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)
or
ENGL 106 - Academic Writing and Critical Thinking (3 semester hours)
GEND 102 - The Creative Mind I (3 semester hours)
GEND 112 - The Scientific Mind: Physical Sciences (3 semester hours)
MATH 120 - College Algebra (3 semester hours)
SEMR 100 - Cornerstone (1 semester hour)

Total semester hours: 13

Spring Semester

CISC 120 - Programming I (4 semester hours)
COMM 110 - Speech (3 semester hours)
GEND 103 - The Creative Mind II (3 semester hours)
GEND 113 - The Scientific Mind: Life Sciences (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)
SEMR 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 201 - The Civic Mind (6 semester hours)
SEMR 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 351 - Organizational Mind (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)
SEMR 400 - Capstone (1 semester hour)

Total semester hours: 16

Summer Semester

Optional

Five Year Program Sequences

The following sequences should be used by the student following a Computer and Information Sciences B.S./M.S. Five Year Program