Undergraduate Bulletin - Illinois Institute of Technology

Computer Science
Specializations in Computer Science
Students in either the CS or CIS program may elect to
complete one of these specializations by choosing their computer
science electives and free electives appropriately, or
by taking extra classes. The student must receive department
approval and notify the Office of Undergraduate Academic
Affairs. A minimum of four courses are required for
a specialization.
Data Science
BUS 371 Strategies for Reaching New Markets
CS 451 Introduction to Distributed Computing
CS 442 Data Mining
OR
CS 584 Machine Learning
MATH 481 Introduction to Stochastic Processes
OR
MATH 483 Design and Analysis of Experiments
Note: MATH 481 has prerequisites of MATH 332 or
MATH 333 and MATH 475; MATH 483 has a prerequisite
of MATH 476.
Distributed and Cloud Computing
CS 451 Introduction to Distributed Computing
CS 455 Data Communication
CS 442 Mobile Applications Development
OR
CS 447 Distributed Options
CS 553 Cloud Computing
Information and Knowledge Management Systems
Students must take the following courses:
CS 425 Database Organization
CS 482 Information & Knowledge Management
Systems
In addition, they should choose at least two courses from
the following:
CS 422 Introduction to Data Mining
CS 429 Introduction to Information Retrieval
Systems
CS 481 Artificial Intelligence: Language
Understanding
Information Security
CS 425 Database Organization
CS 458 Information Security
CS 455 Data Communications
CS 549 Cryptography and Network Security
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