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2008-2009 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2008-2009 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Information Systems (B.S.)


The information systems curriculum emphasizes meeting the information needs of business and commerce. The curriculum closely follows programs designed by the Association for Computing Machinery and the Data Processing Management Association.

Five specializations are available, each designed to develop additional skills supportive of needs of the industry. These specializations are information systems analyst/designer (analyzes information needs, designs, and maintains information systems, manages system projects), database manager (designs, uses, maintains, and manages database systems), management information systems specialist (defines organization requirements, acts as a management-technical communication channel, evaluates information systems, manages analyst/programmers), application programmer (designs detail logic, codes, verifies, documents programs and systems), and communications  analyst (designs and implements distributed information systems, specifiesand designs interface to the communication system.)

A person seeking a bachelor of science degree in information systems must fulfill the following requirements:

Bachelor’s degree requirements

Freshman year


Fall semester (15 credit hours)


  • Humanities/social science elective (first of six) Credits: (3)
  • Unrestricted elective Credits: (3)

Spring semester (15-16 credit hours)


  • Humanities/social science elective (second of six) Credits: (3)
  • Unrestricted elective Credits: (3)

Sophomore year


Fall semester (16 credit hours)


  • Humanities/social science elective (third of six) Credits: (3)
  • Natural science elective with laboratory (first of four) Credits: (4)

Spring semester (16 credit hours)


  • Natural science elective with laboratory (second of four) Credits: (4)
  • Unrestricted elective Credits: (4)

Junior year


Spring semester (15-16 credit hours)


  • Natural science elective (third of four) Credits: (3)
  • Humanities/social sciene elective (fourth of six) Credits: (3)
  • Unrestricted elective Credits: (5-6)

Senior year


Fall semester (15 credit hours)


  • Technical elective Credits: (3)
  • Natural science elective (fourth of four) Credits: (3)
  • Humanities/social science elective (fifth of six) Credits: (3)

Spring semester (16 credit hours)


  • Humanities/social science elective (sixth of six) Credits: (3)
  • Technical elective Credits: (3)
  • Unrestricted electives Credits: (7)

Notes


A grade of C or better is required for all graded courses listed by specific course number above.

All students new to the CIS department must complete CIS 015.

Humanities/social science electives must be taken from a list approved by the College of Engineering and must include 9 hours from at least two of the following departments: English, History, Modern Languages, and Philosophy (except PHILO 492). At least 6 pf these hours must be UGE courses at the 300 level or above.

An unrestricted elective is any 100- or higher-level course, excluding courses listed as a prerequisite to a required course, approved by an advisor.

Total hours required for graduation (124)