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Core Courses

• C, Foundations of Discrete Mathematics, Math for Calculus, Statistics I
• CS1, CS2, DB & Arch. Concepts
• OO Programming
• Circuit Analysis, Information Theory
• OS, OS Lab, Networks, Network Lab
• Frontiers in IT

Support Courses

• Physics, Economics, Psychology
• Two Upper Division Writing Courses
• Ethics in Science and Technology
• 15 U.D. Credits Outside IT Area
• Samples include (but are not limited in any way except level of credits and meeting pre-requisites)
• Engineering Technology
• Criminal Justice
• Education
• Health Services Administration

OO Course

1. Objects, methods, primitive data, Strings, dialogs, applets: (3 weeks)
2. Classes: (2 weeks)
3. Inheritance, packages, interfaces, GUIs: (2 weeks)
4. Threads and applets: (2 weeks)
5. Reactive programming, events, exceptions: (2 weeks)
6. The I/O package, applications: (1 week)
7. C++: (2 weeks)

Information Theory

• Fundamentals of information theory and communications systems.
• Topics include
• the definition of information, bandwidth, and frequency spectrum.
• filters, modulators, and demodulators
• antennas and propagation as they relate to wireless communications

Circuit Analysis

• Understanding of electrical networks
• Includes
• definitions of charge, voltage, and current
• resistance and impedance and their impact on circuit performance
• circuit analysis techniques including DC and steady state AC analysis.
• power calculations, distribution and dissipation
• examples relating to IT, including cables, connectors, and buses.

Networking Lab

• Undergraduate focus
• Students to develop hands-on skills
• Permit frequent reconfigurations
• Introduce key technologies
• Ethernet/Fast Ethernet/Gigabit Ethernet
• ATM
• Frame Relay
• IP Routing

Overview of Design
(Networking Lab Continued)

Writing Requirements

• All IT majors are required to take ENC 3241 (Technical Writing) and one of the following:
• CRW 3930 (Creative Writing for non-English Majors)
• ENC 4293 (Technical Documentation I)
• ENC 4265 (Writing for Computer Industry)
• ENC 4414 (Studies in Hypertext)
• ENC 4415 (Digital Rhetoric)

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