Students will use computers for practice and assignments using the Windows95 Operating System and applications. CIS001 does not count for credit in either the associate or baccalaureate program.
Students acquire skills by means of intensive, hands-on work in a computer laboratory.
Students can take a CLEP test to waive CIS100. This course provides an overview of computer science. Topics include algorithms, structured programming, expression evaluation, information coding, computer operations, software, networking, the object-based paradigm, the relational model, the information systems development life cycle, and human and organizational factors in information systems. CIS101 is a foundation course for the CIS degree and a prerequisite to other core courses. Lecture and laboratory.