Carnegie Mellon University

IS Course Requirements & Courses For Fall '22 for Students with CMU Entry Dates Before 2020

Professional Core

Disciplinary Core

Content Area

Heinz Courses 


Professional Core

Core Courses

All of the Core Courses must be completed to fulfill this requirement.

67-262 Database Design and Development 9 Units Sophomore

67-475 SUB*

05-470: Digital Service Innovation

67-443: Mobile Application Design and Development 

94-491: Hacking for Homeland Security

9 - 12 Units Junior / Senior

*Course must be taken after completion of 67-272 to satisfy this requirement.

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Core Electives

6-12 units of the Core Electives are needed to complete this requirement.

19-403

Policies of Wireless Systems

12 Units
67-220 Digital Accessibility 9 Units
67-240 Mobile Web Design and Development 9 Units
67-265

Design Fundamentals I: Shaping Interactions and Fundamentals

9 Units
67-309

Special Topics: Information Assurance and Security

6 Units
67-328 Full-Stack Application Development 9 Units
67-329 Contemporary Themes in Global Systems 9 Units
67-338 Information and Grid Design 9 Units
67-443 Mobile Design Application and Development 12 Units
80-249 AI, Society and Humanity 9 Units
84-405 The Future of Warfare 9 Units

OR any Computer Science OR related course above 15-121 with prerequisite of 15-112 or higher (10-xxx, 11-xxx, 16-xxx, 17-xxx)
OR 05-xxx any Human-Computer Interaction course   

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Disciplinary Core

One course from EACH of the three Disciplinary Core categories are needed to fulfill this requirement.

Professional Communications

05-317 Design of Artificial Intelligence Products 12 Units
36-315 Statistical Graphics and Visualization 9 Units
51-261

Design Center: Communication Design Fundemental: IxD for Communications

9 Units
67-265

Design Fundamentals I: Shaping Interactions and Experiences

9 Units
67-338

Information and Grid Design

9 Units
70-321 Negotiation and Conflict Resolution 9 Units
70-340 Business Communications 9 Units
70-342 Managing Across Cultures 9 Units
70-350 Acting for Business 9 Units
70-483 Advertising and Marketing Communications 9 Units
76-270 Writing for the Professions 9 Units
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Quantitative Analysis & Research Methods

* Cross Listings: 36-208 Regression Analysis, 70-208 Regression Analysis

21-325 Probability 9 Units
36-202 Statistics and Data Science Methods 9 Units
36/70-208 Regression Analysis 9 Units
36-218 Probability Theory for Computer Scientists 9 Units
36-225 Introduction to Probability Theory 9 Units
36-309 Experimental Design for Behavorial and Social Sciences 9 Units
70-257 Organization for Business 9 Units
80-305 Choices, Decisions, and Games  9 Units
88-251 Empirical Research Methods 9 Units
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Organizations, Policy & Social Science

* Cross Listings: 08-200 Ethics and Policy Issues in Computing, 19-211 Ethics and Policy Issues in Computing

19-403 Policies of Wireless Systems 12 Units
70-311 Organizational Behavior 9 Units
70-332 Business, Society and Ethics 9 Units
70-342 Managing Across Cultures 9 Units
70-415 Introduction to Entrepreneurship 9 Units
80-249 AI, Society, and Humanity 9 Units
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Content Area

A minimum of 27 units total from ONE of the areas below are needed to fulfill this requirement. No Content Area course may also be used to fulfill a Disciplinary Core or Professional Core requirement.

Business Enterprise Systems

19-403 Policies of Wireless Systems 12 Units
67-240 Mobile Web Design & Development 9 Units
67-309 Special Topics: Management of Computer and Information Systems 6 Units
67-443 Mobile Application Design and Development 12 Units
70-371 Operations Management 9 Units
70-395 Funding Entrepreneurial Ventures 9 Units
70-460 Mathematical Models for Consulting 9 Units
76-391 Document and Information Design 12 Units
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Computing and Information Systems & Technology

05-391 Designing Human Centered Software 12 Units
05-410 User-Centered Research and Evaluation 12 Units
05-430 Programming Usable Interfaces 15 Units
05-431 Software Structures for User Interfaces 15 Units
05-432 Personalized Online Learning 12 Units
05-499 Special Topics in HCI Var.
16-362 Mobile Robot Algorithms Laboratory 12 Units
67-240 Mobile Web Design & Development 9 Units
67-309 Special Topics: Information Assurance and Security 6 Units
67-220 Digital Accessibility 9 Units
67-328 Full-Stack Application Development 9 Units
67-443 Mobile Application Design and Development 12 Units

OR any Computer Science OR related courses above 15-121 with prerequisite of 15-112 or higher (10-xxx, 11-xxx, 16-xxx, 17-xxx)

OR Any Human-Computer Interaction Course (05-3xx)

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Social and Global Systems

19-403 Policies of Wireless Systems 12 Units
67-329

Contemporary Themes in Global Systems

9 Units
70-342

Managing Across Cultures

9 Units

OR other pre-approved courses offered by the Engineering & Public Policy Department (19-xxx) may be used.

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Quantitative Analysis

36/70-208 Regression Analysis 9 Units
    36-225 Introduction to Probability Theory 9 Units
36-218 Probability Theory for Computer Scientists 9 Units
36-309 Experimental Design for Behavioral and Social Sciences 9 Units
36-350 Statistical Computing 9 Units
36-401 Modern Regression 9 Units
70-257 Optimization for Business 9 Units
70-460 Mathematical Models for Consulting 9 Units
73-374 Econometrics II 9 Units
88-251 Empirical Research Methods 9 Units
 
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IDeATe Courses

See the following website if interested in taking an IDeATe course Fall 2022
 -https://ideate.cmu.edu/courses/current-courses.html

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Heinz Courses

The following are courses available for Information Systems students in their junior and senior years to take through Heinz College

 90-401 Media & Communication Design I 6 Units
  90-403 Gender, Politics & Policies- US & World 6 Units
90-404 Poverty, Inequality and Social Policies 12 Units
90-433 Population Health 6 Units
90-435 Public Finance 12 Units
90-436 Health Systems 6 Units
90-442 Critical AI Studies for Public Policy 6 Units
90-446 Civic Engagement as a Community Process 6 Units
90-463 Policy and Leadership in Public Edu 6 Units
94-401 Acting for Management 6 Units
94-408 Management Consulting 12 Units
94-413 Project Management 6 Units
94-423 Measuring Social 12 Units
94-432 Business Intelligence & Data Mining SAS 6 Units
94-441 The Ethics and Politics of Data 6 Units
94-454 Developing as a Leader 6 Units
94-483 Applied Ethical Analysis 6 Units

94-486

Advances in Robotic Process Automation 6 Units
94-490 Race, Politics and Policies in the US 6 Units
94-491 Hacking for Defense/ Homeland Security 12 Units
95-408 IT Project Management 6 Units
95-410 Blockchain Fundamentals 6 Units
95-433 Internet of Things 6 Units
95-444 Cybersecurity Policy and Governance I 6 Units
95-451 Making Products Count: Data Sci for PM 6 Units
95-452 Intro to Information Security Man 12 Units
95-475 IT Business Leadership 6 Units
95-483 Ethical Penetration Testing 6 Units
95-499 Linux and Open Source 6 Units
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