Computer and Information Science: Information Systems Concentration, B.A.

Degree Requirements

A major in Computer and Information Science with an Information Systems Concentration is achieved by completion of the following requirements, in addition to the General Education courses and electives required for a degree.

Exploratory Distribution

Two courses chosen from either upper level CSC courses that are not needed to meet another requirement in the CIS major, Information Systems concentration, or the following:

CSC 102/ENG 102Intro Digital Humanities (ENG)

1 Course Credit

CSC 110Craft of Computing

1 Course Credit

CSC 111Storytelling-Comp Animation

1 Course Credit

BUS 114/CSC 114Business App & Prog (CSC)

1 Course Credit

or

CSC 114/BUS 114Business App & Prog (BUS)

1 Course Credit

CSC 121Introduction to Game Design

1 Course Credit

CSC 124Building Better Apps

1 Course Credit

CSC 126Intro to Robotics

1 Course Credit

SENS 320Intro-Geographic Info Sys GEO

1 Course Credit

TAD 130Design and Documentation

1 Course Credit

TAD 180Graphic Com and Design

1 Course Credit

TAD 330Advanced Design & Prototyping

1 Course Credit

TAD 382Studio in Graphic Design

1 Course Credit

TAD 455Comp Integrated Manufacturing

1 Course Credit

TAD 460Digital Electronics

1 Course Credit

Required Core Courses

BUS 221Management Info. Systems (CSC)

1 Course Credit

or

CSC 221Management Info. Systems (BUS)

1 Course Credit

CSC 226Software Design & Implement

1 Course Credit

CSC 236Data Structures

1 Course Credit

Required Capstone Course

The capstone requirement may be met by completing either CSC 493 or CSC 495. Note that selected UGR 010 or UGR 020 experiences may also satisfy the CIS major capstone requirement if approved by the CIS Department.

CSC 493Senior Projects

1/2 Course Credit

or

CSC 495Internship

1 to 3 Course Credits

 

Upper Level Distribution Courses

Five (5) of the following upper-level courses with at least one course at the 400 level as follows:

Design

Two courses chosen from the following: (one of these must be either CSC 330, Database Systems or CSC 350, Computer Security)

CSC 330Database Systems

1 Course Credit

CSC 410Computational Intelligence

1 Course Credit

CSC 420Programming Languages

1 Course Credit

CSC 426Open Source Software Enginrg

1 Course Credit


Foundations

One course chosen from:

CSC 303Theory of Computation

1 Course Credit

CSC 433/MAT 433Numerical Analysis (MAT)

1 Course Credit

or

MAT 433/CSC 433Numerical Analysis (CSC)

1 Course Credit

CSC 440Design & Analysis of Algorithm

1 Course Credit

CSC 445Comp Complexity & Modeling

1 Course Credit

Systems

One course chosen from:

CSC 300Embedded Systems

1 Course Credit

CSC 335Computer Organization

1 Course Credit

CSC 412Networking

1 Course Credit

CSC 425Operating Systems & VMs

1 Course Credit

CSC 450Computer Security

1 Course Credit

Enterprise

One course chosen from:

CSC 328Data Analytics (BUS)

1 Course Credit

or

BUS 328Data Analytics (CSC)

1 Course Credit

CSC 336E-Commerce (BUS)

1 Course Credit

or

BUS 336E-Commerce (CSC)

1 Course Credit

Required Collateral Courses - 5 courses

Economics and Business Collateral Courses - 3 courses

One course chosen from
BUS 120Accounting I

1 Course Credit

BUS 363Marketing

1 Course Credit

BUS 367Marketing Research

1 Course Credit

Required
BUS 315Management

1 Course Credit

ECO 250/HHP 264/MAT 438Applied Statistics

1 Course Credit

Discrete Mathematics Collateral

One collateral course chosen from the following (Note that MAT 312, Operations Research is strongly recommended):

MAT 216Discrete Mathematics

1 Course Credit

MAT 312Operations Research

1 Course Credit

MAT 415Combinatorics

1 Course Credit

Electricity and Electronics Collateral Course

One course chosen from:

TAD 265Electricity and Electronics

1 Course Credit

TAD 460Digital Electronics

1 Course Credit

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