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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Information Communication Technology, B.A.

The Information Communication Technology (ICT) program is designed to educate students to assume leadership roles where the application of information technology is concerned, with the ultimate goal of equipping students with the tools and soft skills necessary for articulating technology solutions to clients, organizations, and communities. ICT majors will also build expertise in such areas as technology management or commercialization.

The program’s concentration on the human-centered approach to technology teaches students how to be effective users of technology, solve problems specifically related to information and communication, and to facilitate communicating information in meaningful ways. In general, ICT majors are exposed to issues involving information, policy and regulation, and the role of communication technologies in western societies and the developing world.

Graduates are prepared for jobs as desktop support technicians, information security analysts, front-end developers, systems administrators, project managers, and social media managers, to name a few.

Students are encouraged to get involved in extracurricular opportunities within the program and College, such as education abroad, undergraduate research, independent studies, and professional development events. ICT majors are required to complete one technology-oriented internship. Our robust professional internship program is a great resource for students who are eager to expand their undergraduate course work and gain hands-on experience in the field.

Degree Requirements

Each student completes the following:

College B.A. Requirements

Language:

Complete one of the following sequences:

Option A:

Successful completion of the fourth college semester of one foreign language. (Note: This may be accomplished by scoring at this level on a placement test for previous work in the foreign language.)

Option B:

Complete a set of two courses dealing with the nature and structure of language, language behavior, or comparativelanguages. This set shall be comprised of one course from Group I below, and one course from Group II. (Courses counted as meeting this option may not be counted in the major or field of concentration.)

Group I:

LIN 211 - INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF LANGUAGE Credit(s): 3

Group II:

ENG 209 - THE STRUCTURE AND USE OF ENGLISH Credit(s): 3
OR
LIN 209 - THE STRUCTURE AND USE OF ENGLISH Credit(s): 3
ENG 210 - HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE Credit(s): 3
ENG 310 - AMERICAN ENGLISH Credit(s): 3
OR
LIN 310 - AMERICAN ENGLISH Credit(s): 3
ANT 341 - APPALACHIAN ENGLISH Credit(s): 3
OR
APP 311 - APPALACHIAN ENGLISH Credit(s): 3
OR
LIN 311 - APPALACHIAN ENGLISH Credit(s): 3
LIN 317 - LANGUAGE AND SOCIETY (SUBTITLE REQUIRED) Credit(s): 3
ANT 325 - LANGUAGE AND CULTURE Credit(s): 3
OR
LIN 325 - LANGUAGE AND CULTURE Credit(s): 3
LIN 331 - LANGUAGE IN U.S. SOCIETY Credit(s): 3

Statistics:

STA 210 - MAKING SENSE OF UNCERTAINTY: AN INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICAL REASONING Credit(s): 3

Major Requirements

Students must complete the departmental requirements for one of the five majors (Communication, Information Communication Technology, Integrated Strategic Communication, Journalism, or Media Arts and Studies).

Subtotal: College B.A. Hours: 9-17

UK Core Requirements

See the UK Core section of this Catalog for the complete UK Core requirements . The courses listed below are (a) recommended by the college, or (b) required courses that also fulfill UK Core areas. Students should work closely with their advisor to complete the UK Core requirements.

I. Intellectual Inquiry in Arts and Creativity

ICT 200 - INFORMATION LITERACY & CRITICAL THINKING Credit(s): 3

II. Intellectual Inquiry in the Humanities

Choose one course from approved list
Credit(s): 3

III. Intellectual Inquiry in the Social Sciences

ICT 150 - EXPERIENCE ICT Credit(s): 3

IV. Intellectual Inquiry in the Natural, Physical, and Mathematical Sciences

Choose one course from approved list
Credit(s): 3

V. Composition and Communication I

ICT 114 - COMPOSITION AND COMMUNICATION IN THE DIGITAL AGE I Credit(s): 3
OR
CIS 110 - COMPOSITION AND COMMUNICATION I Credit(s): 3
OR
WRD 110 - COMPOSITION AND COMMUNICATION I Credit(s): 3

VI. Composition and Communication II

ICT 115 - COMPOSITION AND COMMUNICATION IN THE DIGITAL AGE II Credit(s): 3
OR
CIS 111 - COMPOSITION & COMMUNICATION II Credit(s): 3
OR
WRD 111 - COMPOSITION AND COMMUNICATION II Credit(s): 3

