The national and regional job outlook and earnings for careers in information technology continue to be strong. Employees in this sector may possess a diverse or concentrated background in areas such as software and hardware development, mobile computing, data storage and analysis, information security, system administration and integration, computer networking, mathematics and science.

Students completing the Associate of Science (AS) emphasis in Information Systems Technology will be prepared with a diverse set of skills that include the fundamentals of software development. They can then transfer credits seamlessly to the University of Kansas, Edwards campus, to complete a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology in two additional years. Completion of the AS degree may help students obtain internships or entry-level jobs as they complete their bachelor's degree.

Important: Students graduating with an associate of science degree must complete an approved cultural diversity course. Some of the approved courses are able to meet both the cultural diversity requirement and a general education requirement. A list of approved cultural diversity courses can be found in the list of AS general education electives.

(Major Code 2940; State CIP Code 24.0101)

Associate of Science

First Semester

Second Semester

Third Semester

CS 235 Object-Oriented Programming Using C++* 4 CS 210 Discrete Structures I* 3 CIS 260 Database Management* 4 ECON 132 Survey of Economics 3 ^ 3 Total Hours 17

Fourth Semester

1 CS 250 Basic Data Structures using C++* 4 CS 211 Discrete Structures II* 3 PHYS 130 College Physics I* 5 ^ 3 Total Hours 16

Total Program Hours: 63