This program prepares students for careers in information technology. Graduates qualify for positions in application development, web design and development, technical support, software support, and/or database administration. Students may choose their specialty courses based on their interests and will use state-of-the-art technology to complete their coursework.
Required General Education Courses
16 credit hours as follows:
(Note: BUS-120 or MTH-120 or higher)
A minimum level of competency in mathematics is required for graduation for all A.A.S. degrees. This minimum competency may be demonstrated in one of three ways:
- Placement into MTH-120 or higher; or
- Successful completion with a minimum grade of “C” in BUS-120, MTH-102, MTH-109, MTH-121, or MTH-133 or higher-level mathematics course for designated career programs; or
- An equivalent transfer course from another college with a minimum grade of “C”.
Select 3 credit hours from Social/Behavioral Sciences or Humanities and Fine Arts:
ANT, ARB, ART, ECO, FRE, GEO, HIS, HUM, LIT, MUS, PHI, PSC, PSY, SOC, SPA, SSC, THE
Select 4 credit hours from Physical and Life Sciences:
BIO, CHM, EAS, GEL, NAT, PHS, PHY
Required Career Courses
18 credit hours as follows:
Specialty Career Courses
Select at least 12 credit hours from the following:
Note: The courses listed above have prerequisite courses that need to be completed first and are included in either the Required Career Courses or the Elective Career Courses.
Elective Career Courses
Select 18 credit hours that have not been selected above:
Note: CIS-199 and CIS-200 can be repeated up to 3 times for credit as long as different topics are selected.
Suggested Schedule
Semester 1 (15 credit hours)
Semester 2 (16 credit hours)
| CIS-123 | Database Design | 3 |
| CIS-146 | Operating Systems | 3 |
| CIS-151 | Website Development: HTML & CSS | 3 |
| COM-103 | Speech Fundamentals | 3 |
| ___-___ | Physical and Life Sciences Elective | 4 |
Semester 3 (18 credit hours)
| ___-___ | Specialty Career Course | 3 |
| ___-___ | Elective Career Course | 3 |
| ___-___ | Elective Career Course | 3 |
| ___-___ | Elective Career Course | 3 |
| ___-___ | Elective Career Course | 3 |
| - | | |
| ___-___ | Humanities and Fine Arts Elective | 3 |
| OR- | | |
| ___-___ | Social and Behavioral Sciences Elective | 3 |
Semester 4 (15 credit hours)
| ___-___ | Specialty Career Course | 3 |
| ___-___ | Specialty Career Course | 3 |
| ___-___ | Specialty Career Course | 3 |
| ___-___ | Elective Career Course | 3 |
| ___-___ | Elective Career Course | 3 |