BIS Self-Study Appendices - University of Nebraska Omaha

Credit Unit
We count the 50 minute meeting of classroom contact as equal to one contact hour and our semesters
are 16 weeks total which includes one week for finals and one week (5 days total) of non-class time
(Spring Break in the Spring semester and Fall Break and Thanksgiving Break in the Fall semester) which is
a total of 28 weeks of scheduled instruction between a fall and spring semester.
Instructional Modes
In addition to traditional on-campus instruction, the College of IS&T has been offering online or distance
education courses. The College of IS&T collaborates with the Division of Continuing Studies to offer
online degrees in a BGS in MIS and BGS in IT. The BS in MIS is only two or three courses from having
their program online. The following courses have been developed into an online offering:
Pre-requisites for BGS in MIS
*CIST 1100 – Introduction to Personal Computers
*CSCI 1400 – Introduction to Computer Programming
*CIST 2500 – Introduction to Statistics
*ISQA 3210 – Advanced Technology for Personal Productivity
Required Courses
*CIST 3100 – Organizations, Applications, and Technology
*CSCI 1620 – Introduction to Computer Science II
*ISQA 3300 – File Structures for Information Systems
*ISQA 3310 – Managing the Database Environment
**ISQA 4110 – Information Systems Analysis
**ISQA 4120 – Systems Design and Implementation
**ISQA 3400 – Business Data Communications
*CIST 3110 – Information Technology Ethics
*CIST 3600 – Information Security and Policy
*denotes the courses that have been developed and available for online offering
**denotes that these courses are under development and will be available Fall Semester 2009.
Several of these courses are offered only once a year or twice a year. For example, CIST 3600 is
offered Spring Semester during the daytime and an online course would be available for
evening students. Courses could alternate semesters between an in-person and online delivery
mode.
Grade-Point Average
For all programs in the College of IS&T, a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5 is required for graduation. A
student must obtain a grade of C- or better in each class counted towards the degree.
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