TELECOMMUNICATIONS & INFORMATION MANAGEMENT (TIM) MAJOR

 

TIM Course Sequence Flow Chart (click here)

 

I. Pre-Major Courses (6 hours)

BUS 2700: Business-driven Information Technology
(Required of Haworth College of Business students) OR
 3  hours
COM 2000: Introduction to Communication
(Required of College of Arts and Sciences students) 		3  hours
COM 2400: Introduction to Media and Telecommunications 3  hours


II. Required Core Courses (21 hours)

CIS 3260: Networking and Data Communications 3 hours
CIS 3600: Systems Analysis and Design   3 hours
CIS 3660: Information Assurance and Compliance< 3 hours
CIS 4600: Business Database Application 3 hours
COM 4480: Telecommunications Management  3 hours
COM 5410: Telecommunications Law and Policy 
 3 hours
COM 5540: Communication Technology    3 hours


III. Electives (9 hours) – After consulting the major advisor, students will be advised
to select three courses from the following course list based on their individual interest, specific need, or career planning.

CIS 2600: Business Programming A  3 hours
CIS 2640: Business Reporting
 3 hours
CIS 3620: Information Technology Project Management
 3 hours
CIS 4640: Business Data Mining
 3 hours
CIS 4990: Enterprise Project 
 3 hours
CIS 5550: Topics in CIS
 3 hours
CIS 4100: CIS Internship
 3 hours
CIS 2800: Internet Programming 
 3 hours
CIS 3900: Business Web Architecture
 3 hours
CIS 4700: e-Portals Development
 3 hours
CIS 4900: e-Commerce Development
 3 hours
CIS 4950: Web Administration
 3 hours
COM 3540: Web Page Design Basics 3 hours
COM 4550: International Telecommunications Policy 3 hours
COM 4990: Communication Internship  3 hours
COM 5060: Satellite and Wireless Communication 3 hours
COM 5640: Telecommunications Networks  3 hours
GEOG 5010*: Introduction to Geographic Information Systems 4 hours
GEOG 5690*: Intermediate Geographic Information Systems
 4 hours
   
Total credit hours: 36 hours

                                                                         

Note: The following course clusters are recommended to students who wish to develop a subspecialty in e-Business or Geographic Information Systems(GIS).

e-Business course cluster:  

CIS2800 (or CIS2600), CIS3900, and one of the following (CIS4700, CIS4900 or CIS4950)

  
GIS course cluster:  

CIS2600, GEOG5010, and GEOG5690

  

* Because each GIS course contains 3 credit hours for lecture and 1 credit hour for lab, students who select one or more GIS courses together with other elective course(s)
may exceed the required 9 hours of elective credits.

 

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