Information Science: Bachelor of Science
For Students Entering in Fall 2008 or Later
December 20, 2012
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The College of Computer and Information Science reserves the right to modify the curriculum described in this document or the individual courses as necessary in the future.
Revision of September 13, 2012:
Revision of December 20, 2012:
Computer Science (36 or 37 SH: 8 @ 4 SH, 4 or 5 @ 1 SH)
Required Computer Science Courses (36 or 37 SH)
Freshmen and certain transfers will take CS 1200 during Fall semester.
Starting in Fall 2012, all students will take CS 1210 in the semester before going on co-op.
Prior to Fall 2012, transfers took CS 1220 instead of CS 1210. Starting in Fall 2012, CS 1220 will not be offered.

CS 1200 CS/IS Overview 1 1
CS 1210 CS/IS Overview 2: Co-op Preparation 1
CS 1220 CS/IS Co-op Preparation 1
Freshman level courses with labs or recitations
CS 1800 Discrete Structures 4
CS 1801 Recitation for CS 1800 0
CS 2500 Fundamentals of Computer Science 1 4
CS 2501 Lab for CS 2500 1
CS 2510 Fundamentals of Computer Science 2 4
CS 2511 Lab for CS 2510 1
CS 2800 Logic and Computation 4
CS 2801 Lab for CS 2800 1
Upper level courses
CS 2600 Computer Organization 4
CS 3200 Database Design 4
CS 3500 Object-Oriented Design 4
CS 3600 Systems & Networks 4
Information Science (37 SH: 8 @ 4 SH, 1 @ 5 SH)
Required Information Science Courses (29 SH)
Courses in Information Science
IS 2000 Principles of Information Science 4
IS 3500 Information System Design & Development 4
IS 4300 Human Computer Interaction 4
IS 4800 Empirical Research Methods 4
IS 4900 Information Science Senior Project 5
IS 4900 satisfies the Capstone Requirement.
Related courses from other units
MISM 3305 Information Resource Management 4
SOCL 4528 Computers & Society 4
Information Science Elective Requirements (8 SH)
IS Elective 1 4
IS Elective 2 4
An IS elective may be a 4 SH course that is not already required and that is in the ranges:
For this degree program, an IS elective may also be one of the following specific courses:

MISM 3408 Knowledge Management 4
Note: MISM 3408 is no longer offered.
MISM 4501 Business Systems Integration 4
MISM 4512 Special Topics in Information Technology Management 4
ACCT 1201orACCT 1209 Financial Accounting and Reporting 4
ACCT 3403 Accounting Information Systems 4
ECON 3560 Applied Econometrics 4
COMM 1231 Principles of Organizational Communication 4
COMM 2531 Application of Organizational Communication 4
COMM 3532 Theories of Conflict and Negotiation 4
PSYC 3450 Learning and Motivation 4
PSYC 3452 Introduction to Sensation and Perception 4
PSYC 3458 Psychobiology 4
PSYC 3464 Psychology of Language 4
PSYC 4520 Language and the Brain 4
PSYC 4604 Laboratory in Learning and Motivation 4
PSYC 4606 Laboratory in Psychobiology 4
PSYC 4610 Laboratory in Psycholinguistics 4
PSYC 4612 Laboratory in Cognition 4
PSYC 4622 Laboratory in Sensation and Perception 4
LING 3450 Syntax 4
LING 3452 Semantics 4
POLS 2390 Science, Technology, and Public Policy 4
Behavioral Science (16 SH: 4 @ 4 SH)
ECON 1116 Microeconomics 4
PSYC 1101 Foundations of Psychology 4
PSYC 3466 Cognition 4
ORGB 3201orORGB 3209 Organizational Behavior 4
English (8 SH: 2 @ 4 SH)
ENGL 1111 College Writing 4
ENGL 3302 Advanced Writing in the Technical Professions 4
With permission, you may substitute ENGL 3301 for ENGL 3302.
ENGL 3301 Advanced Writing in the Disciplines 4
Mathematics (8 SH: 4 @ 4 SH)
MATH 1341 Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering 4
ECON 2350 Statistics 4
General Electives (28 SH: 7 @ 4 SH)
Elective 1: Level 1 Arts/Humanities Core 4
Elective 2: Level 1 Science/Technology Core (see below) 4
Elective 3 4
Elective 4 4
Elective 5 4
Elective 6 4
Elective 7 4
The general electives must be consistent with the policy on general electives articulated by the College of Computer and Information Science on the college web site.
NU Core
1 of the general electives must be used to satisfy:
Level 1 Arts/Humanities Core
1 of the general electives must be a science chosen from the Level 1 Science/Technology core. This course must not be a technology course. If the science course chosen requires a lab then that lab must be taken as well.
Comparative Cultures Requirement
The Comparative Cultures Requirement must be satisfied. If this is done by taking a course then this course must be one of the general electives that is taken in addition to the NU Core Level 1 electives.