B.S. Combined Major for Information Science and Journalism
For Students Entering in Fall 2013 or Later
Summer 2013
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The College of Computer and Information Science
and the School of Journalism
reserve the right to modify
the curriculum described in this document or the individual courses
as necessary in the future.
Computer Science (32 or 33 SH: 7 @ 4 SH, 4 or 5 @ 1 SH)
Required Computer Science Courses (32 or 33 SH)
Students will take CS 1200 during their first semester.
Students will take CS 1210 in the semester before going on co-op.
CS 1200
CS/IS Overview 1
1
CS 1210
CS/IS Overview 2: 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 3200
Database Design
4
CS 3500
Object-Oriented Design
4
CS 4800
Algorithms and Data
4
Information Science (21 SH: 4 @ 4 SH, 1 @ 5 SH)
Required Information Science Courses (17 SH)
Courses in Information Science
IS 2000
Principles of Information Science
4
IS 3500
Information System Design & Development
4
IS 4800
Empirical Research Methods
4
IS 4900
Information Science Senior Project
5
IS 4900 satisfies the Capstone Requirement.
Information Science Elective Requirement
(1 @ 4 SH)
Choose one:
IS 4200
Information Retrieval
4
IS 4300
Human Computer Interaction
4
IS 4700
Social Information Systems
4
English (4 SH: 1 @ 4 SH)
ENGW 1111 (ENGL 1111)
College Writing
4
Note: The NU Core Advanced Writing in the Disciplines is satisfied
by JRNL 2301 Journalism 3, required below.
Mathematics (8 SH: 2 @ 4 SH)
ECON 2350
Statistics
4
MATH 1341
Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering
4
General Requirement (4 SH: 1 @ 4 SH)
PSYC 1101
Foundations of Psychology
4
Journalism (44 SH: 11 @ 4 SH)
JRNL 1150
Interpreting the Day’s News
4
JRNL 1101
Journalism 1
4
JRNL 2201
Journalism 2
4
JRNL 2301
Journalism 3
4
JRNL 3610
Journalism 4
4
JRNL 2350
History of Journalism
4
JRNL 3550
Law of the Press
4
JRNL 4650
Journalism Ethics and Issues
4
JRNL 3550 and JRNL 4650
both satisfy the Capstone Requirement.
Journalism Elective Requirements
(8 SH: 2 @ 4 SH)
Choose 2 Journalism Electives
Journalism Elective 1
4
Journalism Elective 2
4
Journalism-Related Requirement (4 SH)
HIST 1130
History of the United States
4
Computing and Social Issues (4 SH: 1 @ 4 SH)
Students learn how computing and social issues intersect.
Choose one.
SOCL 4528
Computers & Society
4
SOCL 3485
Environment, Technology, and Society
4
ANTH 3418
Wired/Unwired: Cybercultures and Technopolitics
4
POLS 3308
Governance and Society in the Cyberage
4
IA 5240
Privacy, Ethics, and Digital Rights
4
General Electives (16 SH: 4 @ 4 SH)
Elective 1
4
Elective 2
4
Elective 3
4
Elective 4
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: 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:
• JRNL 5360 Global Reporting. In this case, the course may
also count as a Journalism Elective above.
• A general elective in the Comparative Cultures category.
Integrative Courses
See CS 3200 Database Design.
See JRNL 3610 Journalism 4.
See the requirement for at least one course
chosen from IS 4200, IS 4300, IS 4700.