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Department of Computer Science
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Cleveland, OH 44114
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Phone: 216.687.4760
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CIS Concentration Field Requirements:
The following list provides a relatively complete guide to the academic requirements for a program of study in the Computer and Information Science (CIS) concentration of the Computer and Information Science Department. Each student's specific program requires the approval of a department advisor.
- General Education Requirements. Students should see an advisor in the Business College Office (BU 219) before choosing electives to satisfy General Education Requirements in the following areas: Mathematics or Logic, Arts/Humanities, Nonwestern Culture and Civilization, Western Culture and Civilization, Social Science, Natural Science, Human Diversity and the African-American Experience, and Writing Across the Curriculum.
- Eighteen semester hours of mathematics chosen from one of two sequences as follows:
1. (Recommended for all students) MTH 181-182 (Analytical Geometry and Calculus), MTH 220 (Introduction to Discrete Mathematics), MTH 284 (Matrices for Engineers), and MTH 323 (Statistics with Probability)
2. (Not available for engineering, science, or quantitative business concentrations) MTH 151-MTH 156 (Mathematical Concepts), MTH 220 (Introduction to Discrete Mathematics), OMS 201 and OMS 202 (Business Statistics).
- An eight semester-hour approved sequence in a Natural Science with Laboratory. Recommended sequences are PHY 243 and PHY 244 for students with calculus, and PHY 221 and 222 for others.
- Twenty-two semester hours of a Computer and Information Science core program: CIS 260 (Introduction to Programming), CIS 265 (Data Structures and Algorithms), CIS 335 (Language Processors), CIS 340 (C/C++ For Systems Programming), CIS 345 (Operating System Principles), and CIS 368 (Object Oriented Design and Programming).
- A minimum of 16 semester hours of Computer and Information Science electives.
- Each student must select an area of specialization in any field related to Computer and Information Science. At least 16 semester hours must be in this area, with at least 9 semester hours at the 300 level or higher. The area of specialization must be carefully related to the student's program and approved by the student's advisor. Sample programs of study showing a concentration in the various areas of business, engineering, technology, science, or mathematics are available from the department. Other programs, including concentrations within the CIS Department, that are tailored to the individual student's needs must be individually approved.
- At least 46 semester hours must be earned in courses at the 300 level or above.
- A total of 128 credit hours.
Additional Concentration Field Requirements
- In order to declare CIS as the concentration, the student must have completed one semester of calculus (MTH 181) with an average of C (2.00) or better, or one semester of math concepts (MTH 151-153) with an average of C+ (2.30) or better; and CIS 260 (Introduction to Programming) with a grade of C+ (2.30) or better. The student must also have an overall Grade Point Average of 2.00 or better.
- All Computer and Information Science courses must be passed with a grade of "C" or better.
- Any Computer and Information Science course taken without prior satisfactory completion of all catalog prerequisite courses will not be counted toward fulfillment of graduation requirements.
Students who intend to concentration in CIS or CSC should see an advisor in the CIS Department as soon as possible (no later than the end of the freshman year), even if they have not yet completed MTH 181 and CIS 260.
CIS Concentration Core Course Table:
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Prerequisite Tree Diagram of New BSCIS core— CIS Concentration
