Information Technology Major Tracks
Business Intelligence
Computer Forensics
Information Architecture
System Administration
Five courses (15 credits)
Program Overview
The Bachelor of Science in Information Technology (BSIT) degree is a jointly offered program between the College of Management (CM) and the College of Science and Mathematics (CSM) at the University of Massachusetts – Boston. The BSIT consists of a common core of ten courses, a track of four to six courses in a particular area of specialization, a common capstone course and optionally three to five professional electives.
Career Paths
The BSIT degree is designed to offer a top notch program that addresses the Commonwealth’s IT workforce needs through collaboration between CM and CSM. This degree provides a pathway from the bachelor’s degree to IT position in the public and private sectors, profit and non-profit. Exercises assigned throughout the BSIT are designed to be the kind that a student might encounter in his or her work: collaboration, competence, and outcomes assessment are the hallmark characteristics of the program.
Business Intelligence (BI) is the technology that companies such as Amazon.com and Google use to take advantage of the enormous amount of data they collect and analyze. It is the technology with which Amazon.com knows what book to recommend you every time you login, Google knows how to rank the pages you are searching for, and banks decide whether to approve loan applications almost instantly. As organizations increasingly have to deal with “big data”, the number of job openings and the need for skilled professionals in this field will continue to increase.
Advising Notes
- College of Management students should see general advising from the University Advising Center until they have earned 60 credits and selected a track. Students seeking advising regarding track courses should see a faculty mentor for their chosen track (names available in the College advising offices respectively). Advising for degree exceptions and policy overrides should go through the advising office for the College in which the student is enrolled (CM students should go to M-5-610), as appropriate.
- Students should plan to take the track courses over the course of two years (four semesters) to ensure a wide selection of required and elective courses in the concentration. Some track courses may be offered once a year and are subject to sequencing due to pre-requisites, making this time allowance necessary.
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The pre-requisites for these courses are strictly enforced; students should plan their schedule early and carefully.
Three Requred Courses:
IT 370 Business Intelligence
IT 471 Data Warehousing
IT 472 Data Mining
Two of the following elective courses:
IT 360 Enterprise Software
IT 428L Information System Security
IT 456 Storage Management
IT 460 Integration Methodologies and Tools
IT 461L Systems Analysis and Design
MSIS 422 Decision Support Systems
MSIS 426 E-Business and E-Commerce
MSIS 427 Knowledge Management
For more information, please contact Dr. Ricardo Checchi, IT Major Administrator, (ricardo.checchi@umb.edu) or Dr. Roger Blake (roger.blake@umb.edu)
Six courses (18 credits)
Program Overview
The Bachelor of Science in Information Technology (BSIT) degree is a jointly offered program between the College of Management (CM) and the College of Science and Mathematics (CSM) at the University of Massachusetts – Boston. The BSIT consists of a common core of ten courses, a track of four to six courses in a particular area of specialization, a common capstone course and optionally three to five professional electives.
Career Paths
The BSIT degree is designed to offer a top notch program that addresses the Commonwealth’s IT workforce needs through a collaboration between CM and CSM. This degree provides a pathway from the bachelor’s degree to IT position in the public and private sectors, profit and non-profit. Exercise assigned throughout the BSIT are designed to be the kind that a student might encounter in his or her work: collaboration, competence, and outcomes assessment are the hallmark characteristics of the program.
Computer Forensics (CF) is a discipline of forensic science that combines elements of law and information technology to collect and analyze data from computer systems, networks, wireless communications, and storage devices in a way that is admissible as evidence in a court of law. CF is also the process of using scientific knowledge for collecting, analyzing, and presenting digital evidence to the courts. With the increasing use of computers to commit crimes and growing demand for computer-based data in civil proceedings, a need has rapidly developed for forensic experts to extract useful information from computer evidence.
Advising Notes
- College of Management students should see general advising from the University Advising Center until they have earned 60 credits and selected a track. Students seeking advising regarding track courses should see a faculty mentor for their chosen track (names available in the College advising offices respectively). Advising for degree exceptions and policy overrides should go through the advising office for the College in which the student is enrolled (CM students should go to M-5-610), as appropriate.
- Students should plan to take the track courses over the course of two years (four semesters) to ensure a wide selection of required and elective courses in the concentration. Some track courses may be offered once a year and are subject to sequencing due to pre-requisites, making this time allowance necessary.
- The pre-requisites for these courses are strictly enforced; students should plan their schedule early and carefully.
