BS in Computer Information Systems
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Curriculum
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Core Courses
Information Technology Fundamentals
System Administration and Maintenance
Information Systems Security
Enterprise Architecture
Foundations of Information Systems
Mastering eLearning
Business Computer Skills
Electronic Commerce
Systems Analysis and Design
Introduction to Internet Applications
Database Concepts and Programming
Network Theory and Design
Information Technology and Project Management
Information Resource Management
Principles of Accounting 1
Principles of Accounting 2
Essential Business Skills
Introduction to Macroeconomics
Introduction to Microeconomics
Finance for Managers
Law 1
Principles of Management
Principles of Marketing
Civilization 1: Ancient through Medieval
CIS1200 - Information Technology Fundamentals
Prerequisite: CIS 1100
Credits: 3
Introduces software architectures and networks typically used in an IT infrastructure. Focuses on Internet, cloud and wireless solutions, computer and network security, and regulatory compliance. Provides the knowledge and skills for communicating with professionals and prepares for interaction with external vendors of IT components.
CIS2100 - System Administration and Maintenance
Prerequisite: CIS 1200
Credits: 3
Introduces tasks involved in the administration of single- and multi-user computer systems. Includes managing user access, backup and recovery, network configuration, hardware and software installation, system performance analysis and tuning, scripting, and system services.
CIS3100 - Information Systems Security
Prerequisite: CIS 2100
Credits: 3
Provides an overview of the concepts and terminology of computer security. Introduces vulnerability analysis, risk assessment and techniques for user authentication and data protection. Discusses security issues associated with email, networks and the Internet. Requires examination of recent security-related trends and technologies.
CIS4100 - Enterprise Architecture
Prerequisite: CIS 3100
Credits: 3
Explores the design, implementation and management of enterprise IT solutions. Covers frameworks and strategies for infrastructure and content management, hardware and software selection, and legacy system integration. Gives special attention to analysis of IT investment, cost of ownership, risk and security.
CIS1100 - Foundations of Information Systems
Credits: 3
Introduces information systems, their key components, and how these components can be integrated and managed. Discusses how information is used in organizations and how information systems improve quality, efficiency and agility. Also introduces system development concepts, technology acquisition, and prevalent and emerging software systems.
ASC1006 - Mastering eLearning
Credits: 3
Helps students new to Florida Tech and online learning to adjust to the university and acquire essential academic and administrative survival skills (online classroom behavior, academic honesty, study skills, etc.) that enhance academic integration into college.
CIS1140 - Business Computer Skills
Credits: 3
Uses commercial software to understand the business functions of computers and develop personal competency in practical application of computers in business. Provides specific knowledge and advanced capabilities in various skills necessary for effective performance in academic and practical environments.
CIS3318 - Electronic Commerce
Prerequisite: CIS 1501 or CIS 1502, EMK 3601
Credits: 3
Includes the role of the Internet and the Web in electronic commerce. Examines Web server hardware and software tools. Addresses electronic payment, security, the regulatory environment and Web-based marketing.
CIS3512 - Systems Analysis and Design
Prerequisite: CIS 1140, CIS 1501 or CIS 1502
Credits: 3
Provides the opportunity to design, implement and document the system development cycle. Includes analysis of current systems, logical and physical systems design, program development, testing, implementation, maintenance and documentation.
CIS4026 - Introduction to Internet Applications
Requirement(s): Successful completion of a programming language course. Prerequisite: CIS 3318
Credits: 3
Introduces concepts and practice in the implementation of Internet-based applications and systems. Includes design and development of websites using client- and server-side scripting, programming and interfacing with relational databases. Also introduces service-oriented architecture for cloud and mobile configurations.
CIS4410 - Database Concepts and Programming
Prerequisite: CIS 3512
Credits: 3
Studies structure and applications of database management systems; network, relational and hierarchical data models; application program development; query systems; file security; and the role of database administrators. Continues the analysis of systems upgrades and new system design begun in CIS 3512.
CIS4415 - Network Theory and Design
Minimum student level - fifth year
Credits: 3
Covers the theory, design and application of networks. Includes creation and operation of an actual network.
CIS4424 - Information Technology and Project Management
Prerequisite: CIS 3512
Credits: 3
Reviews contemporary information technology management and the relevant issues of effective management of information service activities.
