A partnership of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, other University campuses, and state and community colleges has launched a new kind of undergraduate program in information technology (In.
Project EXCITE (Enubling XCommonwealth Information Technolog), Education) is creating oflexible, integrative and innovotive curriculum tho/ crosses trnditionol academic boundaries IO provide ( I ) fluency and motivation for students to employ IT effectively for broad social benefit; (2) syllabi and content suited to adaptation and reuse; and (3) new instructional technologies and delivery modes. This report describes eforts to organize the curriculum, encourage new pedagogy, develop multimedia modules, and incorporate assessment throughout the ITprogrom.