Information Technology
Major Requirements
Major: Information Technology
Degree Type: B.S.
Minimum Degree Credits to Graduate: 120
University Degree Requirements
- Satisfactory completion of all requirements of the curriculum in which one is enrolled.
- Earn a minimum total of 120 credits in approved coursework. Some academic programs exceed this minimum.
- Satisfactory completion of the general education requirements as specified by the university.
- A minimum institutional GPA of 2.00 based on work taken at NDSU.
- At least 30 credits must be NDSU resident credits. Resident credits include credits registered and paid for at NDSU.
- At least 36 credits presented for graduation must be in courses numbered 300 or higher.
- Students presenting transfer credit must meet the NDSU residence credits and the minimum upper level credit. Of the 30 credits earned in residence, a minimum of 15 semester credits must be in courses numbered 300 or above, and 15 semester credits must be in the student’s curricula for their declared major.
For complete information, please refer to the Degree and Graduation Requirements section of this Bulletin.
University General Education Requirements
A list of university approved general education courses and administrative policies are available here.
Code | Title | Credits |
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Category C: Communication | 12 | |
College Composition I | ||
College Composition II | ||
Fundamentals of Public Speaking | ||
Upper Division Writing † | ||
Category R: Quantitative Reasoning † | 3 | |
Category S: Science and Technology † | 10 | |
Category A: Humanities and Fine Arts † | 6 | |
Category B: Social and Behavioral Sciences † | 6 | |
Category W: Wellness † | 2 | |
Category D: Cultural Diversity *† | ||
Category G: Global Perspectives *† | ||
Total Credits | 39 |
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Courses for category D & G are satisfied by completing D & G designated courses in another general education category.
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General education courses may be used to satisfy requirements for both general education and the major, minor, and program emphases, where applicable. Students should carefully review major requirements to determine if specific courses can also satisfy these general education categories.
Code | Title | Credits |
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Core Information Technology Requirements | ||
CSCI 105 | Introduction to Cybersecurity | 3 |
CSCI 159 | Computer Science Problem Solving | 3 |
CSCI 177 | 3 | |
CSCI 213 | Modern Software Development | 3 |
CSCI 222 | Discrete Mathematics | 3 |
CSCI 277 | Introduction to UNIX | 3 |
CSCI 305 | ||
CSCI 312 | Survey of Programming Languages | 3 |
or CSCI 372 | Comparative Programming Languages | |
CSCI 313 | Software Development with Frameworks | 3 |
CSCI 359 | Networking | 3 |
CSCI 366 | Database Systems | 3 |
CSCI 371 | Web Scripting Languages | 3 |
CSCI 374 | Computer Organization and Architecture | 3 |
CSCI 377 | Information Technology | 3 |
CSCI 397 | Fe/Coop Ed/Internship (or any 300 or 400 level IT or CS elective) | 3 |
CSCI 445 | Software Projects Capstone | 3 |
CSCI 450 | Cloud Computing | 3 |
CSCI 474 | Operating Systems Concepts | 3 |
CSCI 489 | Social Implications of Computers | 3 |
MATH 105 | Trigonometry | 3 |
STAT 330 | Introductory Statistics | 3 |
Select one of the following sequences: | 8 or 9 | |
Sequence One: | ||
Computing Fundamentals in Python I | ||
Computing Fundamentals in Python II | ||
Computing Fundamentals in Python III | ||
Sequence Two: | ||
Computer Science I | ||
Computer Science II | ||
Technical Electives - Select 2 courses from the following: | 6 | |
Computer Crime and Forensics | ||
Fundamentals of Data Engineering | ||
Foundations of the Digital Enterprise | ||
Cloud Systems Administration | ||
Human-Computer Interaction | ||
Total Credits | 74-75 |