The major areas covered by CSIS 1590 include:
The CSIS department is also in the process of developing an equivalency examination for CSIS 1590, since a number of undergraduates enter with equivalent knowledge. Once the examination is in place, it may also become a way of demonstrating knowledge in this area.
In addition, since CSIS 1590 is a prerequisite for the more advanced undergraduate requirements in programming, databases, and networking, the requirement for CSIS 1590 is considered to be met if the students has taken (or has experience equivalent to) either CSIS 2610, 2617, 3722, 3723, or 3783.
CSIS 2610 and CSIS 2617 are a sequence of courses that cover programming concepts. Together, these two courses cover the following:
Students wishing to claim employment experience equivalent to these two courses must submit one or more pieces of software developed in the course of employment. This software can be either a standalone application, or a component of a larger system.
This software must meet the following requirements, equivalent to the kind of programs required by the end of CSIS 2617:
CSIS 3722 covers the following topics:
Students wishing to claim employment experience equivalent to this course must submit evidence that they have created a third normal form database as part of their employment, and have written SQL to query the database. This must include:
CSIS 3723 covers the following topics:
The exit project for this course generally involves the design, installation, and management of a small LAN, including assigning privileges and performing troubleshooting.
Students wishing to claim employment experience equivalent to this course must submit evidence that they have performed similar duties as part of their employment. This must include:
This is the second of two courses based on the Cisco Networking Academy curriculum. As such, there is no equivalent employment-related experience. Instead, the equivalent experience is a Cisco CCNA Certification.