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Implementation and Management of an Information Systems Practicum in a Graduate Computer Information Technology Curriculum Samuel S. Conn Regis University Denver, Colorado 80027 USA

Abstract: This paper reports on the implementation and management of an Information Systems Practicum used in a graduate Computer Information Technology program. The Information Systems Practicum provides a student with an 8 month learning experience that is academically rigorous, intellectually challenging, and which serves as a culminating experience to the student's coursework. Specifically designed around an action research methodology, the Information Systems Practicum engages the student as a practitioner and provides real work opportunity congruent with the course of study. Implementation and management strategies, as well as the educational and philosophical foundations of the Practicum, are investigated along with providing conclusions about the program drawn over a 4 year period of time.

Keywords: Information Systems Practicum, IS practicum, action research, participatory research

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Recommended Citation: Conn (2008). Implementation and Management of an Information Systems Practicum in a Graduate Computer Information Technology Curriculum. Information Systems Education Journal, 6 (25). http://isedj.org/6/25/. ISSN: 1545-679X. (A preliminary version appears in The Proceedings of ISECON 2004: §3224. ISSN: 1542-7382.)