CIS4498 - Information Resource Management
Minimum student level - fourth year. Prerequisite: CIS 3315, CIS 4410, CIS 4415, EMG 3301, EMK 3601
Credits: 3
Emphasizes the integration of information and environmental systems to support broad strategic planning decisions. As capstone, involves lectures, case studies and application of previous courses to support strategic decision-making.
EAC2211 - Principles of Accounting 1
Credits: 3
Introduces the financial environment, financial statements, the accounting cycle and the theoretical framework of accounting measurement, emphasizing mechanics, measurement theory and the economic environment.
EAC2212 - Principles of Accounting 2
Prerequisite: BUS 2211 or EAC 2211
Credits: 3
Continues EAC 2211 Principles of Accounting 1. Emphasizes understanding the role of accounting in product costing, costing for quality, cost-justifying investment decisions, and performance evaluation and control of human behavior.
EBA3321 - Essential Business Skills
Prerequisite: COM 1102
Credits: 3
Explores the nature of the organization's communications environments. Provides an understanding and practical experience about the various strategies and formats available when developing responsive communications in organizational situations. Includes oral and nonverbal communication and the composition of effective business documents.
EEC2303 - Introduction to Macroeconomics
Prerequisite: MTH 1000 or MTH 1001 or MTH 1701 or MTH 1702
Credits: 3
Introduces the concepts that aid in understanding both aggregate economic conditions and the policy alternatives designed to stabilize national economies. Includes the determination of GDP and national income, inflation, unemployment, monetary policy, economic growth and exchange rates.
EEC2304 - Introduction to Microeconomics
Prerequisite: MTH 1000 or MTH 1001 or MTH 1701 or MTH 1702
Credits: 3
Introduces the neoclassical theory of price determination. Includes supply and demand analysis, production and cost theory, market structures, externalities and public goods, factor payments, income distribution and informational asymmetries.
EMG3225 - Finance for Managers
Requirement(s): Ability to use computer spreadsheets and financial business calculator. Prerequisite: BUS 2212 or EAC 2212
Credits: 3
Introduces the principles of corporate financial management. Emphasizes the time value of money in investments of real or financial assets. Covers planning for current assets and liabilities, and long-range capital. Passing grade in EST 2703 is recommended.
ELA2601 - Law 1
Credits: 3
Investigates the operational responsibilities of individuals in light of political, moral, social, ethical and jurisprudential considerations.
EMG3301 - Principles of Management
Requirement(s): Successful completion of 30 credit hours in Florida Tech Online Prerequisite: COM 1102
Credits: 3
Introduces management as a discipline and process. Includes evolution and scope of management, decision-making, planning, strategy, organizing, staffing, leading, control, change, and the importance of management in the global environment and ethical considerations of management decisions.
EMK3601 - Principles of Marketing
Requirement(s): Successful completion of 30 credits hours in Florida Tech Online Prerequisite: COM 1102, EEC 2303
Credits: 3
Provides the fundamental principles in the marketing of goods, services and ideas. Includes planning, pricing, promotions and distribution. Focuses on global marketing, marketing ethics and managing the marketing function.
HUM2051 - Civilization 1: Ancient through Medieval
Prerequisite: COM 1102
Credits: 3
Introduces civilization from its early development to the European Renaissance. Emphasizes the interpretation of primary texts that reflect the intellectual and historical changes in society. The first of two interdisciplinary courses.
Communication
2000-Level Course
Composition and Rhetoric
Writing About Literature
2000-Level Course
Choose one 2000-level (or higher) communication course.
Credits: 3
COM1101 - Composition and Rhetoric
Requirement(s): Passing grade on placement exam or prerequisite course. Prerequisite: COM 0100 or COM 0110 or WRI 0100 or WRI 0110
Credits: 3
The first of two courses in college-level writing skills. Focuses on writing essays using various rhetorical modes: persuasion, description, comparison and analysis. Presents basic methods of library research, as well as the MLA documentation system. Students write one research paper and several essays.
COM1102 - Writing About Literature
Prerequisite: COM 1001 or COM 1101
Credits: 3
The second of two courses in college-level writing skills. Focuses on reading and analyzing poems, plays and short works of fiction. Students write several essays and one research paper on literary topics.
