Information Systems Curricula in AACSB Accredited Business School s Will Garland and Virginia Levse n Coastal Carolina University Wall School of Business Administration and Computer Scienc e P.G. Box 1954 Conway SC 2952 6 Additionally, the definition of IS may vary from schoo l to school, though the IS literature is in agreement tha t IS includes people, work processes, and the flow o f information, including the inputting, processing, an d outputting of data (Alter, 1992 ; Kroenke 19921 . Realisti cally, in most contemporary organizations, IS is heavil y dependent upon computer technology . The authors' school is a small college currently offerin g an undergraduate degree in Business Administratio n and actively seeking AACSB accreditation . Consequently, the authors have an interest in how othe r small colleges are dealing with the need for I S coursework in their business schools . They are concerned with 1) the practical issues of IS curriculum requirements for graduation, 2) the substance of I S courses as currently taught at other schools, 3) the interplay between IS and other computer-related course s such as spreadsheets, word processors, and dat a bases, 4) how computer software and hardware requirements
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