Offered by Department of Industrial Technology

Industrial Technology Major

Information Networking and Telecommunications Comprehensive
Bachelor of Science

All College of Business and Technology Graduation Requirements must be fulfilled.

• General Studies Program Hours = 45
  including General Studies coursework required by major
  • Foundational Core (Written, Math, Oral, Democracy) = 12 including:
    • MATH 102GS*, College Algebra - 3 hours
    • *Students with sufficient preparation may enter the mathematics program at a higher level, reducing the total hours needed.
  • Portal = 3
  • Distribution = 27
    • Aesthetics minimum = 3
    • Humanities minimum = 6
    • Social Sciences minimum = 6
      • Recommended: ITEC 210GS, Society and Technology - 3 hours
    • Natural Sciences minimum = 7 including:
      • PHYS 100GS, Physical Science - 3 hours
      • PHYS 100LGS, Physical Science Laboratory - 1 hour
    • Analytical and Quantitative Thought minimum = 0
    • Wellness minimum = 0
  • Capstone = 3
• BS Science-related course requirements = 3 including:
  • Take 1 course from:
    • MATH 103GS, Plane Trigonometry - 3 hours
    • MATH 123GS, Applied Calculus I - 3 hours
• Major Option = 69
• Minimum total hours required coursework = 117
• Unrestricted electives in 120 hour program = 3
• Minimum total hours required for BS in Information Networking and Telecommunications Comprehensive = 120
• All UNK degrees require a minimum of 120 hours. Forty (40) of the hours required for all UNK degrees must be upper division hours, which are courses numbered 300 or above taken at a 4-year college or university.

A minimum 2.5 departmental GPA is required for graduation.

1. Technology Core Requirements (10 hours required)
   • Take all of the following:
     • ITEC 110, Introduction to Technology - 1 hour
     • ITEC 120, Engineering Design Graphics - 3 hours
     • ITEC 130, Technology Today - 3 hours
     • ITEC 290GS, Communicating Through Technology - 3 hours
2. Information Networking and Telecommunications Core Requirements (35 hours required)
   • Take all of the following:
     • ITEC 150GS, Telecommunications Literacy - 3 hours
     • ITEC 220, Electricity/Electronics - 3 hours
     • ITEC 320, Applied Electronics - 3 hours
     • ITEC 330, Information Networking Preceptorial - 4 hours
     • ITEC 335, Network Architecture and Telecommunications I - 3 hours
     • ITEC 345, Network Architecture and Telecommunications II - 4 hours
     • ITEC 390, Information Networking Law and Public Policy - 3 hours
     • ITEC 430, Internetworking Design - 3 hours
     • ITEC 435, Global Internetworking - 3 hours
     • ITEC 485, Information Networking Seminar - 3 hours
     • SFED 435, Occupational Safety and Health - 3 hours
3. Management Core Requirements (12 hours required)
   • Take all of the following:
     • ITEC 308, Industrial Management - 3 hours
     • ITEC 408, Leadership in Business and Technology - 3 hours
     • ACCT 250, Principles of Accounting I - 3 hours
     • MKT 300, Principles of Marketing - 3 hours
4. Internship Requirement (12 hours required)
   • Take 12 hours from:
     • ITEC 475, Internship - 12 hours
     • Junior class standing and a GPA of 2.5 in major courses are required before registering for the Internship.