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2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Information Technology, BA


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College Business; Adult and Professional Studies
Academic Award Bachelor of Arts
Credits Required 120 semester credits
Faculty Lead Kiran Wilson
Available at Online

The College of Business offers the major in Information Technology designed to allow adult professionals to earn a degree while remaining in their career. Since many adults desire to earn their degree but are unable to attend classes during regular class hours, courses are offered during nontraditional hours through accelerated course formats.

Graduates with a degree in Information Technology are able to:

  1. Apply Information Technology strategies to address business needs.
  2. Write a programming code to connect a front-end user interface with a back-end database.
  3. Solve common desktop and network issues.
  4. Evaluate ethical dilemmas in Information Technology from a Christian faith perspective.
  5. Develop a comprehensive project management plan.
  6. Develop a career strategy in the Information Technology field.

Contact the College of Adult and Professional Studies Enrollment Office for an information packet.

Core Curriculum Requirements: 60


Humanities: 9


  • 6 credits in this area must be from Writing Practice courses* (see course descriptions  for applicability)
  • ENGL xxx3 Any Literature course 3 credits
  • HIST xxx3 Any Course in History 3 credits
  • 3 additional credits selected from the following 3 credits
    Art (ARTE), Bible (BIBL), Drama (DRAM), English (ENGL), History (HIST), Language (LANG), Music (MUSI), or Theology (THEO)

Social Sciences: 9


  • 6 credits in this area must be from Writing Practice courses* (see course descriptions  for applicability)
  • Select a minimum of two disciplines from the following:
    Business Administration (BUSM), Communication (except COMM 1213), Economics, Education (EDUC), Geography (GEOG), Health & Fitness (PEDU), Management (BMGT), Marketing (BMKT), Philosophy (PHIL), Political Science (PSCI), Psychology (PSYC), or Sociology/Anthropology (SOCI)

Science and Mathematics: 7


  • MATH xxxx - College-level Mathematics 3 credits
  • SCIE xxxx - Science course with Lab 4 credits

Formation and Calling: 4


Core Electives: 16


Any college-level courses

Pre-Major Requirements: 3


Pre-Major requirements may be applied to the Core Curriculum requirements

General Electives: 12-15


Any college-level courses

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