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 ISC Program Objectives and Outcomes

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS (ISC)
1.
COMMUNICATION - Twelve (12) credit hours are required as follows:
 
PC
 EH 101 *English Composition I
 
PC
 EH 102 English Composition II
 
PC
 CA 275 Small Group  Communications
 
  And  
 
EH 372 Technical Writing (W)
2.
THE FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES - Twelve (12) credit hours are required consisting of:
 
a.
 one course (3 semester hours) from ARS 101, DRA 110, MUL 101, ARH 100, ARH 103, ARH 123, ARH 240 or ARH 242,
 
b.
 one course from EH 215, EH 216, EH 225, EH 226, EH 235, or EH 236,
 
c.
one additional course (3 semester hours) from Art, Drama, Foreign Languages, Music, Philosophy and Literature.
    And
 
d.
 PC CA 110 Public Speaking.
  Two courses in the SOCIAL SCIENCES or HUMANITIES must be either a Literature sequence from (EH 215-216, EH 225-226, EH 235-236) OR a History sequence from (HY 101-102, HY 135-136).
3. THE SOCIAL SCIENCES - Twelve (12) credit hours are required consisting of:
 
a.
 one course from HY 101, HY 102, HY 135, or HY 136
 
b.
 two additional courses (6 semester hours) from the following approved areas: Anthropology, Criminal Justice, Economics, Geography, History, Political Science, Psychology, and Sociology.
    And
 
c.
 PC EC 215 Principles of Microeconomics.
  Two courses in the SOCIAL SCIENCES or HUMANITIES must be either a Literature sequence from (EH 215-216, EH 225-226, EH 235-236) OR a History sequence from (HY 101-102, HY 135-136).
4.
THE NATURAL SCIENCES - Eight (8) credit hours of natural sciences, which must include laboratory experiences, are required from approved areas: Physics, Chemistry, Geology, Biology, and Geography 101 and 101L, Geography 102 and 102L.
5.
MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS - Nine (9) credit hours are required as follows:
 
A.
 one course from  
   
PC
 MA 120 Calculus and Its Applications
   
PC
 MA 125 Calculus I
 
PC
 MA 267 Discrete Math
      And    
 
B.
 one course from  
   
PC
 ST 210 Statistical Reasoning
   
PC
 BUS 245 Applied Business Statistics I
      And    
 
C.
 one course from  
   
PC
 BUS 255 Applied Business  Statistics II
   
ST 310 Statistical Research Techniques
   
ST 340 Design and Analysis  of Experiments
6.
INFORMATION SYSTEMS ENVIRONMENT - Fifteen (15) credit hours are required as follows:
 
A.
 Nine (9) credit hours from the following courses:
 
PC
 ACC 211 Accounting Principles I
 
PC
 ECO 215 Principles of Microeconomics
 
MGT 300 Management Theory  & Practice
 
B.
 Six (6) credit hours of 200 or higher courses from Accounting, Economics, Finance, Management, or Marketing.
Recommendation: Information Systems majors are encouraged to examine the General Business minor requirements for courses that could be used to satisfy both the Information Systems Environment and the General Business minor requirements.
7.
CORE COURSES - Forty-three (43) credit hours are required as follows:
 
PC
 CIS 100 Information Technology in Society
 
CIS 101 Freshman Seminar - CIS
 
PC
ISC
 175 Professional Productivity Applications
 
PC
CIS
 115 Beginning Programming
 
PC
ISC
 245 Info Systems in Organizations
 
PC
 ISC 272 System Architecture
 
PC
ISC
 285 Intermediate Programming
    CIS 321 Data Communications and Networking
   
CIS
 324 Database Design, Development, and Management
   
ISC
 360 Info Systems Analysis and Design (W)
   
ISC
 361 Database for Info Systems
   
ISC
 362 Information Systems Object-oriented Analysis & Design
    ISC 462 Information Systems Strategy and Policy
   
ISC
 475 Information Systems Project Management
   
CIS
 497 Senior Project (W)
      And  
    CIS 498 Senior Seminar
8.
CIS ELECTIVES - Nine (9) credit hours of approved electives are required. The following groups have been pre-approved as elective groups. All other elective combinations must be approved by the Information Systems Coordinator.
 
A.
Group I: Networking
 
 
Three (3) courses selected from:
 
ITE
 382 Network Administration
 
ITE
 384 Network Infrastructure
 
ITE
 476 Network Security Management
 
ITE
 484 Advanced Network Management
 
B.
Group II: Data Management
 
Three (3) courses selected from:
 
ITE
 370 Advanced Application  Development
 
ISC
 472 Advanced Data  Management
 
ISC
 457 Data Warehousing & Decision Support
 
ISC
 463 Info Systems DBA and  Security
 
C.
Group III: Web Publishing
 
Three (3) courses selected from:
 
ITE
 375 Publishing for the World  Wide Web
    ITE 380 Multimedia Production
 
ITE
 453 Web Site Management
 
ITE
 474 Human Computer Interface
 
D.
Group IV: Digital Forensics
 
Three (3) courses selected from:
 
ITE
 372 Advanced Operating Systems
 
ITE
 373 File Systems for Digital Forensics
   
ITE
 473 Digital Forensics Analysis
 
E.
 Group V: Health Informatics
    ISC 300 Health Informatics Clinical Environment
    ISC 410 Health Informatics
    ISC 450 Health Systems Analysis and Design
 
ISC 455 Health Decision Support Systems
9.
GENERAL STUDIES ELECTIVES - Hours as needed to meet degree and 128-semester-hour requirements. All General Studies Electives must be approved by the Information Systems Coordinator.
         
 
SUGGESTED FRESHMAN COURSES
Information Systems Major
Fall   Spring
CIS 100 HY one of (101, 102, 135,136)
CIS 101 ISC 245
CIS 175 Fine Arts/Humanities
EH 101* EH 102
MA 120 ACC 211
CA 110    
*Students with a sufficient ACT/SAT score in English Composition will not be required to take EH 101.