Students in a bachelor's degree program can develop additional skills by pursuing a minor in a second area of study. Minors are groups of five courses in select subject areas that can fulfill part of the elective requirements in a bachelor's degree program. For any minor course that also appears in the student’s major or concentration areas, an equivalent course must be substituted and taken in its place to fulfill the minor requirement. To be eligible for the minor, no more than two courses may overlap between the minor, major, and concentration areas. Students must declare a minor as soon as possible after enrolling in their program and no later than the beginning of their last term of enrollment. Minors cannot be added to a student’s curriculum after their degree has been conferred.
The university recognizes that the IT industry uses IT certifications as a means of vetting potential IT professionals in the fields of computer networks, database management, network security, technical support and more. Therefore, a number of carefully chosen courses have embedded IT certification training along with academic rigor in order to prepare students for being certified. Review the undergraduate-level CIS course descriptions in the course descriptions section of this catalog to determine which CIS courses throughout the university minors offerings have certification training availability and the requirements associated with each course. Certifications are the best means of validating a student's skills and knowledge.