Computer and Information Sciences, Individualized Concentration/Computer Information Sciences, Scientific Computing Concentration Five-Year Program Sequence

Fall Semester

• ENGL 105 - College Composition (3 semester hours)

• or

• ENGL 106 - Academic Writing and Critical Thinking (3 semester hours)

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• GEND Group - Scientific Inquiry (3 semester hours)
• GEND 102 - The Creative Mind I (3 semester hours)
• MATH 120 - College Algebra (3 semester hours)
• SEMR 100 - Cornerstone (1 semester hour)

Spring Semester

• CISC 120 - Programming I (4 semester hours)
• COMM 110 - Speech (3 semester hours)
• GEND Group - Environmental and Life Sciences (3 semester hours)
• GEND 103 - The Creative Mind II (3 semester hours)
• MATH 220 - Calculus I (3 semester hours)

Summer Semester

Optional

Fall Semester

• ENGL 200 - Advanced Composition and Technical Writing (3 semester hours)
• CISC 160 - Data Structures (3 semester hours)
• CISC 211 - Computer Organization and Architecture (4 semester hours)
• MATH 210 - Discrete Mathematics I (3 semester hours)
• MATH 280 - Introductory Statistics (3 semester hours)

Spring Semester

• CISC 225 - Information Systems Analysis and Design (3 semester hours)
• CISC 233 - Essential Algorithms (3 semester hours)
• GEND electives (3 semester hours)
• MATH 250 - Introduction to Linear Algebra (3 semester hours)
• MATH 310 - Discrete Mathematics II (3 semester hours)
• SEMR 200 - Steppingstone (1 semester hour)

Summer Semester

Optional

Fall Semester

• CISC 298 - Project I (3 semester hours)
• CISC 301 - Operating Systems (3 semester hours)
• CISC 300-400 Level Elective (3 semester hours)
• GEND Group - Leadership and Business (6 semester hours)

Spring Semester

• CISC 325 - Programming Languages Concepts and Paradigms (3 semester hours)
• CISC 365 - Internship (3 semester hours)
• CISC 300-400 Level Elective (3 semester hours)
• GEND Group - Historical and Political Investigation (6 semester hours)
• SEMR 300 - Keystone (1 semester hour)

Summer Semester

Optional

Fall Semester

• CISC 300-400 Level Elective (3 semester hours)
• CISC 400 Level Elective (3 semester hours)
• CISC 498 - Project II (3 semester hours)
• CISC 530 - Computing Systems Architecture (3 semester hours) *
• CISC 610 - Data Structures and Algorithms (3 semester hours) *

Spring Semester

• CISC 399 - Formal Languages and Automata Theory (3 semester hours)
• CISC 400 Level Elective (3 semester hours)
• CISC 600 - Scientific Computing I (3 semester hours) *
• CISC 603 - Theory of Computation (3 semester hours) *
• GEND electives (3 semester hours)
• SEMR 400 - Capstone (1 semester hour)

Summer Semester

Optional

Fall Semester

• CISC 525 - Big Data Architecture (3 semester hours)
• CISC 601 - Scientific Computing II (3 semester hours)
• GRAD 695 - Research Methodology & Writing (3 semester hours)
   
• Elective (3 semester hours)
  or
• CISC 691 - Current Topic in SCMP (3 semester hours)

Spring Semester

• CISC 520 - Data Engineering & Mining (3 semester hours)

• CISC 614 - Computer Simulation (3 semester hours)

• CISC 699 - Applied Project in CISC (3 semester hours)
  or
• GRAD 699 - Graduate Thesis (3 semester hours)​

• Elective (3 semester hours)
  or
• CISC 681 - Special Topic in SCMP (3 semester hours)

Summer Semester

Optional