IS in the Accounting Core Curriculum and Employer Knowledge Requirements: Integrating Research into a Graduate AIS Course
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Currently, many information systems (IS) departments and faculty are concerned about the status of information systems education and the role of information systems in both the undergraduate and graduate business core curriculum is being questioned internationally. The exploratory study described here examines the IS curriculum as it relates to accounting majors and the perceived needs of the business community, using the students in a graduate AIS class as research partners as a learning tool in the course.
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