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Sep 07, 2024
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UofM 2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Information Technology (B.P.S.) Global
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The Bachelor of Professional Studies with a major in Professional Studies and a concentration in Information Technology can be gained completely online through the State of Tennessee’s TN eCampus Program. The program is designed (1) to promote understanding of the nature of and fundamentals of administrative leadership in the technological fields; (2) to allow students to reflect upon national and international technological development and communication and the significant social and cultural issues raised in those contexts; and (3) to promote skills in information systems, statistical methods, formal and interpersonal communication, including team and organizational relations.
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General Education (35-41 hours)
See University General Education Program for the University General Education Program requirements. Students who have completed one year of American History in high school are exempted from the six credit-hour History General Education Program requirement; otherwise, students will have to meet the History requirement.
Coordinated Study (36 hours)
Many upper-division (3000/4000-level) courses have prerequisites that must be met prior to being permitted to register for those courses. You are responsible for knowing and satisfying all course prerequisites. Some (not all) prerequisites are listed below. For specific information about courses and the prerequisites they may have, please view course descriptions at: http://catalog.memphis.edu/content.php?catoid=8&navoid=200.
Many courses also require permits from the department that teaches the course. For example, SWRK and CJUS courses will always need permits from those respective departments. University College staff cannot issue permits for courses taught in other departments. ALL 3000/4000 level classes taught by the College of Business (ACCT, ECON, FIR, MGMT, MKTG) require a permit; students must request a permit online at:
https://fcbeacad.memphis.edu/permits/
Professional Core (21 hours)
Group A. Administration and Supervision (Pick 1)
Group B. Statistical Methods (Pick 1)
Group C. Written Communications (Pick 1)
Group D. Team & Organizational Relations (Pick 1)
Group E. International Context (Pick 1)
Information Technology Concentration (15 hours)
Group A: Management Information Systems Overview (Pick 1)
Group C: Files/Operativng Systems (Pick 1)
Group D: Database Management (Pick 1)
Group E: Networks (Pick 1)
College Requirements (9 hours)
Senior Project (3 hours)
The senior project is a student’s culminating experience or capstone designed to synthesize and integrate the content of a student’s program of study. The senior project is intended to fuse the two or more academic areas that comprise the student’s coordinated study (major) into an academically-relevant example of scholarship. Students will complete a thesis, task-based, or artistic project on a topic of their choice with approval of their senior project instructor. The senior project is completed during a student’s final semester. ALL sections of UNIV 4995 are taught online. Students will be assigned to a specific section based on his or her concentration.
General Elective (34-40 hours)
May be chosen to bring the total number of hours to 120 with a minimum of 42 upper-division hours.
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