General Education Requirements

Note: All courses must be from the Approved Courses for General Education  courses for each category listed in the General Education section of this catalog.

Typical Program of Study

Fall

• CPET 1500 - Introduction to Computer Networking Credit Hours: 3
• INFS 1010 - Computer Applications Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 1010 - ♦Composition I Credit Hours: 3
• MATH 1530 - ♦Probability and Statistics (Non-Calculus Based) Credit Hours: 3
• SPCH 2300 - ♦Public Speaking Credit Hours: 3

Spring

• CISP 1110 - Advanced Concepts of Computers and Applications Credit Hours: 3
• CISP 2030 - SQL Fundamentals Credit Hours: 3
• CISP 1290 - Microcomputer Operating Systems Credit Hours: 3
• CISP 1610 - Visual Basic Credit Hours: 4
• PHYS 1030 - ♦Introduction to Physics Credit Hours: 4

• or

• PSCI 1010 - ♦Physical Science I (Physics and Chemistry) Credit Hours: 4

Fall

• Elective - Humanities (an approved elective from the general education core) Credits: 3
• Elective - Technical Elective Credits: 1
• CISP 1130 - Computer Spreadsheets Credit Hours: 3
• CISP 1150 - Essentials of Web Development Credit Hours: 3
• CISP 2400 - Microcomputer Hardware Control Credit Hours: 3

Spring

• Elective - Social/Behavioral Science (an approved elective from the general education core) Credits: 3
• CISP 1120 - Multimedia Design Technologies Credit Hours: 3
• CISP 1140 - Advanced Computer Spreadsheets Credit Hours: 3
• CISP 1550 - Network Systems and Infrastructures Credit Hours: 3
• CISP 2980 - Computer Science Capstone Credit Hours: 3

Total Credit Hours: 60

Technical Electives

• Technical Electives may be chosen from any CPET or CISP course or from:

• COOP 1110 - Cooperative Education I Credit Hours: 1-4

For Further Information

Dan H. Perry, CCAI
Associate Professor, Computer and Information Sciences
Telephone: 423.354.2581
dhperry@NortheastState.edu

or

Karen Nunan
Assistant Professor, Computer and Information Sciences
Telephone: 423.354.2407
klnunan@NortheastState.edu

or

Danny Lawson
Dean, Business Technologies
Telephone: 423.323.0234
dllawson@NortheastState.edu