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4.13. Bachelor of Science in Computing and Information Systems (Post Diploma)

Requirements Policies
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Requirements

Enrolment requirements

Students holding a Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS)-accredited applied diploma or any approved three-year applied computing diploma, will be awarded 60 credits towards the 120-credit degree. Athabasca University specifies 60 credits to complete the degree.

Holders of non-CIPS accredited two-year computing related diplomas and holders of any two- or three-year non-computing related diplomas will be admitted to the degree*.

*Holders of non-CIPS accredited two-year computing related diplomas may be required to complete up to an additional 15 credits in computing courses, and holders of any two- or three-year non-computing related diplomas may be required to complete up to an additional 30 credits in computing courses as determined by the program director.

Degree requirements

Total credits in the program

Approved college diploma

120

60
Minimum credits required beyond the college diploma (60 credits)
Science courses (minimum of 36 at the senior [300 or 400] level)
400 level COMP courses
Senior (300 or 400) level
Through Athabasca University 		39
21
48
30

Course requirements
ADMN 232 Administrative Principles   (3)
ENGL 255 Introductory Composition or
     ADMN 233 Writing in Organizations   (3)
MATH 209 Finite Mathematics    (3)
MATH 309 Discrete Mathematics   (3)
ORGB 364 Organizational Behaviour   (3)
PHIL 252 Critical Thinking   (3)
PHIL 333 Professional Ethics or
   PHIL 371 Ethics, Science, Technology, and the Environment   (3)
SCIE 326 Scientific Reasoning   (3)
Three senior (300 or 400) level COMP courses   (9)
Seven senior (400) level COMP courses   (21)
Two senior (300 or 400) level courses in any discipline   (6)

Policies specific to the program

  1. Athabasca University will not grant credit for individual computer science courses that were completed more than five years ago.

  2. Students holding an approved college or technical institute computer science-related diploma that is less than five years old may be considered for admission to this degree program.

  3. Students holding an approved college or technical institute computer science-related diploma that is more than five years old but who can supply evidence of employment indicating they are current in the computer science-related field/profession, may gain admission to this degree program.

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