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A capstone course for a computer information systems major

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, Volume 32, Issue 1

Pages 265 - 269

https://doi.org/10.1145/331795.331867

Published: 01 March 2000 Publication History

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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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Brooks, Jr., F.P. The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering. Addison Wesley, 1995.

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Brooks, Jr., F.P. No Silver Bullet - Essence and Accident in Software Engineering. Information Processing 1996, the Proceedings of the IFIP Tenth World Computing Conference (1996), IFIP, 1069- 1076.

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Hipsley, P. Developing Client~Server Applications with Oracle Developer/2000. SAMS Publishing, 1996.

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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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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin Volume 32, Issue 1

Mar. 2000

429 pages

ISSN:0097-8418

DOI:10.1145/331795

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John Impagliazzo
Hofstra Univ., Hemstead, NY

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SIGCSE '00: Proceedings of the thirty-first SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
May 2000
429 pages
ISBN:1581132131
DOI:10.1145/330908
Chairmen:
Boots Cassel,
Nell Dale,
Henry Walker,
Editor:
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