Information Technology - Concentration in Data Science, B.S.I.T.

General Requirements (Core Areas A-E) Credit Hours: 42

• COMM 1110 - Public Speaking (3 Credit Hours)
• IT 2531 - Introduction to Cyber Security (3 Credit Hours)
• MATH 1441 - Calculus I (4 Credit Hours)

Additional Requirements Credit Hours: 4

Area F - Courses Appropriate to Major Credit Hours: 18

• IT 1130 - Introduction to Information Technology (3 Credit Hours)
• IT 1430 - Web Page Development (3 Credit Hours)
• IT 2430 - Data Programming I (3 Credit Hours)
• IT 2431 - Data Programming II (3 Credit Hours)
• STAT 1401 - Elementary Statistics (3 Credit Hours)
• ENGL 2135 - Technical Communication (3 Credit Hours)

Specific Requirements Beyond Area A1-F Credit Hours: 6

• OSCM 3430 - Operations and Supply Management (3 Credit Hours)
• STAT 1402 - Elementary Statistics II (3 Credit Hours)

Major Requirements Credit Hours: 46

• Carryover from Area A2 ¹
• CISM 4237 - Business Intelligence (3 Credit Hours)
• IT 2333 - IT Infrastructure (3 Credit Hours)
• IT 2530 - Operating Systems (3 Credit Hours)
• IT 3133 - E-Commerce (3 Credit Hours)
• IT 3230 - Data Visualization (3 Credit Hours)
• IT 3231 - Data Communications (3 Credit Hours)
• IT 3233 - Database Design and Implementation (3 Credit Hours)
• IT 3234 - Systems Acquisition, Design, and Implementation (3 Credit Hours)
• IT 3432 - Analytics Programming (3 Credit Hours)
• IT 4130 - IT Issues and Management (3 Credit Hours)
• IT 4136 - Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (3 Credit Hours)
• IT 4137 - Data Science and Big Data Analytics Capstone Project (3 Credit Hours)
• IT 4790 - Internship in Information Technology (3 Credit Hours)
• IT 5135 - Data Analytics (3 Credit Hours)
• MATH 2130 - Discrete Mathematics (3 Credit Hours)

Electives Credit Hours: 8

• Elective hours cannot be IT, CSCI, nor CISM courses.

Total Credit Hours: 124

¹ While MATH 1441 Calculus I  is 4 credit hours, only 3 credit hours will count toward fulfilling Area A2. The remaining credit hour will be applied toward Major Requirements.

Other Program Requirements

A minimum grade of “C” is required in all Major Requirements.

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