Computer Information Systems, End-User Computing Concentration, B.S.

An End-User Computing Concentration will be satisfied if the student includes both CAIS 0312 and CAIS 0337 , as well as one of CAIS 0212 and CAIS 0224 among the courses selected to complete the Computer Information Systems major.

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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