Go High-tech with a Computer Information Technology from SNHU
Nearly every business relies on information technology managers and technical experts to oversee information systems that support operations and drive commerce. Employees with expertise in systems analysis, networking, programming, and software engineering, in addition to finance and management, are in high demand.
With a Bachelor of Science degree in computer information technology, Southern New Hampshire University graduates will be prepared to balance the demands of being a business professional and a technologist.
Career Outlook
Students can expect vast employment opportunities after graduation. The CIT industry reports a need for employees who have both CIT and general business skills. Furthermore, the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that the information technology sector will grow annually, through 2012, at twice the rate of the overall job rate.
SNHU graduates with a BS in CIT are well-positioned to excel in key positions, thanks to IT classes that provide them with a solid foundation in both business and information technology.
Professionals who can bridge the gap between information technology and business are sought after in many organizations. Our students and graduates work for such companies as Fidelity Investments, eCopy Signa, and SCD Solutions, to name a few.
Enhance Your Skills
The BS in CIT is flexible enough to allow students to pair their major with minors in accounting, finance, game design or international business to further focus their interests. Students may take elective courses in 3-D modeling, digital commerce, systems security, global IT management and other areas. Our full-time CIT faculty members, who hold more than 28 patents, work with students to help them discover their interests.
This course provides the hardware software technology background for information technology personnel Hardware topics include CPU architecture memory registers addressing modes busses instruction sets and a variety of input output devices Software topics include operating system modules process management memory and file system management Also included are basic network components and multi user operating systems Offered every year
Prerequisites:
CIS-100
IT-315: Object Oriented Analysis and Design
This course develops software systems engineering principles combining object oriented design principles and methods augmented by computer assisted engineering CASE technology The course involves use of the unified modeling language UML and through the vehicle of a student group project applies these elements to the system development life cycle This course is writing intensive as student project teams are required to submit a comprehensive project report and a PowerPoint presentation Specialized Systems Development Computer Laboratory intensive and open laboratory intensive Offered every year Writing Intensive Course
Prerequisites:
CIS-200
IT-330: Database Design and Management
This course covers the design and implementation of information systems within a database management system environment Students will demonstrate their mastery of the design process acquired in earlier courses by designing and constructing a physical system using database software to implement logical design Topics include data models and modeling tools and techniques approaches to structural and object design models for databases relational hierarchical networked and object oriented designs CASE tools data dictionaries repositories and warehouses Windows GUI coding and or implementation code and application generation client server planning testing and installation system conversion end user training and integration and post implementation review Offered every year
IT-340: Network and Telecommunication Management
This course provides an in depth knowledge of data communications and networking theory concepts and requirements relative to telecommunications and networking technologies structures hardware and software Emphasis is on the concepts of communications theory and practices terminology and the analysis and design of networking applications Management of telecommunications networks cost benefit analysis and evaluation of connectivity options are covered Students can design build and maintain a local area network LAN Offered as needed
Prerequisites:
CIS-201
IT-415: Advanced Information Systems Design
This is the first of a two part capstone course for IT majors Students working in groups select a systems project to analyze and design using the knowledge and skills learned in their previous courses There is a heavy emphasis placed on project management The instructor and students critique all projects weekly Offered every year Writing Intensive Course Senior standing or permission of instructor
Prerequisites:
IT-315,
IT-420: Advanced Information Systems Implementation
This is the second part of the Capstone course for IT majors The student groups will implement and document the systems project designed in IT 415 using an appropriate computer programming language or database management system The instructor and students critique all projects weekly Offered every year
Prerequisites:
CIS-415
IT-485: Information Technology Strategy and Management
This course presents the principles and concepts involved in the management of organizational information technology resources It includes CIO functions information technology planning project management legal and professional issues and the strategic impact of information technology systems Offered every year Writing Intensive Course
Prerequisites:
CIS-415
MAT-230: Discrete Mathematics
Discrete mathematics is the study of mathematical structures that are fundamentally discrete rather than continuous That is in contrast to the real numbers that vary continuously the objects of study in discrete mathematics take on distinct separated values Topics include operations on sets logic truth tables counting relations and digraphs functions trees and graph theory A significant goal of this course is to improve students critical thinking and problem solving skills
IT ELE - Students may select three (3) Information Technology electives
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