MCIS OFFERS NEW PROGRAMS
The Department of Mathematical, Computing, and Information Sciences (MCIS) is pleased to announce the approval of new undergraduate and graduate program concentrations and a new minor offered beginning fall 2007:

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE CONCENTRATIONS

1. Information Assurance
2. Game Development
3. General

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS CONCENTRATIONS

1. Information Assurance
2. Web Development
3. General

NEW UNDERGRADUATE MINOR

1. Applied Information Processing

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND SOFTWARE DESIGN TRACKS

1. High Performance and Scientific Computing
2. Information Security and Assurance
3. Visualization and Image Processing
4. Web Technologies and Development
5. General

These changes are indicative of the desire to update the computer science and computer information systems programs to reflect current market trends, respond to student needs and desires, and to prepare students to enter career fields newly established as a result of changing technology. New courses have been added to support these changes and serve the training needs of our majors as well as majors in the fields of criminal justice, emergency management, management, accounting and information management/E-commerce.

For more information, visit our website at mcis.jsu.edu.

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