VII. Quantitative Foundations

Choose one course from approved list
Credit(s): 3

VIII. Statistical Inferential Reasoning

Choose one course from approved list
Credit(s): 3

IX. Community, Culture and Citizenship in the USA

Choose one course from approved list
Credit(s): 3

X. Global Dynamics

ICT 205 - ISSUES IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY POLICY Credit(s): 3

Subtotal: UK Core hours: 30

Graduation Composition and Communication Requirement (GCCR)

ICT 300 - ICT IN SOCIETY Credit(s): 3
OR
ICT 305 - DATA DETECTIVES Credit(s): 3

Graduation Composition and Communication Requirement (GCCR): 3

Premajor Requirements

ICT 200 - INFORMATION LITERACY & CRITICAL THINKING Credit(s): 3
ICT 201 - PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT Credit(s): 3
ICT 202 - TECHNOLOGIES FOR INFORMATION SERVICES Credit(s): 3

Subtotal: Premajor hours: 9

Major Requirements

ICT 205 - ISSUES IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY POLICY Credit(s): 3
ICT 300 - ICT IN SOCIETY Credit(s): 3
OR
ICT 305 - DATA DETECTIVES Credit(s): 3
ICT 301 - INTRODUCTION TO DATABASES Credit(s): 3
ICT 310 - EXPLORING AND ANALYZING ICTS: METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES Credit(s): 3
ICT 399 - INTERNSHIP AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN ICT Credit(s): 3

Subtotal: Major hours: 15

TRACKS

One of the following tracks:

Track A - Commercialization

Choose three from:

ICT 302 - CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS Credit(s): 3
ICT 325 - MULTIMEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY Credit(s): 3
ICT 406 - INTERNET AND E-COMMERCE REGULATION Credit(s): 3
ICT 410 - PRIVACY Credit(s): 3
IS 402 - COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE Credit(s): 3
ISC 361 - DIRECT RESPONSE TARGETING: MEDIA AND DATABASE MANAGEMENT Credit(s): 3
MAS 322 - MULTIMEDIA Credit(s): 3
MAS 422 - INTERACTIVE GAME DEVELOPMENT Credit(s): 3
AND
Two 300+ level IS or ICT electives chosen in conjunction with advisor

Subtotal: Track A hours: 15

Track B - Technology Management

Choose three from:

ICT 302 - CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS Credit(s): 3
ICT 303 - SYSTEMS ANALYSIS Credit(s): 3
ICT 325 - MULTIMEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY Credit(s): 3
ICT 351 - TECHNOLOGY SECURITY Credit(s): 3
ICT 406 - INTERNET AND E-COMMERCE REGULATION Credit(s): 3
ICT 418 - LINUX SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATION Credit(s): 3
ICT 420 - SEMANTIC WEB DEVELOPMENT Credit(s): 3
ICT 550 - SECURITY INFORMATICS Credit(s): 3
ICT 552 - CYBERCRIME AND DIGITAL LAW ENFORCEMENT Credit(s): 3
JOU 330 - WEB PUBLISHING AND DESIGN Credit(s): 3
MAS 335 - INTRODUCTION TO THE MEDIA INDUSTRIES Credit(s): 3
MAS 355 - COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN ORGANIZATIONS Credit(s): 3
AND
Two 300+ level IS or ICT electives chosen in conjunction with advisor

Subtotal: Track B hours: 15

Track C - Information Studies (Online only)

Choose five from:

ICT 311 - INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION SCIENCE Credit(s): 3
ICT 315 - HUMAN RELATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY Credit(s): 3
ICT 316 - UNIVERSAL ACCESS: INFORMATION AND WORKING ENVIRONMENTS Credit(s): 3
ICT 320 - INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE Credit(s): 3
ICT 325 - MULTIMEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY Credit(s): 3
ICT 415 - TECHNOLOGY TRAINING AND INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES Credit(s): 3
ICT 420 - SEMANTIC WEB DEVELOPMENT Credit(s): 3

Subtotal: Track C hours: 15

Track D - Custom

Choose three courses (9 hours) from the available tracks to customize a program of study.

and two 300+ level IS or ICT electives chosen in conjunction with advisor

Subtotal: Track D hours: 15

Cognate Area

15 hours (300+ level) outside the major; can be any collection of courses selected in conjunction with advisor.

Subtotal: Cognate Area hours: 15

TOTAL HOURS: minimum of 120