Computer and Information Science

The two-year CIS program is an applied program that helps students gain the necessary skills required to be productive and innovative leaders in the computing and related industries. As such, graduates gain broad training in the technical areas of the field including higher-level programming, object-oriented design and development, databases and web applications, cyber security, as well as in the supplemental areas of business, management and entrepreneurship. CIS students have the chance to minor in Business Management, Energy, Design and Manufacturing, and IESM.

Learn how to:

• integrate info systems into business
• apply computational fundamentals to innovate technology & solutions
• manage complex IT project
• transform an IT idea into a viable product or business

Program teaches methods and tools useful for ALL ECONOMIC SECTORS Finance, Retail, Telecommunications, Transport and Logistics, Food and Beverages, Health Care, Gaming Manufacturing, Government, and …

 

CIS Application Requirements

To be considered for admission, an applicant must meet the AUA general admission requirements and the CIS and IESM specific requirements. Applicants are expected to:

  • Hold an undergraduate degree in fields including mathematics, science and engineering. Students with degrees in non-science disciplines may be admitted, depending on their completed course work. The undergraduate degree must include, as a minimum, two years of college-level mathematics covering calculus, linear algebra and differential equations, and a course in physical sciences (physics, mechanics, chemistry, biology, etc).
  • Present an Internet-based TOEFL (iBT) score of at least 79, or an IELTS score of at least 6.5.  The test must have been taken within two years prior to the application date.
  • Submit a score from the Graduate Record Examinations Test (GRE) Quantitative section.  Typically, incoming students score at least in the 50th percentile on the exam.  The test must have been taken within five years prior to the application date.
  • Submit an informative Statement of Purpose.

Please refer to the university admissions page for additional information: http://admissions.aua.am/