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A capstone course for a computer information systems major

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SIGCSE '00: Proceedings of the thirty-first SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education

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https://doi.org/10.1145/330908.331867

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This paper describes the current form and organization of Humboldt State University's CIS 492: Systems Design and Implementation, the capstone course for the Computer Information Systems (CIS) major. Since Spring 1998, this course has combined a team programming experience on a large-scale database project with discussions of a software engineering classic, Frederick Brooks Jr.'s “The Mythical Man Month”[1]. Students seem to find this combination valuable, and it is hoped that this paper can impart some useful ideas to others in designing a CIS/MIS capstone course.

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Tuttle, S.M. HSU CIS 492 Project Handout, Fall 1999. Online. Intemet. {August 30, 1999}. Available WWW: http://www.humboldt.edu/-st ! 0/f99 492proiectl .rtf, http://www.humboldt.edu/-st 10/f99 492proiectl.html

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A capstone course for a computer information systems major
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
      1. Computing education programs
        Information systems education
      2. Model curricula

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DOI:10.1145/330908

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