The request to change Software and Information Systems Concentration requirements

Memo Date: 
Monday, August 23, 2010
To: 
College of Computing & Informatics
From: 
Clarence Greene, Faculty Governance Program Assista
Approved On: July 21, 2010
Implementation Date: 2010

Note: Deletions are strikethroughs.  Insertions are underlined.


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Traditional ProgramSoftware and Information Systems. This concentration requires 120 credit hours total, including 51 hours of major courses, 12 hours of English and communications courses, 12 hours in mathematics and statistics, 10 hours of sciences, 6 hours of critical thinking and ethics, and 14-17 hours of General Education courses and free electives. Required major courses include: ITIS 2110/2110L, 2300, 3200, 3300, 3310, and 3320 and 4166; ITCS 1212/1212L, 1213/1213L, 1215, 2175, 2214, 2215, 3160, 3166, and 3688; PHIL 1105 and ITIS 2211; and 9 hours of approved ITIS or ITCS courses numbered 3000 or above. Required English and communications courses include ENGL 1101 and ENGL 1102 (or ENGL 1103), ENGL 2116, and COMM 2105. The mathematics and statistics requirements can be fulfilled by completing one of two course sequences:

  • • MATH 1120, 2164; and STAT 1220, 2223
  • • MATH 1241, 1242, 2164; and STAT 2122

In addition, each student must complete at least 15 semester hours in a concentration of courses that form a coherent body of study related to developing applications of information systems. At least six of the 15 hours must be upper division courses. These courses must be completed in a major outside the College of Computing and Informatics and require approval of the student’s academic advisor.