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Recommended Citation: Crum, M and J P Landry.  A Comparison of Information Technology Curricula.  In The Proceedings of the Information Systems Education Conference 2002, v 19 (San Antonio): §222c. ISSN: 1542-7382.
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A Comparison of Information Technology Curricula

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 		Marie Crum    [a1] [a2]
School of Computer and Information Sciences
University of South Alabama    [u1] [u2]
Mobile, Alabama, USA    [c1] [c2]

Jeffrey P. Landry    [a1] [a2]
School of Computer and Information Sciences
University of South Alabama    [u1] [u2]
Mobile, Alabama, USA    [c1] [c2]

The IT schools movement (Denning 2001) has resulted in several new start-up majors in computing schools. This paper compares and contrasts course content across relatively new undergraduate IT majors offered at eight different schools. Our results indicate that the four-year universities with an IT major offer many of the same types of courses. The courses most commonly offered focus on programming, networks and telecommunications, and a practical capstone experience. The findings of this paper offer curriculum guidance for schools that have started or are planning to start an IT program.

Keywords: information technology degree, information technology major, curriculum development

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