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PROGRAMS / COURSE DESCRIPTION
COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS
application experts, modeling enterprises, preparing
documentation, and designing programs and databases.
This course is a prerequisite to all object-oriented
programming language courses for it provides a
requisite baseline working knowledge of unique objectoriented
concepts and structure such as classes,
objects and methods, encapsulation, inheritance,
polymorphism and message abstraction, and static
virtual methods.
CIS 105 INTRODUCTION TO SYSTEMS ANALYSIS
Units: 3.0 - 48-54 hours lecture. CSU. Offered Spring.
(No prerequisite)
Introduces the three major skills required to perform
effectively as a beginner in a systems analysis
environment. Defines the specific steps in the
determination of new systems’ requirements, system
design, and the creative process used to select and
make recommendations as to one or more solutions to
system development.
CIS 106 INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER
TECHNOLOGY FOR EDUCATORS
Units: 4.0 - 48-54 hours lecture and 48-54 hours
laboratory. CSU (No prerequisite)
A survey course which provides an overview of
computer technology for multi-disciplinary majors, but
with emphasis on its role in educational settings. The
course provides instruction in a variety of topics
supported by hands-on laboratory work with operating
systems, word processing, spreadsheets, databases,
desktop publishing, programming, networks, and the
Internet. Application and evaluation of computer
technology in learning environments serves as the
overall framework. See cross listing for ETEC 106.
CIS 107 INTRODUCTION TO THE INTERNET FOR
EDUCATORS
Units: 2.0 - 24-27 hours lecture and 24-27 hours
laboratory. CSU (No prerequisite)
A course for education students or current teachers to
acquire the skills needed to effectively utilize the
Internet in the classroom. Emphasis will be placed on
computer-mediated communication with the World Wide
Web. Students will become well versed in the use of
Web browsers, FTP, newsgroups/asynchronous
discussion, e-mail, and chat/synchronous discussion.
See cross listing for ETEC 107.
CIS 108 ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE PROGRAMMING
Units: 2.0 - 16-18 hours lecture and 48-54 hours
laboratory. CSU, UC. (No prerequisite)
Designed to train students to prepare and write the
basic assembly language programs for microcomputer
systems in both business and scientific applications.
CIS 111 MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATIONS
Units: 4.0 - 48-54 hours lecture and 48-54 hours
laboratory. CSU. (No prerequisite)
Students gain experience in developing multimedia
presentations while gaining an understanding of
multimedia technologies. In acquiring “hands-on”
experience in producing and presenting multimedia
presentations, the student will also actively create audio
files, full-motion, video clips, graphics, animation
sequences, and the text used in the final production.
Additional subjects which will be covered include the
basic principles for effective communications, scripting,
logical control of peripheral devices, and runtime
packaging.
CIS 120 INTRODUCTION TO MACROMEDIA
DREAMWEAVER
Units: 4.0 - 48-54 hours lecture and 48-54 hours
laboratory. (No prerequisite. Grade Option)
This course teaches students how to use the webauthoring
tool Dreamweaver. Covered topics include
Dreamweaver basics, website set-up, animation, multimedia,
and more.
CIS 121 INTRODUCTION TO FLASH
Units: 4.0 - 48-54 hours lecture and 48-54 hours
laboratory. (No prerequisite. Grade Option)
Flash is an advanced tool for creating graphics,
animation, multimedia components that can be
incorporated into other software applications such as
web pages, or can function on their own. This is a
beginning course on Flash. It teaches students the
Flash basics, graphics, texts, layers, symbols, frames,
animations, tweens, interactivity, action scripts, etc.
CIS 124 FUNDAMENTALS OF DATA
COMMUNICATIONS
Units: 2.0 - 32-36 hours lecture. CSU. (No prerequisite)
This course presents the general computer user with a
basic understanding of data communications with added
emphasis on telecommunications. The course includes
analog and digital transmission concepts, networks,
protocols, operating systems, local area networks
(LANs), network architectures, network topologies,
security, error detection and correction codes.
CIS 136 INTRODUCTION TO THE INTERNET
Units: 2.0 - 24-27 hours lecture and 24-27 hours
laboratory. CSU. (No prerequisite)
This course of instruction is designed for the student or
savvy business person who wants to acquire the skills
needed to effectively interact and utilize the resources of
the Internet and its newer component, the World Wide
Web (WWW). By completing this course, a student will
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