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Students may upon request substitute concentration electives for the following four required courses in the APT program 

·         ACC 200

·         APT 363

·         HCD 440

·         HCD 465

Substitute courses must be chosen from only one of the five available concentrations. If students have started a concentration and wish to change to a different one, they must take all 12 required credit hours from their new concentration regardless of how many concentration hours they have already completed. 

 

Accounting Concentration  

Course Name and Number

Prerequisites

ACC 200 Introduction to Financial Accounting (3) None 
ACC 220 Introduction to Managerial Accounting (3) ACC 200
ACC 311 Introduction to Professional Accountancy (1) ACC 220 (B or better)
ACC 323 Introduction to Intermediate Accounting (2) ACC 200 (B or better)
ACC 325 Intermediate Accounting I (3) ACC 220 (B or better), ACC 323 (C or better)
ACC 327 Intermediate Accounting II (3) ACC 325 (C or better), ACC 323 (C or better)
ACC 401 Advanced Accounting I (3) ACC 327 (C or better)

ACC 330 Federal Income Tax Accounting (3)

ACC 200, ACC 220 (C or better in both)

 

Courses must be taken in sequence because of the prerequisites.

If students have already taken ACC 200 and ACC 220 or their equivalents, they can start with ACC 311 if the grade requirement has been met (see sample sequences below).

ACC 311 and ACC 323 should be taken in the same semester since they are only 1- and 2-credit-hour classes respectively.

Considering ACC 311 and ACC 323, students would take 5 courses for the 12-hour concentration elective requirement.   

Sample sequences:

o   ACC 200, ACC 220, ACC 311 & ACC 323, ACC 325

o   ACC 220, ACC 311 & ACC 323, ACC 325, ACC 327

o   ACC 311 & ACC 323, ACC 325, ACC 327, ACC 401

 

Marketing Concentration 

Course Name and Number

Prerequisites

MKT 300 Principles of Marketing (3) None
MKT 322 Creative Marketing (3) MKT 300 
MKT 330 Professional Selling (3) MKT 300
MKT 365 Consumer Behavior (3) MKT 300
MKT 355 Integrated Marketing Communications (3) MKT 300
MKT 370 Supply Chain Management (3) MKT 300
MKT 380 Business-to-Business Marketing (3) MKT 300
MKT 430 Sales Management (3) MKT 300
MKT 444 Retail Management and Strategy (3) MKT 300


All online marketing courses have priority enrollment for majors.

Since students already take MKT 300 as one of their required classes, they must choose four of the other courses (in no particular order). 

 

Management Concentration 

Course Name and Number

Prerequisites

MGT 300 Management for Organizations (3) None
MGT 325 Operations Management (3) MGT 300
MGT 364 Human Resource Management (3) MGT 300
MGT 454 Organizational Behavior (3) MGT 300
MGT 455 Organization Theory (3) MGT 300
MGT 375 Introduction to Entrepreneurship (3) Junior Standing
MGT 495 International Management (3) MGT 300

 
All management online courses have priority enrollment for majors.

Since students already take MGT 300 as one of their required classes, they must choose four of the other courses (in no particular order). 

 

Cyber Security Concentration 

Course Name and Number

Prerequisites

ITC 242 Cybersecurity Principles (3) None 
ITC 341 Information Assurance and Security (3) Instr. Permission
ITC 382 Cybersecurity Risk Management (3) Junior Standing
ITC 441 Firewalls and Virtual Private Networks (3) Instr. Permission
ITC 442 Intrusion Detection Systems (3) Instr. Permission
ITC 481 Malware Reverse Engineering (3) ITC 382
ITC 489 Internet Information Server (3) ITC 131, ITC 488 or Instr. Permission

 

Students must take ITC 242, 341, and 382 plus one of the other classes. 

Students are responsible for obtaining instructor permissions. 

 

Industrial Engineering Technology Concentration

Course Name and Number

Prerequisites

IET 370 Logistics & Operations Concepts (3) None
IET 405 Production & Inventory Control (3) None
IET 409 Plant Layout and Material Handling (3) None
IET 472 Global Supply Chain Management (3) None


 Students must take these four classes (in no particular order). 

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