Susan Gasson - Teaching & Courses

I teach a range of undergraduate and graduate courses, in both organizational and technical aspects of Information Systems (IS) . I specialize in courses that require a synthesis of the "soft" organizational and "hard" technical aspects of IS, focusing on the achievement of transferable skills in professional practice as well as conceptual knowledge. My teaching approach utilizes many ideas from my research interests, which are focused on design, collaboration, problem-solving, and learning.

I endeavor also to incorporate reflective learning from my extensive industry experience as a systems designer, IS manager and consultant. My courses are designed to develop students’ critical thinking ability. I actively collaborate with students in problem-centered learning, enabling students to experiment with various forms of analysis in real-world or simulated situations and encouraging them to reflect on the lessons learned from their experience, so that they may apply these to further situations and examples. I attempt to present students with a class experience that simulates real-world problems and the complexity that they will encounter in their professional careers as IS analysts, future managers, and human beings with a capacity for personal development. The courses on which I teach regularly are: