2025-2026 Curriculum

Business Core Courses

Students are required to take the 14 core courses in several business disciplines. This foundation gives students rudimentary knowledge of accounting, finance, human resources, marketing, operations management, and international business. A 2.0 cumulative GPA is required in core courses including sub-plan courses for the major in order to receive a degree in the major.

CIS Core Courses

CIS students should first take the following four CIS core courses:

Course	Prerequisites
CIS 2100 Python Programming for Business	CIS 1010 or Personal Computer Proficiency; and a C or better in STA 1200 or STA 1202.
CIS 2900 Object-oriented Programming for Business	CIS 1010, or Personal Computer Proficiency; and a C or better in STA 1200, or STA 1202.
CIS 3050 Database Design and Development	CIS 1010, or Personal Computer Proficiency.
CIS 3252W Business Intelligence	C or better in CIS 2100, and junior or senior standing

Students need to earn a C or better in CIS 2100, CIS 2900, CIS 3050, and CIS 3252.

CIS Career Track

The CIS Department has established three career tracks in the major. Every CIS major student selects one of these tracks. To graduate with a major in CIS, students complete the track recommended courses and proceed to complete some track elective courses. Students can take classes from different tracks. Consultation on track selection is available through the track coordinators or the department chair.

Applications Development Track - (track coordinator: Dr. Hui Shi)
Business Intelligence Track - (track coordinator: Dr. Mehrdad Koohikamali)
Information Security and Forensics Track - (track coordinator: Dr. Indira Guzman)

♦ Applications Development (AD) Track

AD Track Recommended Courses

Course	Prerequisites
CIS 3110 Client-side Web Development	A minimum grade of C (2.0) in CIS 2900.
CIS 4290 IS Project Management and Development	C or better in at least two electives (CIS 4250, CIS 4260, or CIS 4270, CIS 4280, CIS 4230) in the CIS Application Development Emphasis.

AD Track Elective Courses (choose 3)

Course	Prerequisites
CIS 4230 Artificial Intelligence Applications in Business	C or better in CIS 3252; CIS 2900, CIS 3050, and CIS 3110.
CIS 4250 E-Commerce Application Development	C or better in CIS 3050 and CIS 3110.
CIS 4260 Server-side Web Development	C or better in CIS 3050; CIS 2900; and CIS 3110.
CIS 4270 Secure Web Applications	C or better in CIS 3050; and CIS 2900.
CIS 4280 Mobile App Programming	C or better in CIS 3050; CIS 2900; and CIS 3110.

♦ Business Intelligence (BI) Track

BI Track Recommended Courses

Course	Prerequisites
CIS 2670 Cloud Infrastructure	CIS 1010 or PCPT, and C or better in STA 1200 or STA 1202
CIS 4321 Data Mining	C or better in CIS 3252; and 2100

BI Track Elective Courses (choose 3)

Course	Prerequisites
CIS 3350 Location Analytics for Business	C or better in CIS 3252
CIS 3454 Data Warehousing	C or better in CIS 3252, and CIS 2100
CIS 3650 Web and Mobile Analytics	C or better in CIS 3252
CIS 4567 Big Data Analytics	CIS 2670 and CIS 4321
CIS 4680 Natural Language Processing and Time Series Analysis with Artificial Intelligence	CIS 3252

♦ Information Security and Forensics (ISF) Track

ISF Track Recommended Courses

Course	Prerequisites
CIS 2650 Contemporary Operating Systems	CIS 1010 , or PCPT; and MAT 1250 or MAT 1140.
CIS 2670 Cloud Infrastructure	CIS 1010 or PCPT; and C or better in STA 1200 or STA 1202

ISF Track Elective Courses (choose 3)

Course	Prerequisites
CIS 4670 Network Security	CIS 2100 and a minimum grade of C (2.0) or better in CIS 2670
CIS 4710 Information Security	CIS 2100 and a minimum grade of C (2.0) or better in CIS 2650
CIS 4810 Computer Forensics	A minimum grade of C (2.0) or better in CIS 3050 and CIS 2650
CIS 3470 - Telecommunication Networks	C or better in CIS 2670
CIS 4333 - Information Systems Auditing	CIS 1010 or PCPT; and C or better in the following: CIS 305 or CIS 3050; CIS 304, CIS 3090, or CIS 2900 ; and CIS 325 or CIS 3252W.