0107 4 IS DEVELOPMENT , PROJECT MANAGEMENT
0108 4 IS DEVELOPMENT, PROJECT MANAGEMENT TOOLS
0109 2 IS DEVELOPMENT, PROJECT CLOSE DOWN
0116 4 IS LIFE CYCLES AND PROJECTS
5.0 IS DEPLOYMENT/MANAGEMENT
5.1 SUPPORT SERVICES
0118 4 PERSONAL, LIFE-LONG LEARNING
5.3 MANAGEMENT OF IS FUNCTION
0115 3 IS RESPONSIBILITY TO SELL DESIGNS TO MANAGEMENT
0120 3 IS MANAGEMENT AND IS DEPARTMENT ORGANIZATION
0121 3 PERSONAL, LEADERSHIP AND IS
0122 2 IS POLICIES AND STANDARDS
5.4 INFORMATION RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
0125 2 IS IMPLEMENTATION AND OUTSOURCING
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Depth of Knowledge Level |
Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 |
| IS'96.P0 Knowledge Work Software Tool
Kit IS'96.1 Fundamentals of IS |
IS'96.2 Personal Productivity IS IS'96.3 IS Theory/Practice IS'96.6 Networking and Telecommunications |
IS'96.5 Programming IS'96.4 IT hardware/Software IS'96.7 Analysis/Logical Design IS'96.8 Physical Design with DB |
IS'96.9 Physical Design/Prog IS'96.10 Proj Mgmt/Practice |
|
| 4 Application Knowledge |
0117 Personal Presentation Skills | 0118 Life-long Learning Skills 0106 Project Management 0107 Project Management 0108 Project Management Tools 0111 IS Requirements/Database 0110 IS Applications 0113 Principled Action/Proactivity 0114 Goals/Mission Alignment 0116 Life Cycles/Projects |
||
| 3 Use / Comprehensive Knowledge |
0002 Knowledge Work Software 0008 IT Systems Specification |
0013 IS, Personal Level Systems 0015 Information Use Strategies 0014 Problem Solving/Packages 13.09 Configure/Customize a Package 13.16 Implement a Personal IS Application 0119 Ethics and Legal Issues |
0054 ADT's: Array/List/Trees/Records 0055 ADT's: Indexed Files, Keys 0047 Problem Solving, Alg. Development 0048 " " Top Down Implementation 0057 " " Data/File Applications 0058 " " DB Applications 0059 " " File/DB Editors/Rpts 0060 " " Design/Code/Test/Debug 0084 System & Quality Metrics 0071 Telecomm, Systems View of HW/SW 0073 Install Multi-user OS 0094 IS Proj Mgmt Appl Development 0073 IS Commercial Implementations 0072 IS Analysis and Design Tasks 0074 IS Requirements & Specs 0096 IS Functional Specs 0088 IS Data Modeling 0095 IS DB Conceptual/Logical Models 0075 IS Design/Construction 0076 IS Rapid Prototyping 0090 IS DB and Implementations 0091 IS DB Application Structuring 0092 IS Application Devel/Code Gen 0081 IS DB Application Development 0098 IS Development and Conversion 0078 Continuous Improvement & IS 0079 Consensus Development 0080 Group Dynamics 0081 Agreements/Commitment 0127 Quality/Performance Management |
0100 IS Apps/Programming Lang 0103 IS Development Testing 0115 IS Responsibility to Mgmt 0120 IS Mgmt/Dept Organization 0121 Personal Leadership Skills 0105 Project Planning 0126 Time Management |
Literacy / Differential Knowledge |
0029 IT and Attaining Objectives | 13.05 Info Analysis Finding IS
Requirements 13.06 Database Terminology and Concepts 13.07 Accessing/Retrieving/Storing Data 13.08 IS Life Cycle: Developing & Packages 13.10 Procedural/Event Drive Programming 13.11 Implementing Simple Algorithms 13.12 Implementing a Simple Database 13.13 Implementing and Event Driven Ap 13.14 Developing with Prototypes 0016 IS Theory 0017 IS as Strategic Component 0018 IS Development/Mgmt 0019 Cognitive Process & IS 0020 Goals and Decisions 0021 Decisions/Simon Process 0022 Systems, Quality & IS 0023 Sys Role Mgmt, Designers, Users 0024 Work-flow, Org Systems 0025 Models, Relation to IS 0026 IS Planning 0027 IS Types 0031 IS, Society & Ethics 0123 Management of IS 0028 Development Standards 0032 Telecomm Devices,Media 0033 " Organization Support by 0034 " Economics, Design Issues 0035 " Standards, Std Orgs 0036 " Central/Distrib Systems 0037 " Arch., Topologies, Protocol 0038 " Hardware & Software 0039 " Services, Reliability, Security 0124 " Management of Services 0040 " Installation/Implementation 0041 " Install/Configure LAN 0029 IS Implementation |
0043 Data: Records, Files, Multi-Media 0044 ADT's, Classes, Objects 0045 Formal Problems and IS 0046 Object Representation of a System 0049 Problem Solving Object Implement 0050 " " Modules/Cohesion/Coupling 0051 " " V & V--Systems View |
|
| 1 Awareness / Recognition Knowledge |
0001 Systems and IT Concepts 0003 Problem Solving, Small IS 0004 IT and Society 0007 IT Hardware and Software 0006 Information and Quality 0010 Nature of an IS Professional 0012 Ethics and the IS Professional |
13.01 Knowledge Work and Activity 13.02 IS/IT Support: Individuals vs Groups 13.03 Info Analysis: Individuals vs Groups 13.15 Emerging Information Technologies 0030 Performance Evaluation |
0064 IT Hardware Architectures 0065 IT HW/SW Components / Interactions 0068 OS Environments |
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Figure A6.3 - Placement of Learning Units in Curriculum '97. Learning Units form the basis of implementation of the spiral concept of the curriculum. In general the further into the curriculum, the higher the level of expectation of learners. Depth of knowledge (see Table A4.1 for depth of knowledge definitions) is shown in the vertical axis while years within the curriculum form the columns. The courses representing each column are show in the first row of the table. The number shown at the left of each tabled item is the Learning Unit id number which will facilitate your cross reference to Figure A6.1. Please note that Telecommunications is sequenced in the second year in this figure--this sequencing is similar to the sequencing in IS'94 (Longenecker, Reaugh, Fournier and Feinstein 1994) and enables hands on experience before learning the theory in IS'97.4.