COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Also a Tech Prep Program
Also a Marketable Skills Achievement Award Program
Department Chair:
Elizabeth Pannell . . . . . . . PRC-H111 . . . . . . . . . .972.377.1605
Academic Advisor:
Al Gober . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PRC-F134 . . . . . . . . . . .972.377.1780
Computer Information Systems is an exciting field that presents many opportunities for a student who is proficient in both applications and computer systems. The rapid spread of computers and information technology has generated a need for highly trained workers to design and develop new information systems that use these technologies to meet the needs of the business organization. The skills acquired in this program will enable the student to solve problems that are encountered when working in this ever-changing and growing field. These skills include planning and developing new computer systems while applying the resources of existing systems to additional operations.
This degree program offers specializations in computer systems and computer applications. Areas of study include business applications, business programming, management skills, computer applications, and technical skills. The degree can provide a broad business background and professional skills needed to succeed in a career in information technologies.
Two certificates are offered, which can be applied toward the AAS degree. The certificates provide the knowledge to update current job requirements. After successfully completing a certificate, students can continue to toward an AAS degree in Computer Information Systems.
Two Marketable Skills Achievement Awards are also offered, providing quick acknowledgement of success with minimum coursework. After successfully completing an award, students can continue to work toward a certificate and then an AAS degree.
Tech Prep students who took collegiate-level courses in computer information systems while in high school may elect to receive college credit by contacting the Global EDGE office. A petition for Tech Prep credit should be completed as soon as possible upon admission to Collin.
Career Options
The Computer Information Systems program prepares students for many new job opportunities, such as the following:
Computer Applications Specialist
Computer Systems Analyst
Computer Systems Specialist
Computer Systems Design Specialist
AAS – COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS
65 credit hours
First Year
First Semester
BCIS 1305 Business Computer Applications
ENGL 1301 Composition/Rhetoric I
HUMA 1301 Introduction to the Humanities
IMED 1301 Introduction to Multimedia 1
MATH Any 1XXX or 2XXX college-level mathematics course
Second Semester
COSC 1315 Fundamentals of Programming 2
CPMT 1411 Introduction to Computer Maintenance 1
ITSE 1311 Beginning Web Programming
ITSW 1304 Introduction to Spreadsheets - Excel
PHED/DANC Any activity course
Summer Semester
ECON 1301 Introduction to Economics 3
SPCH 1311 Fundamentals of Speech Communication
Second Year
First Semester
BCIS 2390 Systems Analysis and Design
ENGL 2311 Technical and Business Writing
ITSW 1307 Introduction to Database - Access
ITSY 1300 Fundamentals of Information Security
Elective*
Second Semester
GISC 1311 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
IMED 2309 Internet Commerce
ITNW 1358 Network+
ITSC 2380 Cooperative Education - Computer and Information Sciences, General (Capstone)4
Elective*
Note: Preferred core choices in italics; other options available on the Associate of Applied Science site, unless otherwise noted.
1 Tech Prep course which may have been completed in high school
2 May substitute COSC 1436 or ITSE 1431
3 May substitute ECON 2301 or ECON 2302
4 May substitute INEW 2330
* Electives (6 credit hours): Any COSC, IMED, ITSC, ITSE, ITSW, or ITSY course not listed above, except ITSC 1380, ITSE 1380, ITSE 2380, or ITSW 1380
AAS – COMPUTER APPLICATIONS SPECIALIZATION
64 credit hours
First Year
First Semester
BCIS 1305 Business Computer Applications
ENGL 1301 Composition/Rhetoric I
HUMA 1301 Introduction to the Humanities
IMED 1301 Introduction to Multimedia 1
MATH Any 1XXX or 2XXX college-level mathematics course
Second Semester
COSC 1315 Fundamentals of Programming 2
GRPH 2305 Directed Studies in Digital Publishing - Photoshop
ITSE 1311 Beginning Web Programming
ITSW 1304 Introduction to Spreadsheets - Excel
ITSW 1307 Introduction to Database - Access
PHED/DANC Any activity course
Summer Semester
ECON 1301 Introduction to Economics 3
SPCH 1311 Fundamentals of Speech Communication
Second Year
First Semester
ENGL 2311 Technical and Business Writing
GISC 1311 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
IMED 2309 Internet Commerce
ITNW 1358 Network+
Elective*
Second Semester
BCIS 2390 Systems Analysis and Design
ITSC 2380 Cooperative Education - Computer and Information Sciences, General (Capstone)4
ITSE 2313 Web Authoring - Dreamweaver
Elective*
Note: Preferred core choices in italics; other options available on the Associate of Applied Science site, unless otherwise noted.
1 Tech Prep course which may have been completed in high school
2 May substitute COSC 1436 or ITSE 1431
3 May substitute ECON 2301 or ECON 2302
4 May substitute INEW 2330
* Electives (6 credit hours): Any COSC, IMED, ITSC, ITSE, ITSW, or ITSY course not listed above, except ITSC 1380, ITSE 1380, ITSE 2380, or ITSW 1380
Certificates
Some of the courses in these certificate programs may require prerequisites. Please check the course descriptions in the back of this catalog.
APPLICATIONS PROGRAMMING CERTIFICATE
30 credit hours
First Semester
BCIS 1305 Business Computer Applications
COSC 1315 Fundamentals of Programming 1
ITNW 1358 Network+
ITSE 1311 Beginning Web Programming
ITSW 1307 Introduction to Database - Access
Second Semester
INEW 2301 Macro for Applications - VBA
INEW 2334 Advanced Web Programming - ASP.NET (Capstone)
ITSE 2302 Intermediate Web Programming
ITSE 2309 Database Programming - SQL
ITSW 1304 Introduction to Spreadsheets - Excel
1 May substitute COSC 1436 or ITSE 1431
COMPUTER APPLICATIONS CERTIFICATE
30 credit hours
First Semester
BCIS 1305 Business Computer Applications
IMED 1301 Introduction to Multimedia 1
ITSE 1311 Beginning Web Programming
ITSW 1304 Introduction to Spreadsheets - Excel
Computer Graphics Course 2
Second Semester
BCIS 2390 Systems Analysis and Design (Capstone)
GISC 1311 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
INEW 2301 Macro for Applications - VBA
ITNW 1358 Network+
ITSW 1307 Introduction to Database - Access
1 Tech Prep course which may have been completed in high school
2 Computer Graphics Course. Take one of the following: GRPH 1359, GRPH 2305, IMED 1341, or IMED 1345
Marketable Skills Achievement Awards
A Marketable Skills Achievement Award is a sequence of credit courses totaling 9-14 semester credit hours.
Some of the courses in these award programs may require prerequisites. Please check the course descriptions in the back of this catalog.
MSAA – COMPUTER APPLICATIONS
9 credit hours
IMED 1301 Introduction to Multimedia 1
ITSW 1304 Introduction to Spreadsheets - Excel
ITSW 1307 Introduction to Database - Access
1 Tech Prep course may have been completed in high school
MSAA – DATABASE APPLICATIONS
9 credit hours
ITSE 1356 Extensible Markup Language (XML)
ITSE 2309 Database Programming - SQL
ITSW 1307 Introduction to Database - Access
