Curriculum

B.S. in Information Technology

If you enrolled prior to Fall 2013 you may use the old Information Technology B.S. Curriculum located here.

Major Requirements (48 Credit Hours)

One of the following must be taken:

• STAT 103: Fundamentals of Statistics
• STAT 203: Statistics
• ISOM 241: Business Statistics
• PSYC 304: Statistics

One of the following must be taken:

• COMP 125: Visual Information Processing
• COMP 150: Introduction to Computing
• COMP 170: Intro. To Object Oriented Programming
• COMP 215: Object-Oriented Programming with Mathematics

One of the following must be taken:

• COMP 251: Introduction To Databases
• COMP 271: Data Structures

All of the following must be taken:

• COMP 163: Discrete Structures
• COMP 300: Data Warehousing and Data Mining
• COMP 305: Database Administration
• COMP 317: Social, Legal, and Ethical Issues in Computing
• COMP 353: Database Programming
• COMP 377: IT Project Management or ISOM 349: Project Management

Practicum Capstone

Six (6) credits taken from one or more of COMP 390, COMP 391, and COMP 398.  See the details of registering in the links for each course. (See also individual degree requirements, which generally permit three additional units beyond the practicum to be counted as an elective, as long as you take no more than 6 units of 391 and no more than 6 units of 398.) Students are encouraged to complete these credits during junior and senior years to draw on prior experience.

Electives

15 credits taken from:

• COMP 250: Inroduction to Scientific and Technical Communication or ENGL 210: Business Writing
• COMP 251: Introduction to Database Systems or COMP 271: Data Structures NOTE: You must take one of these classes as part of the Major requirements. The second one can be used as an elective if taken.
• COMP 264: Introduction to Computer Systems
• MGMT 304: Strategic Management
• MGMT 315: International Management
• MGMT 318: Organizational Development and Change
• MGMT 320: Leading and Managing Team
• MGMT 335: Micro-enterprise Consulting
• MGMT 360: Values Based Leadership
• ENTR 310: Innovation and Entrepreneurship
• Any COMP 300 level courses NOTE: A special case is COMP 390, COMP 391 and COMP 398 : Three additional units beyond the practicum can be counted as an elective, as long as you take no more than 6 units of 391 and no more than 6 units of 398.

Suggested Ordering of Courses

Year 1

• Business Statistics: ISOM 241 or (Statistics: PSYC 304 after core PSYC 101)
• Discrete Structures: COMP 163
• Visual Information Processing: COMP 125 or Introduction to Computing: COMP 150 or Introduction To Object Oriented Programming: COMP 170

Year 2

• Introduction To Databases: COMP 251 or Data Structures: COMP 271
• Social, Legal, and Ethical Issues in Computing: COMP 317
• Electives

Year 3

• Data Warehousing: COMP 300
• Database Administration: COMP 305
• Database Programming: COMP 353
• Electives

Year 4

• Electives
• Practicum