The B.A. in CIT degree also prepares students to study the effect technology has on society; for example, the implications of artificial intelligence and the impact of technology on children.
Enhance Your Skills
The B.A. in CIT can be paired with other liberal arts minors - including creative writing, communication or psychology - to create highly focused career paths. Students gain unique insights from our full-time CIT faculty members, who hold 28 patents in areas such as artificial intelligence, network security and network management.
Career Outlook
Information technology is projected to be the second largest area of job growth in the United States. Employers in the field want employees with broad backgrounds who can develop new solutions. Students who integrate their liberal arts studies with CIT programs are valuable and rare, while the demand for well-rounded IT professionals continues to grow in the United States.
Students at Southern New Hampshire University obtain real-world experience in their programs; students and graduates have worked for such companies as Fidelity Investments, eCopy, Cigna and SCD Solutions, to name a few.
Required Core Courses
School of Arts and Sciences Required Courses
COM-212: Public Speaking
This course is designed to help students develop abilities including organization and delivery skills for all speaking situations The evaluation and improvement of voice diction articulation and posture also are studied May not be used as literature elective
Prerequisites:
ENG-120,
Select One of the Following:
PHL-214: Formal Logic
This course is a study of the fundamental principles of correct and incorrect argument historical forms of deductive logic and the significance of language and clear verbalization Offered as needed
PSY-108: Introduction to Psychology
This course is an introduction to various areas of psychology including scientific investigation motivation personality intelligence behavioral deviation perception learning and human development It provides a basis for further study in related areas Offered every semester
Select One of the Following:
BIO-210: Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology
Discussion comparison of the principles of mammalian form and function Includes molecular and cellular mechanisms of major processes such as muscle contraction neural transmission and signal transduction and examines the structure and function of the 11 organ systems of the human body Laboratory exercises BIO 210L to follow lecture topics
MAT-350: Applied Linear Algebra
This is a first course in linear algebra and matrices Topics include systems of linear equations linear independence matrices of linear transformations matrix algebra determinants vector spaces eigenvalues and eigenvectors After mastering the basic concepts and skills students will use their knowledge of linear algebra to model a selection of applied mathematics problems in business science computer science and economics
Prerequisites:
MAT-210
SCI-219: Environmental Issues
This course covers a variety of environmental topics in a manner specifically designed for the non science major It provides a fundamental understanding of the various processes necessary to support life on Earth and examines how human activities and attitudes individual traditional cultural and others generate environmental issues that threaten these processes Topics include ecology populations agriculture desertification and deforestation water and ocean pollution air pollution including ozone depletion solid and hazardous wastes energy including fossil fuels and nuclear power economies and sustainability This course is cross listed as ENV 219
Information Technology Major Courses
IT-201: Computer Platform Technologies
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-210: Business Systems Analysis and Design
This course provides students with the necessary level of information technology education relative to understanding the uses and roles of information systems in business organizations Students receive instruction on the information concepts and methodologies associated with the development of business information systems and their effective application to the solution of business problems Students learn the major issues of managing information technology in the contemporary business environment and the relationship between organizations structures and information technology Team approaches are utilized along with structured computer laboratories and cases Writing intensive course
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 also take two (2) Information Technology electives (Recommended by Advisor)
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