What's in the new CIS minor?
Employers are paying MORE -- up to $10,000 more -- for your business skills when they come with CIS/IT know-how. The new CIS MINOR is designed to give you the tech savvy you need to open more doors when you graduate, with a higher starting salary.
The 15-credit hour minor includes these CIS courses: Fundamentals of Information Systems (150), Software Development I (199), Database Design (310), Systems Analysis & Design (320) and Infrastructure Technologies (350). It's available ONLY to College of Business students.
Please see the UofL catalog for the most up-to-date curriculum requirements for the CIS minor.
For more information, contact your advisor or the CIS department at 502.852.6958.
CIS 150 Fundamentals of Information Systems
You get an overview of contemporary information systems, including how they drive global organizations. The emphasis is on the key components of information systems (people, software, hardware, data and communication technologies) and how these are used to create competitive advantages in every business environment. Application systems, enterprise-wide systems (such as enterprise resource planning and customer relationship management), project management and IS career opportunities also are covered.
CIS 199 Software Development I
Prerequisites: CIS 100, CIS 150. This hands-on course shows you how information systems are created and provides the foundation for all courses that follow. This course introduces you to the fundamental concepts and techniques in computer programming. You will learn to use a state of the art programming language. You will learn how to design solutions to business problems and implement your solutions using that programming language.
CIS 310 Database Design
Prerequisites: CIS 199, CIS 300. All businesses collect and store a huge amount of data. The need to store, retrieve, update, and analyze this growing collection of data in businesses has never been greater. The most successful companies depend on reliable and efficient database systems to maintain their competitive advantage. This hands-on course will expose you to the leading tools and technologies for database design, database manipulation, and database management. It will describe the key role database systems play in every information system.
CIS 320 Systems Analysis & Design
Prerequisites: CIS 199, CIS 300. This course establishes a foundation for understanding why and how information systems are conceived, created, and delivered. It examines basic questions such as "what does the user want the system to do?" and "how will creating the system add value to the organization?" The course explores processes used to translate systems needs into models of the proposed information system. Different approaches are introduced, with the primary focus on object-oriented methods. To gain a deeper understanding of these processes, students analyze the IS needs of a local organization. Student teams create several models of the proposed information system and use these models to write a formal specification for system development.
CIS 350 Infrastructure Technologies
Prerequisites: CIS 199. This all-new course provides an introduction to IT infrastructure issues and covers systems architecture and communication networks, with an overall focus on how businesses rely on their power and speed to drive everyday functions. You get the knowledge and skills necessary for communicating effectively with IT professionals, hardware and software experts. In discovering the capabilities and limitations of IT infrastructure, you'll be better prepared to develop technology-based solutions and new processes on the job. The course also reveals how to deal with external vendors of IT infrastructure components and solutions.
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