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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OPTION
The Information Technology (IT) track is a new, innovative program offering designed specifically to accommodate the dynamic demands of the contemporary marketplace. With the exponential growth of the Internet, and the wide ranging ramifications of the accompanying technologies, the IT track will prepare individuals for careers that utilize, or are affected by the latest technological advances and methods of modern business and industry.

Master's Degree Track Requirements

This track requires a minimum of 36 credit hours of graduate-level course work to complete. Students may be required to complete additional 6 credit hours of prerequisite course work. However, students with an undergraduate degree in Computer or Information Science may receive waivers for some courses. Course waivers are not granted for work experience.


Required Courses


(All courses have Data Structures prerequisite unless noted otherwise)

CS 551

 

Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming Using Java

 

3 credits

CS 552

 

Windows Interface Design (using Visual Basic)

 

3 credits

CS 553

 

Web Design with JavaScript

 

3 credits

CS 554

 

Fundamentals of Interactive Multimedia

 

3 credits

CS 601

 

Computer Systems and Assembly Language

 

3 credits

CS 603

 

Advanced Database Design (Oracle)

 

3 credits

CS 620

 

Information Analysis and Systems Design

 

3 credits

CS 621

 

Principles of Data Communications

 

3 credits

CS 670

 

Independent Project Course

 

3 credits

 

 

Total for required courses

 

27 credits

 

Electives:

A total of nine credits required. A maximum of six (6) credits can be a MBA (BU) offering. It is also at the discretion of the Academic Program Director to approve any other CS or MBA course offering as an appropriate elective.

CS 550Dynamic Web Page Development3 credits
CS 557Web Programming with ASP3 credits

CS 560

 

Networking Applications (with Windows NT)

 

3 credits

CS 561

 

Multimedia Authoring and Scripting (pre CS 554)

 

3 credits

CS 604

 

Software Engineering

 

3 credits

CS 611

 

Operating Systems (prerequisite: Knowledge of C)

 

3 credits

CS 622

 

Information Retrieval

 

3 credits

CS 623Advanced Network Security3 credits
CS 624Hands-On Network Security3 credits
CS625Cryptography3 credits

CS 631

 

Data Warehousing

 

3 credits

CS 632

 

Advanced Database Topics

 

3 credits

CS 633

 

Advanced Database Programming

 

3 credits

 

 

Total for elective courses

 

9 credits

 

 

Degree Total

 

36 credits

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