The Curricular Content Of Accounting Information Systems

Abstract

This paper presents the results of a descriptive study of the current content of the undergraduate accounting information systems (AIS) course. A request for a copy of the course syllabus for the undergraduate AIS course was sent to two hundred schools.  The results are summarized in two ways.  First, the stated objectives of the course are categorized according to emphasis of the topical areas suggested by the AAA Committee on Contemporary Approaches to Teaching Accounting Information Systems [1987] and  the AICPA’s  Information Technology in the Accounting Curriculum [1997].  Second, syllabi are analyzed for projects assigned and software utilized; based on the AICPA’s, basic pre-qualification skills for users of information technology.