Plan of Study

Data Analytics, Technologies, and Applications, BS

Fall 1st Year

CNIT 18000 - Introduction To Systems Development
MA 16010 - Applied Calculus I
SCLA 10100 - Transformative Texts, Critical Thinking And Communication I: Antiquity To Modernity or
ENGL 10600 - First-Year Composition or
ENGL 10800 - Accelerated First-Year Composition or
HONR 19903 - Interdisciplinary Approaches In Writing
TECH 12000 - Design Thinking In Technology
Human Cultures: Behavioral/Social Sciences Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00

Total: 15 Credits

Spring 1st Year

CNIT 15501 - Introduction To Software Development Concepts
CNIT 17600 - Information Technology Architectures
SCLA 10200 - Transformative Texts, Critical Thinking And Communication II: Modern World or
COM 11400 - Fundamentals Of Speech Communication
MA 16020 - Applied Calculus II
Science Selective Credit Hours: 3.00

Total: 15 Credits

Fall 2nd Year

CNIT 24200 - System Administration
CNIT 27200 - Database Fundamentals
CNIT 28000 - Systems Analysis And Design Methods
Lab Science Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
Communication Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00

Total: 15 Credits

Spring 2nd Year

CNIT 25501 - Object-Oriented Programming Introduction
CNIT 27000 - Cybersecurity Fundamentals I
CNIT 39200 - Enterprise Data Management
STAT 30100 - Elementary Statistical Methods ♦ or
STAT 35000 - Introduction To Statistics ♦ or
STAT 50100 - Experimental Statistics I ♦ or
STAT 51100 - Statistical Methods
COM 31500 - Speech Communication Of Technical Information or
COM 32500 - Interviewing: Principles And Practice or
COM 32000 - Small Group Communication or
COM 41500 - Discussion Of Technical Problems

Total: 15 Credits

Fall 3rd Year

CNIT 32200 - Research Methodology And Design
CNIT 37200 - Database Programming
STAT 22500 - Introduction To Probability Models ♦ or
STAT 31100 - Introductory Probability ♦ or
STAT 41600 - Probability
ENGL 41900 - Multimedia Writing or
ENGL 42000 - Business Writing or
ENGL 42100 - Technical Writing or
ENGL 42400 - Writing For High Technology Industries
Cognate Application Concentration - Credit Hours: 3.00

Total: 15 Credits

Spring 3rd Year

CNIT 32000 - Policy, Regulation, And Globalization In Information Technology
CNIT 48200 - Six Sigma Data Quality For Continuous Improvement
MGMT 20000 - Introductory Accounting or
MGMT 21200 - Business Accounting
AGEC 21700 - Economics or
ECON 21000 - Principles Of Economics or
ECON 25100 - Microeconomics or
ECON 25200 - Macroeconomics
Cognate Application Concentration - Credit Hours: 3.00

Total: 15 Credits

Fall 4th Year

PHIL 20700 - Ethics For Technology, Engineering, And Design ♦ or
PHIL 20800 - Ethics Of Data Science
CNIT 48000 - Managing Information Technology Projects
CNIT 48300 - Applied Machine Learning
Cognate Application Concentration - Credit Hours: 3.00
Cognate Application Concentration - Credit Hours: 3.00

Total: 15 Credits

Spring 4th Year

CNIT 48400 - Applications In Data Science
Cognate Application Concentration - Credit Hours: 3.00
Cognate Application Concentration - Credit Hours: 3.00
Humanities Foundational Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
Elective - Credit Hours: 3.00

Total: 15 Credits

Notes:

♦ The course is considered critical. A Critical Course is one that a student must be able to pass to persist and succeed in a particular major.

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