1. Department of Computer and Information Sciences
OPEN HOUSE
SPRING 2007

2. Excellent Faculty Diversity a Main Strength
Faculty are very diverse
Come from a variety of academic and industrial backgrounds including CS, Math, Chemistry, Social/Behavioral Sciences, Philosophy – a strength
Core faculty have been here for up to 30 years – very dedicated and love to teach
Few adjuncts; high quality

3. CS Department Alumni Distinguished Alumni
Many successful alumni – both BS and MS
Many have gone on to successful careers in business and industry – from large corporations to new ventures…IBM, GE, ITT, CSC Corp, AT&T, Optelios; many have started their own businesses
Some have gone on to doctoral programs at, for example, Duke, UMass, Binghamton, USC, Stevens Institute of Technology, Northwestern, Syracuse

4. Many stay in the Utica/Rome area
Working with local companies such as PAR, Integrated Sensors, Niagara Mohawk, Capraro Technologies
Working at Information Institute and the Air Force Research Laboratory at the former Griffiss Air Force Base; great contact for students, lots of interaction
Some have formed their own companies
Work experience includes internships

5. Why CS at SUNYIT? Excellent learning environment
Low student/faculty ratios; among the best in SUNY or elsewhere
Section enrollment typically with only a few larger
Largest department at SUNYIT; 12 full-time and a few adjuncts;
If you need or want attention, you get it (sometime, even if you don’t want)

6. Why CS at SUNYIT? Students exposed to many advanced topics through:
Wide set of electives each semester
Graduate courses available to undergrads with good GPA
Joint BS/MS program – complete both degrees in a total of 4.5 to 5 years of full-time study

7. Academic Programs Computer Science (BS)
Computer Information Systems (BS)
Computer Science (BS/MS)
Computer Science (MS)

8. Department of Computer and Information Science
BS in CS
BS in CIS
Required Coursework
Electives Package Appropriately to easily create a specialization
Solid and General Computing and Inf. Systems Background + Minors in:
Accounting
Computer Science
Economics
Health Services Management
Marketing
Science Technology and Society
System Administration
Entertainment Computing
Data Security / Information Assurance
Modeling and Simulation
Scientific and Engineering Computing
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Networking
Solid CS Background

9. General Issues
Normal full-time load is 16 credits; 18 allowed without special permission
Consider registering for 18 credits; drop one or more courses if academic difficulty is encountered
Be attentive in first week for appropriate placement
Full-time status requires minimum of 12 credits; dropping below 12 jeopardizes full-time financial aid, and possibly health insurance

10. Mohawk Valley Consortium
Full-time students may take one course a semester at partner institutions (MVCC, HCCC, Hamilton, Utica College, Morrisville, Empire State) at no added tuition cost
Course must be applicable to student’s degree program
Course can not be offered on home campus during the same semester
Space available basis

11. General Education
SUNY-wide requirements (for all baccalaureate degrees)
Campus Requirements (applicable to all SUNYIT degrees)
Departmental Requirements (applicable to CS and CIS majors)
Minimum of one approved course in each category, and a total of not less than 30 credits

12. General Education Communication Humanities Arts
Social/Behavioral Sciences
Finite or Discrete Math
Calculus, Linear Algebra, or Statistics
Laboratory Science
Science Elective
Foreign Language
American History
Western Civilization
Other Civilizations
On-Line Communication or Documentation

13. Joint BS/MS Program Requirements
145 credits including 33 graduate credits
Must meet all specific course requirements for each degree
Twelve credits may be simultaneously applied to both degrees
Student may take CSC 500 which carries graduate credit and meets Finite/Discrete Math requirement
Two graduate courses are applied as advanced undergraduate electives
One or two graduate courses (depending on whether Discrete Mathematics is taken for graduate credit) are applied as unrestricted undergraduate electives

14. BS/MS Program (cont’d)
Advantages
Immediate admission into a graduate program
145 credits to complete MS vs. 124 for BS and 157 for both degrees
Reduced tuition costs
May be completed in three years for well prepared junior transfer students and five or less for entering freshmen

15. Odds and Ends Labs are very current
Students have many opportunities for hands-on experience; labs continually updated
Four main labs currently used for teaching
Support for Windows XP/VISTA, Free BSD UNIX, Gentoo Linux, Mac OSX, and Solaris
All Microsoft software (except Office) available free to CS/IS majors

16. Co-ops and Internships
Available as a course. Student may get up to 4 credits for CS related work during semester or summer
Students (generally with faculty help) locate paying jobs

17. The CS and CIS Curricula
Follow the joint guidelines and recommendations of ACM/IEEE CS
First year sequence common to both programs
CS 108 – Computing Fundamentals
CS 240 – Data Structures and Algorithms
Additional Core Course for CS
CS220 – Computer Organization

18. CS Program: Intermediate Courses
CS 249 – Object-Oriented Programming
CS 330 – Operating Systems and Networking
CS 350 – Information and Knowledge Management
CS 370 – Software Engineering

19. CS Program: Advanced Coursework
Advanced Electives (12 credits)
Three courses to be selected from advanced electives or graduate courses
See
Capstone Project (2 credits)
Many courses in Information Systems and information Technology available to CS majors for use as unrestricted elective credit

20. CIS Program: Intermediate Courses
IS310 – Hardware and Network Infrastructure
IS 320 – System Analysis and Design
IS 325 – Database Management Systems
IS 330 – Decision Support and Intelligent Systems
Any Two Courses, One at 300 Level or Higher that Have One of the Following Prefixes:
ACC, BUS, ECO, FIN, MGT, MKT

21. CIS: Advanced IS Electives
Twelve credits selected from
IS 305 – Applications Programming in COBOL
IS 315 – Networking of Information Systems
IS 340 – E-commerce
IS 470 – Database Programming
IS 490 – Selected Topics in IS
Selections also include about ten CS electives

22. CS 108 – Programming Fundamentals
Emphasis on structured programming
Currently taught in C
Equivalent courses elsewhere may be taught in C or C++, but not in Visual Basic.
Includes arrays and some discussion of pointers and lists

23. CS 240 – Data Structures and Algorithms
May be taught in either Java or C++; check section for language
Fundamental data structures
Stacks
Queues
Linked Lists
Hash Tables
Trees
Graphs
Prerequisites: Object Oriented Programming, Finite/Discrete Math

24. CS 249 – Object Oriented Programming
Currently taught in Java
Equivalent course may have been taught in C++
Prerequisites are Fundamentals and Finite Math

25. CS Program – Core Course Flowchart

26. CIS Program: Core Course Flowchart