Designing an Information Technology Curriculum: The Georgia Southern University Experience

Executive Summary The chronic and severe shortage of skilled Information Technology (IT) workers is well documented. At the same time, many regional and national governments have made the provision of information technology services an important element in their economic development strategies. It is against this background that Georgia Southern University established a School of Information Technology in March, 2001, and started a baccalaureate program in Information Technology in August of 2001. Unlike many other baccalaureate programs in Information Technology, the program at Georgia Southern University did not grow out of existing programs in Information Systems or Computer Science, but was designed de novo.