General Education 33
Foundations Requirements 13
GE 1000, GE 3000: University Requirement for Graduation for all undergraduate students that must be satisfied in one of two ways: Complete GE 1000 (all freshmen and transfers entering with 0-29 credits) OR GE 3000 (transfers entering with 30 credits or more).
ENG 1030: Requires a grade of C or higher.
MATH 1000: Students eligible to take MATH 1054 based on their placement test may take that course in place of MATH 1000 (In this case, MATH 1054 will fulfill GE Foundation Requirements and the student may take an additional 3 credits in Free Electives to total 120 S.H.
Disciplinary/Interdisciplinary Distribution Requirements 20
Humanities 6
ENG 2403: GE Distribution course required of all students.
Select One GE Approved course from one area below:
| Fine Arts or Art History | 3 |
| Philosophy or Religion | 3 |
| Foreign Languages (Must take I and II for credit) | 3 |
| Music or Theatre | 3 |
| Interdisciplinary | 3 |
Social Sciences 6
| HIST 1062 | WORLDS OF HISTORY: TRADITIONS AND ENCOUNTERS | 3 |
HIST 1062: GE Distribution course required of all students.
Select One GE Approved course from one area below:
| Psychology | 3 |
| Economics or ES 1010 World Geography | 3 |
| Political Science | 3 |
| Sociology or Anthropology | 3 |
| Interdisciplinary | 3 |
Science and Mathematics 8
| CPS 1231 | FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER SCIENCE | 4 |
| Lab Science: (ASTR 1100, BIO 1000, CHEM 1083, GEOL 1200, METR 1300 or PHYS 2091) | 4 |
CPS 1231: Students who have had prior programming experience may enter CPS 2231 directly with approval of the Departmental Advisory Committee (In this case, CPS 2231 will fulfill GE Science and Mathematics Distribution and the student may take another 4 credits in Major Electives to total 126 S.H.).
Additional Required Courses 31
Additional Required Courses 31
All additional required courses require a grade of B- or higher.
MATH 1054: Students eligible to take MATH 1054 based on their placement test may take that course in place of MATH 1000 (In this case, MATH 1054 will fulfill GE Foundation Requirements and the student may take an additional 3 credits in Free Electives to total 126 S.H.)
CPS 2231: Students who have had prior programming experience may enter CPS 2231 directly with approval of the Departmental Advisory Committee (In this case, CPS 2231 will fulfill GE Science and Mathematics Distribution and the student may take another 4 credits in Major Electives to total 126 S.H.).
Academic Major 49
All major courses, additional requirements and concentration courses, including the capstone, require a grade of B- or higher.
Major Core Requirements 13
Major Concentration 15
TECH 3910: Writing Emphasis (WE) course.
Major Electives 18
Select 12 credits at the 3000-4000 level with approval of departmental advisor in addition to completion of CPS 5100 and CPS 5440.
| TECH 3000 or 4000 Level | 3 |
| TECH 3000 or 4000 Level | 3 |
| TECH 3000 or 4000 Level | 3 |
| TECH or CPS 3000 or 4000 Level | 3 |
| CPS 5100 | COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEM | 3 |
| CPS 5440 | ADVANCED ANALYSIS ALGORITHMS | 3 |
Major Capstone 3
| TECH 4513 | SENIOR PROJECT IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY | 3 |
| OR | |
| TECH 4961 | SENIOR RESEARCH IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY | 3 |
Free Electives 13
(50% of free electives must be taken at the 3000-4000 level)
ID 1400 Computing in Modern Society (Recommended)
TECH 1996 Research Initiative for Freshman (Optional): Students can take 1 credit which may fulfill Free Electives requirement with approval of the Departmental Advisory Committee. TECH 1996 is recommended to be taken in the second semester of the freshman year.
CPS 2010 Career Education (Recommended): Students can take 1 credit which may fulfill Free Electives requirement with approval of the Departmental Advisory Committee.
TECH 3291, TECH 3292 or TECH 3293 Career Internship in Information Technology (Recommended): Students can take a maximum of 6 credits which may fulfill Free Electives requirements with approval of the Departmental Advisory Committee.
TECH 3291/92/93 Internship in IT and TECH 1996 are the only TECH courses acceptable for use in Free Electives.