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:

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

Bible and Theology: 6

Select 6 credits from the following:

BIBL 1103 - Old Testament History and Literature 3 credits
BIBL 1203 - New Testament History and Literature 3 credits
THEO 1213 - Christian Thought 3 credits
THEO 2323 - Jesus the Messiah 3 credits

Written and Verbal Communications: 9

ENGL 1013 - Composition I: Expository Writing 3 credits
ENGL 1023 - Composition II: Rhetoric and Research Writing 3 credits
COMM 1213 - Fundamentals of Speech Communication 3 credits

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

UCOR 1053 - Identity and Vocation 3 credits
UCOR 4791 - Faith Integration 1 credits ***
*** Content met in xxxx

Core Electives: 16

Any college-level courses

Pre-Major Requirements: 3

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

MATH 2003 - Introduction to Statistics 3 credits

Major Requirements: 45

Information Technology Major Core: 30

BMGT 3123 - Information Systems Management 3 credits
BUSM 3063 - Computer Organization 3 credits
BUSM 3083 - Computer Programming 3 credits
BUSM 3113 - Information Technology Program Management 3 credits
BUSM 3283 - Introduction to Data Management 3 credits
BUSM 3493 - Introduction to Systems Analysis 3 credits
BUSM 4183 - Information Systems Design 3 credits
BUSM 4383 - Operating Systems and Networks 3 credits
BUSM 4673 - Online Business Technologies 3 credits
BUSM 4793 - Capstone Project 3 credits

Management Cognate: 15

BUSM 2553 - Survey of Economics 3 credits
BUSM 3163 - Business Leadership 3 credits
BUSM 3403 - Business Law 3 credits
BUSM 3523 - Group and Organizational Dynamics 3 credits
BUSM 4723 - Project Management I 3 credits

General Electives: 12-15

Any college-level courses