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Minor in Computer Applications (15 cr.)

The goal of this minor is to provide the necessary technical expertise to those student preparing themselves for the new knowledge economy. Potential students who benefit from this minor may be found in many disciplines, including health care, science and engineering, government, business, and education.

The minor consists of 15 credit hours and provides the student with knowledge and understanding of computer hardware and software components and how they operate, use of common office automation and productivity software, introduction to operating systems, introduction to event driven programming and graphical user interfaces, introduction to Web-based programming, introduction to computer networks and the client/server computing model.

At least 12 of the 15 credit hours must be taken at IU South Bend.

Requirements (15 cr.)

All courses are 3 credit hours, unless otherwise designated. A grade of C- or higher in each course is required.

Select  (at least) 15 cr. from the following:

• CSCI-A 106 Introduction to Computing
• CSCI-A 107 Advanced Microcomputing (4 cr.)
• CSCI-A 201 Introduction to Programming (4 cr.)
• CSCI-A 340 An Introduction to Web Programming
• CSCI-B 100 Problem Solving Using Computers (4 cr.)
• CSCI-C 101 Computer Programming I (4 cr.)
• CSCI-C 151 Multiuser Operating Systems (2 cr.)
• INFO-I 213 Web Site Design and Development
• INFO-I 310 Multimedia Arts and Technology
• INFO-I 320 Distributed Systems and Collaborative Computing

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