Program Description

Advisory Board

Department

The undergraduate major in Computer Information Systems is designed to provide graduates with the knowledge, abilities, and attitudes to function effectively as programmers/system analysts, network administrators and application developers. The curriculum, built on a strong liberal arts foundation, offers theory and skills courses within the Computer Information Systems program, while also presenting ample opportunities to acquire competencies and skills from business-related courses. As an authorized Novell Education Academic Partner (NEAP), we are able to offer Novell certified courses to fortify the student in the areas of local area networking and network administration. In addition, Medaille, an urban college in close proximity to business and governmental agencies, affords a variety of field experience settings in information systems through computers. The curriculum provides the technical and business competencies for entry-level success, for adaptation to changing requirements in technical and organizational environments, and for advancement in the information processing profession.

Career Component		Credit Hours
CIS 120	Introduction to Information Systems	3
CIS 170	Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming: Visual Basic	3
CIS 250	Computer Architecture	3
CIS 300	Database Development	3
CIS 330	Data Communications and Networks	3
CIS 400	Systems Analysis and Design	3
CIS 477	Field Experience	6
	Minimum Career Credit Hours	24

Concentration (student must choose one) End User Development or Programming

21

Business Component
ACC 101	Fundamentals of Accounting I	3
ACC 102	Fundamentals of Accounting II	3
MGT 110	The Concept of Management	3
MKT 120	Principles of Marketing	3
	Minimum Business Credit Hours	12

General Education Component
*GEN 110	Medaille Experience	3
GEN 220	Concepts of American Culture: Early Foundations and Enduring Themes	3
GEN 230	Creative Expression	3
GEN 240	Scientific Discovery	3
GEN 410	Baccalaureate Capstone I	3
GEN 411	Baccalaureate Capstone II	3
	Minimum General Education Credit Hours	18

Humanities Component
LIT (Any)	Literature Elective	3
PHI 200	Logic	3
PHI 300	Ethics	3
SPE 130	Fundamentals of Public Speaking	3
WRT 175	College Writing II	3
WRT 200	Analytical Writing	3
	Minimum Business Credit Hours	18

Social Sciences Component
ECO (Any)	Economics Elective	3
Social Sciences Electives (May include any APY, CRJ, ECO, GEO, HIS, POL, PSY, SSC, SOC course		12
	Minimum Social Sciences Credit Hours	15

Mathematics/Science Component
**MAT 114	Intermediate Algebra	3
MAT 201	Statistics and Society	3
MAT 250	Operations Analysis and Modeling	3
	Minimum Mathematics/Science Credit Hours	9

Free Elective Component (May include any college course)

3

TOTAL

120

*Required of first-year students; all other students must substitute a Free Elective.

**Students who meet the math competency must substitute a Liberal Arts and Sciences Elective.

Computer Information Systems Concentrations

 

 

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Medaille College, 18 Agassiz Circle, Buffalo, NY 14214

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