Survey to Collect Feedback on Proposed Changes to Information Systems Program Criterion C5 (Curriculum) and C6 (Faculty)

This survey is designed to obtain feedback on the potential changes to the Information Systems Program Criterion C5 (Curriculum) and also C6 (Faculty). Respondents to the survey may be computing education stakeholders in any computing subdiscipline, not exclusively information systems. Stakeholders may include professionals in the discipline, educators, and/or employers of graduates from computing degree programs. Please send inquiries to csab@csab.org. Thank you for your participation.

1.Proposed Changes (additions shown in gold; deletions shown in strikethrough)

Informations Systems Program Criterion C5 (Curriculum):

5. Curriculum

The curriculum requirements are in addition to the General Criteria curriculum requirements and specify topics, but do not prescribe specific courses.

These requirements are:

a. Information systems: At least 30 semester credit hours (or equivalent) that include coverage of fundamentals and applied practice in application development; programming; data and information management; information technology infrastructure; systems analysis, design and acquisition; project management; and the role of information systems in organizations.;

b. Information Systems Environment: At least 15 additional semester credit hours (or equivalent) of a cohesive set of topics that provide an understanding of an information systems environment;, distinct from computing topics, that constitute a single domain of activity in which information systems are applied to support and enable the goals of that activity.

Examples of domains of activity include (but are not limited to) business, healthcare, government, not-for-profit organizations, and scientific disciplines.

c. A major project that requires integration and application of knowledge and skills acquired in earlier course work; and

d. Appropriate mathematical and statistical models and techniques to solve a broad range of problems in Information Systems.

Informations Systems Program Criterion C6 (Faculty):

6. Faculty

In addition to the General Criteria faculty requirements, some full-time faculty members, including those responsible for the information systems curriculum development, must hold a terminal degree with a program of study in information systems.

Please rate your support (or lack thereof) for each of the proposed changes shown above.

2.Please Provide Any Other Comments Regarding the Proposed Changes to the Criteria:

4.Are you a CSAB/ABET volunteer? (Check all that apply.)

5.Where do you currently reside?

Inside the U.S.

Outside the U.S.

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