Computer Information Systems, B.S.

Requirements for the Computer Information Systems Major

The CIS program of study requires 66-70 credits in the major, to include 36-40 credits of direct CAIS study, 21 credits in business background courses, and 9 credits in supporting liberal arts course work (of which 9-10 credits simultaneously fulfill 3 core course requirements). The requirements are as follow:

Direct CAIS Study - 36-40 Credits:

CAIS 0125 - Introduction to Computer Information Systems Credits: 3
CAIS 0210 - Database Application Development Techniques Credits: 3
CAIS 0310 - Database Management Credits: 3
CAIS 0346 - Systems Analysis and Design Credits: 3
CAIS 0353 - Applied Development Project Credits: 3

CAIS Programming Language Sequence Elective (6-8 credits):

Students must select one sequence from the following:

CAIS 0117 - Introduction to Computer Programming Credits: 3
CAIS 0218 - PYTHON II Credits: 3
OR
CAIS 0120 - Computer Science/Program Design I Credits: 4 *
CAIS 0220 - Computer Science/Program Design II Credits: 4
OR
CAIS 0205 - Introduction to Cobol Credits: 3
CAIS 0308 - Advanced Cobol/File Processing Credits: 3

One of the following CAIS courses (Tier 2 electives) - 4 Credits:

CAIS 0120 - Computer Science/Program Design I Credits: 4 *
CAIS 0220 - Computer Science/Program Design II Credits: 4
CAIS 0236 - Computer Organization and Architecture Credits: 4

Note:

(*CAIS 0120 may satisfy either the Language Sequence or the Tier 2 requirement, but not both.)

Two of the following CAIS courses (Tier 3 electives) - 6 or 7 Credits:

CAIS 0230 - Data Structures/Algorithm Analysis Credits: 4
CAIS 0290 - Introduction to Computer Security Credits: 3
CAIS 0305 - Elements of Systems Programming Credits: 3
CAIS 0307 - Organization of Programming Languages Credits: 3
CAIS 0312 - End-User Computing: An Overview Credits: 3
CAIS 0316 - Web Programming Credits: 3
CAIS 0337 - Networking and Client/Server Computing Credits: 3
CAIS 0341 - Computer Graphics Credits: 3
CAIS 0347 - Introduction to Networking Credits: 3
CAIS 0350 - Artificial Intelligence Credits: 3

One additional Tier 2 or Tier 3 elective from the lists above - 3-4 Credits

Additional Graduation Requirements

All students must meet the University Graduation Requirements and complete a general education or common core of studies, distributed among the different academic areas as detailed in General Education: WISE or Common Core .

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