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Professional Studies Information Technologies Concentration RODP

The Associate of Applied Science

Contact Information
Patrick Davis
424-3520 ext. 278
pdavis@jscc.edu

Program Description

The Professional Studies Major, Information Technologies Concentration, is designed for students pursuing a career in information technologies.

You can fulfill all curriculum requirements by enrolling in courses delivered via the Internet through the Regents Online Degree Program (RODP). The RODP is a cooperative program of the nineteen institutions that comprise the Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR).

This two-year degree is designed to prepare graduates for positions in information technology careers such as programmer/analyst or network administration.

Jackson State’s traditional or Virtual College courses may be applicable to the RODP. For additional information, contact Virtual College, Room 233, Nelms Classroom Building, 424-2623. For more information on this, or other RODP degrees, visit www.rodp.org

Course Requirements

General Education Courses - 21 credit hours
Course Hours
COL 101 R50 Orientation to Online Learning 3
Communication - 6 credit hours
Course Hours
ENGL 1010 R50 English Composition I 3
SP 110 R50 Fundamentals of Public Speaking 3
Humanities - 3 credit hours
Course Hours
ART 1030 Art Appreciation 3
ENGL 2010 R50 Introduction to Literature I: Fiction 3
ENGL 2110 R50 Survey of American Literature 3
ENGL 2410 World Literature 3
MUS 1030 R50 Music Appreciation 3
SPAN 1010 R50 Beginning Spanish I 3
Mathematics - 3 credit hours
Course Hours
MATH 1130 R50 College Algebra 3
MATH 1530 R50 Probability/Statistics 3
MATH 1710 R50 Precalculus I 3
Science - 4 credit hours
Course Hours
ASTR 1030 R50 Intro. to Astronomy 4
BIOL 1010 R50 Biology I 4
BIOL 1020 R50 Biology II
(Prerequisite BIOL 1010 R50)
4
CHEM 1010 R50 Intro. to Chemistry 4
PHYS 1030 R50 Physics 4
Social Sciences - 3 credit hours
Course Hours
ECON 2030 R50 Survey of Economics 3
GEOG 105 R50 World Regional Geography 3
PHIL 201 R50 Introduction to World Religions 3
PSY 101 R50 Introduction to Psychology 3
SOC 1010 R50 Introduction to Sociology 3
SOCI 1120 R50 Cultural Anthropology 3
Information Technology Concentration Required Courses- 27 credit hours
Course Hours
BIT 1050 R50 Introduction to Microcomputers 3
CIS 113 R50 Programming in Visual BASIC 3
CIS 186 R50 Database Programming 3
CIS 1610 R50 Programming in C++ 3
CIS 263 R50 Web Page Design and Development 3
CMT 1010 Networking/PC Communications 3
CST 209 R50 Java Programming I 3
CST 203 R50 Data Structures 3
INTC 1050 R50 Computer Graphics 3
Information Technology Concentration Technical Electives - 9 credit hours
Course Hours
ACC 1104 R50 Principles of Accounting 3
CIS 173 R50 C+ Programming 3
CST 218 R50 Java Programming II 3
CIS 264 R50 Web Page Application 3
MKT 2450 R50 E-Commerce 3
WEB 2811 R50 Advanced Computer Graphics 3
WEB 2812 Advanced Web Page/Site Design 3

Electives - 3 credit hours

Choose courses from the listing of general education courses at: http://www.tn.regentsdegrees.org.

Total hours: 60