ICT Degree Requirements
DEGREE: Bachelor of Information and Communication Technology (128 credits)
Freshman & Sophomore Years (74 credits)
The Freshman and Sophomore years are typical of computer and technology-related associate degree programs from accredited community colleges or other two-year institutions.
Typically, students with an AS or AAS degree enters the ICT Major having met the General Education Requirements (32 credits) of:
Additionally the following ICT Major specific requirements or their equivalents:
MATH 121 College Algebra 3
ET 262, Software Technology I 3
ET 120, Computational and Presentation Software 3
If a student has not met the above requirements, they must make arrangements to fulfill these prerequisites
or their equivalents.
Electives (Typically content courses from an AS or AAS) 33
Junior & Senior Years
The ICT degree is a distance education styled degree in which students will take ICT courses via the
Internet. To that end, they must have familiarity with and access to:
Junior Year (27 credits)
ICT 320, Applications Software for IT 3
ICT 339, Computer Forensics 3
ICT 345, Comp. Hardware Fundamentals 3
ICT 362, Software Technology II 3
ICT 377, Computer Networking 3
ICT 456, Analysis of Physical Security Systems 3
Viewing a Wider World * 6
Electives (must be upper division courses) 3
* The two Viewing a Wider World classes can not be in engineering nor both from the same colleges.
Senior Year (27 credits)
ICT 460, Advanced Topics in MultiMedia Applications 3
ICT 435, Senior Design or internship. 3
ICT 457, Intro. to Info. Security 3
ICT 458, Database Technology for Engineering 3
ICT 462, Remote Access Operating Systems and Advanced Scripting 3
ICT 463, Computer Systems Administration 3
ICT 477, Computer Networking II 3
Electives (must be upper division courses) 6
- Information and Communications Technology Degree Completion
- MSC 3566 * P.O. Box 30001 * Las Cruces, NM 88003 * Engineering Complex 3
- (575) 646-2236 * jbeasley@nmsu.edu