2007-2008 Catalog (PDF) - Colorado State University-Pueblo

Hasan School of Business
Learning Outcome Assessment
The CIS program is committed to continuous
improvement through a rigorous assessment program
focused on measuring learning outcomes and
implementing measures to enhance students’ chances
of success. Within each individual course, faculty
members utilize a variety of assessment techniques,
including: student presentations, projects, peer
evaluations, examinations, and student surveys.
To assess the success of the overall program, the CIS
department conducts periodic surveys with a CIS
industry advisory board, CIS alumni, employers,
graduating seniors, and other interested groups.
Information gathered from these sources is developed
into specific actions that are implemented to improve
the quality of education provided by the CIS program.
General Requirements
• Students majoring in computer information
systems must maintain grades of C or higher in all
CIS courses. In addition, all required CIS prerequisites
must be completed with a grade of C or
higher.
• Students must complete at least 120 semester
hours in an approved program of study, including
52 hours in the major.
• Students must complete a minimum of 21 credits
of CIS upper-division course work. At least 16 of
these upper-division CIS credits must be taken in
residence.
• Students must complete a course planning
worksheet and participate in the advisement
process with a CIS faculty advisor.
Specific Requirements
CIS majors complete a total of 120 credits. Thirty-six
credit hours of general education requirements are
included, and specific instructions for CIS majors are
provided below. In addition, CIS majors are required to
complete 10 credits in quantitative analysis, 52 credits
in CIS major courses, 9 credits of required related
courses, and 13 additional credits in an information
systems environment.
General Education
Please refer to the General Education Requirements in
the Undergraduate Programs section of this catalog. In
meeting CSU-Pueblo’s general education requirement,
CIS majors must include the following:
Humanities:
Social Science:
Must include 3 credits of SPCOM
103 or equivalent
Must include ECON 201 and ECON
202 if Business minor
Mathematics: Must include MATH 121
Quantitative Analysis:
CIS majors must complete all of the following:
MATH 221 .......Applied Calculus
MATH 156 .......Introduction to Statistics
BUSAD 360 .......Advanced Business Statistics
CIS Major Courses:
CIS Courses Titles Credits
CIS 100 Intro to Word & Windows ................ 1
CIS 103 PowerPoint & Web Publishing ........ 1
CIS 104 Excel Spreadsheets........................ 1
CIS 105 MS Access DBMS .......................... 1
CIS 150 Computer Information Systems ...... 3
CIS 171 Intro to Java Programming.............. 4
CIS 185 PC Architecture............................... 3
CIS 215 UNIX Operating System ................. 3
CIS 240 Object-Oriented Analysis & Design .3
CIS 271 Adv. Program Design with Java...... 4
CIS 289 Network Concepts .......................... 3
CIS 311 Introduction to Web Development... 3
CIS 350 Data Base Systems ........................ 3
CIS 432 Senior Professional Project............. 6
CIS 493 Senior Seminar ............................... 1
CIS 3/400 Electives ....................................... 12
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TOTAL 52
Students may select from the wide range of CIS
electives listed below. By carefully selecting from the
list, students may focus their CIS major in one of the
following areas: computer security, software and web
application development, systems analysis and design,
database design and development, and network
design and administration.
CIS Electives (must total 12 credits)
CIS Courses Titles Credits
CIS 356 XML Programming.......................... 3
CIS 359 Advanced Programming with C# .... 3
CIS 360 IT Security....................................... 3
CIS 401 Network Systems Admin................. 3
CIS 402 Linux Networks & Routing............... 3
CIS 411 Internet Server-Side Programming . 3
CIS 450 Database Systems II....................... 3
CIS 461 IT Security Management................. 3
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