Knowledge/Skill Categories

General Knowledge/Skills
(based on required courses)

In-depth Knowledge/Skills
(based on elective courses)

Option 1
Information Technology:
Integration and Application

Option 2
Information Systems: Design and Development

Option 3
Information Context: People, Organizations, and Public Policy

IS project management

x

?

X

?

Business process improvement

x

X

? ?

x

Organizational change management

x

X

?

?

IS/IT integration

x

X

? ?

? ?

Designing and developing systems and software

x

x

x? ?

? ?

Information system implementation

x

? ? ?

X

x

IT strategic planning

x

?

?

x

Assessing user requirements

x

x

x

x

Understanding IT legal and ethical issues

x

?

?

x

Human-computer interface design

x

?

x

?

Database design

x

?

x

?

Network design

x

?

x

?

Writing and presenting

x

?

?

?

Specific IT skills

XML

x

x

x

?

Java

x

?

x

?

C++

x

?

?

?

UML

x

x

x

?

SQL

x

?

?

?

Process Modeling

?

x

?

?

Object Modeling

x

?

x

?

Data Modeling

x

?

?

?

HTML/Scripting

x

?

?

?

ASP

x

?

?

?