CIS 110 is a Blackboard course. This page provided for the CIS archive.
Main Themes of the Course:
- "Logic is the foundation of reasoning, and the foundation of computing. By associating true with presence & false with absence, we can use the physical world to model the logical world [and vice-versa]. This produces Information Technology." (From Ch. 8, Fluency w/IT.)
- Corollary: Computers (IT) are technologically complex, but conceptually simple. ==> Nine Rungs of the IT Inferno
Spotlight On:
- CS Degree Starting Salaries Up 15% Since Dot-Com Bust
"[In 2007] . . . the highest salary offers among all college majors, exceeded only by a few in the engineering field went to graduating Computer Science majors. . . . bringing the average to $53,051."
- Web Field Trip: Supercomputing: In the Hall of the Silicon King.