Bachelor of Science (BS) in Information Technology
School of Undergraduate Studies
General Information Technology specialization
Five of the top 10 fastest growing jobs that require bachelor's degrees are in the field of information technology. Position yourself to take advantage of a wide range of opportunities with this General Information Technology bachelor's specialization designed to build both technical and business skills, a combination that is increasingly valued by today's employers. Through your choice of electives, you can design a broad program that touches on several IT disciplines or narrow your focus to deepen your knowledge in your niche area of information technology, including networking, Web development, project management, or information security. People who choose this specialization are often pursuing entry- or senior-level technical specialist positions in a variety of IT-related fields.
General Education Requirements
To complete your bachelor's degree, you will need 45 quarter credits in general education subject areas with a minimum of 6 quarter credits from each category. We offer general education courses in communication, humanities, natural science and mathematics, and social science.
Residents of Arkansas must complete Arkansas general education requirements.
Set your sights higher while you earn your bachelor's degree. In Capella's Combined BS/MS in IT Option, you could start earning master's level credit during your bachelor's program. Once you earn 100 undergraduate credits, you may be eligible for Capella's Combined BS/MS in IT Option, which can save you more than $6,500 over the cost of pursuing each degree separately and cut up to 2 quarters off your time to MS degree completion.
Contact an enrollment counselor for details: 1-866-933-5836
MAT2051 - Discrete Mathematics* is strongly recommended for General Information Technology specialization.
Core Courses (each course 6 quarter credits unless noted)
- IT3006 - Communication Strategies for the Information Technology Professional
- IT3120 - Fundamentals of Project Management
- IT3160 - Ethical and Human Side of Information Technology
- IT3200 - Enterprise Architecture
- IT3300 - Human-Computer Interaction*
- IT3310 - Hardware and Operating Systems Architecture*
- IT3340 - Fundamentals of Software Architecture*
- IT3350 - Network and Security Architecture*
: TS3006 - Communication Strategies for the IT Professional received the 2007 Blackboard Greenhouse Exemplary Practice Award.
Specialization Courses (each course 6 quarter credits unless noted)
Choose 42 quarter credits from the following courses:
- IT4030 - Project Estimation and Budgeting*
- IT4031 - Risk Management in Information System Development*
- IT4040 - Network Administration*
- IT4041 - Advanced Network Administration*
- IT4045 - Network Analysis and Design*
- IT4063 - Project Integration and Scope Management*
- IT4064 - Project Communications*
- IT4065 - Project Human Resources Management*
- IT4067 - Project Quality Assurance*
- IT4068 - Project Procurement Management*
- IT4070 - Cyber Defense and Countermeasures*
- IT4071 - Cyber Attacks and Ethical Hacking*
- IT4072 - Operating Systems Security*
- IT4073 - Organizational Security*
- IT4074 - Applications Security*
- IT4075 - Computer Forensics*
- IT4076 - Security Management and Policies*
- IT4140 - Introduction to Internetworking*
- IT4141 - Advanced Internetworking*
- IT4610 - Anatomical and Medical Terminology
- IT4620 - Managing Data in Multiple System Environments*
- IT4630 - Statistical Analysis for Health Care*
- IT4640 - Electronic Health Records/Clinical Systems*
- IT4650 - Decision Support/Quality Management*
- IT4660 - Information Security and Privacy in Health Care*
- IT4670 - Health Care Organization and Management*
- IT4710 - Software Requirements Architecture*
- IT4715 - Applications Architecture*
- IT4720 - Software Construction I: Design and Modeling*
- IT4725 - Software Construction II: Database Development*
- IT4730 - Software Construction III: Web Application Development*
- IT4735 - Software Construction IV: Advanced Web Application Development*
- IT4760 - Software Construction III: Application Development*
- IT4765 - Software Construction IV: Advanced Application Development*
- IT4770 - Support and Maintenance of Software Systems
- IT4802 - System Assurance Quality and Testing
- IT4803 - System Assurance Security*
- IT4813 - Operating Systems
- IT4815 - Introduction to Telecommunications
Elective Courses
- Choose 39 quarter credits of additional undergraduate courses. The School of Undergraduate Studies recommends that 18 of these quarter credits be earned through undergraduate Information Technology courses.
Capstone Course (taken during the learner's final quarter)
- IT4990 - Integrated Action Learning Project - 6 quarter credits
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* This course has a prerequisite. Contact an enrollment counselor for more information.
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