The University offers a five-year program that allows qualified students to attain a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science and a Master of Science degree in management information systems (MIS) with a combined course load of 141 credits.

Students are eligible to apply for the combined program after completing 60 undergraduate credits and obtaining a grade point ratio of 3.00 or better in the first 15 credits of computer science courses.

Applications should be submitted before the student has completed 27 credits of computer science courses. Upon completion of their undergraduate degree, students who have maintained a 3.00 GPR in their computer science courses will be admitted to the graduate MIS program.

Degree Plan

1st Semester (14 credits)

2nd Semester (14 credits)

3rd Semester (14 credits)

4th Semester (16 credits)

  • CSCI3251 Design of Software Systems
  • CSCI6623 Database Systems
  • MATH3237 Probability and Statistics I
  • Science Elective (Same as listed in semester 3)
  • Science Lab: (Same as listed in semester 3)
  • UNIV2002 Global Issues

5th Semester (16 credits)

  • Concentration (6 credits): Students must complete any one of three concentration areas: Cybersecurity and Information Assurance, Game and Mobile Application Development, Big Data Analytics.
  • CSCI3240 Computer Networks
  • ACCT5012 Financial Accounting: End-user Application
  • MKTG5012 Marketing Principles
  • MATH2255 Discrete Structures

6th Semester (15 credits)

  • Concentration: (Same as semester 5)
  • CSCI3255 Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science
  • CSCI6638 Operating Systems (These courses can be applied to the M.S. degree provided that the student earns a grade of B or better.)
  • Ethical & Moral Analysis
  • ENGR3000 Modern Technologies
  • Humanities/Soc Sci Elective: Take three credits of coursework in COMM, CRIM, ENGL, HIST, HUMN, LANG, PHIL, POLS, PSYC, RELI, or SOCI.

7th Semester (16 credits)

  • Concentration: (Same as semester 5)
  • CSCI6603 Computer Organization : (These courses can be applied to the M.S. degree provided that the student earns a grade of B or better.)
  • ENGR2210 Technical Communications
  • MATH3220 Linear Algebra
  • Science Elective (Same as semester 3)
  • Science Lab (Same as semester 3)

8th Semester (15 credits)

  • Concentration (6 credits): (Same as semester 5)
  • CSCI6758 Electronic Commerce (These courses can be applied to the M.S. degree provided that the student earns a grade of B or better.)
  • ECON5012 Economic Analysis
  • Science Elective: (Same as semester 3)
  • Science Lab: (Same as semester 3)

9th Semester (12 credits)

  • CSCI6720 Management Information Systems
  • CSCI7727 Development of MIS 1:Project Management and Systems Analysis
  • Graduate Elective (6 credits):Students must select three courses from the list below. However, students have the option of registering for a 3-credit internship (which counts as one graduate elective course) after completing the B.S. degree and 18 graduate credits. At the discretion of the School and consistent with the program objectives, other information technology and business-oriented course may be added to this list: CSCI 6733, CSCI6734, CSCI6735, CSCI6751, CSCI6810, CSCI6844, CSCI7728, CSCI7781, CSCI7785, CSCI7795

10th Semester (9 credits)

  • CSCI7791 Information Systems for Competitive Advantage
  • MKTG6500 Marketing Concepts
  • Graduate Elective: (same as semester 9)

Concentrations

Students must complete any one of three concentration areas: Cybersecurity and Information Assurance, Big Data and Analytics, Mobile and Game App Development. Each concentration requires the successful completion of six courses (18 credits).

Cybersecurity and Information Assurance

Required Courses(15 credits)

Elective Courses(3 credits)

  • Select one from the following courses:
  • CSCI3345 Firewalls and Intrusion Detection Systems
  • CSCI3391 Network and Information Security

Students completing the BS in Computer Science with this concentration are eligible to receive a Certificate of Completion of a NSA & DHS designated CAE-CDE program of study from FDU’s Center for Cybersecurity and Information Assurance (CCIA).

Mobile and Game App Development

Big Data and Analytics

  • CSCI3331 Advanced Database
  • CSCI3460 Data Warehouse and Data Mining
  • CSCI4373 Distributed Database Systems
  • CSCI6885 Big Data Analytics with Hadoop & R
  • CSCI____ Introduction to Cloud Computing
  • CSCI____ Introduction to Machine Learning