Mathematics
Statistics
Introductory Discrete Mathematics
College Algebra
EST2703 - Statistics
Prerequisite: MTH 1000 or MTH 1001 or MTH 1701 or MTH 1702
Credits: 3
Emphasizes mathematical concepts. Includes measures of central tendency and spread; probability; binomial, normal and t distributions; statistical inference; and linear regression and correlation.
MTH1051 - Introductory Discrete Mathematics
Requirement(s): Credit can only be applied toward business, communication, humanities, management, psychology or computer information systems degrees at Florida Tech. Prerequisite: MTH 1701
Credits: 3
Elementary coverage of discrete mathematics. Includes logical arguments, mathematical induction in proofs, sets and relations (extension to functions and their properties), elementary counting principles (inclusion-exclusion), permutations and combinations.
MTH1701 - College Algebra
Requirement(s): Passing grade on placement exam or prerequisite course. Prerequisite: MTH 0111 or MTH 1011
Credits: 3
Real-number system; arithmetic operations with polynomials, special products and factoring; linear, fractional and quadratic equations; inequalities, exponents, radicals and absolute values; functions and graphs; and complex numbers, logarithms, logarithmic and exponential functions. Credit can only be applied toward business, communication, humanities, management, psychology or computer information systems degrees at Florida Tech.
CIS
Choose CIS 1501 and CIS 2501 or CIS 1502 and 2503:
Introduction to Visual Basic
Programming In Java
Advanced Visual Basic
Advanced Java
CIS1501 - Introduction to Visual Basic
Prerequisite: CIS 1140
Credits: 3
Introduces Visual Basic® for information processing and problem solving. Uses algorithms and computer logic to translate data into information through structured design, coding, testing and program debugging.
CIS1502 - Programming In Java
Prerequisite: CIS 1140
Credits: 3
Introduces object-oriented programming and the development of applications for the Internet. Includes programming language, coding, testing and debugging. Covers Java™ programs to perform interactive input operations and customized screen output.
CIS2501 - Advanced Visual Basic
Prerequisite: CIS 1501
Credits: 3
Covers the launch and effective navigation of Visual Basic® 6 IDE. Includes rapid prototype user interface applications (tool tips, exception handling and error messaging), compiling and distributing executable applications, linking to external databases and the use of SQL select queries. Also includes object-oriented programming.
CIS2503 - Advanced Java
Prerequisite: CIS 1502
Credits: 3
Continues CIS 1502 Programming in Java™. Covers advanced topics such as inheritance, generics, interfaces, exception handling, recursion and the Java libraries. Also covers sorting and searching. Second in a two-course sequence.
Humanities
Choose one of the following:
Mythology
Art Appreciation
Integrated Arts
Philosophy of Human Nature
Religions of the World 1: Western Religions
HUM1015 - Mythology
Credits: 3
Introduces classical, Norse and medieval mythology through the study of themes and narratives that emphasize the importance of mythical elements to the modern world.
HUM1020 - Art Appreciation
Credits: 3
Presents basic terms, theories and techniques of the artist, and major art movements and media in the visual arts. Increases understanding and aesthetic pleasure, and develops understanding of the techniques and terminology in the visual arts.
HUM1021 - Integrated Arts
Credits: 3
Introduces visual, written and musical works of art to increase understanding. Develops techniques and terminology in the arts through lectures, discussion, and live performances and events.
HUM1023 - Philosophy of Human Nature
Credits: 3
lntroduces philosophy. Asks, “What makes us human?” Examines whether being a human person means having been created in God’s image, having a soul, having free will or having reason. Requires development of critical thinking, argumentation and communication skills.
HUM1024 - Religions of the World 1: Western Religions
Credits: 3
Studies western religions. Includes religions of nonliterate societies and ancient religions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
Humanities Core
Choose one of the following:
2000-Level Course
2000-Level Course
Choose one 2000-level (or higher) humanities course.
Credits: 3
Physical/Life Sciences
Choose two of the following:
1000-Level Course
1000-Level Course
Choose two 1000-level or higher (BIO, CHM, EDS, ENS, MET, OCN, PHY, SPS) courses.
Credits: 3
Social Sciences
Choose one of the following:
Introduction to Criminal Justice
Introduction to Psychology
Substance Abuse
Human Behavior Perspective
Social Problems
CRM1000 - Introduction to Criminal Justice
Requirement(s): Basic computer skills.
