MODEL OF THE CURRICULUM FOR GRADUATE DEGREE IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS

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MODEL OF THE CURRICULUM FOR GRADUATE DEGREE IN
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
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IS GRADUATE CURRICULUM

• Main 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 Montenegro
• Corresponding curricula of Europe and USA
  universities.

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PROBLEMS

• Legal 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

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IS GRADUATE CURRICULUM

• MISIS 2000 Model Curriculum and Guidelines for
  Graduate Degree programs in Information Systems
  (ACM, AIS)
• Some extensions A Web-Centric Model
• Concept of the TEMPUS JEP-16067-2001 GRADUATE
  CURRICULUM MODEL

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MISIS 2000 Model Curriculum and Guidelines for
Graduate Degree programs in Information Systems
(ACM, AIS)
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Four level structure of MISIS 2000
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STUDENT BACKGROUNDS

• New 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.

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BUSINESS AND IS FOUNDATION

• Business Foundations (3 courses, not required for
  students with a business degree).
• Financial accounting,
• Organizational behavior,
• Elective according to student faculty preference.
• IT Foundations (3 courses, not required for
  student with a computing or IS degree)
• 1. Fundamentals of IS (IS97.1)
• 2. IT Hardware and Software (IS97.4) and
• 3. Programming, Data and Object Structures,
  (IS97.5).

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IS Core (Five courses )

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

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Integration (one of thee alternative courses that
tie the Core together )

• Integrating the organization
• Integrating the IT resource
• Integrating technology
• Each course will survey the three aspects and
  then take one aspect in detail.

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Integration courses

• Integrating the Organization
• Objectives
• Integrated view of the firm and its relation with
  suppliers, customers
• IT as a driver and enabler of new organizational
  forms
• Content
• Business architecture,
• Integrating business process
• Intra-organizational architectures/processes
• ERP.

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Integration courses

• Integrating the IT Resource
• Objectives
• Improve competency in managing day-to-day IT
  function
• Effective/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.

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Integration courses

• 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.

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Career Tracks (four courses)
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Courses for some carrier tracks
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Courses for some carrier tracks
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Courses for some carrier tracks
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A Web-Centric Model
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TEMPUS JEP-16067-2001 GRADUATE CURRICULUM MODEL
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IS GRADUATE CURRICULUM

• Two steps in curricula development
• The model curriculum - a set of standards upon
  which individual participants (and other Schools
  in SM) can base their curriculum.
• Development of the graduate curriculum for each
  SM participant.
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TEMPUS JEP-16067-2001 GRADUATE CURRICULUM MODEL

• Two type of studies (1) master science and (2)
  professional master
• Master science
• Extension of the undergraduate studies (students
  with the business and IT foundation) (180 120
  or 240 60 ECTS)
• Students graduated from different fields, having
  different practice without business and IT
  foundation (180 60 120 or 240 60 60 ECTS)
• Professional master
• Min 60 ECTS (180 60 ?)

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TEMPUS JEP-16067-2001 GRADUATE CURRICULUM MODEL

• We have developed Undergraduate Curriculum model
  for four years study (240 ECTS). Should we now
• Only add additional 60 ECTS (8-10 courses) or
• Develop the model with 120 ECT restructuring our
  Undergraduate model or
• Develop the unified undergraduate and graduate
  model
• New courses within knowledge areas specified in
  Undergraduate model,
• Specify required number of ECTS for different
  degrees and
• Specify required courses for different
  specialties.

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Orthogonal Curriculum Model
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Knowledge areas and courses

• General education
• IT literacy
• Quantitative and Qualitative analysis
• Organization and Management Concepts and
  Functions
• System Development
• Software Engineering
• Multimedia
• E-business
• Intelligent systems
• .....

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Degrees

• Graduate in xxxx
• Professional master in xxxx
• Master science in xxxx
• PhD in xxxx
• .....

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Specialties (Carrier tracks)

• Systems Analysis and Design
• Data management and Data Warehousing
• Intelligent Systems (Knowledge management)
• E-business
• Multimedia
• Project management
• Managing the IS functions
• ....