For Future IT Users, Courses Teach Business Apps 101
CIO, August, 2005 by Thomas Wailgum
The summer internship is the traditional way that university students get work experience. But at Villanova University, students studying for finance, business and nursing degrees can also learn about the real world through class work that incorporates the same software applications used in those professions.
While most business schools offer course work that covers IT, classroom experience with applications they will encounter on the job is less common, says Mike Zastrocky, vice president of academic strategies at Gartner. It may be even rarer in disciplines such as nursing where use of IT is relatively new, says Stephen Fugale, Villanova's CIO.
In January, Villanova opened its Applied Finance Lab where finance and MBA students are able to test the theories they...
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