Matthew's Progress Toward a BS Degree at NMT

Fulfilled requirements are in blue; bold indicates completed course and date

General Degree Requirements for a BS Degree from New Mexico Tech

1. Humanities and Social Sciences


1. English (total 9 hours [6 hours if ENGL 111 is waived])
1. ENGL 111^* (3), 112 (3): College English — ENGL 112 (3), F 98
2. ENGL 341 (3): Technical Writing — ENGL 341 (3), Sum 02
^*ENGL 111 is waived for students who have a high enough ACT or SAT
score. These students must take another course to replace the three credit
hours; however, that course does not have to be an English course.


2. Humanities (6 hours from the following)
   1. English courses numbered ENGL 300, except ENGL 341 — ENGL 435 (3), S 99
   2. Art History courses
   3. Music courses excluding performance ensembles
   4. Philosophy courses — PHIL 321 (3), F 02
   
   
3. Social Sciences (9 hours from the following)
1. History — HIST 141 (3), F 01; HIST 142 (3), S 99; HIST 344 (3), S 02
2. Economics
3. Political Science
4. Psychology


4. Humanities and Social Science elective (3 additional credit hours from the following)
1. Courses chosen from the above list of Humanities or Social Science courses above — PSY 121 (3), S 08
2. A foreign language course
3. HUMA 481


2. Mathematics and Basic Sciences


1. Mathematics
1. Basic mathematics, if necessary
2. College algebra and trigonometry, if necessary
3. MATH 131 (4), 132(4): Calculus — MATH 131 (4), S 01; MATH 132 (4), F 01


2. PHYS 121 & 121L (5), 122 & 122L (5): General Physics — PHYS 121/L (5), S 01; PHYS122/L (5), F 01


3. CHEM 121 & 121L (4), 122 & 122L (4): General Chemistry — CHEM 121/L (4), F 00; CHEM 122/L (4), Sum 01


4. A total of eight (8) credit hours in courses with associated laboratories from the disciplines of
1. Biology — BIOL 111/L (4), F 00
2. Earth Science — GEOL 101/103L (4), F 98
3. Engineering

BS in Information Technology

Minimum credit hours required: 130
In addition to the General Degree Requirements, the following courses are required:

• CS 222 (3) — S 05 (transcript says 2 credits; for 2005 catalog it was 2 credits)


• IT/CS 111 (4), IT/CS 122 (3), IT/CS 221 (3); IT 263 (3), 311 (3), 321 (3), 326 (3), 351 (3), 373 (3), 382 (3), 491 (3), 492(3)
  — CS 111 (4), F 99; CS 122 (3), F 03; CS 221 (3), F 04; IT 311, S 09 (in progress); IT 373, S 09 (in progress); IT 382, S 09 (in progress)


• MATH 221 (3), 283 (3) — MATH 221 (3), S 07; MATH 283 (3), F 07


• PSY 121 (3), S 08 — can be applied as a social science course in the general degree requirements


• Technical electives: a sequence of 12 hours of computer science, management, or engineering courses numbered 300 or higher, approved by the student's
  advisor and an IT program coordinator, and passed with a C or better. Pre-approved options include the following:
  
  
  • Distributed Computing and Security Track
  • IT 353 (3), 451 (3), 453 (3), 463 (3)
    - IT 353, F 08
    
  
  
  • Security and Assurance Track
  • IT 441 (3), 453 (3), 462 (3), 463 (3)
  
  

• Finally, electives to complete 130 hours.

BS in General Studies

Will be awarded upon satisfactory completion of 130 credit hours with a GPA of 2.0 or more. Forty (40) credit hours of the 130 must be in courses numbered 300 and above.

As of 2008-12-19, I will have 114 credits with a GPA of X, 25 of which are 300+ courses. Fulfilling all requirements for the BSIT will give me 147 hours total.

As of the end of May, 2009, I will have 123 credits with a GPA of X, 34 of which are 300+ courses.

Classes I Still Need To Take

After spring semester 2009, I still need to take IT 263, IT 321, IT 326, IT 351, IT 441, IT 453, IT 463, IT 491, and IT 492.

Historically, the following have been offered in the spring: IT 311, IT 321, IT 326, IT 351, IT 373, IT 492; and the following have been offered in the fall: IT 263, IT 441, IT 463, IT 491.

Try to take these classes next. Fall 2009: If they'll let you take IT 491, take it and two others (IT 263, IT 441, IT 463). If not, simply take IT 263, IT 441 and IT 463. Spring 2010: If you've taken IT 491, take IT 492 and two others. Otherwise, take IT 321, IT 326, and IT 351.

IT 453 is looking problematic, as it has not been offered in the past two years. This may be due to Hamdy's grad-level networking class, I think 553. He told me in fall 2008 that I could take his grad-level class as an undergrad if I want, and I suspect I could substitute it for IT 453.