MODEL OF THE CURRICULUM FOR

GRADUATE DEGREE IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS

IS GRADUATE CURRICULUMMain sources:

MISIS 2000: Model Curriculum and Guidelines for Graduate Degree programs in Information Systems (ACM, AIS) (J.Corgone, Co-Chair)Masters in Information Systems: A Web-Centric Model Curriculum (J.Gorgone,Bently College V.Kanavar, Boston University)Current MS Curricula in Serbia and MontenegroCorresponding curricula of Europe and USA universities.

PROBLEMSLegal framework for university education in Serbia, in line with the ongoing Bologna process, has not been specified yet. First draft has been made few weeks ago. Duration of undergraduate and graduate studies

3+ 2 (years) (180 + 120 ECTS ) 4 + 1 (240 + 60 ECTS) 4 + 2

Should graduate studies be extension of the undergraduate only, or a new autonomous education, with students graduated from different fields, having different practice?Relationship with doctoral studies

IS GRADUATE CURRICULUM

• MISIS 2000: Model Curriculum and Guidelines for Graduate Degree programs in Information Systems (ACM, AIS)

• Some extensions: A Web-Centric Model

1. Concept of the TEMPUS JEP-16067-2001 GRADUATE CURRICULUM MODEL

MISIS 2000: Model Curriculum and Guidelines

for Graduate Degree programs in Information

Systems (ACM, AIS)

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Career Tracks

To accommodate individual institutional requirements for an MS degree. Institutions and students may select specific career tracks that are representative of current organizational needs.

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Integration

This component addresses the increasing need to integrate a broad range of technologies and offers the students the opportunity to synthesize comprehensive systems across an organization.

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IS Core Data management, Analysis, modeling, and design, Data communications and networking, Project and change management, IS policy and strategy.

10 courses

1

IS Foundations,

Business Foundations

To accommodate students from a wide variety of backgrounds. The model specifies the business and information systems skills required as prerequisite to the rest of the curriculum.

Up to

6 courses

Fourlevel

structureof

MISIS 2000

STUDENT BACKGROUNDSNew graduates with degrees in a variety of fields from business students with an IS concentration, computer science, general business degrees, and bachelor degrees in a range of fields including the humanities, social science, engineering, and physical science.

• New graduates with a BS degree in IS.• Experienced IS professionals seeking to

upgrade skills and to understand management issues.

• Professionals from many fields seeking a change in careers.

BUSINESS AND IS FOUNDATION

1. Business Foundations (3 courses, not required for students with a business degree).

1. Financial accounting,2. Organizational behavior,3. Elective according to student faculty

preference.2. IT Foundations (3 courses, not required

for student with a computing or IS degree)1. Fundamentals of IS (IS’97.1) 2. IT Hardware and Software (IS’97.4)

and 3. Programming, Data and Object

Structures, (IS’97.5).

IS Core (Five courses )

1. Data management2. Analysis, modeling, and

design;3. Data communications and

networking 4. Project and change

management5. IS policy and strategy

Integration (one of thee alternative courses that tie the

Core together )

1. Integrating the organization2. Integrating the IT resource3. Integrating technology

Each course will survey the three aspects and then take one aspect in detail.

Integration courses 1. Integrating the OrganizationObjectives:

Integrated view of the firm and its relation with suppliers, customersIT as a driver and enabler of new organizational forms

Content:Business architecture, Integrating business process Intra-organizational architectures/processes ERP.

Integration courses 2. Integrating the IT ResourceObjectives:

Improve competency in managing day-to-day IT functionEffective/efficient IT business processes, technology scanning, systems integration, human resources, and governance

Content: IT processes, IT value, governance, managing emerging technologies, outsourcing, organizational considerations, change management.

Integration courses

3. Integrating Technology

Objective:Understand management considerations in providing a cohesive technology blueprint.

Content: architectural choices, priorities, and policies for networks, data, and applications; integrating old and new technologies.

Career Tracks (four courses)

Academia Enterprise Requirements Planning

New Ways of Working Consulting Project Management Global IT Management Data Management and Data Warehousing

Human Factors

Systems Analysis and Design

Decision Making

Technology Management Knowledge Management Electronic Commerce Managing the IS Function Telecommunications

Courses for some carrier tracks

Academia (path to Doctorate)

Knowledge Management

Principles of IS Research

Knowledge Management and the Learning

Teaching Skills Organization Statistical Research Methods

Document Management

Advanced Elective in Teaching

Data Warehousing

Data Mining and Knowledge Acquisition

Courses for some carrier tracks

Consulting Managing the IS Function (Internal to IS)

Consulting in Business Role of the CIO

Consulting in IS Management of Computer Personnel operations

Advanced Project Management or Advanced Change Management

Management of Telecommunications Resources

Elective in Consulting Area (e.g., knowledge management, ERP, telecom)

IS Security

Courses for some carrier tracks

Systems Analysis & Design Data Management and Data Warehousing

Advanced Design Methodologies (e.g., Object-Oriented Analysis and Design, RAD, prototyping)

• Data Warehousing

Advanced Project Management • Knowledge Management

System Integration • Database Administration

IS Consulting • Database Systems Planning

Prerequisites

IS 01 Information Systems: (Ecommerce-Centric

introduction)

IS 04 Web Technology: Servers

and Software

IS 05 Web Programming

IS 07 Object Structures

Analysis and Logical Design

IS 08 DBMS

(Physical Design and Implementation)

IS10 Project Management for

Web projects

IS 09 Advanced Programming: Building Web Services

IS 06 Telecommunications

and Web Security

A Web-Centric Model

TEMPUS JEP-16067-2001 GRADUATE CURRICULUM

MODEL

IS GRADUATE CURRICULUM

Two steps in curricula development:

1. The model curriculum - a set of standards upon which individual participants (and other Schools in SM) can base their curriculum.

2. Development of the graduate curriculum for each SM participant.

 

TEMPUS JEP-16067-2001 GRADUATE CURRICULUM MODEL

Two type of studies: (1) master science and (2) professional master Master science:

1. Extension of the undergraduate studies (students with the business and IT foundation) (180 + 120 or 240 + 60 ECTS)

2. Students graduated from different fields, having different practice without business and IT foundation (180 + 60 + 120 or 240 + 60 +60 ECTS)

Professional master 1. Min 60 ECTS (180 + 60 ?)

TEMPUS JEP-16067-2001 GRADUATE CURRICULUM MODEL

We have developed Undergraduate Curriculum model for four years study (240 ECTS). Should we now: 1. Only add additional 60 ECTS (8-10 courses) or 2. Develop the model with 120 ECT restructuring

our Undergraduate model or3. Develop the unified undergraduate and graduate

model: 1. New courses within knowledge areas specified

in Undergraduate model, 2. Specify required number of ECTS for different

degrees and 3. Specify required courses for different

specialties.

Knowledge areas and courses

Degrees

Specialities(Carrier tracks)

Orthogonal Curriculum Model

Knowledge areas and courses

General educationIT literacyQuantitative and Qualitative analysisOrganization and Management Concepts and FunctionsSystem DevelopmentSoftware EngineeringMultimediaE-businessIntelligent systems.....

Degrees

Graduate in xxxx

Professional master in xxxx

Master science in xxxx

PhD in xxxx

.....

Specialties (Carrier tracks)Systems Analysis and DesignData management and Data WarehousingIntelligent Systems (Knowledge management)E-businessMultimedia Project managementManaging the IS functions....