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Recommended Citation: Bhatnagar, N. A Study of the Inclusion of Programming Languages in an Undergraduate Information Systems Curriculum. In The Proceedings of the Information Systems Education Conference 2007, v 24 (Pittsburgh): §3544. ISSN: 1542-7382. (A later version appears in Information Systems Education Journal 7(84). ISSN: 1545-679X.)

A Study of the Inclusion of Programming Languages in an Undergraduate Information Systems Curriculum

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8 pages

Neelima Bhatnagar    [a1] [a2]
Department of Management
University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown    [u1] [u2]
Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA    [c1] [c2]

The purpose of this paper is to identify which programming languages and how many programming languages courses should be included in an undergraduate Information Systems program within the Department of Management and Marketing (a subunit of the Department of Business) at a regional branch campus of a major university in Pennsylvania. The paper addresses this issue by looking at two different studies conducted: a survey sent to employers in the area serviced by the branch campus and a survey sent to Information Systems educators throughout the United States representing a wide variety of colleges and universities as well as degree programs. Results indicate that more than one programming language course should be taught in an undergraduate Information Systems curriculum and the languages that are most recommended in the survey are Java and XML.

Keywords: programming languages, information systems pedagogy, information systems curriculum, information systems education, information systems profession, information systems skills

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