Proposed evaluation criteria for information systems programs accreditation

A working group, representing ACM, DPMA, and IEEE-CS, was formed to draft a set of guidelines, including criteria, for the accreditation of computer information systems' undergraduate programs. The guidelines and criteria are summarized below.

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This column briefly reviews the history of information systems (IS) accreditation and presents a set of criteria, that are in the development stages, for accrediting IS programs. The purpose of the draft IS criteria is to generate discussion within the ...

General Accreditation Criteria has been developed by the Computing Accreditation Commission (CAC) of ABET, Inc. (SIGCSE Bulletin, December 2003) with the requirement that the Criteria will apply to all computing programs CAC evaluates. The Criteria is ...