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This course covers topics in the information systems discipline, which are not covered by
other information systems courses. The students are encouraged to propose topics for
this course.

IS 490 INTERNSHIP IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Credits: 3 Prerequisite: Advisor consent

Students spend 2 months (around 300 working hours) in an approved company or
institute. Students, with assistance from the Co-Op Office and CS Departmental approval,
find internships.

IS 492 CO-OP [COOPERATIVE EDUCATION]
Credits: 10 Prerequisite: Department consent

The Co-Op is a career related professional program available to all Computer Science
students. It is designed to help students build on skills already learned in the classroom
and acquire new ones as well. Co-Op education is available to CCIS students who have
accumulated the requisite number or more credits. The Co-Op counts for 10 credit
hours (CRs) for practical onsite experience over a 7 month period, i.e. spanning one
semester and a summer.

IS 494 INDUSTRY LINK
Credits: 3 Prerequisite: Department Consent

This elective course follows a pre-planned program administered by the university /
department. It involves spending a specified period of time in several local – and possibly
outside – computing institutions and companies and/or enrolling in their orientation
programs.

IS 498 SENIOR PROJECT I
Credits: 1 Prerequisite: Instructor consent + completion of 90 credit hours

This is an information system application development project applying previously learned
concepts and methods, substantial and suitable in nature under the supervision of a
faculty member. The senior project consists of a sequence of two courses: IS 498 and IS
499. In IS 498, the student is typically expected to study a problem, analyze and determine
the requirements, and design the solution for a system to be developed in an information
system environment or a business programming environment.

IS 499 SENIOR PROJECT II
Credits: 3 Prerequisite: IS 498

This course is a continuation of IS 498. The student is expected to carry the management
information system application construction, integration, testing, evaluation and tuning,
delivery, and user training.

CYS 401 FUNDAMENTALS OF CYBERSECURITY
Credits: 3(3,0,1) Prerequisite: Junior Level
Fundamentals of Cybersecurity was designed to help students develop a deeper
understanding of modern information and system protection technology and methods.