Bachelor of Information Technology and Management
Program for First-Year Students
All students must complete a minimum of 36 credit hours of courses with a significant written and oral communication component, identified with a (C) in the bulletin; 12 credit hours of (C)-coded courses must be taken in the major.
ITM students are required to complete a minor and are strongly encouraged to consider minors which complement their primary program of study; these include (but are not limited to) business, industrial technology, professional and technical communications, circuits and systems, computer architecture, and ROTC. Courses taken to fulfill a minor requirement may not also be used as electives in the major. The minor requirement may be waived for students entering as transfer students or who change their major to information technology and management after completion of 30 credit hours of studies at the university.
A maximum of nine credit hours of ITM graduate courses taken as an undergraduate may be applied to the Master of Information Technology and Management degree, and any graduate courses taken to fulfill undergraduate degree requirements may not also be applied to a graduate degree unless the student is enrolled in a co-terminal or accelerated master’s degree program.
Required Courses
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ITM Requirements | (39) | |
| ITM 100 | Intro to IT as a Profession | 3 |
| ITM 301 | Intro OS and Hardware I | 3 |
| ITM 311 | Intro to Software Development | 3 |
| ITM 313 | Intro to Open Source App Dev | 3 |
| or ITM 312 | Intro Systems Sftwr Prgmng | |
| ITMD 321 | Data Modeling and Applications | 3 |
| ITMD 361 | Fund of Web Development | 3 |
| ITMD 362 | Human-Computer Interaction | 3 |
| ITMD 411 | Intermediate Software Devlpmnt | 3 |
| ITMM 471 | Project Management for ITM | 3 |
| ITMO 340 | Intro Data Networks & Internet | 3 |
| ITMO 356 | Intro Open Source OS | 3 |
| ITMS 448 | Cyber Security Technologies | 3 |
| ITMT 430 | System Integration | 3 |
| ITM Electives | (18) | |
| Select 18 credit hours from ITM, ITMD, ITMM, ITMO, ITMS, ITMT, and TECH | 18 | |
| Mathematics Requirements | (6) | |
| MATH 180 | Fundamentals of Discrete Math | 3 |
| or MATH 230 | Introduction to Discrete Math | |
| Select one course from the following: | 3 | |
| Business Statistics | 3 | |
| Undergrad Stats Bhvrl Sci | 4 | |
| Introductory Statistics | 3 | |
| Statistical Methods | 3 | |
| Natural Science and Engineering Requirements | (10) | |
| EG 225 is recommended | ||
| See Illinois Tech Core Curriculum, section D | 10 | |
| Humanities and Social Sciences Requirements | (21) | |
| PSYC 301 is recommended | ||
| See Illinois Tech Core Curriculum, sections B and C | 21 | |
| Interprofessional Projects (IPRO) | (6) | |
| See Illinois Tech Core Curriculum, section E | 6 | |
| Minor Electives | (15) | |
| Select 15 credit hours | 15 | |
| Free Electives | (12) | |
| Select 12 credit hours | 12 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 127 | |
Bachelor of Information Technology and Management (Program for First-Year Students) Curriculum
Students should be aware that students not completing 30 credit hours of study in their first year will still be classified as a first-year student in the first semester of their second year of study, which may adversely impact some financial aid. Students with issues or questions about this should discuss it with a financial aid counselor.
| Year 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Semester 1 | Credit Hours | Semester 2 | Credit Hours |
| ITM 301 | 3 | ITM 311 | 3 |
| ITMD 321 | 3 | ITMO 340 | 3 |
| Natural Science or Engineering Elective | 4 | MATH 180 or 230 | 3 |
| Humanities 200-level Elective | 3 | Social Sciences Elective | 3 |
| Natural Science or Engineering Elective | 3 | ||
| 13 | 15 | ||
| Year 2 | |||
| Semester 1 | Credit Hours | Semester 2 | Credit Hours |
| ITM 100 | 3 | ITMD 362 | 3 |
| ITM 313 or 312 | 3 | ITMD 411 | 3 |
| ITMD 361 | 3 | ITMO 356 | 3 |
| Natural Science or Engineering Elective | 3 | ITM Elective | 3 |
| Social Sciences Elective (300+) | 3 | Statistics Elective (MATH 425, BUS 221, PSYC 203) | 3 |
| Minor Elective | 3 | ||
| 15 | 18 | ||
| Year 3 | |||
| Semester 1 | Credit Hours | Semester 2 | Credit Hours |
| ITMM 471 | 3 | ITM Elective | 3 |
| ITM Elective | 3 | ITM Elective | 3 |
| Minor Elective | 3 | IPRO Elective I | 3 |
| Humanities Elective (300+) | 3 | Social Sciences Elective (300+) | 3 |
| Free Elective | 3 | Minor Elective | 3 |
| Free Elective | 3 | Free Elective | 3 |
| 18 | 18 | ||
| Year 4 | |||
| Semester 1 | Credit Hours | Semester 2 | Credit Hours |
| ITMS 448 | 3 | ITMT 430 | 3 |
| ITM Elective | 3 | ITM Elective | 3 |
| Minor Elective | 3 | IPRO Elective II | 3 |
| Humanities Elective (300+) | 3 | Minor Elective | 3 |
| Free Elective | 3 | Humanities or Social Sciences Elective | 3 |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Total Credit Hours: 127 | |||
Information Technology Curriculum Specializations
The ITM electives may be chosen from one or more of the following course specializations. ITM required courses may not be counted toward completion of elective requirements for specializations. With the permission of the adviser, other undergraduate or graduate courses in the same area may be substituted for courses in a specialization.
