Bachelor of Science (BS) in Information
Technology

School of Undergraduate Studies

Network Technology specialization

Growing regulation of internal information controls and increased security concerns have helped made network technology expertise one of the highest demand skills across all industries. This online bachelor's specialization will help prepare you to pursue this hot career opportunity through network technology classes and hands-on learning in network administration, design, and security. The course work is designed to prepare you to take certification tests from Microsoft, Cisco, and other leading technology organizations, and provide the knowledge necessary to design, maintain, and troubleshoot Internet, intranet, and extranet connections, including local- and wide-area networks. People who choose this specialization are often pursuing technical specialist positions designing, implementing, and maintaining networks in both the public and private sector.

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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 required for Network 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*

: IT3006 - Communication Strategies for the Information Technology Professional received the 2007 Blackboard Greenhouse Exemplary Practice Award.

Specialization Courses (each course 6 quarter credits unless noted)

• Choose 42 quarter credits from the following courses:
• IT4040 - Network Administration*
• IT4041 - Advanced Network Administration*
• IT4045 - Network Analysis and Design*
• IT4140 - Introduction to Internetworking*
• IT4141 - Advanced Internetworking*
• IT4803 - System Assurance Security*
• IT4813 - Operating Systems
• IT4815 - Introduction to Telecommunications

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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• Information Assurance and Security
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• Software Architecture

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