The CSIS Department will expand its crucial role within the academic and workforce development strategy of the University. We will become a department noted for its commitment to applied research, current technological expertise, relevant service to the community and geographic region, and innovative classroom practices and course offerings that will enhance the intellectual capacity and career opportunities for our graduate and undergraduate majors, and will provide essential computer literacy skills for non-majors.

The primary mission of the CSIS Department is to design a broad range of current Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, and Information Technology experiences that include multidisciplinary activities and community interaction, using current computing technology and supported by strong written, critical thinking, and verbal communication skills to enable students to function effectively in a technology-based society.

The Department is an important academic resource for computing information, consultation, and computer-related instruction for the campus and the community. Partnerships are developed with local industry and school systems to benefit the economic health of the Mahoning Valley.

The department supports and encourages research, industry partnerships, and other activities leading to the development of new technologies and new classroom methods and techniques.

The Department supports and encourages research, industry partnerships, and other activities leading to the development of new technologies, new courses and curriculum, and new classroom methods and techniques.

The Department recognizes that computing has become an increasingly crucial aspect of all disciplines of knowledge, and supports interdisciplinary programs and forms symbiotic relationships with other disciplines in areas of greatest benefit to students.

The Department supports the social growth of students, promoting ethical decision making, the development of secure and reliable computing systems, and an awareness of the role of computing in a global environment. The Department also constantly strives for diversity in terms of groups underrepresented in computing, particularly women.

The core values of the CSIS Department are centrality of students, excellence and innovation, integrity and human dignity, and collegiality and public engagement. More information on each of the core values follow.

We are a student-centered department committed to the intellectual, ethical, and career growth of all students. We strive to provide crucial and current knowledge of computing to both majors and non-majors, and to foster the capacity for lifelong learning in the area of computing.

We strive to keep our knowledge of computing current, and to bring that knowledge into the classroom, by performing scholarly research with application to important problems and by developing innovative courses and curriculum.

We are committed to the integrity and social development of students, by promoting ethical, secure, and reliable computing, and an awareness of the role of computing in a global environment. We are also committed to diversity of the faculty and student body in terms of groups underrepresented in computing, particularly women.

We strive to enrich the economic health of the Mahoning Valley, the state, and beyond by providing students with current and crucial knowledge of computing. We also strive to promote collegiality in our relationships among faculty by promoting interdisciplinary programs with other departments in areas of greatest benefit to students.