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Dec 23, 2024
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2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
B.S. of Information Technology with a Concentration in Information, Communication and Technology
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Donna Grant, Chair
Telephone: (919) 530-7373
Email: grantd@nccu.edu
Office: 108 C.T. Willis Building
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Curriculum Requirements
The Bachelor of Science in Information Technology (B.S of I.T) is a degree program with three concentrations in Cybersecurity, Data Analytics, and Information and Communications Technology (ICT). The B.S. of I.T. offers our prospective students’ opportunities to learn and experience both the business and technical aspects of Cybersecurity and Data Analystics and general Information Communication and Technology concepts, and demonstrates how their alignments create business value, help businesses in their decision making processes and solve business opportunities and problems. The Cybersecurity concentration will provide opportunities for our students to acquire hands-on experiences and will include some of the high demand skillsets such as computer security, cyber defense and countermeasures, forensics and regulatory compliance. The Data Analytics concentration will provide opportunities in scientific data analysis and visualization, predictive analysis, prescriptive modeling and optimization, simulation, data-mining and classification. The Information Communication and Technology concentration will provide opportunities for students to acquire core/required Information Technology skills (for example, Business Programming, Project Management, Database Management Systems, Systems Analysis, etc.) and then use their electives to specialize in ICT specific skills (like Network Management, Entrepreneurship, IT Strategy, Web Development, etc.)
120 Credit Hours:
Complete a minimum of 120 semester hours.
Four Year Curriculum Plan: Information Technology (Information, Communication and Technology)
Distribution of Hours
* General Education Curriculum (GEC): 36
+ Core Business Requirement: 36
= Information Technology Required Courses: 27
# ICT Concentration Electives: 15
& Unrestricted Electives: 6
Program Notes
Possible ICT electives are any 2xxx, 3xxx or 4xxx in the following areas: CIS courses, CSB courses, CSEC courses, STQM courses, ENTR courses, HRM 3510 , MGT 4550 , MGT 4801 . See the academic advisor to obtain additional electives for the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Concentration.
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