Schauer, Carola:
Development of IS Teaching in North-America : an analysis of model curricula
Essen: Institut für Informatik und Wirtschaftsinformatik, 2007
(ICB Research Reports ; 17)
2007Research PaperOA Platinum
EconomicsComputer ScienceFaculty of Business Administration and Economics » Business Information Systems » Information Systems and Enterprise Modelling
Title in English:
Development of IS Teaching in North-America : an analysis of model curricula
Author:
Schauer, CarolaUDE
GND
133321894
LSF ID
51689
ORCID
0000-0002-8050-8466ORCID iD
Other
connected with university
Place of publication:
Essen
Publisher:
Institut für Informatik und Wirtschaftsinformatik
Year of publication:
2007
Open Access?:
OA Platinum
Extent:
iv, 34 Seiten
DuEPublico 2 ID
Language of text:
English

Abstract in English:

This research report is part of a series of papers on the development and status of the Information Systems (IS) discipline in North-America and Wirtschaftsinformatik (WI) its counterpart in the German speaking countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland). The corresponding research project (IFWIS) aims at comparing both disciplines. It is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). In this report we aim at reconstructing the development of teaching programs in IS at North-American universities. To this end official model curricula for undergraduate and graduate IS programs since the 1970s until today serve as primary source for relevant prescriptive as well as descriptive information. Our analysis results indicate that the IS discipline has undergone considerable changes in terms of (recommended) teaching contents and structures, the role of practice experience in teaching, and the variety of recommended future job positions. An additional literature analysis focuses on the actual adoption of model curricula at US universities. Analysis results indicate that IS programs are rather diverse and have very few courses in common – even when focusing on “IS core” courses.