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Recommended Citation: Cassel, L, D Goelman, D Joyce, and A Levitin. A New Undergraduate Program in Information Science. In The Proceedings of the Information Systems Education Conference 2000, v 17 (Philadelphia): §143.

A New Undergraduate Program in Information Science

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Lillian Cassel    [a1] [a2]
Department of Computing Sciences
Villanova University    [u1] [u2]
Villanova, Pennsylvania, USA    [c1] [c2]

Don Goelman    [a1] [a2]
Department of Computing Sciences
Villanova University    [u1] [u2]
Villanova, Pennsylvania, USA    [c1] [c2]

Daniel Joyce    [a1] [a2]
Department of Computing Sciences
Villanova University    [u1] [u2]
Villanova, Pennsylvania, USA    [c1] [c2]

Anany Levitin    [a1] [a2]
Department of Computing Sciences
Villanova University    [u1] [u2]
Villanova, Pennsylvania, USA    [c1] [c2]

A new undergraduate program in Information Science is described. The program addresses the need for graduates prepared to specialize in the use of computerized information. This is a unique program. It is a technically challenging program that builds on a strong foundation in computing and looks at information as a serious topic of study in its own right. The program shares its first three semesters with a Computer Science (CS) degree program; however it includes five required courses that are not required of the CS majors and boasts a different, albeit overlapping, set of elective courses. The program promises to be exceptionally strong in its coverage of Web related topics and information theory.

Keywords: information science, curriculum, undergraduate, computing, rationale

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