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This schedule lists courses you might take during your four years at CMU-Q. This sample plan does not indicate required courses or guidelines for selecting electives: you can find this information on the program’s curriculum page.
To learn more about individual courses, please consult the Undergraduate Catalog.
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First Year
Fall Semester
67-100 Information Systems First Year Colloquium (1)
15-110 Principles of Computing (10)
76-100 Reading & Writing in an Academic Context (9)
21-111 Calculus I (10)
xx-xxx Elective Course (9)
99-101 Computing@Carnegie Mellon (3)
Total Units: 42
Spring Semester
67-250 The Information Systems Milieux (9)
15-112 Fundamentals of Programming and Computer Science (12)
76-101 Interpretation & Argument (9)
21-112 Calculus II (10)
xx-xxx Grand Challenge Seminar (9)
Total Units: 49
Second Year
Fall Semester
67-262 Database Design and Development (9)
15-121 Introduction to Data Structures (10)
80-210 Logic and Proofs (9)
xx-xxx General Education (9)
xx-xxx General Education/Elective (9)
Total Units: 46
Spring Semester
67-272 Application Design & Development (12)
xx-xxx HCI Requirement (9)
36-200 Reasoning with Data (9)
xx-xxx General Education/Elective (9)
xx-xxx General Education (9)
Total Units: 48
Third Year
Fall Semester
17-313 Foundations of Software Engineering (12)
xx-xxx Concentration Course (9)
xx-xxx Quantitative Analysis Requirement (9)
xx-xxx General Education (9)
xx-xxx General Education/ Elective (9)
Total Units: 48
Spring Semester
67-373 Information Systems Consulting Project (12)
xx-xxx Professional Communications Requirement (9)
xx-xxx Concentration Course (9)
xx-xxx General Education (9)
xx-xxx General Education/Elective (9)
Total Units: 48
Fourth Year
Fall Semester
95-442 Managing Digital Transformation (9)
xx-xxx Concentration Course (9)
xx-xxx General Education (9)
xx-xxx General Education (9)
xx-xxx General Education/Elective (9)
Total Units: 48
Spring Semester
xx-xxx Innovation and Entrepreneurship Requirement (9)
xx-xxx Concentration Capstone (9-12)
xx-xxx General Education (9)
xx-xxx General Education/Elective (9)
xx-xxx General Education/Elective (9)
Total Units: 45
Concentration Areas
Concentrations or approved minors provide students with the opportunity to develop a deeper understanding in an IS field of their interest.
Information Security and Privacy
The Information Security and Privacy concentration exposes students to the key technical, process, and policy aspects related to information security and associated privacy concerns. The student who completes this concentration will have a solid foundation in the area and will be prepared to continue developing expertise through graduate school or their professional career.
Data Science
The Data Science concentration prepares students to capitalize on the continuously expanding quantity of data generated through our interconnected information systems. Students develop an understanding of how to store, process, retrieve, and analyze data so they can derive insights and improve decision making for individuals, organizations, and society. The foundation developed in this concentration prepares graduates to assist organizations to harness the data they generate, as well as to support research projects either as a graduate student or within a chosen profession.
Digitization
The digitization concentration prepares the student to understand and effectively innovate with information systems to support entrepreneurship, organizations, or society. Graduates with this concentration often work in a larger organization or they create new organizations that capitalize on the benefits of information and information systems.