Computer Science and Information Systems to broaden and apply knowledge and develop communication skills by working with people in a variety of disciplines. The computer science (CS) curriculum core has more theoretical foundational concepts than the computer gaming and entertainment technology and the information systems curricula. CS students develop their abilities to work at various levels of abstraction and study mathematical models needed to design, develop, implement, and test software systems. The core areas of CS allow students to choose to work in many application areas, such as mobiledevice software development, web-based development, high-performance computing, and cloud-based and distributed database systems used for processing “big data.� The information systems (IS) curriculum emphasizes applications related to business. Therefore, in addition to computer courses, IS students are required to choose from a set of business courses. Most software applications in IS tend toward accounting, finance, inventory-control and marketing systems; however, the range of applications continues to grow and the IS curriculum is designed to adapt to applications that may or may not be business related. For example, some IS students focus their study to geographic information systems. Some focus on intelligent decision systems and data mining applications within all the above-mentioned fields. Students in computer gaming and entertainment technology (CGE) learn concepts underlying game design, graphics processing, animation, digital
cinema, web-based and mobile-based games, and techniques for data representation of multi-media. CGE majors are provided with the opportunity to acquire knowledge and abilities that will not only prepare them for many areas of the gaming industry, but also to pursue many aspects of website development or simulation applications used in business and scientific disciplines. A grade of C- or better is required in all major courses for graduation in computer game and entertainment technology, computer science and information systems. A grade of C- or better is required for all courses that count toward a minor.
Faculty John Jeffrey Chair; James Dauer, Ali Ghane, Linda Krause, William Muellner, Gary Smith
Major in Computer Science All computer science majors must take the eleven Core courses in computer science and MTH 151, 152, and 301. It is also highly recommended that a student majoring in computer science take CS 303, 440 and IS 423. The major must include eleven Core CS courses and MTH 151, 152, and 301 CS 220 Computer Science I CS 255 Computer Science II CS 310 Computer Organization and Programming in Assembly CS 315 Web Design and Programming CS 318 Object-Oriented Design and Programming Using C++ CS 320 Data Structures and Algorithmic Analysis CS 360 Computer Network Systems CS 419 JAVA Programming and Web Development CS 420 Operating Systems 134