Area of Concentration

Option 1: CIS Degree without an Area of Concentration (9 credits)

This option does not require students to declare an area of concentration and thus allows them maximum flexibility in choosing their two upper-division CIS Electives and their CIS Capstone Group course.

• Computer Information Systems Capstone Group (any 4000-level CIS course excluding CIS 4050) (3 credits)
• Upper-division CIS Electives (6 credits)

Option 2: CIS Degree with an Area of Concentration (9 credits)

This option requires students to declare one, and only one, area of concentration. The area of concentration chosen dictates the CIS electives the students take. In addition, students complete the same set of core CIS courses as in Option 1.

Business Analytics Concentration

• CIS 3350 – Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining Credits: 3
• CIS 3460 – Data Warehousing and Mining Credits: 3
• CIS 4370 – Data Science and Big Data Analytics Credits: 3

Database Development and Administration

• CIS 3460 – Data Warehousing and Mining Credits: 3
• CIS 4060 – Advanced Database Management Systems Credits: 3
• CIS 4260 – Database Administration Credits: 3

Information Systems Security

• CIS 4500 – Information Systems Security Tools and Techniques Credits: 3
• CIS 4550 – Information Systems Security Management and Information Assurance Credits: 3

and

• CIS 4280 – Network Installation and Administration Credits: 3

or

• CIS 4281 – Network Installation and Administration with UNIX/Linux Credits: 3