CIS Program
Development of a CIS Major
The goal of the program is to provide student with a well-rounded background in computer information systems which will allow her to pursue further study or to apply her knowledge in a variety of scientific, or business and industrial settings. There is a dual emphasis on managing data systems and on programming, allowing the student flexibility in integrating the subject with other areas and in pursuing further study.
Projected Curriculum Design
Curriculum
The Computer Information Systems curriculum supports the development, implementation, and management of systems for data acquisition, analysis, maintenance, and distribution. It shares much with computer science, especially the fundamental programming skills, but adds emphasis on the system and the information the system maintains, while reducing the emphasis on hardware design and some of the more engineering-related topics in computer science.
Computer Information Systems and Computer Science Courses
Ten courses will be developed, piloted, assessed, and incorporated over the five-year grant period.
| CIS Major | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Course Development Schedule | ||||||||||
| Course Development | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | |||||
| CIS 128 Computer Applications | Develop | Pilot | Assess | Assess | ||||||
| Incorporate | Incorporate | |||||||||
| CSC 304 Analysis of Algorithms | Redesign | Pilot | Assess | Assess | ||||||
| Incorporate | Incorporate | |||||||||
| CSC 310 Topics in Programming | Develop | Pilot | Assess | Assess | Assess | |||||
| Incorporate | Incorporate | Incorporate | ||||||||
| CIS 311 Operating Systems | Develop | Pilot | Assess | Assess | Assess | |||||
| Incorporate | Incorporate | Incorporate | ||||||||
| CIS 396 Special Topics | Develop | Pilot | Assess | Assess | ||||||
| Incorporate | Incorporate | |||||||||
| CSC 322 Computer Org. & Arch. | Redesign | Pilot | Assess | Assess | ||||||
| Incorporate | Incorporate | |||||||||
| CIS 420 Database Anal. & Design | Design | Pilot | Assess | Assess | Assess | |||||
| Incorporate | Incorporate | |||||||||
| CIS 450 Senior Project | Design | Pilot | Assess | Assess | Assess | |||||
| Incorporate | Incorporate | |||||||||
| CIS 452 Internship | Design | Pilot | Assess | Assess | ||||||
| Incorporate | ||||||||||
| CSC 325 Programming Languages | Redesign | Pilot | Assess | Assess | ||||||
| Incorporate | ||||||||||