Six Required courses:
SOCIOL 104L Intro to Criminal Justice
IT 220 Computer Forensics I
IT 221 Computer Forensics II
IT420 Network and Mobile Forensics
IT 421 Malware Analysis
SOCIOL 364 Cyber Crime
For more information, please contact Dr. Ricardo Checchi, IT Major Administrator, (ricardo.checchi@umb.edu) or Dr. Jonathan Kim (jonathan.kim@umb.edu)
INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE TRACK
Four courses (12 credits)
Program Overview
The Bachelor of Science in Information Technology (BSIT) degree is a jointly offered program between the College of Management (CM) and the College of Science and Mathematics (CSM) at the University of Massachusetts – Boston. The BSIT consists of a common core of ten courses, a track of four to six courses in a particular area of specialization, a common capstone course and optionally three to five professional electives.
Career Paths
The BSIT degree is designed to offer a top notch program that addresses the Commonwealth’s IT workforce needs through a collaboration between CM and CSM. This degree provides a pathway from the bachelor’s degree to IT position in the public and private sectors, profit and non-profit. Exercise assigned throughout the BSIT are designed to be the kind that a student might encounter in his or her work: collaboration, competence, and outcomes assessment are the hallmark characteristics of the program.
Information Architecture (IA) is the discipline of designing and implementing information systems that support and enable business strategies and operations. The track addresses topics covering concepts such as usability (including accessibility, experience design, interaction design, and user interface design), information design (including information find ability and content management), component-based design (including web services, services oriented architecture, process oriented architecture, and cloud computing), and enterprise systems. As organizations are relying on increasingly more complex information systems to compete and survive, they are in dire need of IT professionals who understand how to design, deploy, and manage an efficient IT architecture to support their information systems.
Advising Notes
- College of Management students should see general advising from the University Advising Center until they have earned 60 credits and selected a track. Students seeking advising regarding track courses should see a faculty mentor for their chosen track (names available in the College advising offices respectively). Advising for degree exceptions and policy overrides should go through the advising office for the College in which the student is enrolled (CM students should go to M-5-610), as appropriate.
- Students should plan to take the track courses over the course of two years (four semesters) to ensure a wide selection of required and elective courses in the concentration. Some track courses may be offered once a year and are subject to sequencing due to pre-requisites, making this time allowance necessary.
- The pre-requisites for these courses are strictly enforced; students should plan their schedule early and carefully.
Four Required courses:
IT 360 Enterprise Software
IT 428L Information Security
IT 460 Integration Methodologies and Tools
IT 461L Systems Analysis and Design
For more information, please contact Dr. Ricardo Checchi, IT Major Administrator, (ricardo.checchi@umb.edu)
Four courses (12 credits)
Program Overview
The Bachelor of Science in Information Technology (BSIT) degree is a jointly offered program between the College of Management (CM) and the College of Science and Mathematics (CSM) at the University of Massachusetts – Boston. The BSIT consists of a common core of ten courses, a track of four to six courses in a particular area of specialization, a common capstone course and optionally three to five professional electives.
Career Paths
The BSIT degree is designed to offer a top notch program that addresses the Commonwealth’s IT workforce needs through a collaboration between CM and CSM. This degree provides a pathway from the bachelor’s degree to IT position in the public and private sectors, profit and non-profit. Exercise assigned throughout the BSIT are designed to be the kind that a student might encounter in his or her work: collaboration, competence, and outcomes assessment are the hallmark characteristics of the program.
System Administration (SA) focuses on the deployment and maintenance of computer systems and networks. The track concerns issues related to the selection, installation, configuration and maintenance of Linux- and Windows-based systems (including shell programming and scripting, heterogeneous systems, remote management, the legal issues of system administration, as well as the design and implementation of policies and automated administration regimes) and internetworking environments. As organizations keep investing in their information systems, talents are needed to help design, deploy, manage, and safeguard these systems.
Advising Notes
- College of Management students should see general advising from the University Advising Center until they have earned 60 credits and selected a track. Students seeking advising regarding track courses should see a faculty mentor for their chosen track (names available in the College advising offices respectively). Advising for degree exceptions and policy overrides should go through the advising office for the College in which the student is enrolled (CM students should go to M-5-610), as appropriate.
- Students should plan to take the track courses over the course of two years (four semesters) to ensure a wide selection of required and elective courses in the concentration. Some track courses may be offered once a year and are subject to sequencing due to pre-requisites, making this time allowance necessary.
- The pre-requisites for these courses are strictly enforced; students should plan their schedule early and carefully.
Four Required courses:
IT 341 Introduction to System Administration
IT 441 Network Services Administration
IT 442 Windows System Administration
IT 443 Network Security Administration
For more information, please contact Dr. Ricardo Checchi, IT Major Administrator, (ricardo.checchi@umb.edu) or Dr. Wei Zhang (wei.zhang@umb.edu).
