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The Current Status Of Abet Accreditation Of Information Systems Programs, Ron Mackinnon, John N. Dyer, Kevin L. Elder
The Current Status Of Abet Accreditation Of Information Systems Programs, Ron Mackinnon, John N. Dyer, Kevin L. Elder
John N. Dyer
As of March 2012 there were 35 Information Systems (IS) programs at 34 universities accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). This paper investigates these ABET accredited IS programs to see what these programs have in common and how do they differ from other IS programs. The data was collected by visiting the web pages of the selected IS programs. This paper includes a study of the required IS courses, elective IS courses, required programming courses, required business courses, the title of the IS program (IS/MIS/CIS), the department and college where the IS program was located and …