Information Technology, B.S. - 120 units

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Summary of Units:

Lower Division Major Requirements	17
Major Core Requirements	27
Upper Division Major Elective Requirements	18
Technology Elective Requirements	9
Capstone Requirement	4
Additional General Education and other Graduation Requirements	45
Total Units	120

Special Grade Requirements

A grade of C- or better is required in all prerequisites courses in the major

Lower Division Requirements - 17 units

1. Statistics 3 units

Select one of the following:

MATH 201 - Elementary Statistics Units: 3
MATH 202 - Biostatistics (Cross-listed as PSY 202) Units: 3
MATH 329 - Applied Statistics for Business and Economics Units: 3

2. Two semesters of a Laboratory science: Physics, Chemistry, or Biology 8 units

BIOL 200 - Principles of Organismal and Population Biology Units: 4
BIOL 201 - Principles of Cell and Molecular Biology Units: 4
or
CHEM 121 - General Chemistry I Units: 4
CHEM 122 - General Chemistry II Units: 4
or
PHYS 100 - Introduction to Physics I Units: 4
PHYS 101 - Introduction to Physics II Units: 4

3. First course in programming 3 units

COMP 105 - Introduction To Programming (Cross-listed as IT 105) Units: 3

4. First course in Computer Architecture and Assembly Language 3 units

COMP 162 - Computer Architecture and Assembly Language Units: 3

Note:

Appropriate community college courses may meet these requirements.

Core Courses - 27 units

MATH 300 - Discrete Mathematics Units: 3
or
MATH 301 - Discrete Mathematics for IT Units: 3
IT 151 - IT Programming Units: 3
IT 221 - Unix System Programming I (Cross-listed as COMP 221) Units: 3
IT 420 - Database Theory and Design (Cross-listed as COMP 420) Units: 3
IT 421 - Unix System Programming II Units: 3
IT 424 - Computer System Security (Cross-listed as COMP 424) Units: 3
IT 429 - Computer Networks (Cross-listed as COMP 429) Units: 3
MIS 310 - Management Information Systems Units: 3
MGT 307 - Management of Organizations Units: 3

Upper Division Electives - 18 units

Choose 18 units from the following:

COMP 345 - Digital Image Processing (Cross-listed as PHYS 345, MATH 345) Units: 3
COMP 350 - Introduction To Software Engineering Units: 3
COMP 362 - Operating Systems Units: 4
COMP 425 - Computer Game Programming Units: 3
IT 380 - Web Programming Units: 3
IT 400 - eCommerce Units: 3
IT 401 - Web Intelligence Units: 3
IT 402 - Advanced Web Programming Units: 3
IT 464 - Computer Graphic Systems And Design I (Cross-listed as COMP 464, ART 464) Units: 3
IT 490 - Special Topics for IT Units: 3
IT 492 - Internship Units: 1 - 3
IT 494 - Independent Research Units: 1-3
IT 497 - Directed Studies Units: 3

Technology Electives - 9 units

For a listing of suitable CI courses, see the BSIT program advisor

Capstone - 4 units

IT 491 - Capstone Preparation Units: 1
IT 499 - Capstone Project Units: 3

Additional General Education and other Graduation Requirements - 45 units

To graduate, students must complete 120 units minimum (40 units must be upper division) including all General Education (GE) and Graduation Requirements . The following areas must be included:

Additional lower division A-E GE requirements not met within major
Nine units of Upper Division Interdisciplinary GE (UDIGE) courses, numbered 330-349 or 430-449. Six units may be within major, three units must be outside major (C or better grades)
Multicultural Requirement (C or better grade)
Language Requirement (C or better grade)
American Institutions Requirement
Free electives as needed to meet minimum units for graduation