Information Technology Minor
Addtional requirements beyond the Computer Science Major

Minor code: 1014
Coordinator: Del Hart (Deparmtent of Computer Science)
Total additional credits for the IT minor: 18 12

  1. Required Courses (9 cr.) (2 cr.)
    1. CSC 119 (1 cr.) Introduction to UNIX/Linux
    2. CSC 217 (3 cr.) Discrete Mathematics with Computer Science Applications I or MAT 231 (3 cr.) Sets, Functions and Relations
    3. CSC 221 (3 cr.) Introduction to Programming
    4. CSC 310 (1 cr.) Perl (prereq.: CSC 221)
      or CSC 311/312/313 (1 cr.) Computer Language (prereq.: CSC 221)
    5. CSC 320 (1 cr.) Systems Administration (coreq.: CSC 119, prereq.: CSC 221)
  2. Elective Courses (9 cr.) (10 cr.)
    Select nine ten credits from among the following but excluding courses taken for the major and other minors:
    • One of the following:
      CSC 121 (3 cr.) Introduction to Computing and the Web (prereq.: none)
      or CSC 123 (3 cr.) Scientific Simulation and Modeling (prereq.: none)
      or CSC 124 (3 cr.) Communicating Data (prereq.: none), with Deviation Form
    • CSC 310 (1 cr.) Perl (prereq.: CSC 221
    • CSC 311/312/313 (1 cr.) Computer Language (prereq.: CSC 221), may be repeated with different languages up to 3 times.
    • CSC 323 (1 cr.) System Administration Tools (prereq.: CSC 221)
    • CSC 324 (3 cr.) Information Visualization (prereq.: CSC 217 and CSC 221), with Deviation Form
    • CSC 330 (3. cr.) Human Computer Interfaces (prereq.: CSC 121 or CSC 221)
    • CSC 336 (3 cr.) Software Engineering I
    • CSC 341 (3 cr.) Introduction to Databases with Web Applications (prereq.: CSC 310)
    • CSC 352 (3 cr.) Computer Security (prereq.: CSC 221)
    • CSC 357 (3 cr.) Computer Networks (prereq.: CSC 221)
    • CSC 372 (3 cr.) Ethics in the Age of Technology and Information
    • CSC 436 (3 cr.) Software Engineering II (prereq.: CSC 336)
    • CSC 441 (3 cr.) Database Management Systems (prereq.: CSC 318, CSC 223)
    • CSC 442 (3 cr.) Data Mining (prereq.: CSC 223, and eihter CSC 341 or 441)
    • CSC 452 (3 cr.) Threat Analysis and Modeling (prereq.: CSC 330 or 336 or 341 or 441, and CSC 352)
    • CSC 456 (3 cr.) Reliable Systems (prereq.: CSC 223 and CSC 336)
    • CSC 462 (3 cr.) Intrusion Detection (prereq.: CSC 352 and CSC 357)
    • CSC 485 (3 cr.) Topics in Computing (prereq. varies), may be repeated with different topics.
    • CSC 496 (1-2 cr.) Instructional Practicum (Teaching Assistant-ship), may be repeated for up to 3 credits.
  3. Overlap restriction: At least 12 out of the required 18 credits must be taken in courses not counted toward student's majors or other minors.

Note. Courses required for both the minor and the major are crossed out; you need to sellect from the remaining courses.

DISCLAIMER: This publication a general advising tool; the College Catalog from the year of your enrollment in the minor should be consulted as the only official document specifying the requirements; see http://www.plattsburgh.edu/catalog/