Advisement Worksheet: Information Systems Transfer Option (2014-2015)

Note: The catalog contains official requirements. This is simply an advisement tool to help with planning. In all cases, you should check the catalog to make sure that you are meeting curriculum requirements.

General Education Requirements
The General Education Requirements are expressed in Competencies. The student can meet the requirements for these competencies by taking as few as seven courses and as many as eleven courses. One course can meet as many as 3 competencies. To meet the requirements in seven courses careful planning is required. It is strongly recommended that the student meet with a CIS advisor for assistance in selecting courses. / General Education competency fulfilled by taking specified class.
ENG101 / Composition I: College Writing (3cr) / Written Communication (6cr)
ENG102 / Composition II: Writing about Literature (3cr) / Written Communication (6cr)
ECN112 / Principles of Economics – Micro (3cr) / Social Phenomenon (3 cr)
Pick a math sequence
See options and check with college you plan to transfer to
/ MTH131 and MTH132
MTH251 and MTH252
MTH131 and MTH252
MTH171, MTH173, MTH214, MTH215 / Quantitative/Symbolic Reasoning (6 or more cr)
The last sequence of 4 courses has additional credits
Scientific Reasoning & Discovery / Pick a 3 or 4 credit course from the Scientific Reasoning & Discovery category list: Science Electives. / Scientific Reasoning & Discovery (3-4 cr)
Pick One
COM101
COM114 / Fundamentals of Public Speaking
Professional Speaking / Humanities (3 cr)
Oral Communication (0-3 cr)
The CIS department has created a plan that will allow the student to complete the 4 remaining competencies by taking only 2 classes. These are recommended plans, not required. The student can choose to follow this plan to fulfill the specified general education competencies or the student can develop his/her own plan. Check the catalog for other options because other courses have been added to the competency lists.
If the student has transferred courses from another college or has changed majors while at BCC and has taken other BCC courses he/she should meet with a CIS advisor to determine how/if these classes fulfill any of the general education requirements in his/her program.
Plan (need 6 credits in history
Pick One
HST113 or
HST114 / United States History to 1877
United States History from 1877 / Historical Awareness (3cr)
Multicultural Perspective (0-3 cr)
Ethical Dimensions (0-3 cr)
Pick One
HST111 or
HST1112 / The West and the World I
The West and the World II / Global Awareness (0-3 cr)
General Courses:
ACC101 / Principles of Accounting I (4cr)
ACC150 / Small Business Financial Software (3cr)
CIS Courses:
CIS120 or
CIS111 or
CIS elective / Students should check with the colleges the colleges they are transferring to when picking an appropriate elective. CIS120 lays a strong foundation and CIS111 is preferred by some colleges.
CIS154 or CIS156 or CIS155 or CIS157 / Introduction to Computer Programming COBOL/Visual Basic/Introduction to C++ Programming/Object Oriented Java Programming (3 or 4 credits)
CIS254 or CIS256 or CIS255 or CIS257 / Advanced COBOL Programming/Advanced Visual Basic/C++ Object Oriented Programming/Programming Models using Java (3 or 4 credits)
CIS150 or CIS152 / Oracle and SQL/Database Programming and Management with Access (3 credits)
CIS elective / Students should check with college(s) that are being considered for transfer when picking an appropriate elective. We strongly suggest a web development course be considered when flexibility allows.
Open Elective: 3 electives / Students have three open electives. They should pick courses that will transfer to the colleges they are considering

An electronic copy of this worksheet can be found at: under Advisement for CIS/CIT