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Hellenic American University offers a challenging and innovative Information Technology academic program that combines technology, science and business studies. The BSIT prepares students to work in information technology areas by providing appropriate knowledge and specific IT skills. Hellenic American University‘s objective is to prepare students for a successful career in Information Technology and for leadership in their prospective field. The BSIT program also recognizes the vital role of a broad liberal arts base for success in achieving the competencies and skills of the major. With the assistance of their mentors, students will choose not only their General Education courses but they may also elect to add a minor area of study or to sample other relevant topics and disciplines. In short, every effort is made to provide undergraduate students with well-rounded education that will not only give them sound training in their professional field, but that will also develop character, intellectual breadth, and social aptitude.
Hellenic American University offers a competency based program that provides our graduates with all the necessary credentials in order to start and then develop a career in the following positions of IT departments of large Greek and International organizations:
- Software engineers
- IT solution developers
- Database experts
- IT presales and sales engineers
- Network administrators & IT security experts
- Telecommunication experts
- Human Computer Interaction experts
- Web designers and developers
- IT consultants
Students are also offered the opportunity to seek professional certifications by CISCO and Microsoft under the aegis of the Hellenic American University.
General Education Courses (42 credits / 14 courses)
The general education component exposes the students to a broad range of liberal arts courses. The program has been designed to establish solid English writing and oral skills, as well as standard American liberal arts requirements.
Free Electives (21 credits / 7 courses)
Through a selection of free electives, undergraduate students will be able to extend their knowledge and competency in one or several areas of general education interest, to enhance their major studies, or to create a minor area of study.
Curriculum Structure
The major requires a minimum of 126 credit hours / 42 courses for graduation. These are distributed as follows:
Required courses – 48 credits / 16 courses: |
MATH300 |
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Discrete Mathematics |
(3) |
IT150 |
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Programming Concepts |
(3) |
IT200 |
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Object-Oriented Programming |
(3) |
IT220 |
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Data Structures |
(3) |
IT240 |
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Computer Architecture |
(3) |
IT260 |
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Database Management Systems |
(3) |
IT270 |
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Social and Professional Issues |
(3) |
IT280 |
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Systems Analysis and Design |
(3) |
IT300 |
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Networks and Telecommunications |
(3) |
IT320 |
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Web Technology |
(3) |
IT340 |
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Management Information Systems |
(3) |
IT350 |
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Project Management |
(3) |
IT360 |
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Human Computer Interaction |
(3) |
IT370 |
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Operating Systems |
(3) |
IT400 |
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Emerging Technologies and Themes |
(3) |
IT499 |
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Capstone Project |
(3) |
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Electives in the major – 15 credits / 5 courses from the following: |
MATH400 |
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Numerical Algorithms |
(3) |
IT165 |
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Networking Basics |
(4) |
IT175 |
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Basic Routing and Router Devices |
(4) |
IT265 |
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Switched LANs and Further Routing |
(4) |
IT275 |
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Wide Area Networks |
(4) |
IT285 |
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Network Management and Security |
(3) |
IT380 |
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Computer Graphics |
(3) |
IT410 |
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Distributed Application Development |
(3) |
IT420 |
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Information Security & Assurance |
(3) |
IT430 |
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Wireless & Mobile Technology |
(3) |
IT440 |
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Artificial Intelligence |
(3) |
IT450 |
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Software Engineering |
(3) |
IT480 |
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Information Management & Retrieval |
(3) |
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CS497 Capstone Project (3 credits / 1 course)
In their senior year, students will engage in a three-credit capstone project, which gives them the opportunity to review and apply relevant theories, tools, and techniques which they have acquired during their entire course of studies, in combination with whatever working and technological experiences they may possess, to a real-world environment. The course focuses upon the strategic management of the entire organization. The development of the strategic process comprises the systematic analysis and evaluation of an organization’s goals, structure, policies, and strategies designed to effectively cope with the external opportunities and threats. Students will be placed in a realistic professional team situation within which decision-making must consider not only technological issues but also issues of project, personnel, and risk management, colleague and client interpersonal relationships, as well as time and resource constraints.
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