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March 28, 2006
MIS Capstone Course
This past week I learned about the experiences of the University of New Mexico as they revamped their MIS course to make it a senior level capstone course. They removed the teaching of Excel or Access tools from the class and
"... changed design delivery for the introductory MIS course from a traditional “nuts ‘n’ bolts” orientation coupled with personal productivity software coverage to a standalone, integrative case study approach."
Laurie Schatzberg at UNM describes their goals, strategy, and experiences in an article she published for the Information Systems Education Journal in September, 2003. Her article includes a survey of the MIS courses at 21 institutions. It sounds like UNM is quite pleased with the result, but understands that the course at this level cannot serve as a feeder course for the IS major. They are considering modifying an existing 'tools' oriented course for that purpose. Laurie can be reached at Laurie@mgt.unm.edu.
Posted by DavidK at March 28, 2006 06:17 PM | Permalink