In addition to the M.C.I.S. program, the CIS Department co-sponsors the Information Systems Auditing program with the Accounting Department. For further information, see the Master of Accountancy program in this Bulletin. Return to top Faculty Research and Publications Because of the broad range of research interests of the faculty, there are numerous opportunities for students to participate in special projects or research in all areas of computer and information science. The optional master's thesis allows a student to conduct a more formal research project. In addition, a VAX cluster is available in the engineering building and is used in several courses, as well as for research.
All laboratories are available to students for both course work and research.
The networks are connected to the University fiber backbone that, in turn, is linked to national networks. The basic personal computer laboratory provides a variety of word processing, spreadsheet, database, and programming language software and is primarily used in the introductory courses. This laboratory also may be accessed by students using dial-up connections. The workstation laboratory provides a networked Unix environment that is used in courses such as those dealing with advanced operating systems and computer networks. The College of Business Administration has a limited number of graduate assistantships available each year.