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COURSES OF INSTRUCTION FOR COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS

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Courses numbered below 100 are developmental, courses in the 100 series are designed for freshmen, 200 courses are for sophomores, and 300 and 400 courses are for juniors and seniors.


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Admission to courses numbered 300 or above requires sophomore standing and completion of six semester hours of non‑developmental English and three semester hours of non‑developmental mathematics.


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Numbers preceded by an asterisk (*)indicate courses carrying undergraduate credit or graduate credit. Such courses are structured to ensure appropriate attention to both groups.


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Courses numbered 500 to 599 are designed for graduate students. Seniors, however, may be admitted under certain conditions (see Admissions of Seniors to Part‑Time Graduate Study).


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A freshman or sophomore cannot register for a course listed and offered for graduate or undergraduate credit, if a graduate student is enrolled in the course.


Courses numbered below 100 are developmental and are not acceptable for credit toward graduation. Some other courses numbered above 100 may not carry credit toward graduation; see course description.

The numerical listing after the course titles gives the following information:

first number :  

semester credit hours


second number :  

lecture hours per week


third number :  

laboratory or other contact hours per week.


ACCT 205 :  

Introduction to Financial Accounting. 03‑3‑0. (3 semester credit hours. 3 hours lecture per week. No laboratory.) (52.0301)


BIOL 204 :  

General Microbiology Laboratory. 1-0-3. (1 semester credit hour. No lecture. 3 hours laboratory per week.) (26.0503)


CHEM 451 :  

Research Problems. 2‑1‑3.(2 semester credit hours. 1 hour lecture per week. 3 hours laboratory per week.) (40.0599)


Courses offered only in specific semesters are identified by the following designations:

Su only  

Fa-odd years only

Sp only  

Fa-even years only

Fa only  

Sp-odd years only

  

Sp- even years only


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If courses have no designation(s), they are generally offered each semester, but student‘s should contact individual departments for variations.

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Summer Session course offerings vary greatly. Students must consult with their Dean's office for summer course offerings.


The University reserves the right to withdraw, modify, or add to the courses offered.

The four capital letters in parentheses represent the computerized abbreviation for that subject field; the abbreviation is often used on documents and course schedules. The numbers in parentheses represent the Integrated Post-secondary Education Data System (IPEDS).


Computer Information Systems (CIS‑52.12)


CIS 231. Management Information Systems. 3‑3‑0. Prerequisites: Sophomore standing and CMPS 101, or OIS 200, or permission of department head. Introduction to business information resources, system design and information management. Topics include computer hardware, systems analysis, database management decision support systems and distributed data processing. (52.1201)

CIS 250. Object Programming and Data Structures Using C++. 3-3-0. Prerequisite: C or better in CMPS 120 or permission of department head. Object oriented programming in C++ and elementary data structures with applications to information systems. Fa only. (11.0202)

CIS 305. Applied Database Software Development. 3‑3‑0. Prerequisites: C or better in both CIS 231 and CMPS 120. Application of computer programming and system development concepts, principles, and practices to a comprehensive systems development project in a database environment. Fa and Sp only (11.0501)

CIS 306. Systems Development I. 3‑3‑0. Prerequisite: C or better in CIS 305. Use information systems methodology to solve enterprise‑wide managerial and organizational problems. Students will use systems design methodologies to develop single‑user systems using database. Sp only. (11.0501)

CIS 310. Data Communications. 3‑3‑0. Prerequisites: C or better in both CIS 231 and CMPS 120. Analysis and design of data communications systems. Topics include network design and management, and telecommunication concepts and management. Fa only. (11.0901)

CIS 350. Rapid Application Development. 3-3-0. Prerequisite: C or better in CIS 250 or CMPS 221 or permission of department head. Rapid application development of information systems through prototyping, object-oriented technologies, visual programming, and fourth generation languages. Sp only. (11.0202)

CIS 400. Internship in Computer Information Systems. 3‑0‑6. Prerequisites: Fulfillment of the minimum requirements for an internship as defined by the College of Business Administration, and C or better in both CIS 306 and 310. Supervised practical experience in a computer information systems department of an approved firm or agency. Open to CIS majors only. (52.1299)

*CIS 407. Systems Development II. 3‑3‑0. Prerequisites: C or better in both CIS 306, and CIS 350. Use information systems methodologies to solve enterprise‑wide managerial and organizational problems. Students will use systems design methodologies to develop multi‑user system including using database. Fa only. (11.0501)

*CIS 410. Special Topics. 3‑3‑0. Prerequisites: C or better in both CIS 306, and CIS 350. Selected current topics in computer information systems. May be repeated for credit if content differs. Fa only. (52.1299)

CIS 440. Electronic Commerce: Business Uses of the Internet. 3-3-0. Prerequisites: C or better in CIS 231, MNGT 301, and MKTG 300 or permission of the department head. Tools, technologies, opportunities, challenges, strategies for business use of the Internet, and the impact of the emerging electronic market in today-s corporations. Sp only. (52.1299)

*CIS 460. Management of Information Systems. 3‑3‑0. Prerequisites: C or better in both MNGT 301 and CIS 305. Principles and concepts involved in the management of organizational information systems resources. Includes information systems planning, legal and professional issues, and strategic impact of information systems. Sp only. (52.1201)

*CIS 485. Special Problems in Business Information Processing. 3‑3‑0. Prerequisite: C or better in CIS 407. Solution of an information system problem using project management and information systems methodologies in a group project environment. Sp only. (52.1299)

CIS 510. Information Support Systems. 3‑3‑0. Current and expected information support system technologies and their implications for information support operations. Fa- even years only. (52.1201)


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