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2014-2015 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
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2014-2015 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Information Systems (B.S.)

Bachelor’s degree requirements

Freshman year

Fall semester (15 credit hours)

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

Spring semester (14-15 credit hours)

  • Humanities/social science elective (second of five) Credits: (3)
  • Natural science elective Credits: (3)

Sophomore year

Fall semester (16 credit hours)

  • Humanities/social science elective (third of five) Credits: (3)

Spring semester (15-16 credit hours)

  • Unrestricted elective Credits: (3-4)
  • Communication Elective (first of three) Credits: (3)
  • Humanities/social science elective (fourth of five) Credits: (3)
  • Information Systems Environment elective (first of three) Credits: (3)
  • Credits: (3)

Junior year

Fall semester (16 credit hours)

  • Unrestricted elective Credits: (3)
  • Information Systems Environment elective (second of three) Credits: (3)
  • Communication elective (second of three) Credits: (3)

Spring Semester (15 credit hours)

  • Humanities/social science elective (fifth of five) Credits: (3)
  • Information Systems Environment elective (third of three) Credits: (3)
  • Communication elective (third of three) Credits: (3)
  • IS specialization elective (first of two) Credits: (3)

Senior year

Fall semester (16 credit hours)

  • Unrestricted electives Credits: (6)

Spring semester (16 credit hours)

  • IS specialization elective (second of two) Credits: (3)
  • Unrestricted electives Credits: (6)

Communications electives

Must be chosen from:

The IS specialization electives

Must be chosen from:

Total hours required for graduation (124)

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 115.

Humanities/social science electives must be taken from the list of courses approved by the College of Engineering.

Information Systems Environment electives must be an approved sequence of courses in an application domain where information systems are employed.

NOTE: K-State 8 General Education Requirements

IMPORTANT NOTES: Students who first enroll in Summer 2011 or later must meet the requirements of the K-State 8 General Education Program.

Students who began their programs of study in earlier terms under the University General Education (UGE) program may complete their degrees with UGE requirements or may choose to move to the K-State 8. Students should check with their academic advisors to determine which choice would be better. To switch, students must consult with their academic advisors.

Students who are readmitted in Summer 2011 and later will be designated as meeting the K-State 8 by the Office of Admissions. Deans’ offices can make an exception for the readmitted student who has completed UGE or who would prefer to complete UGE requirements.

For additional information about the University General Education program, check the requirements specified by the College of Engineering.