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Undergraduate Degree Requirements - 2004

The requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Information Technology degree for those students entering the program in the Fall 2004 semester are shown below.

Only Free Electives and H&SS Electives may be taken with the Pass/No Credit option.









IT Core Requirements
  One of the following two sequences:  
ECSE-2610 Computer Components & Operations 4 credits
ENGR-2350 Embedded Control 4 credits
ECSE-2660 Computer Arch, Networking and OS 4 credits
  OR  
CSCI-2300 Data Structures and Algorithms 4 credits
CSCI-2500 Computer Organization 4 credits
ITEC-2110 Exploiting the Information World 4 credits
  IT Technology Elective (one of):  
CSCI-4380 Database Systems 4 credits
DSES-4530 Information Systems 4 credits
ITEC-4310 Managing IT Resources 4 credits
ITEC-2960 Creative Design in IT 4 credits
ITEC-2210 Intro to Human Computer Interaction 4 credits
  Probability and Statistics Elective (one of):  
DSES-2010 Statistics for Management 3 or 4 credits
ENGR-2600 Modeling and Analysis of Uncertainty
MGMT-2100 Statistical Method
PSYC-2310 Experimental Methods and Statistics
ITEC-4100 IT Capstone Experience 4 credits

Math/Science Requirements
MATH-1010 Calculus I 4 credits
  Math elective 4 credits
CSCI-1100 Computer Science I 4 credits
CSCI-1200 Computer Science II 4 credits
  Physical Science elective (PHYS-XXXX)* 4 credits
  Life Science elective (BIOL-XXXX) 4 credits
*PHYS-2050 Science of IT is recommended

Humanities and Social Sciences Requirements
ITEC-1210 Information in History & Society 4 credits
ITEC-1220 Politics and Economics of IT 4 credits
  Humanities elective 4 credits
  Social Science elective 4 credits
  H&SS elective 4 credits
  H&SS elective 4 credits

Student-Selected Concentrations: (32 credits)
  Concentration course 4 credits
  Concentration course 4 credits
  Concentration course 4 credits
  Concentration course 4 credits
  Concentration course 4 credits
  Concentration course 4 credits
  Concentration elective 4 credits
  Concentration Capstone/Course 4 credits

Free Elective Requirements: (12 credits)*
  1. Free Elective 4 credits
  2. Free Elective 4 credits
  3. Free Elective 4 credits

The student selects a concentration from a list of available concentrations. Each concentration prescribes the courses that it requires. Alternatively, a student may choose his or her own courses with faculty advisement to fulfill concentration requirements and explore a special interest.

*If ENGR-2350 is taken as part of IT Core, it counts as 4 credits of free electives.

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