Applied Information Technology, BS/Information Security and Assurance, Accelerated MS

Admission Requirements

Students in the BS Applied Information Technology program may apply to this program if they have earned 90 undergraduate credits with an overall GPA of at least 3.30. Criteria for admission are identical to criteria for admission to the MS Information Security and Assurance program.

Degree Requirements

Students must complete all credits that satisfy requirements for the BS and MS programs. The two overlapping courses are:

• INFS 612 - Principles and Practices of Communication Networks Credits: 3 (satisfies IT 441 requirement in the BS program)
• ISA 562 - Information Security Theory and Practice Credits: 3 (satisfies IT 462 requirement in the BS program)

• Note: Students must complete MATH 125 as their discrete math requirement and IT 342 and IT 306 as part of their concentration requirements in the BS program.

Degree Conferral

Students must apply the semester before they expect to complete the BS requirements to have the BS degree conferred. In addition, at the beginning of the student’s final undergraduate semester, students must complete a Bachelor’s/Accelerated Master’s Transition form that is submitted to the Office of the University Registrar and the VSE Graduate Admissions Office. At the completion of MS requirements, a master’s degree is conferred.