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Computer & Information Systems

CIS AAS Degree

Sean Palagyi teaching CAD For those students who wish to work in the computer industry immediate upon graduation, the AAS option is your degree. Providing students with detailed knowledge of the computer information system field, the AAS program prepares students to take the Microsoft Certification exams. Over the past five years, our graduates have completed the exams with one of the highest pass rates in the region. What could be better?

Computer and Information Systems (CIS)
Associate of Applied Science

(93-96 credits; six quarters to complete if attending full time)

Required Core Courses (66-68 credits)

BA 285 Business Human Relations 3
  or SP 218 Interpersonal Communications  
CIS 120 Computer Concepts 4
CIS 122 Introduction to Programming 4
CIS 131 Software Applications 4
CIS 135DB Database Theory/SQL 4
CIS 140 A+ Essentials 4
CIS 145 PC Technician 4
CIS 178 Internet in Depth 4
CIS 179 Networking Essentials 4
CIS 244 Information Systems Analysis 4
CIS XXX CIS elective (in addition to one of the CIS options) 3-4
CIS 280 Co-op Work Experience CIS 3
General Education Distribution Courses1 9
MTH 85 Technical Math I 3-4
  or BA 1042 Business Math  
WR 121 English Composition 3
Health3 3-4
WR 214 Business Communications 3
  or WR 227 Technical Writing  
  or SP 111 Fundamentals of Public Speaking  

CIS Electives

Choose 27-28 credits from any CIS course listed below, including the courses listed in the three options...

CIS 125DW Introduction to Adobe Dreamweaver 4
CIS 125FL Introduction to Adobe Flash 4
CIS 160 Computer Science Orientation 3
CIS 161 Computer Science I 4
CIS 162 Computer Science II 4
CIS 199 Selected Topics in CIS 1-7

Or, choose 27-28 credits from one of the three CIS options.

Networking Option (28 credits)

CIS 151C Cisco Internetworking 4
CIS 152C Cisco Router Configuration 4
CIS 154C Cisco VLAN / WAN Technologies 4
CIS 279XP Windows XP Professional 4
CIS 279NE Windows 2003 Server Network Environment 4
CIS 279NI Windows 2003 Network Infrastructure Administration 4
CIS 279V Windows Vista 4

Computer Support Option (28 credits)

CIS 125E Excel 4
CIS 125A Access 4
CIS 195 Web Development I 4
CIS 125G Photoshop 4
CIS 295 Web Development II 4
CIS 279XP Windows XP Professional 4
  or CIS 279V Windows Vista  
CIS 235 IT in Business 4

CAD Opiton (27 credits)

See http://web.cocc.edu/drafting/schedule.htm for a suggested sequence of courses if earning the AAS CAD degree.

CIS 125A1 AutoCAD I 4
CIS 125A2 AutoCAD II 4
CIS 125A3 AutoCAD III 4
CIS 135A1 AutoDESK Revit I 3
CIS 135A2 AutoDESK Revit II 3
CIS 135C1 AutoDESK Land Desktop 3
CIS 135C2 AutoDESK Civil 3D 3
CIS 135M AutoDESK Inventor 3
1 Choose courses from distribution list in the college catalog. Each course must have a different prefix and cannot have a CIS prefix.
2 BA 104 is required for the Computer Support option.
3 To meet this requirement, students can choose between HHP 231: Human Secuality, HHP 242: Stress Management, HHP 258: Prevention of Chronic Diseases or HHP 266: Nutrition for Health, HHP 295: Health and Fitness and one activity or health module or HHP 252A