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 any of the following:
| CSC 102/ENG 102 | Intro Digital Humanities (ENG) | 1 Course Credit |
| CSC 110 | Craft of Computing | 1 Course Credit |
| CSC 111 | Storytelling-Comp Animation | 1 Course Credit |
| BUS 114/CSC 114 | Business App & Prog (CSC) | 1 Course Credit |
| | or | |
| CSC 114/BUS 114 | Business App & Prog (BUS) | 1 Course Credit |
| CSC 121 | Introduction to Game Design | 1 Course Credit |
| CSC 124 | Building Better Apps | 1 Course Credit |
| CSC 126 | Intro to Robotics | 1 Course Credit |
| ETAD 130 | Design and Documentation | 1 Course Credit |
| ETAD 180 | Graphic Com and Design | 1 Course Credit |
| ETAD 330 | Advanced Design & Prototyping | 1 Course Credit |
| ETAD 382 | Studio in Graphic Design | 1 Course Credit |
| ETAD 455 | Comp Integrated Manufacturing | 1 Course Credit |
| ETAD 460 | Digital Electronics | 1 Course Credit |
| PHY 221 | Intro Physics I with Calculus | 1 Course Credit |
| SENS 320 | Intro-Geographic Info Sys GEO | 1 Course Credit |
Required Core Courses
| BUS 221/CSC 221 | Management Info. Systems (CSC) | 1 Course Credit |
| | or | |
| CSC 221/BUS 221 | Management Info. Systems (BUS) | 1 Course Credit |
| CSC 226 | Software Design & Implement | 1 Course Credit |
| CSC 236 | Data 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 493 | Computing Design Practicum | 1 Course Credit |
| | or | |
| CSC 495 | Internship | 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 301 | Human-Centered Computing | 1 Course Credit |
| CSC 330 | Database Systems | 1 Course Credit |
| CSC 410 | Computational Intelligence | 1 Course Credit |
| CSC 420 | Programming Languages | 1 Course Credit |
| CSC 426 | Open Source Software Enginrg | 1 Course Credit |
Foundations
One course chosen from:
| CSC 303 | Theory of Computation | 1 Course Credit |
| CSC 433/MAT 433 | Numerical Analysis (MAT) | 1 Course Credit |
| | or | |
| MAT 433/CSC 433 | Numerical Analysis (CSC) | 1 Course Credit |
| CSC 440 | Design & Analysis of Algorithm | 1 Course Credit |
| CSC 445 | Comp Complexity & Modeling | 1 Course Credit |
Systems
One course chosen from:
| CSC 300 | Embedded Systems | 1 Course Credit |
| CSC 335 | Computer Organization | 1 Course Credit |
| CSC 412 | Networking | 1 Course Credit |
| CSC 425 | Operating Systems & VMs | 1 Course Credit |
| CSC 450 | Computer Security | 1 Course Credit |
Enterprise
One course chosen from:
Required Collateral Courses - 5 courses
Economics and Business Collateral Courses - 3 courses
One course chosen from
| BUS 120 | Accounting I | 1 Course Credit |
| BUS 363 | Marketing | 1 Course Credit |
| BUS 367 | Marketing Research | 1 Course Credit |
Required
Discrete Mathematics Collateral
One collateral course chosen from the following (Note that MAT 312, Operations Research is strongly recommended):
| MAT 216 | Discrete Mathematics | 1 Course Credit |
| MAT 312 | Operations Research | 1 Course Credit |
| MAT 415 | Combinatorics | 1 Course Credit |
Electricity and Electronics Collateral Course
One course chosen from:
| ETAD 265 | Electricity and Electronics | 1 Course Credit |
| ETAD 460 | Digital Electronics | 1 Course Credit |