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A model IT curriculum for ESL students

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SIGITE '05: Proceedings of the 6th conference on Information technology education

Pages 387 - 388

https://doi.org/10.1145/1095714.1095805

Published: 20 October 2005 Publication History

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This paper describes a model curriculum for a four-year Bachelor of Information Technology for a college system in which English is the language of instruction, but not the students' native tongue. Learning outcomes for English and general education are included in the curriculum along with learning outcomes for information technology core and elective courses. The curriculum includes sets of electives leading to specializations in four of the information technology pillars, namely programming, networking, web systems, and information management. The curriculum complies with standards of selected external accrediting bodies.

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A model IT curriculum for ESL students
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
      1. Model curricula

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SIGITE '05: Proceedings of the 6th conference on Information technology education

October 2005

402 pages

ISBN:1595932526

DOI:10.1145/1095714

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Rob Friedman
New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ

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Published: 20 October 2005

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