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This document discusses requirements for a new MSc Degree offered by the College of Information and Computer Science at Long Island University. It is a loose discussion at this time.
The degree program is called Information Systems Architecture and Design ISAD.
ISAD graduates should be able to build an entire web-based information system from scratch given
with any requirement for closed-access literature, just with information gathered from the Web.
Students in the program will require a technical subject core. The first core topics are
These have to be taken before any others are taken. The second core topics are
Students who have finished most of the core topics can take optional courses. These include
Note that is this order, theoretical and technical courses are taken before non-technical courses are. The philosophy of this proposal is that students have to cover a technical, hands-on base ground first. This is the first basic principle of the ISAD course.
The second basic principle of the course is that all all technology courses are limited to open source technologies. There are two motivations for this. First, the students should not be locked into skill set that is limited by and depends on specific commercial software offering. Second, open source is a big marketing vehicle. There is a lot of media interest in the topic.
The third basic principle is that the course should be as openly available as possible. In particular, all course documentation must be on the web. All slide presentations by every instructor in the program must be on the web. We hope that many in the open source community will take advantage of the learning materials created by the course.