B.S. in Information Systems 2003

Information Systems is devoted to the application of computers and related technologies to organizational and business problems. IS professionals apply their knowledge of hardware, software, business processes and procedures to help organizations improve performance and meet tactical and strategic goals. IS graduates gain employment in a wide variety of positions, including business application programmers, help desk analysts, end user training and support personnel, database analysts, process consultants, user liaisons, and business system analysts.

The Bachelors of Science in Information Systems consists of three elements:

• The Liberal Studies Program

• Major Field

• Open Electives

Liberal Studies Program

Liberal Studies Core

6 courses/24 quarter hours required distributed as follows:

• First Year Program: (16 quarter hours required) Discover Chicago or Explore Chicago, Focal Point Seminar, and Composition and Rhetoric I and II.
• Sophomore Seminar:(4 quarter hours required) Sophomore Seminar on Multiculturalism in the United States
• Junior Year Experiential Learning:(4 quarter hours required)
• Senior Capstone: All CTI majors require that students complete the senior capstone in their major field.

Learning Domain Requirements

13 courses (52 quarter hours) are required and are distributed across six learning domains as follows:

• Arts and Literature-AL 3 courses required (12 quarter hours). At most two courses from the same department or program.
• Philosophical Inquiry-PI 2 courses required (8 quarter hours).
• Religious Dimensions-RD 2 courses required (8 quarter hours). One "Patterns and Problems" and one "Traditions in Context". Note: One course must be a course in ethics. PHL/REL/MGT 228 is required.
• Scientific Inquiry-SI 1 course required (4 quarter hours). This course must be designated as a lab course. Neither CTI nor mathematics courses are acceptable.
• Self, Society and the Modern World-MW 3 courses required (12 quarter hours). These courses must be chosen from at least two different departments.
• Understanding the Past-UP 2 courses required (8 quarter hours). One  "pre-1800" category and one "1800-1945". In addition, the two courses must be chosen from different geographical categories: Asia; Latin America; Africa; North America or Europe; inter-continental or comparative history.

Grades for any Liberal Studies course must be ‘D’ or better. Grades for Composition I and II must be C- or better. The Pass/Fail option may not be used for any Liberal Studies course.

Special Notes for Transfer Students:
Transfer students who enter DePaul with 30 or more quarter hours may not take the first year core. Instead, they should complete two domain electives (from different domains). Transfer courses may be used to satisfy these requirements.

See the Liberal Studies homepage for more information.

Major Field

Nineteen (19) Liberal Studies courses (see above) plus the following 29 courses. Although all 29 courses are required, the grouping of the courses into First-Year, Sophomore, Junior, and Senior courses is a recommendation only. See your advisor for help in choosing your classes.

First Year:

CSC 211 Programming in Java I

CSC 255 Information Structures and Representations

ECT 250 Internet, Commerce, and Society

ECT 270 The Internet and the Web

MAT 140 Discrete Mathematics I

Sophomore:

CSC 212 Programming in Java II

CSC 319 Database Technology

HCI 310 Introduction to Human-Computer Interaction

IS 313 Business Application Development in Java

Choose 1 from Mathematics (MAT):

MAT 141 Discrete Mathematics II

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or MAT 145 Calculus for Information Systems

Choose 1 from Communication (CMN):

CMN 220 Public Speaking

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or CMN 212 Small Group Communication

Junior:

CSC 323 Data Analysis

IS 315 Analysis and Design Techniques

IS 371 Introduction to I.t. System Management

IS 372 Fundamentals of Software Project Management

TDC 361 Basic Communication Systems

Choose 1 from English (ENG):

ENG 204 Technical Writing

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or ENG 301 Writing in the Professions

Senior:

IS 370 Computer Information Systems

IS 375 Object-Oriented Analysis and Design

IS 376 Information Systems Project

Two Major Field electives chosen from the following list in consultation with the student’s advisor:

CSC 203 Cobol Programming

CSC 309 Object-Oriented Programming in C++

CSC 336 User Interface Development

ECT 353 Server Side Web Application Development

ECT 355 Internet Systems: Collaboration, Commerce, and Media

ECT 356 Advanced Server Side Programming

ECT 357 Mobile Commerce

IS 373 Introduction to Large Systems Implementation

IS 374 Management Support Systems

TDC 363 Introduction to Local Area Networks

Open Electives

Seven courses to be chosen in consultation with student’s advisor.

Note:PHL/REL/MGT 228 Business, Ethics, and Society is a required course that is already credited in Liberal Studies.

Note:Grades for all courses in the students major (i.e. non-Liberal Studies and non-Open Elective) must be ‘C’ or better. Grades of ‘C-‘ may be accepted provided the overall grade point average in the major is 2.0 or better.

Last Modified: Tuesday July 16, 2002