The Major Learning Outcomes are divided into three levels: Core, Concentration and Final
Core MLOs
Every student in CSIT is required to demonstrate the following outcomes before graduation. The Core outcomes are intended to provide students with foundational knowledge and skills, and prepare them with the background for the in-depth study of the concentrations.
Core Outcome 1: Professional Communication and Development
Plan and assess personal career options and develop communication skills.
Acquire, analyze and use information about the range of career possibilities, industry trends in computer science and information technology and its related fields to make career planning decisions.
Use critical thinking skills to plan and assess personal career and further study goals and design educational experiences directed to those goals.
Use written and oral communication to deliver persuasive viewpoint and technology content to multiple audiences.
Acquire, analyze and use information about computer sciences and information technology to describe and speculate on the impact of digital communications technology on local and global communities.
Core Outcome 2: Knowledge of Computers and Networks
Suggested pathway: CSIT 337 Computing Environment and CSIT 334 Unix & Operating Systems.This outcome can also be fulfilled by CSIT 237 and CSIT 234*
Demonstrate an understanding of the fundamentals of computer architecture, operating systems and networks.
Describe the history of computers and computing.
Explain how a computer represents and transmits information, how a computer's parts and components are organized and interfaced, basic components of an operating system and basic components of local area networks and wide area networks.
Analyze and design simple circuits using digital electronics and logic gates.
Describe the structure and organization of a modern microprocessor, and the sequence of operations in a typical instruction execution.
Demonstrate a basic understanding of Assembly Language programming.
Core Outcome 3: Programming and Problem Solving
Suggested pathway: CSIT 231 Problem Solving and Programming and CSIT 238 Introduction to Data Structure
Analyze and solve problems using a programming language.
Demonstrate the ability to develop algorithms and computer programs to solve problems by systematically decomposing a complex programming problem into manageable, well-documented steps that results in a design for the problem solution.
Demonstrate that the program compiles and executes correctly for a given set of data.
Demonstrate programming competency in a variety of programming structures, include arithmetic operations, control structures and loops, input/output operations including file I/O, the use of function calls, and the use of arrays and other storage types.
Debug a program using appropriate debugging strategies.
Produce a complete set of documentation for the program.
Core Outcome 4: Mathematics for Computing
Suggested pathway: MATH 150/L - Calculus I and MATH 151/L - Calculus II and MATH 170 - Discrete Math
Use mathematical concepts and constructs to express ideas and solve problems in computer science, and to communicate quantitative information.
Use mathematical ideas to solve problems in Computer Science and Information Technology.
Use mathematical thinking and models, charts, graphs, tables, figures, equations, and appropriate technologies to express ideas and concepts.
Demonstrate an understanding of discrete mathematical concepts used in computing:Articulate and apply the concepts of binary numbers, combinatorics, logic, truth tables, graph theory and algorithms to problems in Computer Science and Information Technology.
Analyze and evaluate the mathematical thinking and strategies of others.
Core Outcome 5: Interaction Design
Suggested pathway: ITCD 201+L Media Tools
Demonstrate effective use of computer-based tools used in the design and creation of interactive applications and electronic media.
Design, create, and edit electronic images, sounds, videos, text, and motion.
Use multimedia authoring tools to design, manage, and execute an interactive multimedia project.
Concentration MLOs
Students need at least 16 units appropriate to concentration outcomes in order to fulfill their concentration requirements. Some concentrations require more units.Students must receive advisor approval for their course selections.Students can design their own individualized concentration by selecting as least four outcomes from the following list with writing justification and academic advisor approval.
Software Engineering Concentration
SE Outcome 1: Advanced Programming
Suggested Pathway: CSIT 338 Software Design
Apply appropriate data structures and tools in the design of software.
·Articulate and apply object-oriented programming concepts, recursion, lists, queues, searching and sorting algorithms, and asymptotic notations to provide solutions to practical computing problems.
SE Outcome 2: Specialized Programming
Suggested Pathway: CSIT 352 Web Scripting or CSIT 336 Internet Programming
Apply programming skills to a specialized application.
