2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog w/ September Addendum 
    
    Nov 21, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog w/ September Addendum

Information Systems and Information Technology, B.S.


The Bachelor of Science program in Information Systems and Information Technology (ISIT) offers an interdisciplinary curriculum focusing on Information Systems, Information Technology, and Computer Sciences. This program combines traditional computer science topics with cutting-edge ISIT practices and applications, preparing students with hands-on practical knowledge of the most important building blocks of today’s information systems and their underlying technologies. In addition to theoretical understanding, the ISIT program covers the practical knowledge of technologies and their fundamentals, including computer hardware, networking components, mobile devices, and cloud/virtual environments. With the current trends of big data, mobile computing, virtualization, and cloud services, this program covers the most up-to-date practices in ISIT and prepares the graduate to tackle the real-world challenges of the industry.

Program Goals

Graduates of the Bachelor of Science in the Information Systems and Information Technology program are able to:

  • Apply general computing and information systems;
  • Analyze complex organizational issues and user needs using specified technical computing requirements and specs; and,
  • Manage information systems, including the supporting technologies of setup, configuration, and troubleshooting phases.

Information Systems and Information Technology Requirements (50 semester hours)


This program requires a total of 50 semester hours: 1) 35 semester hours from the core courses listed below and 2) 15 semester hours completed in one of the following concentrations:  IT Infrastructure and Networking and Operating Systems, Cloud Computing, and Virtualization. The semester hour value of each course appears in parentheses( ). 

Complete all of the following Core courses - 35 semester hours:


Complete one of the following Concentrations:


Two concentrations are offered:

  • IT Infrastructure and Networking (15 semester hours)
  • Operating Systems, Cloud Computing, and Virtualization

IT Infrastructure and Networking Concentration (15 semester hours)


The following courses comprise the IT Infrastructure and Networking concentration of the Information Systems and Information Technology program. The semester hour value of each course appears in parentheses ( ).

Operating Systems, Cloud Computing, and Virtualization (15 semester hours)


The following courses comprise the Operating Systems, Cloud Computing, and Virtualization concentration of the Information Systems and Information Technology program. The semester hour value of each course appears in parentheses ( ).

Foundation Mathematics Courses


Complete the following courses - 9 semester hours: