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Current Students

Opportunities

  • Internships and any computer-related work experience is important
  • Travel or study abroad expand your perspectives. Select CIS students have attended a one week intensive International IT Student Seminar held in Helsinki, Finland (2006), Copenhagen, Denmark (2007), and Madrid, Spain (2008). The International Affairs Office has other general information
  • Superior Edge is an NMU-wide program will expand your overall education and guides participants at their own pace and under their own plan to become civically involved and knowledgeable citizens.

Major Changes As of Fall 2007

  • Almost all College of Business courses changed to four credits.
  • The business core has changed.
  • The former CIS concentrations of Help Desk Management, Software Development, and Systems Analysis have been replaced with two new ones - End User Training and Web Applications Development.
  • Familiarize yourself with them. You can download descriptions of the new programs for read the latest NMU Bulletin.
  • You may graduate under either the NMU Bulletin in effect when you started at NMU, or the NMU Bulletin in effect when you graduate.
  • Talk to your advisor to see if it is better for you to stay with the current program, or switch to the new curriculum.
  • Some courses have been dropped:
    • CIS255 has been dropped, CIS351 has been added.
    • IS120 has had a name change to CIS100
    • CIS212 has been added as an advanced Excel and Access software training course

Important Dates

Check the NMU Master Calendars, NMU Records Office, and the College of Business Website for dates and deadlines.


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Date last updated 05/01/2008 by S. Poindexter