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Recommended Citation: Reynolds, J H. Using the ICCP Associate Computing Professional (ACP) Certification Test as an Exit Exam For a Bachelor of Science in Management Information Systems. In The Proceedings of the Information Systems Education Conference 2000, v 17 (Philadelphia): §181.

Using the ICCP Associate Computing Professional (ACP) Certification Test as an Exit Exam For a Bachelor of Science in Management Information Systems

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John H. Reynolds    [a1] [a2]
Computer Science/Information Systems
Northwest Missouri State University    [u1] [u2]
Maryville, Missouri, USA    [c1] [c2]

Administrators and accrediting bodies now mandate external measures of program success and evidence of continuing faculty development in many academic disciplines. In the case of Information Systems (IS), the choices for exit exams are limited to exams that only measure either the business or the computing component, or to the Institute for Certification of Computing Professionals (ICCP) Associate Computing Professional (ACP) certification. For faculty professional development, one business program accrediting body, the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP), recognizes the ICCP Certified Computing Professional (CCP) certification as one means of demonstrating professional level qualifications for IS faculty with out-of-field doctorates. Both ICCP certifications have a common Core Exam that covers the essential areas of the IS discipline. During the workshop, participants will learn first-hand the closeness of the relationship between the content of the Core exam and the IS '97 model curriculum by participating in a brief review session similar to that given to our graduates in their last semester prior to their taking the ACP exit exam. After the review session, participants will take an abbreviated mock Core Exam to illustrate the appropriateness of the exam in measuring Information Systems concepts.

Keywords: MIS exit exam, ICCP, ACP certification, IS faculty professional certification

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