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Recommended Citation: Conn, S S. Implementation and Management of an Information Systems Practicum in a Graduate Computer Information Technology Curriculum. In The Proceedings of the Information Systems Education Conference 2004, v 21 (Newport): §3224. ISSN: 1542-7382. (A later version appears in Information Systems Education Journal 6(25). ISSN: 1545-679X.)

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Implementation and Management of an Information Systems Practicum in a Graduate Computer Information Technology Curriculum

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9 pages

Samuel S. Conn    [a1] [a2]
MSCIT Program, School for Professional Studies
Regis University    [u1] [u2]
Denver, Colorado, USA    [c1] [c2]

This paper reports on the implementation and management of an Information Systems Practicum used in a graduate Computer Information Technology program. The Information Systems Practicum provides a student with an 8 month learning experience that is academically rigorous, intellectually challenging, and which serves as a culminating experience to the student's coursework. Specifically designed around an action research methodology, the Information Systems Practicum engages the student as a practitioner and provides real work opportunity congruent with the course of study. Implementation and management strategies, as well as the educational and philosophical foundations of the Practicum, are investigated along with providing conclusions about the program drawn over a 4 year period of time.

Keywords: Information Systems Practicum, IS practicum, action research, participatory research

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