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Georgia Southern University

2006

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An Implementation Of The It Fundamentals Knowledge Area In An Introductory It Course, Cheryl L. Aasheim, Choong Kwon Lee, Han Reichgelt Jan 2006

An Implementation Of The It Fundamentals Knowledge Area In An Introductory It Course, Cheryl L. Aasheim, Choong Kwon Lee, Han Reichgelt

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The recently promulgated IT model curriculum contains IT fundamentals (ITF) as one of its knowledge areas. It is intended to give students a broad understanding of (1) the IT profession and the skills that students must develop to become successful IT professionals and (2) the academic discipline of IT and its relationship to other disciplines. The model curriculum recommends 33 lecture hours to complete the IT fundamentals knowledge. The model curriculum also recommends that the material relevant to the IT fundamentals knowledge area be offered early in the curriculum, for example in an Introduction to IT course; however, many institutions …