# Computer Information Systems (CIS) courses

Berkeley City College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 17 courses

Source: https://bcc.curriqunet.com/catalog/iq/39665/39964/39676

"Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Fall 2026.

### CIS 1 — Introduction to Computer Information Systems

- **Units:** 4
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture, 3 hours lab
- **C-ID:** ITIS 120
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule

General nature of computer hardware, software and systems: Hands-on applications include introduction to word processing, spreadsheet, database management and presentation software, and a brief introduction to web browsing and e-mail.

### CIS 5 — Introduction to Computer Science

- **Units:** 5
- **Hours:** 4 hours lecture, 3 hours lab
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/berkeley-city-college/schedule/fall-2026/cis.md)

Introduction to computer science: Architecture of digital computers, design of algorithms for solving various problems, and basic skills in computer programming.

### CIS 6 — Introduction to Computer Programming

- **Units:** 5
- **Hours:** 4 hours lecture, 3 hours lab
- **Advisory:** CIS 005
- **C-ID:** COMP 122
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 6 sections (/c/berkeley-city-college/schedule/fall-2026/cis.md)

Introduction to computer programming: Algorithm design, flow charting, debugging; elements of good programming style. Course may be instructed in any programming language.

### CIS 20 — Microcomputer Assembly Language

- **Units:** 4
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture, 3 hours lab
- **Prerequisite:** CIS 006 or CIS 025 or CIS 036A
- **C-ID:** COMP 142
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/berkeley-city-college/schedule/fall-2026/cis.md)

Introduction to assembly language: Input/output operations, use of files, program flow controls, interaction with OS via interrupts, pointers and arrays, strings and structured programming, and related applications.

### CIS 23 — C# Programming

- **Units:** 4
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture, 3 hours lab
- **Advisory:** CIS 006 or CIS 010, CIS 025 or CIS 026
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule

Introduction to C# programming: Basic unified modeling language (UML) notation in object-oriented software design and development using the C# programming language in a .Net environment; focus on the program structure, syntax, constructs and keywords of the C# programming language, concepts of intermediate languages (ILs), the common language runtime (CLR), and .Net standard data types.

### CIS 25 — Object Oriented Programming Using C++

- **Units:** 4
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture, 3 hours lab
- **Advisory:** CIS 006, CIS 10, CIS 12, CIS 24 or CIS 26
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/berkeley-city-college/schedule/fall-2026/cis.md)

Object-oriented methods of software development using C++, including the design and implementation of objects, class construction and destruction, encapsulation, inheritance and polymorphism.

### CIS 27 — Data Structures and Algorithms

- **Units:** 4
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture, 3 hours lab
- **Prerequisite:** CIS 025 or CIS 036A
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/berkeley-city-college/schedule/fall-2026/cis.md)

Use of abstract forms of data in programming: Concepts, implementation, and applicability of different forms of data to various programming problems.

### CIS 36A — Java Programming Language I

- **Units:** 4
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture, 3 hours lab
- **Advisory:** CIS 006 or CIS 061
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/berkeley-city-college/schedule/fall-2026/cis.md)

Introduction to object-oriented program design using Java: Developing web pages and stand-alone applications.

### CIS 36B — Java Programming Language II

- **Units:** 4
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture, 3 hours lab
- **Prerequisite:** CIS 025 or CIS 036A
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule

Object-oriented program design using the Java programming language: Designing and programming with exceptions, threads, file input/output (I/O); networking and graphics classes; developing codes using tools such as Java2D API and SWING; and working with projects in areas such as animation.

### CIS 42A — Spreadsheet Applications I

- **Units:** 2
- **Hours:** 1.5 hours lecture, 1.5 hours lab
- **Advisory:** CIS 001 or CIS 200
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule

Principles of electronic spreadsheets using features available with currently popular spreadsheet software: Worksheet creation and formatting; entering of data, formulas, and functions; editing and printing; basic charting; basic database functions of sorting and querying.

### CIS 42B — Spreadsheet Applications II

- **Units:** 2
- **Hours:** 1.5 hours lecture, 1.5 hours lab
- **Prerequisite:** CIS 042A
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule

Principles of electronic spreadsheet using features available with currently popular spreadsheet software: Financial functions; logical functions; forecasting trends; lookup tables; "pivot tables"; graphic design for financial statements; statistical operations (regression analysis); macro programming.

### CIS 80 — Discrete Structures

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture
- **Prerequisite:** MATH 003A
- **Corequisite:** MATH 003A or
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule

Mathematical concepts for computer applications: Algorithms and analysis of algorithms, logic and mathematical proofs (contradiction and induction), sets, relations and functions, recursion, combinatorics, Boolean algebra, and discrete probability; Bayes' theorem, trees and graphs.

### CIS 82 — Design Patterns and Concurrent Programming

- **Units:** 4
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture, 3 hours lab
- **Prerequisite:** CIS 027 and CIS 036B or CIS 027
- **Corequisite:** CIS 036B and
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule

Principles of designing robust reusable object-oriented software for modern computer systems: The most common design pattern strategies and concurrent programming concepts such as concurrency, threads, parallelism, deadlocks, and processes and algorithms for multicore machines.

### CIS 83B — Computer Programming Capstone Project

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 1 hour lecture, 6 hours lab
- **Prerequisite:** CIS 020 and CIS 027
- **Transfers to:** CSU
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule

Culminating project-based experience: Application of computer programming knowledge and skills developed in core programming courses towards the design, implementation, testing, documentation, and presentation of a specific idea, task, or product.

### CIS 84 — Database Design and Programming

- **Units:** 4
- **Hours:** 3 hours lecture, 3 hours lab
- **Prerequisite:** CIS 006 or CIS 025 or CIS 036A
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule

Relational database principles, Structured Query Language (SQL); query optimization; use of client-side and server-side scripts. Applications of databases to statistical analysis and data visualizations.

### CIS 200 — Computer Concepts and Applications

- **Units:** 1.5
- **Hours:** 1 hour lecture, 2 hours lab
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule

Introduction to computer concepts: Terminology, word processing, spreadsheets, database management, presentation graphics, and the Internet.

### CIS 232 — Exploring Robotics

- **Units:** 2
- **Hours:** 1 hour lecture, 3 hours lab
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/berkeley-city-college/schedule/fall-2026/cis.md)

Introduction to robotics and computing: Modeling, designing, planning, and programming; hands-on robotic projects using motors and sensors.