BS in Information Technology
(76.5 hours*)

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1. Students must have a minimum of 124 total hours to graduate with this major.
2. Complete the following supporting courses:
   C S 124 : (C S-EC En) Introduction to Computer Systems. (3:3:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   C S 124 : (C S-EC En) Introduction to Computer Systems. (3:3:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
   PREREQUISITE:	C S 142 or concurrent enrollment.
   DESCRIPTION:	How a computer works, from hardware to high-level programming. Logic circuits, computer instructions, assembly language, binary arithmetic, C programming, program translation, data structures, and algorithm analysis.
   
   
   Or
   EC EN 124 : (EC En-C S) Introduction to Computing Systems. (3:3:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   EC EN 124 : (EC En-C S) Introduction to Computing Systems. (3:3:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring
   PREREQUISITE:	C S 142 or concurrent enrollment.
   DESCRIPTION:	How a computer works, from hardware to high-level programming: logic circuits, computer instructions, assembly language, binary arithmetic, C programming, program translation, data structures, algorithm analysis.
   
   
   C S 142 : Introduction to Computer Programming. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   C S 142 : Introduction to Computer Programming. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring
   PREREQUISITE:	Knowledge of algebra.
   DESCRIPTION:	Introduction to object-oriented program design and development. Principles of algorithm formulation and implementation.
   
   
   C S 235 : Data Structures and Algorithms. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   C S 235 : Data Structures and Algorithms. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
   PREREQUISITE:	C S 142
   DESCRIPTION:	Fundamental data structures and algorithms of computer science; basic algorithm analysis; recursion; sorting and searching; lists, stacks, queues, trees, hashing; object-oriented data abstraction.
   
   
   C S 236 : Discrete Structures. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   C S 236 : Discrete Structures. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Summer
   PREREQUISITE:	C S 235
   DESCRIPTION:	Introduction to grammars and parsing; predicate and propositional logic; proof techniques; sets, functions, relations, relational data model; graphs and graph algorithms.
   
   
   ECON 110 : Economic Principles and Problems. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ECON 110 : Economic Principles and Problems. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	Honors also.
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
   DESCRIPTION:	Strengths and weaknesses of markets and governments for solving problems of social organization or conflict, including policy response to inflation, unemployment, pollution, poverty, growth, etc.
   NOTE:	This course is part of a GE Mosaic. See ge.byu.edu/mosaic-list for more information.
   
             : Honors Economic Principles and Problems.
   
   
   ENGL 316 : Technical Communication. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ENGL 316 : Technical Communication. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	Honors also.
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
   PREREQUISITE:	Junior or senior status.
   DESCRIPTION:	Effective processes of written, oral, and visual technical communication, including collaborative processes. Writing for academic and professional audiences.
   NOTE:	Carries GE Advanced Written and Oral Communication credit.
   
   
   MATH 112 : Calculus 1. (4:5:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   MATH 112 : Calculus 1. (4:5:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	Honors also.
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
   PREREQUISITE:	Math 110 and 111 or equivalent.
   DESCRIPTION:	Differential and integral calculus: limits; continuity; the derivative and applications; extrema; the definite integral; fundamental theorem of calculus; L'Hopital's rule.
   
             : Honors Calculus 1.
   
   
   PHSCS 121 : Principles of Physics 1. (3:3:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PHSCS 121 : Principles of Physics 1. (3:3:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring
   PREREQUISITE:	Calculus or concurrent enrollment.
   DESCRIPTION:	Newtonian mechanics. Weekly lab.
   
   
   PHSCS 123 : Principles of Physics 2. (3:3:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PHSCS 123 : Principles of Physics 2. (3:3:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring
   PREREQUISITE:	PHSCS 121
   DESCRIPTION:	Waves, thermal physics, optics, special relativity, and introduction to modern physics. Weekly lab.
   
   
   STAT 201 : Statistics for Engineers and Scientists. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   STAT 201 : Statistics for Engineers and Scientists. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring
   PREREQUISITE:	MATH 112; or MATH 119
   DESCRIPTION:	The scientific method; probability, random variables, common discrete and continuous random variables, central limit theorem; confidence intervals and hypothesis testing; completely randomized experiments; factorial experiments.
   
   
3. Complete the following:
   IT 101 : Cornerstone: Information Technology. (3:2:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   IT 101 : Cornerstone: Information Technology. (3:2:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
   DESCRIPTION:	Planning and preparing for a successful career in information technology. Developing skills with computers, problem solving, studying, and time management. Comparing information technology to computer science, computer engineering, and master of information systems.
   NOTE:	Fee.
   
   
   IT 210A : Fundamentals of Web-Based Information Technology. (2:3:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   IT 210A : Fundamentals of Web-Based Information Technology. (2:3:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall Blk 1; Winter Blk 1
   PREREQUISITE:	C S 142 & IT 101
   DESCRIPTION:	Web technologies, including operating systems, networking, database concepts, and tools from a Web development and infrastructure management perspective. Web systems integration and development projects.
   
