Bachelor's in Computer and Information Sciences

Computer and Information Sciences is a Bachelor program taught at Spelman College, USA. Intake: Fall, Spring. The program is offered in campus-based modes with full-time (4 years) options.

Spelman College offers a bachelor of science in computer science through its Computer and Information Sciences program. Students complete required core courses and additional electives. The major includes CIS 113 Discovering Computer Science: Python and CIS 123 Computer Science 1: Python, plus courses such as Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis, Computer Organization and Design, Operating Systems and Computer Architecture, Introduction to Database Management Systems Design, and Theory of Programming Languages. First-year and senior seminars are required.

Degree requirements specify that 45 to 48 semester hours are required, including 36 required core course hours and at least three additional elective courses chosen from computer and information science courses at the 300 level or above. Each course for the major must be completed with a grade of C or better. Course outlines include credit hours, lecture hours, and laboratory hours (for example, CIS 113 lists 4-3-2).

Modules

• CIS 113 Discovering Computer Science: Python (4-3-2)
• CIS 123 Computer Science I: Python (4-3-2)
• CIS 181, 182 First-Year Seminar (0-1-0)
• CIS 215 Data Structures and Theoretical Foundations of Computer Science (4-3-2)
• CIS 216 Computer Organization and Design (4-3-2)
• CIS 313 Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis (4-3-0)
• CIS 328 Introduction to Database Management Systems Design (4-3-0)
• CIS 343 Operating Systems and Computer Architecture (4-3-1)
• CIS 346 Theory of Programming Languages (4-3-0)
• CIS 481 Senior Seminar I (0-1-0)
• CIS 482 Senior Seminar II (1-1-0)
• CIS 472 Software Engineering (4-3-0)

The minimum requirements for admission in Computer and Information Sciences at Spelman College for all applicants (Domestic or International) are:

• program specific academic requirment set by Spelman College.
• English Language OR any other language requirments as set by Spelman College as pre-requiste for admission in Computer and Information Sciences.

Note: Please check the university website in the link below.

Computer science majors are required to take CIS 113 Discovering Computer Science: Python as a prerequisite to CIS 123 Computer Science 1: Python. Each of the courses presented for the major must be completed with a grade of C or better.

Please check detail of study units at https://www.spelman.edu/academics/computer-and-information-sciences/index.html

• Software Developer
• Systems Analyst
• Data Scientist
• Cybersecurity Analyst
• AI/Machine Learning Engineer
• Database Administrator
• Business Analyst
• Information Systems Manager
• Data Analyst
• User Experience (UX) Designer

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