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.
    • ITEC 290GS, Communicating Through Technology - 3 hours
  • 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:
      • Take two GS courses from at least two disciplines, to include one lab course*: CHEM, GEOG, and/or PHYS
    • 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.

Students must earn a minimum 2.5 cumulative GPA in the core courses, including any emphasis areas required.

1. Technology Core Requirements (7 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
2. Information Networking and Telecommunications Core Requirements (26 hours required)
   • Take all of the following:
     • ITEC 150GS, Internetworking 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 430, Internetworking Design - 3 hours
     • ITEC 435, Global Internetworking - 3 hours
3. Information Networking and Telecommunications Management Core Requirements (12 hours required)
   • Take all of the following:
     • ITEC 308, Industrial Management - 3 hours
     • ITEC 390, Information Networking Law and Public Policy - 3 hours
     • ITEC 408, Leadership in Business and Technology - 3 hours
     • ITEC 485, Information Networking Seminar - 3 hours
4. Information Networking and Telecommunications Support Track Requirements (12 hours required)
   • Choose one of the following support tracks:
     1. Security and Compliance
        • Take all of the following:
          • CJUS 101GS, Introduction to Criminal Justice - 3 hours
          • CJUS 321, Technology in Criminal Justice - 3 hours
        • Take 2 courses from:
          • CSIS 448, System Administration - 3 hours
          • CSIS 458, Computer Security - 3 hours (Prereq: CSIS 448 or instructor permission)
          • MIS 282, Business Intelligence Using Databases - 3 hours
          • MIS 440, Systems Audit - 3 hours
          • MIS 485, Information Systems Strategy and Management - 3 hours
     2. Business and Entrepreneurship
        • Take all of the following:
          • MKT 300, Principles of Marketing - 3 hours
          • MGT 400, Entrepreneurship - 3 hours
          • MGT 401, Small Business Management - 3 hours
        • Take 1 course from:
          • ACCT 413, Entrepreneurial Law - 3 hours
          • MKT 460, Strategic Product Management - 3 hours
          • SPCH 445, Diffusion of Innovations - 3 hours
     3. Tailored Option
        • Take 12 hours of courses approved by the Department Chair following consultation between the student and the academic advisor. Courses are to be selected during the first year of declaring the major.
5. Internship Requirement (12 hours required)
   • Take 12 hours from:
     • ITEC 475, Internship - 12 hours
     • Before registering for the internship, students must have Junior class standing and a 2.5 cumulative GPA in core courses including any emphasis areas required.

* Clarified requirement after print version produced.