Utilize professional level platforms and tools to produce software systems that meet specified user needs and constraints.
Evaluate the software system produced for usability, efficiency and accuracy.
Articulate industry trends in the particular domains.
SE Outcome 3: Theory of Computing
Suggested Pathway: CSIT 370 Design and Analysis of Algorithms
Analyze and apply appropriate algorithms to computing problems.
Articulate algorithm development criteria.
Analyze algorithms for their spatial and temporal efficiency.
Develop new algorithms or improve existing ones to address specific computing problems.
SE Outcome 4: Planning, Analysis and Production of Software Application
Suggested Pathway: CSIT 438 Software Engineering
Demonstrate the ability to analyze, plan, and produce a complete software application.
Articulate the software system development life cycle and its characteristics.
Apply best practices regarding project management.
Analyze needs and constraints of complex software system design.
Write a project proposal, a project report, and an operating manual.
Collaborate with team members to implement a large software system.
Understand and apply modern software production practice and tools such as component based programming, integrated development environment, version control and testing.
Network and Security Concentration
NS Outcome 1: Network Fundamentals
Suggested Pathway:CSIT 311 Intro to Computer Network and CSIT 312 Network Standards
Understand and apply network fundamentals.
Describe networking standards, concepts, topology, and media including LANs, WANs, the OSI model, cabling, IP addressing, sub-netting, network hardware and various protocols.
Explain networking theory and protocols on common network systems.
Apply IP routing concepts and router administration, distance vector and link state based IP routing algorithms, router interfaces, routing tables, and routing protocol configuration and network security concepts.
This outcome can be also fulfilled by CSIT 281 and CSIT 282*.
NS Outcome 2: Network Management
Suggested Pathway: CSIT 313 Network and Security Management
Apply processes and methods used to create an enterprise network plan.
Examine inputs, business drivers, and deliverables of the planning process.
Understand practical issues such as information security, business requirements, IT architecture, cost justification, implementation, migration planning, and vendor selection.
Manage data, voice, and video communications.
Apply industry standard products to manage and control digital networks.
NS Outcome 3: Advance Networking
Suggested Pathway: CSIT 384 LAN/WAN Integration
Use professional level programming tools to produce network designs.
Apply routing & raw sockets, RPC, shared memory.
Produce software that focuses on network programming in the context of network protocol development and implementation (e.g., SNMP, ICMP, routing, multicasting, ARP, etc.), and distributed services and ‘system-level’ applicationssuch as client-server and peer-to-peer applications, distributed file systems, name services.
This outcome can be also fulfilled by CSIT 284*.
NS Outcome 4: System Administration
Suggested Pathway: CSIT 434 Advanced System Administration
Analyze and practice system administration processes for enterprise-level information systems.
Demonstrate setup, configuration, and maintenance of Linux/UNIX servers
Apply system security, shell scripts, and server backups.
Describe best practice in system administration including security policies and communication strategies with users.
Information Systems Concentration
IS Outcome 1: Database Management Systems
Suggested Pathway: CSIT 363 Database Management Systems
Articulate and apply database design concepts and models.
Describe components of a database management system and how they work together.
Systematically design appropriate database structure using normalization and data modeling.
Program using the database query language SQL.
Articulate the advantages and purpose of databases, the characteristics of database systems, and how to use database systems both interactively and programmatically.
Illustrate query processing and optimization techniques, transaction management, and storage and file structures.
IS Outcome 2: Business and Technology
Suggested Pathway: ITCD 365 Business and Information Technology
Describe the basic structure and operation of modern high tech corporations and the information technologies utilized.
Articulate various systems, techniques, procedures and conventions that are used to define the business and its strategies, services, products, clients and organizational form.
Describe how information technology are used in business and the trends of the technologies.
IS Outcome 3: Advanced Information Systems
Suggested Pathway: CSIT 463 Database Administration or CSIT 352 Web scripting or CSIT 655 Ecommerce systems (required at least two courses)
Utilize professional level platforms and tools to produce business information systems that meet the user needs and business constraints.
Analyze the business problems and select appropriate commercial information systems.
