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Recommended Citation: Roggio, R F and J R Comer. Still Another COBOL Crisis and its Impact upon IS Accreditation. In The Proceedings of the Information Systems Education Conference 2002, v 19 (San Antonio): §351b. ISSN: 1542-7382.

Still Another COBOL Crisis and its Impact upon IS Accreditation

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Robert F. Roggio    [a1] [a2]
Department of Computer and Information Sciences
University of North Florida    [u1] [u2]
Jacksonville, Florida, USA    [c1] [c2]

James R. Comer    [a1] [a2]
Department of Computer Science
Texas Christian University    [u1] [u2]
Fort Worth, Texas, USA    [c1] [c2]

Many Information Technology (IT) project managers are seeking Information System/Computer Information System (IS/CIS) graduates/professionals with significant COBOL skills to support billions of lines of legacy applications worldwide. Yet in academe', programs are migrating away from COBOL. This trend may well produce graduates unable to maintain and enhance existing COBOL applications notwithstanding projected new development using COBOL. After examining industry's current and projected dependence on COBOL, concerns in COBOL instruction and its revitalization to include modern topics including object-oriented concepts and practices are presented. The paper concludes with recommendations for two IS/CIS programs - one oriented toward AACSB criteria; a second one oriented toward the new CAC/ABET IS accreditation criteria.

Keywords: COBOL, COBOL's future, traditional COBOL, OO-COBOL, IS/CIS accreditation

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