Students pursuing the Associate of Science in Information Technology are required to take a total of 23 courses as follows:

  • 17 foundation courses - 68 credits
  • 6 major courses - 24 credits
All courses are 4 quarter credits in length.

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Foundation Curriculum - 68 Credits
Students are required to take 17 foundation courses as follows:

- ACC1001 Accounting I

As an introduction to accounting, ACC 1001 introduces the student to the basic structures, principles, and practices involved in understanding and completing the accounting cycle. Each individual step of the accounting cycle, from analyzing source documents to the final preparation of financial statements, is covered with an emphasis on accounting for a sole proprietorship service business.

Prerequisite(s): None
Credits: 4

- BUS1101 Introduction to Business

An introduction to business functions and their opportunities. Students will also be given information about resources available to them through a variety of sources, including the university.

Prerequisite(s): None
Credits: 4

- BUS2023 Business Communications

This course is designed to prepare students to organize and compose effective business correspondence and technical writing. The basic principles of writing and approaches for writing various types of communications are stressed.

Prerequisite(s): ENG1001
Credits: 4

- FIN2005 Introduction to Finance

This course exposes the student to a wide range of important issues in managerial finance, including such topics as the role of finance in organizations and principles of financial analysis and control.

Prerequisite(s): ACC1001
Credits: 4

- ITS1101 Foundations of Information Technology

This course introduces students to Information Technology in a non-programming context to provide students with a solid foundation in computer organization, computer systems, operating systems, safety issues and technologies.

Prerequisite(s): None
Credits: 4

- ITS1102 Information & Communication Systems

This course provides a comprehensive overview of the modern information/communication infrastructure and focuses on how information, including voice and data, travels throughout the world. Topics to be covered include: the nature of information, bandwidth, types of transmission and storage media, and the fundamental principles governing information technology. Hands-on experience with related hardware and software tools for information capture, conversion, display, and management will be provided.

Prerequisite(s): None
Credits: 4

- ITS1104 Human-Computer Interface

This course introduces the current theories, methods, and issues in human-computer interaction. Topics such as usability and evaluation of computer interfaces; drama, narrative, and interface; interface and representation; and the politics of interface design will be covered. Students will develop a design project, using interactive designs appropriate for the client and/or target audience.

Prerequisite(s): ITS1101
Credits: 4

- MGT2037 Principles of Management

The latest major approaches and techniques of management are studied, including planning, systems management, new organizational concepts, computer influence, controlling, and quantitative measurement.

Prerequisite(s): None
Credits: 4

- IT Elective - Choose One: 4 Credits

- BUS2021 Spreadsheet and Database Application

This course provides students the opportunity to obtain basic knowledge and skills in using spreadsheet and database software. A broad range of software applications, concepts, and problems will be covered.

Prerequisite(s): None

OR

- ITS1103 Ethics & Information Technology

This course examines ethical dilemmas specific to the IT industry through a systematic approach of the basic principles of ethics and the relationship of these principles to a technological and global society. Ethical decision making and practical applications of ethics in a contemporary society is also explored.

Prerequisite(s): None

- Math Elective - Choose One: 4 Credits

- MAT1001 Intermediate Algebra

Concepts of algebra including linear and quadratic equations, polynomials, exponents, logarithms and functions. Emphasis on graphical representations of functions. This course is designed to build an adequate background for the college-level mathematics, science and business courses.

Prerequisite(s): MAT0099 or Exemption, and ENG1001 Co/Pre-Requisite

OR

- MAT1002 College Mathematics

College Mathematics is an entry-level course for students not wanting to focus their math skills in one area. The fundamentals of several areas are covered including set theory, logic, geometry, probability, and statistics.

Prerequisite(s): MAT0099 or Exemption, ENG1001 Co/Pre-Requisite

- BIO1020 Biology I

Principles of Biology I is the first in a two-course sequence in biology. The course introduces biology, scientific methods, biological chemistry, cells, energy for life, basic genetics, and biotechnology. The course also compares human and plant organization and function. The student will also complete writing assignments that will introduce the student to scientific literature.

Prerequisite(s): MAT0099, and ENG1001 Co/Pre-Requisite
Credits: 4

- ENG1001 Composition I

Students will be introduced to college-level writing processes, including theme, composition, and research. Emphasis will be placed on refining individual skills, writing styles and voices, and on writing procedures. Selected readings in prose, drama, and poetry supplement the course and provide topics for discussion and writing assignments.

