Foundation Courses

*These courses fulfill part of the General Education requirement.

• CISC 131 - Foundations of Computing I *
• CISC 231 - Foundations of Computing II *
• CISC 238 - Graph User Intrfc App/Developm
• MATH 122 - Statistics *
• MATH 244 - Discrete Structures
• ACCT 120 - Intro to Financial Accounting *

Major Courses

• CISC 301 - Info Systems Within Organizat
• CISC 311 - Object/Structure/Algorithim I
• CISC 335 - Computer Network II
• CISC 337 - Database Mgmt Systems
• CISC 339 - Artificial Intelligence
• CISC 359 - Web Site Administration
• CISC 370 - Systems Analysis & Design
• CISC 421 - Operating Systems
• CISC 470 - Info Systmns Develp/Implement

Major Electives

And four courses (Major Electives) selected from the following:

• CISC 341 - Computer Architecture
• CISC 352 - Math Methods in Data Science
• CISC 380 - Co-op Computer Science I
• CISC 381 - Co-op Computer Science II
• CISC 385 - Cryptography/Computer Security
• CISC 395 - Special Topics Comp Info Systm
• CISC 397 - Independent Study CIS
• CISC 411 - Object/Structure/Algorithim II
• CISC 430 - Hlthcare Analytics & Apps
• IASP 221 - Linux Administration
• IASP 230 - Introduction to Cybersecurity
• IASP 330 - Dster Recvry/Business Continut
• IASP 420 - Network Security
• IASP 430 - Digital Forensics

Note(s)

Mercy University’s 15-credit residency requirement in the major concentrations of mathematics, computer science or computer information systems must be satisfied by courses numbered 200 or above. Computer information systems majors who have not had their mathematics core requirement waived should complete MATH 116  and MATH 201  (rather than MATH 115 ) as part of their General Education requirement.

CISC 120  is a Prerequisite for introductory courses in computer information systems, but may be waived by passing the departmental waiver exam. Some courses are offered once a year. Please check with the department for the current course offering schedule.

Undergraduate majors may take a maximum of two graduate level courses to fulfill the major elective requirement.

*CISC 120 /MATH 120 , MATH 131 , MATH 231 , MATH 116 , MATH 122 , MATH 201 , and ACCT 120  are prerequisites for the major and must be completed as part of the General Education requirements.