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 catalog; 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 | (42) | |
| ITM 301 | Introduction to Contemporary Operating Systems and Hardware I | 3 |
| ITM 303 | Introduction to Contemporary Operating Systems and Hardware II | 3 |
| ITM 311 | Introduction to Software Development | 3 |
| ITM 313 | Introduction to Open Source Application Development | 3 |
| or ITM 312 | Introduction to Systems Software Programming | |
| ITMD 321 | Data Modeling and Applications | 3 |
| ITMD 361 | Fundamentals of Web Development | 3 |
| ITMD 362 | Human-Computer Interaction and Web Design | 3 |
| ITMD 411 | Intermediate Software Development | 3 |
| ITMM 471 | Project Management for Information Technology and Management | 3 |
| ITMO 340 | Introduction to Data Networks and the Internet | 3 |
| ITMO 356 | Introduction to Open Source Operating Systems | 3 |
| ITMS 448 | Cyber Security Technologies | 3 |
| ITMT 330 | Introduction to Information Systems and the IT Profession | 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 | (9) | |
| MATH 180 | Fundamentals of Discrete Mathematics | 3 |
| or MATH 230 | Introduction to Discrete Math | |
| MATH 192 | Finite Mathematics | 3 |
| Select one course from the following: | 3 | |
| Business Statistics | 3 | |
| Undergraduate Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences | 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, Technical, or Free Electives | (15) | |
| Select 15 credit hours | 15 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 121 | |
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 303 | 3 |
| ITM 311 | 3 | ITM 313 | 3 |
| Natural Science or Engineering Elective | 4 | ITMO 356 | 3 |
| Humanities 200-level Elective | 3 | MATH 180 or 230 | 3 |
| Natural Science or Engineering Elective | 3 | ||
| 13 | 15 | ||
| Year 2 | |||
| Semester 1 | Credit Hours | Semester 2 | Credit Hours |
| ITMD 321 | 3 | ITMD 362 | 3 |
| ITMD 361 | 3 | ITMD 411 | 3 |
| ITMT 330 | 3 | ITMO 340 | 3 |
| MATH 192 | 3 | Statistics Elective (MATH 425, BUS 221, PSYC 203) | 3 |
| Natural Science or Engineering Elective | 3 | Social Science Elective | 3 |
| Minor, Technical, or Free Elective | 3 | ||
| 15 | 18 | ||
| Year 3 | |||
| Semester 1 | Credit Hours | Semester 2 | Credit Hours |
| ITMM 471 | 3 | ITM Elective | 3 |
| ITMS 448 | 3 | ITM Elective | 3 |
| ITM Elective | 3 | Social Sciences Elective (300+) | 3 |
| Humanities Elective (300+) | 3 | Minor, Technical, or Free Elective | 3 |
| Minor, Technical, or Free Elective | 3 | Minor, Technical, or Free Elective | 3 |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Year 4 | |||
| Semester 1 | Credit Hours | Semester 2 | Credit Hours |
| ITM Elective | 3 | ITMT 430 | 3 |
| ITM Elective | 3 | ITM Elective | 3 |
| IPRO Elective | 3 | IPRO Elective II | 3 |
| Humanities Elective (300+) | 3 | Social Sciences Elective (300+) | 3 |
| Minor, Technical, or Free Elective | 3 | Humanities or Social Sciences Elective | 3 |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Total Credit Hours: 121 | |||
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 Management | 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 | Fundamentals of Management for Technology Professionals | 3 |
| ITMM 481 | Information Technology 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 Administration and Operations | 3 |
| ITMO 446 | Telecommunications Over Data Networks | 3 |
| Select one course from the following: | 3 | |
| Enterprise Server Administration | 3 | |
| Open Source Server Administration | 3 | |
| Select one course from ITMO, ITMT, or the following: | 3 | |
| Vulnerability Analysis and Control | 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 | Advanced Software Development | 3 |
| ITMD 441 | Web Application Foundations | 3 |
| Select two courses from the following: | 6 | |
| Advanced Structured and Systems Programming | 3 | |
| Open Source Programming | 3 | |
| Topics in Software Development | 3 | |
| Enterprise Intelligent Device Applications | 3 | |
| Mass-Market Intelligent Device Applications | 3 | |
| Open-Source Intelligent Device Applications | 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 Administration and Operations | 3 |
| Select two courses from the following: | 6 | |
| Enterprise Server Administration | 3 | |
| Enterprise End-User System Administration | 3 | |
| Open Source Server Administration | 3 | |
| Select one course from the following: | 3 | |
| Shell Scripting for System Administration | 3 | |
| Cloud Computing Technologies | 3 | |
| Operating System 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 428 | Database Security | 3 |
| ITMS 478 | Cyber Security Management | 3 |
| Select one course from the following: | 3 | |
| Enterprise Server Administration | 3 | |
| Network Administration and Operations | 3 | |
| Enterprise End-User System Administration | 3 | |
| Open Source Server Administration | 3 | |
| Select one ITMS elective | 3 | |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ITMD 441 | Web Application Foundations | 3 |
| ITMD 442 | Full-Stack Web Development | 3 |
| Select two courses from the following; | 6 | |
| Front-End Web Development | 3 | |
| Back-End Development | 3 | |
| Web Real-Time Communication | 3 | |
| Web Microservices and APIs | 3 | |
| Web Systems Integration | 3 | |
| Topics in Web Development | 1-3 | |
| Service-Oriented Architecture | 3 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 12 | |
