To all Advisors:
Computer science will be adding five new core courses into the curriculum for the Fall
Semester. Each of these classes will be required by any student majoring in any area of
computer science. It is recommended that students, especially those interested in
networking, Web design and programming, take CIS 110 as their first elective course.
Our core courses are:
CIS 110 Introduction to Computer Programming and Logic
CIS 146 Microcomputer Applications
CIS 273 Introduction to Networking Communications
CIS 268 Software Support
CIS 269 Hardware Support
Also, many of our existing courses have been assigned new numbers. Courses that have
changed course numbers are as follows – old numbers in parenthesis:
CIS 113 (CIS 196E) Spreadsheet Software Applications
CIS 117 (CIS 196A) Database Management Software Applications
CIS 212 (CIS 211) Visual Basic Programming
CIS 213 (CIS 212) Advanced Visual Basic Programming
CIS 203 (CIS 196I) Introduction to the Information Highway
CIS 207 (CIS 198) Introduction to Web Development – HTML/XML
CIS 208 (CIS 196F) Intermediate Web Development - FrontPage
CIS 209 (CIS 282) Advanced Web Development – Scripting
CIS 275 (CIS 156W) Workstation Administration
Students wanting to begin the networking option degree plan should take CIS 110, CIS
273, CIS 268 and CIS 269 during the Fall Semester. For programming majors, CIS 110
may be taken with CIS 212 (beginning VB programming). Later we will recommend that
this course be taken first but during the transition phase this next year and for students
who have entered under a previous catalog, we are recommending taking them together.
It will be a good course to use as an elective if the student started under the old catalog. It
is designed to help students understand the program writing process and to learn problem
solving techniques necessary for all aspects of working with computers. Students can
take more than one core CIS class in one semester. There are no prerequisites for the
courses. CIS 110 is the only class that is a prerequisite for programming or web design.
We will still offer CIS 130 for non-degree majors.
As you council students we would appreciate it if you would follow the above
recommendations. We need to inform everyone that helps students register since, the
computer science teachers see only a few of the students. If you should have any
questions, please feel free to contact Janis Farmer, Linda Hanson or Hal Harris on the
Shelby Campus and Alan Cook, Donna Cook, Wade Crawford and Teresa Hitt on the
Jefferson Campus.
Please note: There has been some confusion under our CIS 146 section. Courses with WS
TBA means the course still meets for three hours and week with the fourth hour as web
supported.