Missouri Western State University
Computer Information Systems
The following is a list of courses that satisfy the General Education Block and the Associate in Arts Degree requirements here at North Central Missouri College as well as the requirements for the Computer Information Systems major at Missouri Western State University. This guide is valid ONLY for those seeking the General Education Block or an Associate in Arts Degree.
NCMC General Education Core Curriculum-42 semester hours
Communications 9 Credits
EN 101 English I and
EN 102 English II and
SP 175 Speech
Mathematics 3 Credits
MT 122 College Algebra
Humanities and Fine Arts 9 Credits
Choose three courses, one course from three of the four categories:
Literature:
EN 211 Studies in Literature
EN 251 World Literature: Beginning to the Renaissance
EN 252 World Literature: Enlightenment to the Present
EN 261 American Literature Before 1865
EN 262American Literature After 1865
Humanities/Cultural Studies:
HU 110 Humanities: Pre-Renaissance
HU 111 Humanities: Renaissance to Present
HI 101 Western Civilization to 1700
HI 102 Western Civilization since 1700
Fine Arts:
AR 104 Art Appreciation
MU 109 Music Appreciation
TH111 Introduction to Theatre
Foreign Language/Philosophy:
FL 100 Elementary Spanish I
FL 110 Elementary German I
FL 120 Elementary French 1
FL 155 American Sign Language I
PH 101 Ethics
PH 102 Introduction to Philosophy
RL 101 Introduction to Religion
Social Sciences 9 Credits
EC 253 Macroeconomics and
HI 103 American History to 1877 or PL 216 National Government and
Choose one: PY 121 General Psychology, SO 107 General Sociology, GE 106 Introduction to World Geography, HI 104 American History since 1877, EC 252 Microeconomics, etc.
Life and Physical Sciences 9 Credits
Choose one course from Life Sciences and one course from Physical Sciences.
Biological Sciences
BI 100 General Biology
BI 101 General Botany
BI 103 General Zoology
BI 110 Ecology
Physical Sciences
CH 107 Introduction to Chemistry
CH 110 General Chemistry I
PS 101 Introduction to the Physical Sciences
PS 108 Introduction to Physics
PS 185 College Physics I
Managing Information 3 Credits
BT 160 Microcomputer Applications I
General Education 42 Credits
Health and Physical Education 3 Credits
PE 105 Health Education
PE Activity Course
Military experience accepted with proper documentation for activity courses
Major Field Requirements 17 Credits
MT 125 Elementary Statistics
AC 136 Elementary Accounting I
AC 137 Elementary Accounting II
IT 243 Programming in C++ I
IT 244 Programming in C++ II
IT 238 ANS Cobol I
IT 239 ANS Cobol II (equates to CSC 245)
Associate of Arts Degree 62 Total Credits
Missouri Western State University
Computer Information Systems
To gain admission into the Computer Information Systems degree program, the student must be enrolled in IT 244 or have completed IT 244 with a "C" or better, or have an ACT composite score of 25 or higher, or an ACT Science Reasoning score of 28 or higher. In addition, the student must have an overall GPA of at least 2.0.
Contact Dr. Tingziu Wang, at 816-271-4370.
Rev. 09/11