Summer And Fall 2012 Registration Letter - Brooklyn College - CUNY

22. A number of courses are offered jointly with other departments. Although most are not required
for the CIS major, majors may gain a lot of useful knowledge and skills from these courses. Some of
these are required for the Information Systems major.
o CISC 1530 (CIS 3.2) (Electronic Commerce, also BUSN 3120 (BUS 31.5)).
o CISC 1580W (CIS 8.3W) (Computer Management Games, also BUSN 4202W (BUS 80.3W))
o CISC 1590 (CIS 9.2) (Management Information Systems, also BUSN 3420 (BUS 31.3)) is a
course that surveys how computers are used in large organizations for organizing and
retrieving information.
o CISC 1597 (CIS 9.7) (Media and Business, also BUSN 3110 (BUS 31.7) and TVRA 3537 (TVR
31.7)) is a course that surveys new media such as the Web and how it is used in Business
applications.
o CISC 2531 (CIS 10.31) (Operations Management, also BUSN 3430 (BUS 31.4) is offered
jointly with the Business Program. It teaches how to manage the operations of a company
using computers. Students who want to go into commercial computing will find this course
very useful.
o CISC 2810 (CIS 10.22) (Macromolecular Structures and Bioinformatics) is offered jointly
with the Biology Department, is a course that introduces the fundamentals of biological
macromolecular structures and the computational tools important in determining
biological functions.
o CISC 2820W (CIS 12W) (Computers and Ethics, also PHIL 3318W (PHIL 14.4W)).
23. During the Summer 2012 semester we are offering CISC 3410 (CIS 32) (Artificial Intelligence). Topics
covered are taken from the areas of problem solving, perception, game playing, knowledge
representation, natural language understanding, programs that learn (adaptive programs), expert
systems, and programming languages for work in artificial intelligence. This is an excellent advanced
elective to take during the summer and serves to fulfill a major requirement.
24. The CIS Department offers a Minor in Multimedia Computing, for which computer science (and
other) majors are eligible. The minor requires:
a. All of the following: Computer and Information Science 1110 or 1180; 1600, 3110 and 3120
and 3130; and 3620 and or 3630.
b. Two of the following: Computer and Information Science 3610, 3415, 3635, 4610, 49.3,
3645, 3640, 3650, 3660, 3665, 3610, 3620, 3630, 3650, 3660, 3665, 4610.
Courses presented for the majors in Computer Science or Information Systems may also be used to
satisfy the minor in Multimedia Computing. You can have a major in computer science with a minor
in multimedia computing if you satisfy the major requirements and take the above courses.
Courses presented for the major in computer and information science may also be used to satisfy
the minor in multimedia computing.
25. The CIS Department offers a Minor in Cognitive Science together with the Departments of
Philosophy and Psychology. The minor consists of CISC 1110 (CIS 1.5), PHIL 3422 (Philosophy 5),