Credits: 3
PSY1411 - Introduction to Psychology
Credits: 3
Overviews psychological processes, including both areas in which psychology is a natural science (physiological psychology, sensation and perception, basic learning and cognition) and a social science (motivation, human development, personality, social interaction, psychopathology and psychotherapy).
PSY1462 - Substance Abuse
Credits: 3
Examines experimental evidence on the physical, physiological and psychological effects of drug use and conclusions relating to the real vs. alleged effects of drugs.
SOC1101 - Human Behavior Perspective
Credits: 3
Offers an interdisciplinary viewpoint of the many ways in which human beings function as individuals, members of larger groups and members of particular cultures. Explores the disciplines of sociology, psychology and criminology in seeking to understand and explore human behavior.
SOC2551 - Social Problems
Credits: 3
Introduces the contemporary social issues such as poverty, unemployment, energy, pollution, sexual deviance, drugs and crime. Includes causes, interactions, policy and possible solutions.
Business Electives
Choose two of the following:
Applied Decision Methods for Business
Business Ethics
Management of Human Resources
International Management
Organization Theory
Organizational Behavior and Development
EBA3334 - Applied Decision Methods for Business
Prerequisite: BUS 2703 or EST 2703 or MTH 2401
Credits: 3
Uses quantitative techniques to aid in decision-making. Emphasizes problem identification and applies appropriate solution techniques for interpretation of results. Includes probability theory, decision-making under certainty, risk and uncertainty, inventory control, forecasting, PERT/CPM, utility theory and linear programming.
EMG3328 - Business Ethics
Prerequisite: COM 1102
Credits: 3
Studies general moral principles and their application to ethical issues and problems pertaining to business activities, and the nature of the corporation in contemporary society.
EMG3331 - Management of Human Resources
Prerequisite: EMG 3301
Credits: 3
Covers the principles and systems related to the management and leadership of human resources. Includes legal and administrative law issues; health, safety and security; selection and placement; job analysis; training and development; compensation and benefits; and job analysis systems.
EMG3340 - International Management
Prerequisite: EMK 3601
Credits: 3
Covers a broad spectrum of issues critical to developing a sound base of international business skills. Includes the assessment of foreign business practices, understanding international financial and trade practices and the impact on decision-making, and strategy development and implementation.
EMG3398 - Organization Theory
Prerequisite: EMG 3301
Credits: 3
Emphasizes fundamental concepts of organization theory from a managerial perspective as applied to the behavior and performance of organizations. Serves as the capstone course for the program.
EMG4412 - Organizational Behavior and Development
Prerequisite: EMG 3301 or PSY 3541
Credits: 3
Studies human behavior in organizations. Blends newer concepts of behavior theory with classical organizational theory. Includes methods for bringing change to organizations.
Free Electives
Choose two of the following:
Available Electives
Available Electives
Credits: 3
Elective courses available will vary depending upon your individual situation.
Total Courses
Core Courses
124 credits
Total
124 Credits
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Spring I – 2023 | ||
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| Application Deadline | January 4, 2023 | |
| Start Date | January 9, 2023 | |
Spring II – 2023 | ||
| Application Deadline | March 1, 2023 | |
| Start Date | March 6, 2023 | |
Summer I – 2023 | ||
| Application Deadline | April 21, 2023 | |
| Start Date | May 1, 2023 | |
Summer II – 2023 | ||
| Application Deadline | June 23, 2023 | |
| Start Date | July 3, 2023 | |
Fall I – 2023 | ||
| Application Deadline | August 18, 2023 | |
| Start Date | August 28, 2023 | |
Fall II – 2023 | ||
| Application Deadline | October 13, 2023 | |
| Start Date | October 23, 2023 | |
Spring I – 2024 | ||
| Application Deadline | December 29, 2023 | |
| Start Date | January 8, 2024 | |
Spring II – 2024 | ||
| Application Deadline | February 23, 2024 | |
| Start Date | March 4, 2024 | |
Summer I – 2024 | ||
| Application Deadline | April 19, 2024 | |
| Start Date | April 29, 2024 | |
Summer II – 2024 | ||
| Application Deadline | June 21, 2024 | |
| Start Date | July 1, 2024 | |
Fall I – 2024 | ||
| Application Deadline | August 16, 2024 | |
| Start Date | August 26, 2024 | |
Fall II – 2024 | ||
| Application Deadline | October 11, 2024 | |
| Start Date | October 21, 2024 | |
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