Evaluate the information system produced for usability, efficiency, and accuracy.
Articulate industry trends in the particular domains.
Write an information system proposal to justify the investment in system design.
Game Development Concentration
GD Outcome 1: Game Fundamentals
Suggested Pathway: ITCD 320 Intro to Digital Games
Understand the fundamental issues in the development of digital games.
Describe components of modern digital games components and their relationships.
Articulate the historical development of contemporary video and computer gaming
Describe team member roles and tasks within the production process.
Relationships of conceptual, creative, and technical production process to overall game development.
Analyze the business, marketing, and industry components of game development.
GD Outcome 2: Game Programming
Suggested Pathway: CSIT 306 Game Engine Programming or CSIT 331 Graphics Programming
Develop and produce a computer game.
Describe the technologies required for game programming.
Apply programming skills to produce components of digital games.
Use professional level game development environment in game production.
GD Outcome 3: Game Design
Suggested Pathway: ITCD 305 3-D Modeling + ITCD 405 Animation Workshop, ITCD 321 Multimedia and Game Design + ITCD 421 Multimedia and Game II
Design a digital game.
Articulate how and why digital games are designed.
Use game engines and modeling tools to produce visual components of digital games.
Generate an original game idea and produce a detailed design document for it.
GD Outcome 4: Planning, Analysis and Production of Digital Games
Utilize professional level platforms and tools to produce digital games that meet the user needs and system constraints.
Evaluate the games produced for usability, playability, and accuracy.
Articulate industry trends in the game industry.
Write a game development proposal to justify the investment.
Analyze game designs and select appropriate commercial development systems.
Collaborate with a team to create a simple yet complete digital game.
Culmination MLOs
Every student in CSIT is required to demonstrate the following culmination outcomes before graduation.
Culmination Outcome 1: Service to the Community
Suggested Pathway: ITCD 361S Technology Tutors Service Learning
Demonstrate the ability to combine knowledge in the discipline and community experiences to finish a community-based project.
Demonstrate an understanding of a community problem and a need for sevice and/or support.
Make a meaningful contribution to the solution of the problem.
Culmination Outcome 2: Professional Communications
Suggested Pathway: ITCD 400 Senior Capstone Project Planning and ITCD 401 Capstone Laband ITCD 496 Directed Research and Development
Demonstrate professional communication skills in written and oral form.
Compose a capstone proposal with background research, methods, details description of implementation steps, budget, schedule, risks and evaluation plan.
Present the background, methods, requirements, process and conclusion of the capstone project clearly in written and oral formats.
Suggested Pathway: ITCD 400 Senior Capstone Project Planning and ITCD 401 Capstone Lab and ITCD 496 Directed Research and Development
Create a comprehensive project according to an approved set of specifications,that represents the culmination of CSUMB experiences in the major and showcases an achievement of professional level work.
Finish the capstone project according to the proposal.
Apply basic project management skills.
Evaluate the solution according to a specified set of criteria
Culmination Outcome 4: Breath of Knowledge (recommended but not required)
Suggested Pathway: CSIT elective class
Demonstrate breath of knowledge outside of selected concentration of CSIT
Culmination Outcome 5: Ethics and Current Issues in the Major
Suggested Pathway: ITCD 373 Ethics and Current Issues in Communication and Technology.
Through an ethical perspective, students examine the impact of current and future information technologies on economics and culture in society
Demonstrate an understanding of the issues regarding the impact of current and future information technologies on social formworks such as economics, education, governance, globalization and social justice.
Articulate code of conduct and reflect professional ethics in the technology fields.
Analyze case studies in current issues and professional ethics.
a.Minimum number of units required for the major:
120-124 semester units either at CSUMB or an accredited college or university and transferred into CSUMB. Note: some of these units count in more than one category.
64 units of GE/ULR/GLO
68-72 units within the major, including elective
52-56 units of upper division courses
* CSIT 234, 237, 281, 282 and 284 offered in collaboration with community colleges
* CSIT 234, 237, 281, 282 and 284 offered in collaboration with community colleges.
Bachelors in CSIT 
