Evening IT Bachelor's Degree Program
Bachelor of Science in Information Technology
Information Technology (IT) focuses on building and managing secure information systems that run our modern world. The IT professional expert helps users in an organization make sense of the technology around them.
Important areas in Information Technology include: Networking, Security, Database Administration, Web Site Design/Programming, and E-Commerce.
At Merrimack, our curriculum is based on the recommendations of the ACM and leading IT professionals and provides a strong coverage of current technology, together with a strong liberal arts foundation that will help students effectively communicate within an organization.
Information technology can lead to many interesting applications:
- gaming
- medical imaging
- e-commerce
- web page design and processing
The career outlook for graduates with backgrounds in information technology and computer science is among the fastest growing. Career paths in computing are diverse. Here are a few options:
- Internet applications -Web Page Designers/Developers, Database administrators for e-commerce, search engines, social networking, Network Specialists
- Scientific Research - Database Developers/Administrators for Human Genome projects, Network Administrators for medical imaging and high-tech hospital equipment
- Entertainment - iPod/media device Engineers, Database Administrators for sports teams, Network Administrators
- Gaming - Game programmers, Game Developers/Designers, Game Console Engineers
- Government - Robotic engineers, Signal Processing Engineers
Requirements
In addition to satisfying the institutional and distribution requirements, students who seek a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology complete the following courses or their equivalents:
CSC 1510 Introduction to Information Technology (pre-requisite)
CSC 1610 Computer Science I (pre-requisite)
CSC 2620 Object Oriented Programming
MTH 1111 Basic Statistics
MTH 1314 Discrete Mathematics
CSC 3500 Human Computer Interaction
CSC 3720 Computer Architecture
CSC 3810 Database Principles
CSC 3950 Web Technologies
CSC 3925 Data Communications
CSC 3935 Data Networking
CSC 4055 Computer and Network Security
CSC 3975 System Administration, Privacy, Ethics, Technology
CSC 4920 Information Technology Systems
Two electives from the following list:
BUS 1100 Essentials of Business Analysis & Decision Making
CSC 3320 Operating Systems
CSC 2820 Data Structure
CSC 4265 Engineering Management
