(268)A CURRICULUM MODEL FOR POSTGRADUATE INFORMATIONTECHNOLOGY PROGRAM THREADS

摘要

The forces of technology, information, telecommunications and globalization are restructuring everyaspect of engineering, business and society. The combination of these factors is the key player in thistransformation and needs advanced IT professionals with breadth IT knowledge and specialized depthinto one of its evolving threads, to drive this evolution. We propose a set of Master programsspecifically designed to develop IT leadership at large, and strategic expertise into selected threads ofIT, in particular. We have selected the areas of networking, information security, e-business, ITmanagement and software engineering as specialization threads. The proposed program providescompetence in broad IT and responds to strategic needs in specific IT sectors. We describe ourcurriculum-design approach and explain the rationale of our proposed model.