Comparing undergraduate degrees in information technology and information systems

Hislop, Gregory W.

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“…In the Courte and Bishop-Clark survey of undergraduates, both computing major and non-major students found it especially difficult to distinguish between IT and IS [6], a finding that has been replicated by Battig and Shariq [5]. This seeming overlap between the two disciplines has also been identified by other researchers [11,21].…”

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“…ACM defines IS as the discipline that focuses on integrating computing into an organizational context with an emphasis on information, while IT focuses on selecting, integrating and supporting computing infrastructure [2]. According to some, IS is focused on computing within organizations, while IT is focused on meeting the computing needs of individuals within organizations [6]; others see IS as focused on the early steps in the system life cycle (requirement gathering and analysis) while IT is more focused on the later stages (rollout and production) [11].…”

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“…Other commentators have made similar recommendations in regards to IT. Hislop has noted from "the perspective of IT as a discipline, association with IS might be a positive alliance" [11]. Ekstrom and Lunt have also noted that of "all the computing disciplines, IT is the one most affected by the evolution of the adjacent disciplines" [9].…”

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“…Academic specialization has always been a bit of a double-edged sword. On the one hand, fixed boundaries and clearly-defined content make it easier to establish a new discipline and its research program as well as maintain the discipline's quality [11]. Clear disciplinary boundaries may also prevent confusion amongst students, employers, and university administrators [4].…”

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Paterson

2011

Proceedings of the 2011 Conference on Information Technology Education

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This paper describes the background, the decision-making processes, and the curricular philosophy of a new four-year degree in the Computer Science & Information Systems department at Mount Royal University. The program created could be described as a hybrid between the Information Systems 2002 Model Curriculum and the Information Technology 2008 Curriculum Guidelines (IT2008). The approach described here may be of interest to other departments with existing IS programs that would like to take advantage of the strengths of the IT approach without abandoning some of the unique strengths of the IS curricula. The paper also argues that instead of trying to erect clear disciplinary boundaries around IT, we should instead think of IT as the computing discipline whose focus is the practical integration of the other computing disciplines.

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2011

Proceedings of the 2011 Conference on Information Technology Education

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“…Information Technology as an academic discipline focuses on meeting the needs of users through the selection, creation, integration and deployment of computing technology [5]. Several papers in computing education publications have recently compared programs in IT with those in CS and IS and have concluded that bachelor's programs in IT are distinctly different than programs in IS and CS [4], [7].…”

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Do students differentiate between computing disciplines?

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Bishop‐Clark

2009

Proceedings of the 40th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education

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We are in a time where computing programs are seeking to differentiate themselves. The ACM suggests that there are five distinct computing disciplines -Computer Science (CS), Information Technology (IT), Information Systems (IS), Computer Engineering (CE), and Software Engineering (SE). In practice, it seems that there can be extensive overlap between these disciplines. For example, IS is defined by the ACM as computing in an organization context, typically in business while IT is defined as focusing on computing infrastructure and needs of individual users. If each of the different types of programs wishes to identify and attract interested students, it is important to understand if students perceive differences between them. This paper presents the results of a survey to determine if students differentiate between these five disciplines. Computing majors and non-majors were presented with several task descriptions commonly associated with each discipline and asked to identify them as belonging to one of the five disciplines. Data was collected from over 300 students at several different institutions and from a variety of different majors and computing disciplines. The results of the survey are presented along with comparisons of the perceptions of majors and non-majors.

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Do students differentiate between computing disciplines?

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Bishop-ClarkCathy

2009

SIGCSE Bull.

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We are in a time where computing programs are seeking to differentiate themselves. The ACM suggests that there are five distinct computing disciplines -- Computer Science (CS), Information Technology (IT), Information Systems (IS), Computer Engineering (CE), and Software Engineering (SE). In practice, it seems that there can be extensive overlap between these disciplines. For example, IS is defined by the ACM as computing in an organization context, typically in business while IT is defined as focusing on computing infrastructure and needs of individual users . If each of the different types of programs wishes to identify and attract interested students, it is important to understand if students perceive differences between them. This paper presents the results of a survey to determine if students differentiate between these five disciplines. Computing majors and non-majors were presented with several task descriptions commonly associated with each discipline and asked to identify them as belonging to one of the five disciplines. Data was collected from over 300 students at several different institutions and from a variety of different majors and computing disciplines. The results of the survey are presented along with comparisons of the perceptions of majors and non-majors.

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Comparing undergraduate degrees in information technology and information systems

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Do students differentiate between computing disciplines?

Do students differentiate between computing disciplines?

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