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• W806531264 abstract "This paper presents a survey of MSIS curricula and a review of the ACM/AIS model for the Master of Science in Information Systems in terms of the requirements of a private, part-time, applied degree program. The Association for Information Systems (AIS) and the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) recently formed a joint task force to develop a model curriculum for the Master of Science in Information Systems (MSIS) (Gorgone 1996). This model has not yet been finalized and is, presumably, subject to change. This paper describes some of our concerns in attempting to design a part-time, professional MSIS program for the authors' institution in light of the ACM/AIS model. We believe this discussion will be worthwhile as a means of stimulating discussion of the model and the changes that may be legitimately made in deriving a curriculum from it. Our MSIS program, offered exclusively as a part-time, evening program, poses several challenges. Those challenges are almost certainly not unique and may be common to most institutions with similar programs. The School of Business offers a variety of part-time Masters programs including an MBA with a concentration in MIS. The School of Engineering offers an MS with a concentration in Computer Engineering. Thus, courses typically include both MBA and MSIS students and occasionally include engineering students. The interests of MBA and MSIS students are often complementary; MBA student tend to be more interested in management and to have little interest in, or tolerance for, technical content. MSIS students are normally far more interested in technical material. Levels of preparation also vary. For example, MBA students typically do not have prior experience or training in MIS; MSIS students are frequently practicing MIS professionals. As part of an investigation into problems with their own part-time MSIS program, Armstrong and Motilla (Armstrong, 1999) identified a number of factors they believe to be important to the success of a part-time program. These include: student career motivations time to completion and number of required courses geographic convenience scheduling convenience and consistency perceived value and relevance (application) Noting that their students do not respond well to theoretical content, they observed that their part-time students are interested primarily in career enhancement; theoretical courses do not respond to that motivation. Time to completion is also a critical factor, and, for part time students, this is a function primarily of the number of courses. In our case, time to completion is a significant problem. A part-time student taking one course per semester may require six or more years to complete the program. This poses particular difficulties for curriculum maintenance in a rapidly changing field like MIS. Generations of technologies may come and go in the time required for the normal student to complete the degree, and curriculum revisions will almost certainly be required during the time that a student is enrolled. Dealing with those changes often requires special arrangements that are inconvenient for the students and the institution. What these considerations suggest is that a part-time MSIS program should be an applied program, designed to maximize adaptability to changes in technology, requiring a minimal number of courses. There are, of course, other constraints on program and curriculum design. The chief one is resources. The curriculum must be one that faculty resources can effectively support. A relatively small faculty such as ours inherently limits a program's flexibility. Responding to declining enrollments and dissatisfaction within the local business community, we recently undertook a complete restructuring of our MSIS program. We began by looking for insights and guidance from a number of sources, including a review of MSIS programs offered by other Schools of Business and the ACM/AIS model curriculum. Reviewing other curricula is a means of assessing the state of opinion regarding degree requirements. Moreover, it reveals the ingenious means by which other faculties have addressed comparable challenges. As part of this review we identified 25 MSIS programs offered by business schools within the U.S. Because we are interested in accreditation issues, we did not consider" @default.
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• W806531264 title "A Review of the ACM/AIS Model and a Survey of Existing Programs with Respect to Curriculum Challengesin a Part Time Master of Science in Information Systems Program" @default.
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