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Information Systems Course Requirements
Catalog Year 2012 - 2014
IT Departmental Requirements (44 - 46 hours):
All students must complete the IT Core and the Professional Practice component.
- The Information Systems Core:
- IT 177 Structured Problem-Solving Using the Computer (4)
- IT 178 Computer Application Programming (3)
- IT 254 Hardware and Software Concepts (or IT 225 Computer Organization for Enterprise Computing Systems) (3)
- IT 261 Systems Development I (3)
- IT 262 Information Technology Project Management (3)
- Professional Practice:
- IT 191 Introduction to IT Professional Practice (1)
- IT 398 Internship (6) OR
- IT 391 Directed Project (3) and IT 398 (3) OR
- IT 391 (3) and one additional IT 300 level class chosen from sequence-specific list (3)
Information Systems Sequences
- Option 1: Systems Development/Analyst Sequence
- IT 272 COBOL as a 2nd language (4)
- IT 363 Systems Development II (4)
- IT 372 External Data Structures (3)
- IT 375 Date Communications (3)
- IT 378 Database Processing (3)
- Two of the following courses:
- IT 341 Object Oriented Systems Development (3)
- IT 346 Knowledge Engineering (3)
- IT 350 Fundamentals of Information and Security (3)
- IT 353 Web Development Technologies (3)
- IT 365 Systems Development Tools and Issues (3)
- IT 367 Designing the User Interface (3)
- IT 368 Topics in Information Systems (systems design related topic) (3)
- Option 2: Web Application Development Sequence
- IT 272 Cobol as a 2nd language (4)
- IT 353 Web Development Technologies (3)
- IT 354 Advanced Web Development (3)
- IT 375 Date Communications (3)
- IT 377 Practical Telecommunications Networking (3)
- IT 378 Database Processing (3)
- One of the following courses:
- IT 341 Object Oriented Systems Development (3)
- IT 367 Designing the User Interface (3)
- IT 368 Topics in Information Systems (web development related topic) (3)
- Option 3: Information Assurance and Security Sequence
- IT 350 Fundamentals of Information Assurance and Security (3)
- IT 351 Data Communications Security (3)
- IT 375 Data Communications (3)
- IT 377 Practical Telecommunications Networking (3)
- IT 378 Database Processing (3)
- Two of the following courses:
- IT 353 Web Development Technologies (3)
- IT 363 Systems Development II (4)
- IT 368 Topics in Information Systems (information assurance or security related topic) (3)
- IT 373 Wide Area Network Infrastructures (3)
- IT 376 Wireless and Mobile Network Security (3)
- IT 380 Wireless Communications Systems (3)
- Option 4: Enterprise Computing Systems (22-23 hours required)
- IT 330 Introduction to ECS (3)
- IT 331 Data Communications in ECS (3)
- IT 332 Advanced ECS (3)
- IT 378 Database Processing (3)
- IT 392 System Integration (3)
- One of the following:
- IT 272 COBOL (4)
- IT 363 Systems Development II (4)
- One of the following:
- IT 363 Systems Development II (4)
- IT 365 Systems Development Tools and Issues (3)
- IT 367 Designing the User Interface (3)
- IT 368 Topics in Information Systems (3)
- IT 372 External Data Structures (3)
- IT 384 Computer Architecture (3)
Supporting Requirements (33 hours):
- Mathematics and Statistics:
- MAT 120 Finite Mathematics or MAT 145 Calculus I (4)
- MAT 160 Elementary Discrete Mathematics (4)
- One Statistics Course (3) - for example, MQM 100 Statistical Reasoning (3) or
ECO/GEO/PSY Social Science Reasoning Using Statistics (3) - Communication and Organization:
- COM 223 Small Group Processes (3)
- ACC 131 Elementary Accounting I (3)
- ECO 105 Principles of Economics (4)
- MQM 220 Business Organization and Management (3)
- One of the following three courses:
- ENG 249 Technical Writing I (3)
- COM 202 Persuasive Public speaking (3)
- COM 227 Organizational and Professional Speaking (3)
- Two of the following courses:
- ACC 132 Managerial Accounting (3)
- FIL 185 Legal, Ethical, and Social Environment of Business (3)
- FIL 240 Business Finance (3)
- MKT 230 Introduction to Marketing Management (3)
- ECO 225 Labor Economics and Labor Problems (3) or
ECO 239 Managerial Economics (3) or
ECO 245 The International Economy (3)
