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College Requirements
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College are required to successfully complete a set of courses in their course of study. These courses are presented in the following table.
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Course | Course Title | Credits | CS 101 | Computer Programming I | 4 | CS 102 | Computer Programming II | 3 | CS 151 | Introduction to Digital Design | 3 | CS 210 | Data Structures and Algorithms | 3 | CS 251 | Introduction to Computer Organization and Assembly Language | 3 | CS 285 | Discrete Math. for Computing | 3 | CS 330 | Introduction to Operating Systems | 3 | CS 331 | Data Comm. and Computer Networks | 3 | xx 490* | CS 490 Internship (CS majors) IS 490 Internship (IS majors) | 3 | xx 498* | CS 498 Senior Project I (CS majors) IS 498 Senior Project I (IS majors) | 1 | xx 499* | CS 499 Senior Project II (CS majors) IS 499 Senior Project II (IS majors) | 3 | MATH 113 | Calculus II | 3 | Free Electives * | 9 | | Total | 44 |
| * See the Co-Op Section. | Free Electives: The students in the department must select 9 credit hours of elective courses from any discipline within PSU. It is recommended that the student use these credit hours wisely to improve his chances of attaining more desirable career options. Contents of courses from their respective discipline areas in the catalog should be carefully read, and course selection should be done with the help of the student’s advisor. | | Co-Operative Education: Co-Op is a career-related professional program that is available to the CIS students. For more information, see the section of “Experiential Learning/Community Link At PSU” and the CS 492/IS 492 course descriptions. | | | CS 202: For non CS and IS majors only. | | | CS 483, CS 489: Instructor Consent. | | | CS 490: Advisor Consent. | | | CS 492, CS 494: Department Consent. | | | CS 498: Instructor Consent + Completion of 90 credit hours. | | | CS 499: CS 498. | | |
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3.1 The IS Core Courses | The IS core courses provide the main bulk of theory, principles, and knowledge of the information systems discipline. Additionally, these courses aim to give the IS student the necessary experience through real application, development, and practical training. | | Course | Course Title | Credits |
IS 201 | Introduction to Information Systems | 3 |
IS 225 | Systems Analysis and Design I | 3 |
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IS 325 | Systems Analysis and Design II | 3 |
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IS 330 | Database Management Systems | 3 | |
IS 333 | Information Systems Development | 3 | IS 370 | Project Management | 3 | IS 423 | Decision Support Systems | 3 |
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3.2 The IS Electives (9 credits)
| This section of IS courses represents a list of more specialized IS elective courses. The purpose of these courses is to expand the student’s knowledge in the field of IS. A student needs to select four of the courses listed below.
To fulfill the IS electives requirement, an IS student may select up to two courses from the 300 or 400 computer science courses, given that all prerequisites for such courses are met by the student. The student must get the approval of his advisor in order to register for CS courses. |
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| 3.3 Supporting Business Courses (18 Credits). |
Information systems are considered some of a business organization’s
most important assets. An IS graduate has a great opportunity to work in a
business organization analyzing and developing critical business information
systems. This makes it important for an IS graduate to have a basic
knowledge of operations and the working environment of a business
organization. Students in the IS program are required to take six business
courses. These courses are listed below. |
Course | Course Title | Credits | ACC 101 | Introduction to Financial Accounting | 3 | BUS 101 | Introduction to Business | 3 | BUS 371 | Production and Operations Management | 3 | BUS 373 | Management Information Systems | 3 | FIN 301 | Principles of Finance | 3 | MKT 301 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
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| 3.4 Supporting Communication Course (2 Credits) | | In addition to the college's requirement for communication skills for all its students, Information Systems students are expected to further improve their communication skills especially as they relate to the presentation and expression of technical information. |
Course | Course Title | Credits | COM 301 | Speech Communication for Technical Information | 2 |
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