School of Technology Curriculum Document

 

Academic Department:

CIT

School Document Number:

TEC 05-94

Document Author:

Reza Kamali

Approved by School Date:

10/19/05

Date:  (mm/dd/yy)

CEP Review:

o                Course

ü              Program of Study

Type of Document: 

Addition

x

Faculty Senate Approval Date: (mm/dd/yy)

Effective Term:

Deletion

Revisions

Document Subject:

New Program of Study -  COMPUTER INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE

 

Justification:

This program of study and the curriculum are based on the latest and most up to date information in regards to IT curriculum accreditation by ABET.

 

 


Current:                                                                    

NONE

Proposed:

PURDUE UNIVERSITY CALUMET

COMPUTER INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE

Student              __________________________________                             Major Date    _______________

Student I.D. #   __________________________________                             Advisor       _____________

                                                                                                                                        Effective:       Spring 2006

Program Notes:

1.              The program requirements are determined by the date a student officially becomes a CIT major.

2.              A student who is not qualified to take ENGL 104 and MA 147 courses is considered deficient and cannot take any ITS courses until the deficiency is removed.

3.              A grade of a " C" or better is required in each ITS major course.  ITS courses in which lower grades have been received must be retaken before progressing to the next course in the sequence.  An incomplete is not considered a passing grade.

4.              Only two ITS courses may be repeated because of an unsatisfactory (D or F) grade.  These courses may be repeated one time.

5.              No student shall choose the pass/not pass option for and ITS course.  Advisor agreement is required for any other course.

6.              Students may test out of up to two ITS courses.

7.              Secondary Specialty is defined as a sequence of six courses in one discipline.

8.              Humanities Elective is defined as one of the following: American History, English Literature, Modern Language, Philosophy, World History, World Literature, or Aesthetics (i.e. Fine Arts, Music, and Theater).

9.              Social Science Elective is defined as one of the following:  Anthropology, Communications, Economics, Political Science, Psychology, or Sociology.

10.        Natural Science Requirement for students is defined as one of the following: Science 112, Astronomy, Geology, Biology, Physics, or Chemistry.

11.        General Education Elective is any non ITS course.

First Semester                                                                  Credits        Taken               Grade

ITS          100    Information Technology Fundamentals                3          _____              _____

ITS          110    Web Systems Technologies                                3          _____              _____

ITS          130    Platform Technologies                                       3          _____              _____

ENGL     104    English Comp 1                                                 3          _____              _____

MA         147    Algebra and Trigonometry for Technology          3          _____              _____

                                                                                             15

 

Second Semester

ITS          120    User and Information Technology Interaction      3          _____              _____

ITS          135    Operating Systems Technologies                        3          _____              _____

ITS          170    Networking Technologies                                   3          _____              _____

MA         205    Discrete Mathematics for IT                              3          _____              _____

ENGL     220    Technical Report Writing                                   3          _____              _____

                                                                                             15

 

Third Semester

ITS          200    Ethical and Legal Issues in IT                            3          _____              _____

ITS          240    IT Programming Fundamentals                           3          _____              _____

ITS          270    Internetworking Technologies                             3          _____              _____

COM       114    Fundamentals of Speech Communications           3          _____              _____

                        Natural Science Requirement                             3/4        _____              _____

                                                                                             15/16

 

Fourth Semester

ITS          245    Integrative Programming                                    3          _____              _____

ITS          250    Fundamentals of Information Assurance             3          _____              _____

ITS          260    Applied Database Technologies                          3          _____              _____

STAT      301    Elementary Statistical Methods                           3          _____              _____

                        Open Elective                                                   3          _____              _____

                                                                                             15

Total Credits this page              60/61

 

 

Fifth Semester                                                                     Credits     Taken               Grade

                        Primary Track                                                   3          _____              _____

                        Primary Track                                                   3          _____              _____

                        Secondary Track                                               3          _____              _____

                        Secondary Track                                               3          _____              _____

                        Humanities Elective                                           3          _____              _____

                                                                                             15

Sixth Semester

                        Primary Track                                                   3          _____              _____

                        Primary Track                                                   3          _____              _____

                        Secondary Track                                               3          _____              _____

                        Secondary Track                                               3          _____              _____

                        Social Science Elective                                      3          _____              _____

                                                                                             15

Seventh Semester

ITS          480    IT Project Development and Management          4          _____              _____

                        Primary Track                                                   3          _____              _____

                        Primary Track                                                   3          _____              _____

                        Secondary Track                                               3          _____              _____

                        General Education Elective                                3          _____              _____

                                                                                             16

Eighth Semester

ITS          490    Senior Project/Undergraduate research               3          _____              _____

                        Primary Track                                                   3          _____              _____

                        Primary Track                                                   3          _____              _____

                        Secondary Track                                               3          _____              _____

                        Open Elective                                                   3          _____              _____

                                                                                             15

Total Credits this page                                   61

Total Credits                                                  121/122

 

Primary Track Choices (select one track)

Information Assurance & Security

Distributed Enterprise Application

Networking

ITS 340 Advanced Programming

ITS 340 Advanced Programming

ITS 330 Advanced Operating Systems

ITS 350 Systems Assurance

ITS 360 Distributed Application Architecture and Design

ITS 350 Systems Assurance

ITS 352 Disaster recovery and planning

ITS 362 Distributed Application Development

ITS 370 Data Communications and Networking

ITS 354 Information Assurance Risk Assessment

ITS 364 Database modeling and implementation

ITS 372 System Administration and Management

ITS 450 Software Assurance

ITS 450 Software Assurance

ITS 430 Systems Programming

ITS 452 Computer Forensics

ITS 460 Distributed Application Configuration and Management

ITS 470 Large Scale High Performance Systems

ITS 454 Assured Systems Design and Implementation

ITS 462 Application Integration

ITS 472 Network Design and Implementation

ITS 459 Topics in Information Assurance

ITS 469 Topics in Distributed Enterprise Application

ITS 479 Topics in Networking

Secondary track may be any other primary track or minors from other disciplines or combination of courses, which all together make a cohesive body of knowledge in consultation with your academic advisors


 

 

Impact on Students:

This plan of study will focus and better prepare the information technology student within the ABET accreditation guidelines.

 

What other Academic Departments will be impacted?

This plan of study is part of the larger change to the IT curriculum that will create an interdisciplinary need for courses, and may create increased enrollment in other departments.  Informal discussions have taken place with other School of Technology departments and related computer departments at Purdue University Calumet.

Summarize any discussions with the departments listed above:

Course overlaps were discussed with ECET and none were found to exist. The courses were also discussed with the former CIS department faculty and department heads. No issues were found to exist.

 

Impact on University Resources:

This plan of study will require faculty and laboratory resources.

 

Impact on General Education Requirements:

General education requirements are satisfied  and the plan of study includes:

English 6 credits

Math 9 credits

Communication 3 credits

Natural Science elective 3 or 4 credits

Social Science Elective 3 credits

Humanities Elective 3 credits

Freshman Experience Course 3 Credits

Humanities Elective is defined as one of the following: American History, English Literature, Modern Language, Philosophy, World History, World Literature, or Aesthetics (i.e. Fine Arts, Music, and Theater).

Social Science Elective is defined as one of the following:  Anthropology, Communications, Economics, Political Science, Psychology, or Sociology.

Natural Science Requirement for students is defined as one of the following: Science 112, Astronomy, Geology, Biology, Physics, or Chemistry.