Gendron jarmoszko stand the why of network design, and learn the how at a very high level. We feel this is an appropri ate mix of skills for business school undergraduates. Anecdotally, we have seen the following: 1)several student report that they have gone on to obtain further network credentials(e.g, CiSco CCNA and Mi crosoft MCSE)as a result of this DCN course, and 2 )a group of students formed a successful consulting company after graduation and report that the skills learned in this class largely affected their choice of networking as a career path. These types of positive outcomes were not reported by students who took this class under the former method of presenting the material A framework for introducing business school MIS majors to networking and telecommunications has been introduced in this article. Approximately 150 students have been taught using the framework in its current form. It has been very successful and students report that they found it useful for their continued career growth due to its focus on dCn design methodologies References Chen, PP-S.(1976). The entity relationship model. ACM Transactions on Database Systems, 1(1),9-36 Davis, G. B, Gorgone, J. T, Couger, J D, Feinstein, D L, H.E. Longenecker, J(1997). IS97 Model Curriculum and Guidelines for Undergraduate Degree Programs in Information Systems. Data Base, 28(1), Bi-B94 Dobing, B, Parsons, J(2000). Understanding the role of Use Cases in UML: A Review and Research Agenda. Journal of Database Management, Oct-Dec Gorgone, J. T, Davis, G.B., Valacich, J.S., Heikki, T, Feinstein, D L, longenecker, H. E(2002). IS2002 Model cur- riculum Guidelines for Undergraduate Degree Programs in Information Systems, [ Web]. ACM, AlS, AITP. Available http://www.is2000.org/[2002,Dec121 livari,J, Koskela, E. (1987). The PlOCO model for information systems design. MIS Quarterly, 11(3),401-419 Johnson, L. E, Stallard, JJ, Tanner, T.R. (1999). An emprical analysis of the content of the data communications course: Academics'and practitioners'perspectives. Information Technology, Learning, and Performance Journal, 17(2), McGregor, J. (1998). Testing models: the requirements model. The Journal ofobject-Oriented Programming, 11(3), 20-31 Panko, R (2002). Business data networks and telecommunications( Fourth ed. ) Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall Yourdon, E, Constantine, L. L. (1979). Structured design. United States of America: Prentice-Hall, Inc Biographies Michael Gendron is currently Associate Professor in the Department of Management Information Sys- tems, School of Business, Central Connecticut State University. His research and teaching interests in clude Networking and Data Communications, Data and Information Quality, Internet governance and Healthcare Informatics. Prior to joining CCSU faculty, Dr. Gendron has held positions such as Chief Information Officer, Technology Coordinator, Networking and Telecommunications Consultant. He has over 27 years of industry and academic experience Andrzej tomasz Jarmoszko is an also Associate Professor in the department of Management Informa- tion Systems, School of Business, Central Connecticut State University. His primary teaching areas are systems analysis and design and data communications and networking. Prior to joining CCSU faculty, Dr. Jarmoszko was Manager for Strategic Planning at a major mobile communications company in Cen- tral Europe. His research interests include Information Systems curriculum, aligning knowledge man- agement with the strategy process, and strategic management in the communications industrGendron & Jarmoszko 1153 stand the “why” of network design, and learn the “how” at a very high level. We feel this is an appropri￾ate mix of skills for business school undergraduates. Anecdotally, we have seen the following: 1) several student report that they have gone on to obtain further network credentials (e.g., Cisco CCNA and Mi￾crosoft MCSE) as a result of this DCN course, and 2) a group of students formed a successful consulting company after graduation and report that the skills learned in this class largely affected their choice of networking as a career path. These types of positive outcomes were not reported by students who took this class under the former method of presenting the material. A framework for introducing business school MIS majors to networking and telecommunications has been introduced in this article. Approximately 150 students have been taught using the framework in its current form. It has been very successful and students report that they found it useful for their continued career growth due to its focus on DCN design methodologies. References Chen, P. P.-S. (1976). The entity relationship model. 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Information Technology, Learning, and Performance Journal, 17(2), 1-14. McGregor, J. (1998). Testing models: the requirements model. The Journal of Object-Oriented Programming, 11(3), 20-31. Panko, R. (2002). Business data networks and telecommunications (Fourth ed.). Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall. Yourdon, E., & Constantine, L. L. (1979). Structured design. United States of America: Prentice-Hall, Inc. Biographies Michael Gendron is currently Associate Professor in the Department of Management Information Sys￾tems, School of Business, Central Connecticut State University. His research and teaching interests in￾clude Networking and Data Communications, Data and Information Quality, Internet Governance and Healthcare Informatics. Prior to joining CCSU faculty, Dr. Gendron has held positions such as Chief Information Officer, Technology Coordinator, Networking and Telecommunications Consultant. He has over 27 years of industry and academic experience. Andrzej Tomasz Jarmoszko is an also Associate Professor in the Department of Management Informa￾tion Systems, School of Business, Central Connecticut State University. His primary teaching areas are systems analysis and design and data communications and networking. Prior to joining CCSU faculty, Dr. Jarmoszko was Manager for Strategic Planning at a major mobile communications company in Cen￾tral Europe. His research interests include Information Systems curriculum, aligning knowledge man￾agement with the strategy process, and strategic management in the communications industry