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2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Information Technology, BSIT

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Bachelor of Science in Information Technology Degree

College of Computing and Software Engineering

Information Technology Department

The Bachelor of Science in Information Technology degree, which is accredited by the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET, www.abet.org, has the primary objective of meeting the high demand for professional degrees in the strategy, development and administration of integrated computing, management, and information technology systems. The degree has core requirements, major requirements and required electives. The major contains those courses considered fundamental to the information technology field and the electives give the student some flexibility in choice.


Admission to the BSIT program will require that a student successfully complete or transfer the equivalent of CSE 1321  and CSE 1321L   with a grade of ‘B’ or better in both.

General Education Core Curriculum (Areas A-E) (42 Credit Hours)

See listing of requirements.  

General Education Core Curriculum Requirements Specific to the Major:

  • Area A2: (MATH 1111  and MATH 1112 ) or MATH 1113  
  • Area B2:COM 1100  Recommended
  • Area D1: MATH 1190  or MATH 1160  
  • Area D2: any 2 science classes that are 4 credit hours (lecture and lab). The science courses do not have to be a sequence totaling 8 credit hours. One credit hour will be used in Area F.

Lower Division Major Requirements (Area F) (18 Credit Hours)

Major Requirements (41 Credit Hours)

Upper Level Concentrations (Tracks) (12 Credit Hours)

All BSIT students are required to take a minimum of 12 credit hours as an upper-level concentration. They choose one of the four concentrations (tracks) and complete 3 of the courses listed. The 4th elective course can be from the same or a different concentration (track) or IT 4400  or IT 4490  . The four options are:

Enterprise Systems Track

Information Assurance and Security Track

Health Information Technology Track

Mobile and Web Track

Free Electives (7 Credit Hours)

Any course in the university curriculum.

Program Total (120 Credit Hours)

Note:

All IT, CS, CSE, SWE and CGDD designator courses must have a grade of ‘C’ or better.  

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