Draft Information Science Program

Information Science Major (51 cr)

1. Core Requirements (27 cr)
   • ISC 110 - Introduction to Information Science (or waiver)
   • ISC 150 - Introduction to Scripting and Markup languages
   • ISC 220 - Information Storage and Retrieval
   • ISC 300 - Current Problems in Information Science
   • ISC 325 - Multimedia/Hypermedia Design & Authoring
   • ISC 329 - Database Management Systems in Business
   • ISC 330 - Telecommunications and Networking Technologies
   • ISC 355 - Knowledge Representations and Intelligent Systems
   • ISC 496 - Information Science Capstone

2. Cognate Requirements (12 cr)
   • CSC 212 - Principles of Programming
   • CSC 241 - Abstract Data Types and Programming Methodology
   • MAT 158 - Introduction to Statistics A
   • One of:
     • MAT 258 - Introduction to Statistics B
     • CSC 221 - Foundations of Computer Science

3. Learning Agreement (12 cr)

   A student, along with a faculty member, will devise a learning agreement containing a minimum of twelve credit hours, at least nine of which are at the 300- or 400-level. The proposed agreement is to be submitted to the Information Science Program Faculty Committee and the Information Science Director for approval, typically by the end of the student's sophomore year. The sequence of courses comprising the learning agreement may be from any one of several different departments participating in the Information Science Program.