Experiences of Revalidating the Undergraduate and Postgraduate Courses Within the Information Systems Curricula at University of Westminster, UK
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| Title | Experiences of Revalidating the Undergraduate and Postgraduate Courses Within the Information Systems Curricula at University of Westminster, UK |
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| Abstract | Information Systems (IS) is probably the most frequently used name for a variety of academic programs focusing on applied information technology, whose curricula is available from a range of schools and university departments. For more than a decade we have successfully run at the University of Westminster, UK, BSc and MSc courses in IS, within our IS department of the Cavendish School of Computer Science. The major developments of curriculum design related to subject content, construction of courses and teaching/learning strategies, has triggered changes in our IS programs which were implemented through the IS course reviews in 2002. This paper addresses the purpose of course reviews within the UK Higher Education (HE) environment, gives a rationale for our curriculum changes, describes the revalidated IS courses at both BSc and MSc levels including our teaching and assessment strategies, and comments on our progress to date. |
| Publisher | University of Zagreb, University Computing Centre - SRCE |
| Date | 1970-01-01 |
| Source | Journal of Computing and Information Technology Vol 11, No 3 (2003): Special Issue on ITI 2003 - Information Technology Interfaces |
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