Computing and Information Technology Minor

Coordinator:
Christopher Johnson

Department of Computing and Information Technology

The rise of the Internet has highlighted how the use of the computer and information technology has become an integral part of all academic disciplines and a necessity for functioning in the modern world. In expecting Guilford students to become “leaders of change,” the college provides every one of them with access to the extremely powerful research and communication tools that will often be the agents of that change. The computing and information technology minor provides Guilford students with a structure where they can obtain a depth experience that allows them to use the tools effectively, to cope with the rapid change inherent in computing and to analyze the changes in society that the more powerful technology engenders.

Students who complete this minor will be able to apply computing and information technology skills to at least one discipline or area of study. They will be able to program in a high-level computer language and thereby understand the logic by which we get computers to do what we want them to. Finally, they will be able to consider and evaluate the effect of new technologies from an ethical, social or political perspective.

Minor Requirements

The minor requires a minimum of 16 credits (four courses).

1.     One course from:                                                                                                    4 credits
 

        ART 245 Digital Darkroom

        BUS 241 Computers and Management

        BUS 341 Management Information System

        CMIT/BUS 342 Database Systems

        BUS 344 e-Commerce

        CMIT/THEA 274 Digital Graphic Design

        GEOL 340 Images of the Earth

        MATH/PHYS 320 Mathematical Physics

        PSY 301 Research Methods and Analysis
 

2.     One course from:                                                                                                    4 credits
 

        CMIT 140 Introduction to Computer Programming

        CMIT 141 Advanced Computer Programming

        CMIT 201 Data Structures and Algorithm

        CMIT 340 Software Engineering
 

 3.    One course from:                                                                                                    4 credits
 

        PHIL 241 Computer Ethics

        PHIL 375 Philosophy of Mind
 

4.     CMIT 401/IDS 419 Artificial Intelligence and Artificial Life                                             4 credits

Total credit hours required for computing and information technology minor          16 credits