2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog

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2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog

Computer and Information Sciences, Individualized Concentration Sequence

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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

ENGL 105 - College Composition (3 semester hours)
GEND Focus Area - Environmental and Life Sciences (3 semester hours)
or
GEND Focus Area - Scientific Inquiry (3 semester hours)
GEND 102 - The Examined Life I: Psychology and The Self (3 semester hours)
MATH 140 - Precalculus (3 semester hours)
EXPL 100 - Cornerstone (1 semester hour)

Total semester hours: 13

Spring Semester

CISC 120 - Programming I (4 semester hours)
COMM 110 - Speaking for Success (3 semester hours)
GEND Focus Area - Environmental and Life Sciences (3 semester hours)
or
GEND Focus Area - Scientific Inquiry (3 semester hours)
(Select the group not previously completed)
GEND 103 - The Examined Life II: Social Problems and Progress (3 semester hours)
MATH 220 - Calculus I (3 semester hours)

Total semester hours: 16

Summer Semester

Optional

Second Year

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)

Total semester hours: 16

Spring Semester

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

Total semester hours: 13

Summer Semester

Optional

Third Year

Fall Semester

CISC 298 - Project I (3 semester hours)
CISC 301 - Operating Systems (3 semester hours)
CISC 300-400 Level Elective (3 semester hours)
Electives (6 semester hours)

Total semester hours: 15

Spring Semester

CISC 325 - Programming Languages Concepts and Paradigms (3 semester hours)
CISC 365 - Internship (3 semester hours)
CISC 399 - Formal Languages and Automata Theory (3 semester hours)
GEND Focus Area - Historical and Political Investigation (6 semester hours)
EXPL 300 - Keystone (1 semester hour)

Total semester hours: 16

Summer Semester

Optional

Fourth Year

Fall Semester

CISC 300-400 Level Elective ( 3 semester hours)
CISC 400 Level Elective ( 3 semester hours)
CISC 498 - Project II (3 semester hours)
GEND Focus Area - Leadership and Business (6 semester hours)

Total semester hours: 15

Spring Semester

Electives (3 semester hours)
GEND electives (6 semester hours)
CISC 300-400 Level Elective (3 semester hours)
CISC 400 Level Elective ( 3 semester hours)
EXPL 400 - Capstone (1 semester hour)

Total semester hours: 16

Summer Semester

Optional

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