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Information Science Curriculum and Course Schedule (for those admitted prior to fall 2012)

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NOTE: The links below in the Schedule columns go to University Park's Web site. Although the course numbers, times, and availability on that site are accurate, their course descriptions and prerequisites are not the same as ours. Please use the course descriptions and prerequisites linked from the Course # column on this page to learn about Penn State Great Valley offerings and prerequisites.

Students admitted fall 2009 or after must successfully complete the SARI (Scholarship and Research Integrity) requirement of the Penn State degree in order to graduate. For an overview of the SARI requirements, please visit the following link:
'Engineering SARI Program'

Fall 2013 registration begins Monday, June 3rd.

To access the Schedule of Courses, click here. 

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Foundation Course (Preparatory course to be taken if required for admission)
Course # Course Name Schedule Schedule
SWENG 400 Special Topics: Introduction to Software Studio N/A N/A
18-Credit Core Curriculum 
Course # Course Name Schedule Schedule
IN SC 480 Software Development Lifecycle N/A N/A
IN SC 431 Information Systems Architecture N/A N/A
IN SC 521 Database Design Concepts Summer 2013 N/A
MGMT 501 Behavioral Science in Business N/A N/A
ACCTG 511 
(Previously offered as ACCTG 512)		 Financial and Managerial Accounting N/A N/A
BUSAD 501
or
BA 517 (no longer
offered)		 Statistical Analysis for Managerial Decision Making N/A N/A
REQUIRED 3-CREDIT CAPSTONE COURSE 
IN SC 539 IT Systems Seminar N/A N/A
Students take any six elective courses from the following: 
Course # Course Name  Schedule  Schedule 
CSE 543 Computer Security N/A N/A
INFSY 560  Data Communications Systems and Networks (previously offered as IN SC 497 - Network Mgt I) N/A N/A
INFSY 563  Network Security (previously offered as IN SC 497 - Fundamentals of Info Security) Summer 2013 N/A
IN SC 497 Special Topics: Business Intelligence Summer 2013 N/A
IN SC 497 Special Topics: Enterprise Architecture N/A N/A
IN SC 497 Special Topics: Fundamentals of Telecommunications N/A N/A
IN SC 497 Special Topics: Network Management II
Prerequisite:   INFSY 560 or IN SC 497 Network Mgmt I		 N/A N/A
IN SC 525 Applied Data Mining N/A Fall 2013
IN SC 526  Business Process Management and Integration (Previously offered as IN SC 597 Business Process Management) N/A N/A
IN SC 531 Information Technology Law N/A N/A
IN SC 561 Web Security and Privacy N/A Fall 2013
IST 454 Computer and Cyber Forensics (previously offered as IN SC 497 Computer Forensics) N/A N/A
IST 516 Web and Internet Information Retrieval N/A N/A
S T S 589 Ethics and Values in Science and Technology N/A N/A
SWENG 497 Special Topics: Domain Specific Languages Summer 2013 N/A
SWENG 497 Special Topics: Software Documentation N/A N/A
SWENG 497 Special Topics: Software Integration N/A N/A
SWENG 497 Special Topics: Tools and Processes for Software Engineering (with Division permission) N/A N/A
SWENG 537  Software System Design (with Division permission) N/A N/A
SWENG 541 Advanced Database Design Concepts N/A N/A
SWENG 545 Data Mining N/A N/A
SWENG 568 Enterprise Integration

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SWENG 569 Service Oriented Architecture (previously offered as IN SC 597) N/A Fall 2013
SWENG 586 Requirements Engineering Summer 2013 N/A
SWENG 826 Applied Human-Computer Interaction (previously offered as SWENG 497 Human Computer Interface) Summer 2013 N/A
SYSEN 505 Technical Project Management N/A Fall 2013
SYSEN 507  Systems Thinking (previously offered as SYSEN 597) N/A N/A
SYSEN 536 Decision and Risk Analysis in Engineering N/A Fall 2013
SYSEN 550 Creativity and Problem Solving I N/A Fall 2013
SYSEN 552 Creativity and Problem Solving II
Prerequisite: SYSEN 550		 N/A N/A
SYSEN 554 Problem Solving Leadership
Prerequisites: SYSEN 550 and SYSEN 552		 N/A N/A
SYSEN 555 Invention and Creative Design N/A N/A
SYSEN 597 Special Topics: Knowledge Management N/A N/A