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This paper details experiences in developing an undergraduate Computer Information Systems (CIS) curriculum at a small liberal arts school. The development of the program was based on the study of needs assessment. Findings were based on the analysis of four sources of data: the results of an industry needs survey, data from a needs assessment project of the University System of Georgia, Georgia Department of Labor occupational projection until the year 2005, and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics occupational projection until 2005. The task of developing the CIS program was broken into six phases: (1) performing needs assessment; (2) defining goals and objectives of the program; (3) identifying CIS curriculum guidelines and other sources of feedback; (4) planning for human and equipment resources needed for the program; (5) studying target students; and (6) developing the curriculum. Details of the curriculum and its characteristics are presented and compared with other similar curricula. (Author/AEF)

1Boy Crusoe

By Allan Eric

Also published as" A Yankee Crusoe" . A 15 year old hard working and studious farm boy finds the lure of adventure on the seas as a merchant seaman more than he can resist. This is his story. " I was born in a little town in the State of Maine, near the close of the Civil War. My boyhood life did not differ materially from that of the average farmer's son in the remote country districts of New England--except, perhaps, that I read more and thought more. Hard work on the rugged soil, two terms each year in the little yellow country schoolhouse, a day's fishing now and then filled the early years of my life full to over-flowing. " What he gets is enough excitement and adventure to overflow his wildest dreams. How he experiences disaster and uses his wits and knowledge to overcome every problem makes for a great read. - Summary by Phil Chenevert