Information Technology and Communications Design B.S. Pathways for Entering Freshmen

Information Technology and Communications Design B.S. ~ Pathways for Entering Freshmen

The Information Technology and Communications Design B.S. program offers several areas of emphasis within the major. All of the emphases have the same lower-division core courses that you'll take your freshman and sophomore years at CSUMB while you are completing most of your University Learning Requirements. The first table below offers a recommended course pathway (i.e. semester-by-semester course plan) for your first two years. This pathway assumes you have already completed all recommended preparation for admission to the CSU, including two years of high school language and passing scores on the ELM and EPT. If you have not completed this preparation, you may need to take additional courses and should consult a ITCD advisor.

Because CSUMB is outcomes-based, this chronological pathway lists each target outcome first either as an MLO (Major Learning Outcome) or ULR/GLO (University Learning Requirements / Graduation Learning Outcomes). It then shows courses aligned with those outcomes along with credits and an indication of when they are offered. For more information on a course-including title, credits, description, and prerequisites-click its number. For more information on an outcome, click on its abbreviated name. Pathways for your junior and senior year differ by ITCD emphasis and can be found below the freshman/sophomore table.

These pathways, intended as a reference, model graduation with 120 credits. It is unlikely that your actual pathway will look exactly like any model due to several factors:

Any required remedial courses such as MATH 098 and WRT 095
Actual availability of courses during a given semester
Personal choices you make in your Individual Learning Plan-in consultation with your First Year Seminar professor, and lower-division and major advisors-including the decision to pursue more than the minimal learning requirements

You must earn nine upper-division General Education credits after you have reached upper-division status. Upper-division GE courses taken when you are a lower-division student do not count toward this requirement.

Freshman and Sophomore Pathway for All ITCD Majors

	MLO Covered	ULR/GLO Covered	Course Number	When Offered	CR
F A L L	- - - -	TECH ENGCOM A SCI 2 LANG	FYS 100 Tech Section CST 211 BIO 204, ESSP 202, ESSP 282, or GEOL 210 Any 101	Fall Fall Some every semester Every semester Some every semester	6 4 3-4 4
S P R I N G	- - - -	DEMPART, HIST ENGCOM B MATH LANG	GS 200 or SBS 212 CST 212 MATH 130/130L Any 102	Every semester Spring Every semester Some every semester	4 4 5 4
F A L L	CORE - CORE -	ARTSCOM SCI 1 - LANG	CST 201 PHYS 121/121L or ESSP 201/201L MATH 170 Any 201	Every semester Every semester Every semester Some every semester	4 4 4 4
S P R I N G	- CORE - -	LIT - CP LANG	CST 271 CST 221 or CST 231* SL 200S or SL 201S Any 202	Every semester Every semester Every semester Some every semester	4 4 4 4

* CST 231 is recommended for students interested in Web Design & Development, Software Design & Development, or Computer Networking.

Before you complete your fourth semester, you should select an emphasis within ITCD. Each emphasis in the ITCD major requires a different set of courses to fulfill the Major Learning Outcomes. Click on the name of an emphasis in the following list to see a suggested pathway of courses: