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Paths 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.
Application Development
| Course | Title |
Hours
|
|---|---|---|
| CIS 3030 | Business Web Page Development |
3
|
| CIS 4060 | Advanced Database Management Systems |
3
|
| CIS 4160 | Advanced Programming Seminar |
3
|
|
Total hours
|
9
|
Business Analytics
| Course | Title |
Hours
|
|---|---|---|
| CIS 3350 | Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining |
3
|
| CIS 3460 | Data Warehousing and Data Mining |
3
|
| CIS 4370 | Data Science and Big Data Analytics |
3
|
|
Total hours
|
9
|
Database Development and Administration
| Course | Title |
Hours
|
|---|---|---|
| CIS 3460 | Data Warehousing and Mining |
3
|
| CIS 4060 | Advanced Database Management Systems |
3
|
| CIS 4260 | Database Administration |
3
|
|
Total hours
|
9
|
Information Systems Security
| Course | Title |
Hours
|
|---|---|---|
| CIS 4500 | Information Systems Security Tools and Techniques |
3
|
| CIS 4550 | Information Systems Security Management and Information Assurance |
3
|
| and one from the following courses: | ||
| CIS 4280 | Network Installation and Administration |
3
|
| CIS 4281 | Network Installation and Administration with UNIX/Linux |
3
|
|
Total hours
|
9
|
|
Network Systems and Administration
| Course | Title |
Hours
|
|---|---|---|
| CIS 3280 | LAN and WAN Systems for Business |
3
|
| and two from the following courses: | ||
| CIS 4280 | Network Installation and Administration |
3
|
| CIS 4281 | Network Installation and Administration with UNIX/Linux |
3
|
| CIS 4500 | Information Systems Security Tools and Techniques |
3
|
|
Total hours
|
9
|
|
Web Development and Administration
| Course | Title |
Hours
|
|---|---|---|
| CIS 3030 | Business Web Page Development |
3
|
| CIS 4030 | Web Site Administration |
3
|
| CIS 4500 | Information Systems Security Tools and Techniques |
3
|
|
Total hours
|
9
|