Bachelor of Science in Information Technology

For general degree requirements, see the D. Abbott Turner College of Business and Computer Science and the General Degree Requirements pages.

Area A Essential Skills                           Required Hours: 9
ENGL 1101 (with a grade of "C" or better)
ENGL 1102 (with a grade of "C" or better)
MATH 1113

Area B Institutional Options                  Required Hours: 4
COMM 1110
Select one of the following courses:
ITDS 1125/ITDS 2726/ITDS 2727/ITDS 2735/ITDS 2746/ITDS 2748/ITDS 2749/ITDS 2755
OR
Select one of the following courses:
EURO 2105/LEAD 1705/LIBR 1105/POLS 2401/HIST 1111/HIST 1112/Foreign Language 1001, 1002, 2001, or 2002/Any Area C-E course with a study abroad component.
Note: the two extra hours may be used as electives.

Area C Humanities/Fine Arts                 Required Hours: 6
Select one of the following humanities courses:
ENGL 2111/ENGL 2112/ ITDS 1145*/ITDS 1155/PHIL 2010
Select one of the following fine arts courses:
ARTH 1100/ITDS 1145*/MUSC 1100/THEA 1100
*ITDS 1145, though listed under both humanities and fine arts, may be taken only once.

Area D Science/Math/Technology        Required Hours: 11
Select two lab science courses from below:
ASTR 1105/1305; BIOL 1215; BIOL 1225; CHEM 1151/1151L; CHEM 1152/1152L; CHEM 1211/1211L; CHEM 1212/1212L; GEOL 1112/1112L; GEOL 1121; GEOL 1122/1322; GEOL 2225; ITDS 1215; PHYS 1111/1311; PHYS 1112/1312; PHYS 1125/1325; PHYS 2211/2311; PHYS 2212/2312
Select one course from the following three courses:
STAT 1127
MATH 1131 (one extra hour will be applied to Area F)
MATH 1165

Area E Social Sciences                           Required Hours: 12
Select one course from the following two courses:
HIST 2111
HIST 2112
Take the following course:
POLS 1101
Select one behavioral science course from the following courses:
ECON 2105/ECON 2106/PHIL 2030/PSYC 1101/SOCI 1101
Select one world cultures course from the following courses:
ANTH 1105/ANTH 1107/ANTH 2105/ANTH 2136/ENGL 2136/GEOG 1101/HIST 1111/HIST 1112/ITDS 1146/ITDS 1156

Wellness Requirement                          Required Hours: 3
PHED 1205
Select any one PED course.

Area F Courses Related to Major         Required Hours: 18
CPSC 1301 Computer Science 1
CPSC 1301L Computer Science 1 Lab
CPSC 1302 Computer Science 2
CPSC 2105 Computer Organization
CPSC 2108 Data Structures
CPSC 2125 Internet Programming
MATH 1125 Applied Calculus or MATH 2125 Intro to Discrete Mathematics
Note: Extra hour will be applied to Area G.

Area G Required Core Courses             Required Hours: 37
MISM 2115 Technological Applications in Business Decision Making
MISM 3109 Principles of Information Technology Mgmt for Non-Business Majors
MISM 3118 Global e-Business
CPSC 3118 Graphical User Interfaces
MISM 3125 Information System Analysis
CPSC 3131 Database Systems
ENGL 3159 Technical Writing
CPSC 3165 Professionalism in Computing
CPSC 3175 Object-Oriented Design
CPSC 4205 Senior Project and Portfolio
CPSC 5127 Computer and Networking Security
CPSC 5157 Computer Networks
One hour from Area F.

Area H Program Electives                      Required Hours: 9

(1) Computer Graphics
ARTS 3201 Intro to Graphic Design
ARTS 3221 Computer Graphics 1
ARTS 3222 Computer Graphics 2 (requires ARTS1010) or
CPSC 5125 Computer Graphics

(2) Database Administration
CPSC 3132 Database Systems 2
MISM 3135 Intro to AS/400 Operations
MISM 4135 Database Design or
CPSC 5138 Advanced Database Systems

(3) Mainframe Computer Technologies (Choose 9hrs)
CPSC 3111 or MISM 3111 Structured Programming w/ COBOL 1
CPSC 3112 or MISM 3112 Structured Programming w/ COBOL 2
CPSC 3116 Mainframe Basics and JCL
CPSC 3121 Assembly Language Programming 1
CPSC 3156 Transaction Processing (requires CPSC 3111 or MISM 3111)

(4) Midrange Computer Technologies
MISM 3135 Intro to AS/400 Operations
MISM 4125 Object Oriented Applications Programming Projects (AS/400)
MISM 4135 Database Design

(5) Web Development
CPSC 3132 Database Systems 2
CPSC 4125 Server-Side Web Development
CPSC 5165 Web Development Projects

Area I Free Electives                        Required Hours: 14
Recommended Courses include:
ACCT 2101 Principles of Accounting
ECON 2106 Principles of Microeconomics
BUSA 3135 International Business
MGMT 3109 Principles of Mgmt for Non-Business Majors
MKTG 3109 Principles of Marketing for Non-Business Majors
Note: Students are limited to no more than 30hrs of courses from the ATCoB.

Total Hours Required: 123