Bachelor of General Studies in Information Networking
Information Networking and Telecommunications courses are multi-disciplinary, reflecting the skills and needs of today's work environments.
- You'll need to meet the Bachelor of General Studies requirements and take a minimum of 21 hours of approved Information Networking and Telecommunications courses.
- If you complete Internetworking I & II and Network Architecture and Data Communications I & II, you'll earn a certificate in Internetworking.
Program Summary
Bachelor of General Studies
General Education Coursework: 45 Credit Hours
Area of Concentration 21 Credit Hours
Free Electives: 58 Credit Hours
TOTAL HOURS REQUIRED FOR DEGREE: 124 Credit Hours
APPLICABLE INFORMATICS COURSES (21 Credit Hours)
Choose seven courses.
- INF 140 Introduction to Electronic Media (3 Credit Hours)
- PHYS 230 Telecommunications Electronics (3 Credit Hours)
- INF 300 Foundations of Information Networking (3 Credit Hours)
- INF 250 Introduction to Web Development (3 Credit Hours)
- INF 291 Internetworking I (3 Credit Hours)
- INF 292 Internetworking II (3 Credit Hours)
- INF 322 Topics in INT/History of Radio (3 Credit Hours)
- INF 322 Topics in INT/Internetworking for Military I (3 Credit Hours)
- INF 322 Topics in INT/Internetworking for Military II (3 Credit Hours)
- INF 322 Topics in INT/Internetworking for Military III (3 Credit Hours)
- INF 322 Topics in INT/Internetworking for Military IV (3 Credit Hours)
- POLS 402 Public Policy, Ethics and Law in Information Networking (3 Credit Hours)
- INF 430 Leadership in Information Networking (3 Credit Hours)
- INF 472 Readings in INT (3 Credit Hours)
- INF 678 Seminar in INT/IT Project Management (3 Credit Hours)
- INF 678 Seminar in INT/Unix Administration (3 Credit Hours)
- INF 678 Seminar in INT/Linux for Networking (3 Credit Hours)
- INF 678 Seminar in INT/Advanced Linux for Networking (3 Credit Hours)
- INF 490 Capstone Seminar in INT (3 Credit Hours)
Can only be taken after completing 12 hours of INT courses - INF 650 Interactive Systems Design (3 Credit Hours)
- INF 654 Introduction to Web-Enabled Databases: Oracle (3 Credit Hours)
- INF 655 Web-Enabled Database Administration: Oracle (3 Credit Hours)
- INF 658 Law of Cyberspace (3 Credit Hours)
- INF 660 Global Telecommunications Policy (3 Credit Hours)
- INF 662 Modern Telephony (3 Credit Hours)
- INF 651 Advanced Web Development (3 Credit Hours)
- INF 652 Intensive Web Development (3 Credit Hours)
- INF 680 Network Architecture and Data Communications I (3 Credit Hours)
- INF 681 Network Architecture and Data Communications II (3 Credit Hours)
REQUIRED COGNATE COURSES
- ENG 101 English Composition I (3 Credit Hours)
- ENG 102 English Composition II (3 Credit Hours)
- INF 101 Introduction to Computer Information Systems (3 Credit Hours)
Introduction to Web Development is a pre-requisite for Intensive and Advanced Web Development, Intro to Web-Enabled Databases, and Seminar in INF/Unix Administration. It's a co-requisite for Modern Telephony, Interactive Systems Design, and Network Architecture and Data Communications I.
College Algebra or a higher mathematics course is a pre-requisite for:
- Telecommunications Electronics
- Network Architecture and Data Communications I
- Network Architecture and Data Communications II