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Applied Information Technology Degree Requirements

  • These requirements apply to students entering this program in fall 2013 and thereafter. Students who enrolled earlier should consult the catalog in effect at the time they enrolled.
  • You can also reference the graduation requirements for the year in which you enrolled on the portal; view graduation requirements by year (PDF) in the right-hand column of your MyResources page.
  • Read the course descriptions.

General Education Requirements
(43 credits)

Complete these courses with a grade of C- or better:

  • English Composition
  • Mathematics
    MATH 111: College Algebra is required.
  • Oral Communication
  • Literature
  • History or Philosophy
  • Fine Arts
  • Computer Literacy
  • Social and Behavioral Science 1
  • Social and Behavioral Science 2
  • Biological and Physical Science
    • Laboratory course, 4 credits
    • Non-laboratory course

Complete three courses with a grade of C or better:

  • Advanced Expository Writing (WRIT 300)
    completing WRIT 101 and either passing the writing placement test or successfully completing WRIT 200 required
  • Ethical Issues in Business and Society (IDIS 302)

and one of the following:

  • World Cultures (IDIS 301)
  • Arts and Ideas (IDIS 304)
    required if no lower-level general-education course in fine arts

Applied Information Technology Program Requirements (39 credits)

Information Technology Core (30 credits)

Networking Module (9 credits)

  • Networking: Theory and Application (COSC 305)
  • Administering and Supporting a Network Operating System (COSC 307)
  • The TCP/IP Protocol Suite (COSC 401)

Applications Module (9 credits)

  • Computer Programming II (COSC 310)
  • Advanced and Object-Oriented Programming (COSC 403)
  • Database Design and Implementation (COSC 425)

Web Development and Security (9 credits)

  • Advanced Web Development (COSC 416)
  • Information Assurance (COSC 432)
  • Network Security (COSC 433)

Capstone (3 credits)

  • Practicum in Information Technology (COSC 490)

Other Requirements (6 credits)

  • Mathematical Structure for Information Technology (MATH 321)
  • Designing for Humans (COSC 324)

Major Elective (3 credits)

Complete one course from among COSC, CMAT or INSS courses.

General Electives

Complete as many courses as necessary from any discipline to fulfill your 120-credit requirement to graduate.

Information Literacy Requirement

Meet the UB Information Literacy graduation requirement by successfully completing one of the following:

  • Introduction to Information Literacy (IDIS 110)
  • Designing for Humans (COSC 324)
as of fall 2013