CUNY SPS IT Degree Plan

BS Information Systems Degree Plan

Here is a BS Information Systems Degree plan for CUNY School of Professional Studies (CUNY SPS) as of approximately June of 2023. Please make sure that the suggestions are still valid before beginning to follow this plan.

The alternative credit courses were handpicked using experience from previous students as to what courses will be the easiest and quickest courses to take. In places with multiple courses listed, the first course is assumed to be the fastest/easiest course to take.

Why get a degree from this college?

• If you want a degree with decent brand name and high U.S. News ranking
• If you are local to the east coast
• To take advantage of large amount of credits given to certifications
• If you already have a large amount of transfer credit to start with

What's the process for getting a degree?

1. Do RA credit (24 credits required)
2. Do ALT credits (check for limits on max alt credit transfer)
3. Do certifications
4. Enroll and finish remaining credits (Must do at least 15 credits at CUNY SPS)

How the course providers are selected

CLEP is free through Modern States and is the easiest by far of the exams to pass. However if you fail a CLEP, you have to wait 90 days to retake a test. DSST are not hard to pass either though cost around $100 and retakes are 90 days as well. Saylor exams are cheap at $5 exams but are extremely hard to pass though you get 3 tries to pass them.

Mostly CLEP options are listed in the degree plan unless a DSST was likely easier to pass. Saylor options are only listed if there is no other option.

Source of Credit

This degree plan was made using this source to map out all the alternative credits.

Alt credit equivalents

General Education Requirements

ID	Course	Credits	Course Provider	Course Name	CUNY SPS Credit
ENG 101	College Writing I	3	CLEP	English Composition	3
ENG 102	College Writing II	3
	Math in Contemp Soc or Intro to Stats	3	DSST or CLEP	Math for Liberal Arts or College Mathematics or College Algebra or Principles of Statistics or Precalculus or Calculus Note: Math for Liberal Arts is probably the easiest though College Mathematics shouldn't be too hard to pass.	3
	Life and Physical Sciences	3	DSST or CLEP	Environmental Science or Astronomy or Biology or Chemistry Note: Biology and Chemistry are both hard CLEPS.	3
	World Cultures and Global Issues	3	DSST or CLEP	History of the Vietnam War or Introduction to World Religions or History of the Soviet Union or Spanish Language Level 1 Note: Unless you have at least 1 year of academic experience in a foreign language, it's not recommended you attempt a CLEP as the spoken words would be impossible to understand without a lot of experience.	3
	U.S. Experience in Its Diversity	3	CLEP	American Government or History of the United States I or II	3
	Creative Expression	3	CLEP	Analyzing and Interpreting Literature or Humanities	3
	Individual and Society	3	CLEP	Introductory Sociology or Microeconomics	3
	Scientific World	3	CLEP	Introductory Psychology	3
	Any Area	3	CLEP	Pick something	3
	College Option	3	DSST	Technical Writing	3
	College Option	3
	Totals	36			30

Major Requirements

ID	Courses	Credits	Course Provider	Course Name	CUNY SPS Credit
IS 200	Foundations of Information Systems	3	Coursera	Google IT Support	3
IS 205	IT Infrastructure and Support	3	Coursera	Google IT Support	3
IS 250	Computer and Network Security	3	DSST or CompTIA	Fundamentals of Cybersecurity or Security+	3
IS 260	Networks and Business Data Communication	3	Coursera	Google IT Support	3
IS 300	Enterprise Architectures and Applications	3	Coursera	Google IT Support	3
IS 320	Systems Analysis and Design	3
IS 326	E-Commerce for Information Systems	3
IS 350	I S Strategy, Management, and Acquisition	3	Saylor	Software Engineering	3
IS 374	Business Process Design and Workflow Analysis	3
IS 499	Information Systems Capstone	3
PROM 210	Project Management	3	Coursera	Google Project Management Note: This cert is worth 9 credits so 6 credits will go into your electives	3
	Total	33			21

Major Requirements - Technical Track

ID	Courses	Credits	Course Provider	Course Name	CUNY SPS Credit
IS 210	Software Application Programming I	3	Coursera	Google Data Analytics	3
IS 211	Software Application Programming II	3	Coursera	Google Data Analytics	3
IS 361	Database Architecture and Programming	3	Coursera	Google Data Analytics	3
IS 362	Data Acquisition and Management	3	Coursera	Google Data Analytics	3
IS 380	Geographic Information Systems	3
	Total	15			12

Free Electives

ID	Course	Credits	Course Provider	Course Name	CUNY SPS Credit
				Google Project Management	6
	Pick whatever you want	36		Whatever Note: Doing a Google cert is an easy way to get credit.	30
	Totals	36			36

Total Transfer Credit

ID	Course	Credits	Course Provider	Course Name	CUNY SPS Credit (Max 105 transfer)
	General Education Requirements	36			30
	Major Requirements	33			21
	Major Requirements - Technical Track	15			12
	Free Electives	36			36
	Total	120			99

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