   
   IT 210B : Fundamentals of Web-Based Information Technology. (2:3:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   IT 210B : Fundamentals of Web-Based Information Technology. (2:3:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall Blk 2; Winter Blk 2
   PREREQUISITE:	IT 210A
   DESCRIPTION:	Web technologies, including operating systems, networking, database concepts, and tools from a Web development and infrastructure management perspective. Web systems integration and development projects.
   
   
   IT 252 : Computer Architecture and Organization. (3:2:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   IT 252 : Computer Architecture and Organization. (3:2:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
   PREREQUISITE:	EC EN 124; or C S 124
   DESCRIPTION:	Principles of computer hardware and instruction set architecture. Subjects include: internal CPU organization and implementation, peripheral interconnect and IO systems, and low-level programming and security issues.
   
   
   IT 291 : Innovation Boot Camp. (.5:0:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   IT 291 : Innovation Boot Camp. (.5:0:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
   DESCRIPTION:	Design thinking seminar.
   
   
   IT 327 : Digital Communications. (4:3:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   IT 327 : Digital Communications. (4:3:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
   PREREQUISITE:	MATH 112 & PHSCS 123
   DESCRIPTION:	Ohm's law, power, inductance, capacitance, reactance, impedance, resonance, transformers. Communication systems, wired and wireless. Bandwidth, modulation; Shannon's theorem, telecommunications. Network physical and data link layers (ISO/OSI model). Optics/Coax/Twisted pair; RS-232/Ethernet; Signals/Protocols/Packets; digital communication theory fundamentals.
   
   
   IT 344 : Operating Systems. (3:2:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   IT 344 : Operating Systems. (3:2:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
   PREREQUISITE:	C S 235, IT 210A, B, 252; or instructor's consent.
   DESCRIPTION:	Applying and using computer operating systems. Configuration, file systems, security, administration, network interfacing, multitasking, multiuser, device driver installation. Analyzing operating system performance.
   NOTE:	Fee.
   
   
   IT 347 : Computer Networks. (3:2:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   IT 347 : Computer Networks. (3:2:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
   PREREQUISITE:	IT 210A & STAT 201; C S 236 or concurrent enrollment.
   DESCRIPTION:	Computer networks. Local and wide-area networking for enterprises and service providers. Workgroups/routers/hubs/switches; network server administration; Internet protocols and routing; security and privacy.
   NOTE:	Fee.
   
   
   IT 350 : Database Principles and Applications. (3:2:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   IT 350 : Database Principles and Applications. (3:2:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Spring
   PREREQUISITE:	C S 236 & IT 210A
   DESCRIPTION:	Database theory and architecture; data modeling; designing application databases. Query languages, data security, database applications on the Web..
   
   
   IT 355 : Human-Computer Interface. (3:2:4)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   IT 355 : Human-Computer Interface. (3:2:4)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
   PREREQUISITE:	IT 210A & IT 291
   DESCRIPTION:	Interface design emphasizing human factors, performance analysis, and cognitive processing. Team-based projects include task analysis, usability studies, environment, interaction, training, and documentation procedures.
   
   
   IT 446 : Senior Project / Capstone 1. (2:2:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   IT 446 : Senior Project / Capstone 1. (2:2:1)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
   PREREQUISITE:	ENGL 316; All required 300-level information technology courses.
   DESCRIPTION:	IT senior project proposal and feasibility studies. Project management, teamwork principles, intellectual property, supplier interactions, identifying and using professional technical literature, oral and written presentations.
   
   
   IT 447 : Senior Projects/Capstone 2. (3:1:5)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   IT 447 : Senior Projects/Capstone 2. (3:1:5)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
   PREREQUISITE:	IT 446
   DESCRIPTION:	Senior project design and integration. Second class of two-course sequence. Implementing design. Project management, teamwork, and presentations. Fee.
   
   
   IT 466 : Information Assurance and Security. (3:2:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   IT 466 : Information Assurance and Security. (3:2:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
   PREREQUISITE:	IT 344 & IT 347 & IT 350 & STAT 201
   DESCRIPTION:	Computer security principles. Incident prevention and management. Information assurance dimensions of availability, integrity, authentication, confidentiality and non-repudiations to ensure transmission, storage, and processing of information.
   
   
4. Complete 1.5 hours (3 enrollments) of the following:
   IT 391R : Junior/Senior Seminar. (.5:1:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   IT 391R : Junior/Senior Seminar. (.5:1:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
   DESCRIPTION:	Required four times during junior/senior years while in professional program. College Lecture and School of Technology Lecture attendance required.
   
   
5. Complete the following:
   ENG T 231 : Moral Leadership in a Technological World. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   ENG T 231 : Moral Leadership in a Technological World. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
   DESCRIPTION:	Principles and practices to help leaders develop consistent private and public lives and address the global environment from an integrated moral, technical, and social perspective.
   
   
6. After consulting with an information technology advisor, complete 6 hours of upper-division information technology technical electives.
7. Complete the following:
   IT 491R : Senior Seminar. (.5:1.0:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   IT 491R : Senior Seminar. (.5:1.0:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall Blk 1
   DESCRIPTION:	Seminar topics for near-graduation seniors. Information technology work experience required.
   
   
8. Complete department packet and exit interview.

*Hours include courses that may fulfill university core requirements.

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