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Electives and second emphasis

All IT students are currently required to select two upper division elective courses (6 cr. hrs). All students are also required to develop strength in an emphasis area.  At the time of entering the professional IT program, students must indicate a second area of emphasis. This could be a formal Minor or could be a structured set of courses that the student selects. It could include your IT electives or could be in a different area. To assist students to select areas of emphasis some recommendations are provided below:

Database

Prerequisite: CS 236

     Courses

        ISYS 521 Database Analysis and Design.

        CS 452 Database Modeling Concepts.

Embedded Systems    

Prerequisites:

       IT 344 Operating Systems for IT courses
       ECEN 324 Computer System Architecture for ECEN                 courses

      Courses:

        IT 441   Embedded Computer Systems

        IT 431 Digital Signal Processing

        IT 548 Mechatronics

        IT 650   Computer I/O and Storage Devices

        ECEN 425. Real-Time Operating Systems

        ECEN 427. Embedded Systems

        ME 363 Elementary Instrumentation

        CS 236 Discrete Structures.

           CS 240 Advanced Programming Concepts.

        CS 330 Concepts of Programming Languages

           CS 428 Software System Design and Implementation

           CS 236 Discrete Structures.

        CS 240 Advanced Programming Concepts.

           CS 330 Concepts of Programming Languages

        CS 335 Operating Systems Design.

           ECEN 320 Digital System Design

        ECEN 324 Computer System Architecture.

           ECEN 451 Introduction to Digital VLSI Circuits.

          TTE255 Visual Communication Design

        IP&T515R Special Topics (HCI section)

           TTE 550 Distance Learning

Prerequisites

        IT466 Information Assurance and Security

    Courses

        IT492R Identity Management, Identity Theft and Data                    Privacy

        IT492R Forensics

        CS404 Ethics and Computers in Society

        CS 465 Computer Security (pre-req: CS330)

Prerequisites (recommended)   

      Physics 167   Descriptive Acoustics of Music and Speech

Courses

       IT 346     Integrated Audio/Video Systems

       Comms 300   Media Ethics, Law, and Responsibility                Comms 301   Mass Media History and Philosophy                Comms 360   Media Management Principles and Theory        Comms 411   Mass Communications Processes and                      Effects

       Comms 412   Communication Issues and Public Policy        Comms 449   Electronic Media Programs and Audiences        CS 455     Computer Graphics

        InDes 255R   Computer Graphics for Non-Animation                    Majors

        InDes 310   Advanced Computer Applications

        Music 251   Audio: Basic Principles

        Music 256   Recording Studio 1

        Music 257   Recording Studio 2

Note: These 200-level Music classes are permitted only due to prior arrangements made years ago when these were 300-level classes. In general, Technical        Electives must be 300-level or above.

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