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  1. CICS Program Change Form

CICS Program Change Form

Current CICS students may use this form to request to remove or change their current CICS plan. 
Other students who wish to apply to the computer science or Informatics major should refer to the respective application webpages

Current Major
Requested CS Program
Requested Exploratory Program

 

Current Computer Science majors students may change to the Informatics major without submitting an application if they meet the following criteria:

  • A grade of C or better in INFO 150 (or COMPSCI 240, COMPSCI 250, MATH 300, MATH 455, or STAT 315/515)
  • A grade of C or better in CICS 110 (or COMPSCI 121 or INFO 190S), CICS 160 (or COMPSCI 186), or CICS 210 (or COMPSCI 187)
    • The grade of the highest level programming course in this list will be reviewed. For example, if a student has completed both CICS 110 and CICS 160, the grade for CICS 160 will be reviewed.
  • A cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher
  • In addition, students are required to discuss this change with a CICS advisor so that any concerns about time to complete the degree can be addressed.

Students who make this change to Informatics will follow the program requirements in force during the semester that their major change to Informatics is updated in SPIRE.
 

 

Requested Informatics Program
Requested Informatics Concentration
Use this area for any comments or to let us know if you would like any additional majors/minors dropped while we process your CICS program change.

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