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Information Technology (IT)

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    100-Level Courses

    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 information systems.
    NOTE: Fee.

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    IT 198R : Directed Studies in Information Technology. (2:2:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    IT 198R : Directed Studies in Information Technology. (2:2:2)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    DESCRIPTION: Introductory course. Special topics in problem solving and technology careers.

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    IT 199R : Academic Internship: Information Technology. (1-3:ARR:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    IT 199R : Academic Internship: Information Technology. (1-3:ARR:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    WHEN TAUGHT:Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
    PREREQUISITE: Consent of both department chair and cooperative education coordinator.
    DESCRIPTION: Work experience evaluated by supervisor and posted on student's transcript.

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    200-Level Courses

    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.

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    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.

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    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; C S 235 or concurrent enrollment.
    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.

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    300-Level Courses

    IT 318 : Electronics, Computers, and Manufacturing. (3:2:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    IT 318 : Electronics, Computers, and Manufacturing. (3:2:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    WHEN TAUGHT:Winter
    PREREQUISITE: MATH 112; or MATH 119; Phscs 121; or Phscs 105 and 107.
    DESCRIPTION: Basics of electricity; behavior and manufacture of resistors, inductor, capacitors, transformers; motors; manufacture of transistors, ICs, MCMs, circuit boards. Computers; digital communications; networking.

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    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; Spring
    PREREQUISITE: MATH 112; Phscs 123 or concurrent enrollment.
    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.

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    IT 344 : Operating Systems. (3:2:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    WHEN TAUGHT:Fall; 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.

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    IT 347 : Computer Networks. (3:2:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    WHEN TAUGHT:Winter
    PREREQUISITE: IT 210A & IT 210B & 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.

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    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 & IT 210B
    DESCRIPTION: Database theory and architecture; data modeling; designing application databases. Query languages, data security, database applications on the Web..

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    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 210B & TECH 213 & STAT 201
    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.

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    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 three times during junior/senior years while in professional program. College Lecture and School of Technology Lecture attendance required.

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    IT 399R : Academic Internship: Information Technology. (1-6:0:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    IT 399R : Academic Internship: Information Technology. (1-6:0:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    WHEN TAUGHT:Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
    PREREQUISITE: Consent of both department chair and cooperative education coordinator.
    DESCRIPTION: Experience in industrial environment. Approved job function supervised by employer and electronics and information technology advisor. Formal technical report required.

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    400-Level Courses

    IT 441 : Embedded Computer Systems. (3:2:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    IT 441 : Embedded Computer Systems. (3:2:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    PREREQUISITE: IT 344
    DESCRIPTION: Real-time embedded systems development using microprocessors and microcontrollers. Multitasking, hardware/software interfacing, operating systems, and various CPU architectures.

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    IT 443 : Broadband Communications. (3:2:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    IT 443 : Broadband Communications. (3:2:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    PREREQUISITE: IT 327
    DESCRIPTION: Physical-layer communications over broadband media. Optical and radio frequency propagation and devices. Fiber optics.
    NOTE: Fee.

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    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.

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    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.

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    IT 450 : Database Administration. (3:2.0:3.0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    IT 450 : Database Administration. (3:2.0:3.0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    WHEN TAUGHT:Winter
    PREREQUISITE: IT 350
    DESCRIPTION: The role and responsibilities of database administrators. Database platform, architecture, and configuration; security and account management; backup, restore and disaster recovery; availability, access and performance; data migration. Labs conducted using Oracle's relational database management.

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    IT 461R : Current Topics in Information Technology. (3:2:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    IT 461R : Current Topics in Information Technology. (3:2:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    PREREQUISITE: Instructor's consent.
    DESCRIPTION: In-depth analysis of current growth areas in information technology. Detailed discussion and lab experience of a few topics from faculty working in the field.

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    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.

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    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.

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    IT 492R : Special Problems in Information Technology. (1-3:ARR:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    IT 492R : Special Problems in Information Technology. (1-3:ARR:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    WHEN TAUGHT:Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
    PREREQUISITE: ENGL 316; Informational technology senior standing and an approved project proposal.
    DESCRIPTION: Individual study in current topics of information technology.

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    500-Level Graduate Courses (available to advanced undergraduates)

    IT 515R : Special Topics in Information Technology. (1-3:ARR:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    IT 515R : Special Topics in Information Technology. (1-3:ARR:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    WHEN TAUGHT:On Demand
    DESCRIPTION: New topics in information technology for graduate and undergraduate students. Standard lecture and lab format.

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    IT 529 : Advanced Networking. (3:2:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    IT 529 : Advanced Networking. (3:2:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    WHEN TAUGHT:Fall
    PREREQUISITE: IT 344, 347; or equivalents.
    DESCRIPTION: Analyzing, selecting, configuring, monitoring, and managing of computer network equipment. SNMP-based monitoring and control in process of fault isolation and root cause analysis.

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    IT 531 : Encryption and Compression. (3:2:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    IT 531 : Encryption and Compression. (3:2:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    WHEN TAUGHT:On Demand
    PREREQUISITE: C S 235 and Stat 201; or equivalents
    DESCRIPTION: Encoding digital data for storage or network transmission using computers. Analyzing and applying algorithms for digital data encryption and compression. Current Web and multimedia standards. Lab emphasizing implementation.

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    IT 548 : Mechatronics. (3:2:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    WHEN TAUGHT:On Demand
    PREREQUISITE: Instructor's consent.
    DESCRIPTION: Synergistic application of mechanical devices, electronic controls, and system principles in design of products and manufacturing processes. Advanced applications of electronic instrumentation, control, and automation in manufacturing systems.

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    IT 566 : Digital Forensics. (3:2:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    WHEN TAUGHT:Winter On Demand
    PREREQUISITE: IT 466 or equivalent.
    DESCRIPTION: Fundamentals of digital forensics, legal issues, evidence, chain of custody, media analysis, incident response, corporate forensics, and network forensics.

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    IT 567 : Cyber Security and Penetration Testing. (3:2:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    IT 567 : Cyber Security and Penetration Testing. (3:2:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
    WHEN TAUGHT:Winter; Spring
    PREREQUISITE: IT 466 or C S 465 or I Sys 560 or equivalent content course from another institution.
    DESCRIPTION: Advanced computer systems security. Vulnerabilities and exploits. System and network attacks. Ethical hacking and penetration testing. Cyber security, cyber weapons, and advanced persistent threats. Legal and regulatory requirements for security and privacy.

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