Master of Science in Computer Information Systems (MS)

College of Science and Technology (formerly known as College of Information Technology)

Degree Information

The Master of Science in Computer Information Systems is designed for the computer professional who desires an advanced Information Systems degree as a key component of professional growth. The program provides the tools needed to go forward into technical and management positions in Information Systems. The curriculum covers a variety of important aspects of the IT profession: system analysis and design, programming, web development, networking, telecommunications, database management, project management, and IT accounting. To complete this 36 credit hour degree program, you will take 12 semester hours of foundation courses and 24 semester hours of core courses. If you have no previous computer courses, you also may be required to take an additional prerequisite programming course.

Prerequisites

• CIS 242 Introduction to Programming Using Java

  This course introduces the concepts of structured programming using Java. The course covers the basics of the Java programming language syntax, to include designing, coding, documenting, and debugging programs. Additional topics covered will be elementary data structures, input/output statements, selection, iteration, methods, and one-dimensional arrays. Students will write programs using all of the before-mentioned topics.

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• CIS 243 Introduction to Programming Using C#

  This course is designed to introduce the concepts of structured programming. How programs and programming languages work, and the purposes and practices of structured programming are discussed. Designing, coding, documenting, and debugging programs using elementary data structures, input/output statements, selection and iteration, functions, and one-dimensional arrays are covered in detail.