MSIT Curriculum

MASTER OF SCIENCE (MS) IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Students with a bachelor's degree in a computing field will be accepted without prerequisites, providing the degree was awarded within the last 10 years or the student has been working in a related field. However, success in the program is based upon the following up-to-date body of knowledge: Computer Networks, Databases, Web Architecture and Authoring, and Information Systems.

Students who have not fulfilled these prerequisite skills in the application process through either coursework and/or work experience will need to complete the following (or equivalent) upper-level undergraduate courses:

• IT 200: Foundation of Information Technology
• IT 310: Telecommunications and Computer Networks
• IT 338: Web Design, Authoring and Publishing
• CS 426: Databases

Students who are interested in other areas of information systems, such as programming, may take additional undergraduate Computer Science (CS) or Information Technology (IT) courses as electives.

Pre-requisite courses must be completed with a grade of at least "B".

Non-degree and non-matriculating students may enroll by filling out the admission application form and furnishing official copies of their transcript(s) from an accredited under/graduate program(s). Non-degree students may enroll in no more than two courses, but then must fulfill all admission requirements to continue in the program.

For those students wishing to transfer from another university, approval may be granted for the transfer of up to 6 graduate credit hours of comparable courses. International applicants must complete the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) with a score of 550 or above.

DEGREE CURRICULUM