St. Ambrose University 518 West Locust Davenport Iowa 52803 admit

Undergraduate Programs
Computer and
Information Sciences
Requirements for a Bachelor of Arts with a
Major in Computer Information Systems:
ACCT 201, 202; ECON 101; ENGL 217;
MATH 151; BUS 205 or STAT 213; one
Business elective at 300 level or above; one class
from ENGL 217 or COMM 326 or COMM 327;
CSCI 195, 205, 210, 220, 275, 300, 360, 370;
one from following: CSCI 390, 395; one from
following CSCI 440, 450, 460, 470, 480;
CSCI 499 Internship strongly recommended.
Requirements for a Bachelor of Science with a
Major in Computer Science: CSCI 195, 240, 310,
320, 360, 370, 395, 400, 410; MATH 191; two
courses from: CSCI 385, 430, 440; one course
from: CSCI 420, 450, 470; one course selected
from: CSCI 480, MATH 192, 290, 300; CSCI
499 Internship is strongly recommended.
Requirements for Bachelor of Arts with a Major
in Communication and Computer Network
Administration: Computer Component: CSCI
210, 370, 470; three courses totaling at least nine
credits selected from: CSCI 195, 420, 450, CNA
499. Communication Component: COMM 203,
306, 326; ENGL 217, 218. Business Component:
BUS 310. CNA Component: WI-CNA 400.
Total: 39 credits.
Requirements for a Minor in Computer Network
Administration: Computer Component: CSCI
340, 370; six credits from the following: CSCI
371, 450, 420, CNA 499. Communications
Component: COMM 203, 326, ENGL 217;
Business Component: BUS 310. Total: 24 credits.
Requirement for a Minor in Computer Science:
CSCI 195, 204, 210, 360, 370; a second programming
course; MATH 151; and one CSCI
elective at the 300 level or above.
+ = Applicable toward general education degree requirements
WI = Writing intensive course
Course Descriptions
WI-CNA 400. Capstone Seminar 3 credits
A general topics and readings course in core computer
networking technologies and management
issues providing a foundation for integrating
communications skills through research paper
development, technical writing, group decisionmaking
and business presentations. Prerequisite:
Senior standing in CNA major.
CNA 499. Internship
1–5 credits
Experiential learning in a professional business
setting, based on an agreement between the advisor
and student on learning contract, placement,
academic project, evaluation. Students prepare a
resume and participate in job screening process.
Prerequisite: Senior standing in CNA major.
CSCI 120. Introduction to
Computer Science
3 credits
Survey of computer systems, the role of the computer
in different disciplines. Applications covered
include an office suite (word processing,
spreadsheet, and database), web browsing, and
Internet research).
CSCI 130. Introduction to Programming 1 credit
Introduction to analyzing and designing a program.
Topics include: top-down design, flow of
control, pseudo-code, variables, reading from the
keyboard, writing to screen, formatting output,
conditional statement, concept of function.
Prerequisite: CSCI 120 or instructor permission.
CSCI 150. Internet Programming
and Applications
3 credits
Internet navigation using web browsing software,
including email, FTP, Usenet News, Telnet and
Gopher. Multimedia applications and plug-ins.
Creating and publishing web pages using hypertext
markup language (HTML). Web scripting
and developing using Java language. Uses a case
study for putting it all together. Prerequisites:
MATH 121 or CSCI 120 or instructor permission.
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