Prerequisite(s): ENG0099 or Exemption
Credits: 4

- ENG1002 Composition II / Literature

This course is designed to introduce the student to fiction, poetry, and drama and, through literary analysis and interpretation, to develop the life skills of critical thinking and written expression.

Prerequisite(s): ENG1001
Credits: 4

- ENG2001 Composition III

The goal of this course is to refine the student's reading, writing, and critical thinking skills. By analyzing ineffective arguments and constructing effective ones, the student will discover how ambiguity, evasiveness, vagueness, and obscurity weaken his or her credibility as a writer.

Prerequisite(s): ENG1001
Credits: 4

- UVC1000 Strategies for Success

This course is designed to help entering students develop a more effective approach to college. On the one hand, students will learn the importance of the relationship between individuals' beliefs and their performance, conditioning, self-image and comfort zones, motivations, affirmations, and goals. On the other, students will learn practical skills, such as time management, notetaking, test-taking, research, and study skills.

Prerequisite(s): None
Credits: 4

- Social Science Elective - Choose One: 4 Credits

- POL2076 American Government

This course is an introduction to American politics and government, focusing on political processes and institutions and on contemporary political issues.

Prerequisite(s): ENG1002 or ENG2001 Co/Pre-Requisite

OR

- PSY1001 General Psychology

The fundamental questions guiding this course are relatively simple. In what ways are we all alike and in what ways are we different? And why? Although these questions may be simple, the answers, as we shall see, are complex, interconnected, and too often invisible to the untrained eye. Different families... different backgrounds...different sexes... different cultures...different ethnic groups...different ways of looking at things...different behaviors...different values - how are we to understand this incredible diversity of human experience so that we can navigate successfully in an increasingly chaotic and shrinking world? The intent of this course is to examine the psychological foundations underlying the identity of the "self," "identity" and "world view" in an effort to understand the differences that exist from culture to culture, from generation to generation, from family to family, from profession to profession, and from individual to individual.

Prerequisite(s): None

OR

- SOC1001 Introduction to Sociology

This course, a scientific study of human social activity, will provide the student with a new way of looking at the world. In learning about the sociological perspective, the student will be challenged to see the general in the particular, the strange in the familiar, and the importance of the global perspective.

Prerequisite(s): None


Major Curriculum - 24 Credits
Students are required to take 6 major courses as follows:

- ITS2103 Networking Fundamentals

This course introduces students to the study of basic networking terminology, concepts, components (hardware) and basic network design. Investigation of functions required to operate computer communications networks will also be addressed.

Prerequisite(s): ITS1102
Credits: 4

- ITS2104 Programming Logic

This course introduces the beginning programmer to structured program logic without focusing on any particular language. Much emphasis is placed on developing sound programming techniques including flowcharting, modularization, and pseudo code.

Prerequisite(s): None
Credits: 4

- ITS2105 Programming I

This course builds on the foundation developed in Programming Logic. Students are introduced to the elements of structured programming related components such as overall program design, constraints, variables, functions, procedures, logic and code control, error trapping, error handling, interactive coding techniques, etc.

Prerequisite(s): ITS2104
Credits: 4

- ITS2106 Programming II

This course provides a more in-depth use of tools introduced in Programming I and introduces object-oriented programming (OOP), GUI, classes, libraries, overloading and inheritance. Introduction to object oriented programming techniques. Elementary data structures including lists, stacks, and queues. Dynamic storage allocation concepts. Interactive debugging techniques and use of recursion.

Prerequisite(s): ITS2105
Credits: 4

- ITS2110 Database Design & Development

This course introduces students to database basic concepts, conceptual data models with case studies, common data manipulation languages, logical data models, database design, normalization, facilities for database security/integrity, and applications.

Prerequisite(s): ITS1104, ITS2104
Credits: 4

- ITS2111 Multimedia Web Development

This course will provide a basic understanding of the methods and techniques of developing a simple to moderately complex web site. Using the current standard web page language, students will be instructed on creating and maintaining a web site. After the foundation language has been established, the aid of an internet editor will be introduced. A second web-based language will be included to further enhance the web sites.

Prerequisite(s): ITS1102
Credits: 4

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