Computer Science and Information Technology

Graceland merged its CS and IT majors into CSIT to provide more hands-on practical experiences than traditional CS and more depth in software development than traditional IT. The math requirement is less than traditional CS, but we encourage CSIT majors to consider additional math courses to meet their career goals.

B.S. Degree in Computer Science and Information Technology

In addition to the general education requirements, students majoring in Computer Science and Information Technology must complete a concentration of 39 semester hours of CSIT courses and 6 semester hours of MATH as prescribed below:

CSIT1100 Principles of Computing - in Python (3 s.h.)

CSIT1200 Data Structures - in Python (3 s.h.)

CSIT1300 Introduction to Operating Systems (3 s.h.)

CSIT2010 Object-Oriented Programming - in Java (3 s.h.)

CSIT2100 Intermediate Programming in ___ (at least 2 s.h.)

Languages include C, C++, PHP, JavaScript, and more

CSIT1060 Web Programming meets this requirement too

CSIT2200 Computer Hardware and Networks (3 s.h.)

CSIT3140 Information Security (3 s.h.)

CSIT3200 Systems Analysis and Design (3 s.h.)

CSIT3300 Database Concepts and SQL (3 s.h.)

Internship, project, or research (at least 1 s.h.)

Upper division CSIT electives (12 s.h. total)

Various advanced topics are offered by CSIT faculty for this.

Individual studies, projects, and internships are excluded.

MATH1350 Discrete Mathematics (3 s.h.)

MATH1380 Statistics or MATH1510 Calculus I (3 s.h.)

We recommend that students interested in graduate study or a career as a computer scientist also minor in mathematics (with two semesters of calculus and linear algebra) and take lab science courses in physics, chemistry, or biology.

We recommend that students interested in a career in information technologies also minor in business administration and take statistics.

Minor in Computer Science and Information Technology

Any 18 s.h. of CSIT courses that count toward the major, excluding internships.