Changes to an IT program in response to the IT 2008 curriculum guidelines

Abstract

This paper describes the curriculum of a BSIT program at a small, liberal arts college located in the northeast U.S. and the changes that would be necessary to be made in the BSIT curriculum for it to follow the IT 2008 guidelines. The paper describes the genesis of the BSIT and its basis in IT 2005. The paper also presents an evaluation of the current IT curriculum at the college with respect to the IT 2008 Curriculum Guidelines and reports on the changes necessary to implement the Curriculum Guidelines in that environment.General Terms: Human Factors.

Multinational Perspectives on Information Technology from Academia and Industry

“…Degree programs in IT arose because degree programs in other computing disciplines were not producing an adequate supply of graduates capable of handling these very real needs [42]. IT programs exist to produce graduates who possess the right combination of knowledge and practical, hands-on expertise to take care of an organization's IT infrastructure and support and assist the people who use IT solutions [31,37,38].…”