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B.S. Program Requirements

  • Digital Science Cognition and Communication Concentration
  • Digital Systems Analysis Concentration
  • Digital Systems Management and Consulting Concentration
  • Digital Systems Software Development Concentration
  • Digital Systems Telecommunication Networks Concentration
  • Enterprise Architecture Concentration

Type Legend: DD Diversity–Domestic; DG Diversity–Global; KAD Kent Core Additional; KBS Kent Core Basic Sciences; KCM Kent Core Composition; KFA Kent Core Fine Arts; KHU Kent Core Humanities; KMC Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning; KSS Kent Core Social Sciences; WIC Writing Intensive

Please read the sections in the University Catalog on Kent Core, diversity and writing-intensive requirements.

I. DESTINATION KENT STATE: FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE (1 credit)
Type Course Title Credits
  US 10097 Destination Kent State: First Year Experience 1
II. MAJOR PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (33 credits)  Courses count in major GPA 
Type Course Title Credits
  CS

MIS		 43005

44043		 Introduction to Database System Design (3)
or
Data Base Management Systems (3)		 3
  DSCI 10010 Society, Culture and the Digital Sciences 3
    10410 Information Ethics and Social Responsibility 3
    13210 Design Processes and Principles 3
    24410 Digital Information Management and Processing 3
 WIC   31510 Global Project Management and Team Dynamics * 3
    31610 Digital Systems Security 3
    40910 Capstone in Digital Sciences 3
  MIS 44045 Information Systems Management 3
  TECH 10001 Information Technology 3
    36411 Requirements Engineering and Analysis 3
III. ADDITIONAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (55-60 credits)  
Type Course Title Credits
  Kent Core Composition 6-8
  Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning 3-5
  Kent Core Humanities and Fine Arts (minimum one course from each) 9
  Kent Core Basic Sciences (must include one laboratory) 6-7
  Kent Core Additional 6
  Advisor-Approved Electives in Digital Sciences or Related Area 9
  General Electives (total hours depends on meeting minimum 121 credit hours and minimum 39 upper-division hours) 11-21
IV. CONCENTRATIONS (27-32 credits) 
  Digital Science Cognition and Communication Concentration (27)
  Digital Systems Analysis Concentration (30)
  Digital Systems Management and Consulting Concentration (30)
  Digital Systems Software Development Concentration (32)
  Digital Systems Telecommunication Networks Concentration (30)
  Enterprise Architecture Concentration (32)
MINIMUM TOTAL
121

* Minimum C (2.0) grade required in DSCI 31510 to fulfill the writing-intensive requirement.

 

Digital Science Cognition and Communication Concentration

For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2011-2012 Roadmap.

 I. CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (24 credits) Courses count in major GPA
Type Course Title Credits
  DSCI 13410 Cognition in Technology 3
    15310 Computational Thinking and Programming 3
    23310 Human-Computer Interaction 3
  ITEC 47413 Digital Video in Education 3
    47427 Technology and Learning 3
KSS
DD		 PSYC 11762 General Psychology 3
    30445 Cognitive Psychology 3
  VCD 14001 Visual Design Literacy 3
 II. ADDITIONAL CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (3 credits)
Type Course Title Credits
  Kent Core Social Sciences (cannot be a PSYC course) 3
MINIMUM SUBTOTAL
 27

 

Digital Systems Analysis Concentration

For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2011-2012 Roadmap.

 I. CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (24 credits) Courses count in major GPA
Type Course Title Credits
  DSCI  10310  My Story on the Web 3
    15310 Computational Thinking and Programming 3
    21010 Enterprise Architecture 3
    23310 Human-Computer Interaction 3
  MIS 34036 Large Systems Technology 3
    34054 Using Information Systems for Solving Business Problems 3
    34065 Quality Assurance 3
    34161 Managerial and Technology Aspects of Healthcare Systems Management 3
 II. ADDITIONAL CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (6 credits)
Type Course Title Credits
  Kent Core Social Sciences (must be from two curricular areas) 6
MINIMUM SUBTOTAL
 30

 

Digital Systems Management and Consulting Concentration

For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2011-2012 Roadmap.

 I. CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (24 credits) Courses count in major GPA
Type Course Title Credits
  DSCI 13410 Cognition in Technology 3

 
 16010 
 Telecommunication Infrastructure 3
    21010 Enterprise Architecture 3
    23310 Human-Computer Interaction 3
  MIS 24163 Principles of Management 3
    34036 Large Systems Technology 3
    34161 Managerial and Technology Aspects of Healthcare Systems Management 3
    34162 Managing Healthcare Systems Operations 3
 II. ADDITIONAL CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (6 credits)
Type Course Title Credits
  Kent Core Social Sciences (must be from two curricular areas) 6
MINIMUM SUBTOTAL
 31

 

Digital Systems Software Development Concentration

For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2011-2012 Roadmap.

 I. CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (26 credits) Courses count in major GPA
Type Course Title Credits
  CS 23021 Computer Science I: Programming and Problem Solving 4
  23022 Discrete Structures for Computer Science 3
    33001 Computer Science II: Data Structures and Abstractions 4
    43901 Software Engineering 3
  DSCI  10310 My Story on the Web 3
    13410 Cognition in Technology 3
    21010 Enterprise Architecture 3
    23310 Human-Computer Interaction 3
 II. ADDITIONAL CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (6 credits)
Type Course Title Credits
  Kent Core Social Sciences (must be from two curricular areas) 6
MINIMUM SUBTOTAL
 32

 

Digital Systems Telecommunication Networks Concentration

For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2011-2012 Roadmap.

 I. CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (24 credits) Courses count in major GPA
Type Course Title Credits
  DSCI  10310 My Story on the Web 3
    15310 Computational Thinking and Programming 3
    16010 
 Telecommunication Infrastructure 3
  COMT 36330 Local Area Network Security Fundamentals 3
    46311 Technology of Networking 3
  TECH 33010 Computer Hardware 3
    33016 Network Engineering 3
    47200 Systems Engineering 3
 II. ADDITIONAL CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (6 credits)
Type Course Title Credits
  Kent Core Social Sciences (must be from two curricular areas) 6
MINIMUM SUBTOTAL
 30

 

Enterprise Architecture Concentration

For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2011-2012 Roadmap.

 I. CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (26 credits) Courses count in major GPA
Type Course Title Credits
  CS 23021 Computer Science I: Programming and Problem Solving 4
  23022 Discrete Structures for Computer Science 3
    33001 Computer Science II: Data Structures and Abstractions 4
  DSCI  10310 My Story on the Web 3
    16010  Telecommunication Infrastructure 3
    21010 Enterprise Architecture 3
    23310 Human-Computer Interaction 3
  MIS 34054 Using Information Systems for Solving Business Problems 3
 II. ADDITIONAL CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (6 credits)
Type Course Title Credits
  Kent Core Social Sciences (must be from two curricular areas) 6
MINIMUM SUBTOTAL
 32