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This program is designed to meet the
needs of small companies who require employees with some
computer experience.
Academic performance for the
certificate program
Students in the CIS certificate
program must maintain semester and cumulative grade point
averages of at least 2.0 (a C average) in order to be awarded
the certificate.
Students who do not maintain the
required cumulative grade point average will be placed on
Academic Warning for one semester. If they do not attain the
required CGPA, they will be required to withdraw from the
program. Students who have been required to withdraw are not
normally readmitted to the program.
Course repetition
Students may not register for a course
more than twice. No more than five course duplications will be
permitted in work used towards any CIS program. When a course
has been repeated, only the higher grade is counted in the GPA
calculation.
Program outline
Students who want a certificate as a
basic exit credential can choose any 30 credits from the CIS
offerings, including degree program non-CIS courses, at least
one half of which must be CIS or COMP courses. Those who may
want to ladder this credential into the diploma are advised to
take the courses listed for the first year of the diploma.
Students entering the certificate program without any computer
literacy skills will need to take CIS 100.
This program combines studies from the
computing, business, and communications fields, so students
will acquire enough skills to obtain a first job and also a
broad base from which to expand their training. The
four-semester program provides theoretical groundwork and
specific skill development courses, with major emphasis on
practical, hands-on work.
Academic performance for the diploma
program
Students in the CIS diploma program
must maintain semester and cumulative grade point averages of
at least 2.0 (a C average) in order to be awarded the diploma.
Students who do not maintain the
required CGPA will be placed on Academic Warning for one
semester. If they do not attain the required CGPA, they will be
required to withdraw from the program. Students who have been
required to withdraw are not normally readmitted to the
program.
Course repetition
Students may not register for a course
more than twice. No more than five course duplications will be
permitted in work used towards any CIS program. When a course
has been repeated, only the higher grade is counted in the GPA
calculation.
Diploma and Years I and II of the
degree program
The CIS diploma is the foundation of
the Bachelor of Computer Information Systems degree program.
The diploma represents the first two years of the degree and is
a prerequisite for entrance into the actual degree program,
which begins in third year and continues into fourth year.
Year I
(Example of typical program)
Semester One
Course Title Credits
CIS 145 Web Publishing 3
or CIS 146 Intermediate Web Publishing (see Note 3) 3
CIS 190 Systems Hardware Concepts 4
COMP 125 Principles of Computing 3
COMP 150 Introduction to Programming 4
CMNS 125 Business Communications
3
Semester Two
Course Title Credits
CIS 180 Introduction to Visual
Programming 4
CIS 192 Introduction to Networking 4
COMP 155 Advanced Programming 4
MATH 125 Introduction to Discrete
Mathematics 4
Approved Arts or other approved
elective 3–4
(see CIS web page at www.ucfv.ca/cis/courses/artselectives.htm) Year II
Semester Three
Course Title Credits
CIS 230 Databases and Database
Management Systems 4
CIS 270 Analysis and Design 3
CIS 291 Networking Theory and
Applications 4
CIS Elective (see Note 1)
Elective Business or Communications elective (see Note 2) 3
Semester Four
Course Title Credits
CIS 285 End User Training and
Support 3
CIS Elective (see Note 1)
COMP 251 Data Structures and
Algorithms 4
COMP 256 Introduction to Machine
Architecture 4
CMNS 250 Report Writing for
Business, Information
Technologies, Social and Human Services 3
Note 1: CIS electives: diploma students
will take two of:
Course Title Credits
CIS 221 Principles of Information
Systems Security 4
CIS 245 Intermediate Web Programming
4
CIS 280 Client/Server Programming 4
CIS 292 Wide Area Networking I 4
CIS 296 Network Operating Systems 4
Warning: Students proceeding to the
degree program should note that some optional courses are
prerequisites for some upper-level courses.
Students should choose their optional second-year courses carefully, so that they obtain the prerequisites for the upper-level CIS/COMP courses they wish to take.
Note 2: Business or Communications
elective options:
BUS 100, 102, 120, 143, 144, 145, 162, 201, 202, 203, 223, or CMNS 212, 235, or 275.
Note 3: Students cannot obtain credit
for both CIS 145 and CIS 146 for the CIS diploma.
Course listings
For complete details on courses see
the
Course descriptions.
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