Program: Computer and Information Sciences, Individualized Concentration Sequence - Harrisburg University of Science and Technology - Modern Campus Catalog™

2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Apr 15, 2025

Recommended Sequence for the Full-time Student Completing the Individualized Concentration

The sequence that appears below was developed based upon the availability of specific courses each semester and the successful completion of course prerequisites.

First Year

Fall Semester

Session 1

ENGL 105 - College Composition (3 semester hours)
or
ENGL 106 - Academic Writing and Critical Thinking (3 semester hours)
MATH 120 - College Algebra (3 semester hours)
EXPL 100 - Cornerstone (1 semester hour)

Session 2

CISC 120 - Programming I (4 semester hours)
GEND 102 - The Creative Mind I (3 semester hours)

Total semester hours: 14

Spring Semester

Session 1

COMM 110 - Speech (3 semester hours)
MATH 220 - Calculus I (3 semester hours)
EXPL 200 - Steppingstone (1 semester hour)

Session 2

GEND 103 - The Creative Mind II (3 semester hours)
GEND Group - Scientific Inquiry (3 semester hours)

Total semester hours: 13

Summer Semester

Session 1

GEND Group - Environmental and Life Sciences (3 semester hours)
MATH 280 - Introductory Statistics (3 semester hours)

Session 2

ENGL 200 - Advanced Composition and Technical Writing (3 semester hours)
GEND Group - Historical and Political Investigation (3 semester hours)

Total semester hours: 12

Second Year

Fall Semester

Session 1

MATH 210 - Discrete Mathematics I (3 semester hours)
Electives (3 semester hours)
EXPL 300 - Keystone (1 semester hour)

Session 2

CISC 160 - Data Structures (3 semester hours)
CISC 211 - Computer Organization and Architecture (4 semester hours)

Total semester hours: 14

Spring Semester

Session 1

CISC 225 - Information Systems Analysis and Design (3 semester hours)
CISC 233 - Essential Algorithms (3 semester hours)

Session 2

GEND Group - Leadership and Business (3 semester hours)
MATH 310 - Discrete Mathematics II (3 semester hours)

Total semester hours: 12

Summer Semester

Session 1

GEND Electives (3 semester hours)
MATH 250 - Introduction to Linear Algebra (3 semester hours)

Session 2

CISC 300-400 Level Electives (3 semester hours)
Electives (3 semester hours)
GEND Group - Historical and Political Investigation (3 semester hours)
(Select a course not previously completed)

Total semester hours: 15

Third Year

Fall Semester

Session 1

CISC 301 - Operating Systems (3 semester hours)
CISC 325 - Programming Languages Concepts and Paradigms (3 semester hours)

Session 2

CISC 298 - Project I (3 semester hours)
CISC 399 - Formal Languages and Automata Theory (3 semester hours)
Electives (3 semester hours)

Total semester hours: 15

Spring Semester

Session 1

CISC 300-400 Level Electives (3 semester hours)
CISC 365 - Internship (3 semester hours)
or
CISC 495 - Applied Practice (3 semester hours)

Session 2

CISC 498 - Project II (3 semester hours)
GEND Group - Leadership and Business (3 semester hours)
(Select a course not previously completed)

Total semester hours: 12

Summer Semester

Session 1

CISC 300-400 Level Electives (3 semester hours)
CISC 400-Level Electives (3 semester hours)

Session 2

CISC 400-Level Electives (3 semester hours)
GEND Electives (3 semester hours)
EXPL 400 - Capstone (1 semester hour)

Total semester hours: 13