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.

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Set your sights higher while you earn your bachelor's degree. Once you earn 100 undergraduate credits, you may be eligible for Capella's Combined BS/MS in IT option or Combined BS/MBA option. Both allow you to start earning master's-level credits during your bachelor's program, reducing your time to MS or MBA completion by up to two quarters. You can also save more than $6,500 over the cost of pursuing BS and MS in IT degrees separately, or more than $7,700 over the cost of pursuing BS and MBA degrees separately.

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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.

In compliance with regulations of the Kansas Board of Regents, Kansas residents starting any undergraduate program after January 1, 2010 will be required to complete 186 quarter credits in order to graduate.

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

• Choose 42 quarter credits of upper-division Information Technology courses.

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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Learn more about related specializations:

MBA

• Information Technology Management

Bachelor's degree

• Information Assurance and Security
• Network Technology
• Software Architecture

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