The Computer Information Systems concentrations are designed to align with the latest Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers and Association for Computing Machinery (IEEE/ACM) model curriculum recommendations (Computing Curricula 2001), the ACM Special Interest Group for Information Technology Education (SIGITE) and to provide students with the skills necessary to obtain an entry-level position in the specialty of database design, programming, Web development, network and telecommunications systems.
Semester One
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Credit Hours
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BUS 141
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Introduction to Business
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3
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CIS 101
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Introduction to Computer Science
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3
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#
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CIS 121
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Introduction to Programming
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3
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#
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CIS 125
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Discrete Mathematics for Computing1
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4
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BUS 103
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Keyboarding Technique
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1
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#
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RHT 124
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Communications I 2 or
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#
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RHT 101
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Freshman Rhetoric & Composition I 2
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3
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17
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Semester Two
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ACC 100
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Basic Accounting I 3 or
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ACC 101
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Financial Accounting3
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3
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#
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RHT 138
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Communications II or
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SPE 101
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Principles of Effective Speaking2
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3
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#
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CIS 170
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Introduction to LAN Administration: Novell or
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CIS 174
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Introduction to LAN Administration: Windows OS or
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#
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CIS 177
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Introduction to UNIX
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3
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#
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CIS 310
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Data Communications and Networking Fundamentals
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3
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Selections from appropriate concentration
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5
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17
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Semester Three
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#
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ACC 103
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Basic Accounting II3 or
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#
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ACC 105
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Managerial Accounting3
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3
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General education/Humanities
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1
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SSC 190
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Contemporary Society or
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PSC 150
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American National Politics or
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HIS 151
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History of the U.S. to 1877
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3
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#
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CIS 276
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Operating Systems Introduction or
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#
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CIS 277
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Microcomputer Operating Systems
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3
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Selections from appropriate concentration
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6
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16
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Semester Four
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HTH 104
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Science of Personal Health or
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HTH 281
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First Aid & CPR
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2
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Selections from appropriate concentration
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15-17
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17-19
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Total credits required for graduation
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67-69
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Coordinator: Marianne Stefanski, Ext. 3786