Data Management
Focuses on the design, development, and administration of traditional and Internet-based data management.
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ITMD 422 | Advanced Database Mgmt | 3 |
| ITMS 428 | Database Security | 3 |
| Select two courses from the following: | 6 | |
| Cloud Computing Technologies | 3 | |
or any ITMD elective(s) | ||
| Total Credit Hours | 12 | |
IT Entrepreneurship and Management
Focuses on the managerial and entrepreneurial skills needed to launch a new enterprise.
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ITMM 470 | Fund of Mgmt for Tech Prof | 3 |
| ITMM 481 | IT Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| ITMM 482 | Business Innovation | 3 |
| Select one course from ITMM or the following: | 3 | |
any BUS electives at the 200-level or above | 3 | |
or any INTM electives selected with adviser's approval | 3 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 12 | |
Networking and Communications
Focuses on network applications and management.
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ITMO 441 | Network Admin & Operations | 3 |
| ITMO 446 | Telecomm Over Data Networks | 3 |
| Select one course from the following: | 3 | |
| Enterprise Server Admin | 3 | |
| Open Source Server Admin | 3 | |
| Select one course from ITMO, ITMT, or the following: | 3 | |
| Rich Internet Applications | 3 | |
| Vulnerability Analys and Ctrl | 3 | |
| Cyber Security Management | 3 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 12 | |
Software Development
Focuses on programming and the development of sophisticated applications.
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ITMD 415 | Adv Software Development | 3 |
| ITMD 462 | Web Site App Development | 3 |
| Select two courses from the following: | 6 | |
| Adv Structured & Systems Prg | 3 | |
| Open-Source Programming | 3 | |
| Topics in Software Development | 3 | |
| Enterprise Intelligent Device | 3 | |
| Mass-Market Intelligent Device | 3 | |
| Open-Source Intelligent Device | 3 | |
or any ITMD elective | 3 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 12 | |
System Administration
Focuses on the administration and the management of servers.
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ITMO 441 | Network Admin & Operations | 3 |
| Select two courses from the following: | 6 | |
| Enterprise Server Admin | 3 | |
| Enterprise End-User Sys Admin | 3 | |
| Open Source Server Admin | 3 | |
| Select one course from the following: | 3 | |
| Shell Scripting for Sys Admin | 3 | |
| Cloud Computing Technologies | 3 | |
| Operating Sys Virtualization | 3 | |
| Operating System Security | 3 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 12 | |
Systems Security
Focuses on application, data, and network security and the management of information technology security.
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ITMS 478 | Cyber Security Management | 3 |
| Select one course from the following: | 3 | |
| Enterprise Server Admin | 3 | |
| Network Admin & Operations | 3 | |
| Enterprise End-User Sys Admin | 3 | |
| Open Source Server Admin | 3 | |
| Select two ITMS electives | 6 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 12 | |
Web Design and Application Development
Focuses on the design and development of fully-interactive websites and applications for Internet deployment.
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ITMO 441 | Network Admin & Operations | 3 |
| ITMD 462 | Web Site App Development | 3 |
| Select two courses from the following; | 6 | |
| Cloud Computing Technologies | 3 | |
| Enterprise Intelligent Device | 3 | |
| Mass-Market Intelligent Device | 3 | |
| Open-Source Intelligent Device | 3 | |
| Intermediate Web App Develop | 3 | |
| Adv Web Appl Devlpmnt | 3 | |
| Rich Internet Applications | 3 | |
| Service-Oriented Architectures | 3 | |
| Web Systems Integration | 3 | |
| Topics in Application Develop | 3 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 12 | |
