Volume 4
Volume 4, Number 22 |
April 13, 2006 |
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Frank Cervone
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Abstract: A traditional indicator of quality in an educational program has been the curriculum offered in the program. One means for making a quality comparison between on-campus and distance learning programs would be to study the curriculum offered in a distance education program and compare it to a standardized, model curriculum. This study seeks to determine whether conformance of curriculum to a standardized model can be used as an indicator of program quality in distance education programs. By analyzing the curriculum in several Information Systems (IS) programs offered through Internet-based distance education, the current study attempts to determine whether conformance of curriculum to a standardized model, such as the MSIS 2000 Model Curriculum, can effectively be used as a determining indicator of program quality.
Keywords: distance education, information systems curriculum, graduate is programs
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Recommended Citation: Cervone (2006). A Comparative Analysis of Program Curriculum in Selected Distance Education Information Systems Programs. Information Systems Education Journal, 4 (22). http://isedj.org/4/22/. ISSN: 1545-679X. (A preliminary version appears in The Proceedings of ISECON 2004: §3424. ISSN: 1542-7382.)
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