Why Choose Information Technology at Bethel University?
Technology runs every modern organization, and this degree prepares you to build, secure, and manage it. Bethel University's Bachelor of Science in Information Technology gives you hands-on skill across the field, from programming and web development to networking, databases, server administration, and cybersecurity, so you graduate ready to keep an organization's technology running and protected.
What makes the program practical is its balance of technical depth and business sense. You pair real IT skills with a foundation in management, economics, and accounting, learning not just how the technology works but how it serves an organization's goals. The degree builds toward a senior capstone in which you plan, design, secure, and present a complete technology solution to a real organizational or community need, giving you a portfolio-ready project and the experience employers look for.
What You'll Learn
In this program, you will learn:
- Programming skills, from the fundamentals of program logic through object-oriented and event-driven development
- The ability to design and develop web pages and database-enabled web applications
- A command of database concepts, including relational theory, data modeling, normalization, SQL, NoSQL, and cloud databases
- The skills to install, configure, secure, and troubleshoot Windows and Linux servers
- A working knowledge of computer networking and network services
- An understanding of management information systems and their design and implementation
- The methodical approach of structured systems analysis and design
- A foundation in information security, risk management, and computer forensics
- The ability to clean, analyze, model, and visualize real-world data using modern analytical tools
- An understanding of data ethics, governance, and responsible, compliant data practices
Courses You'll Take
These are the main courses that define the major:
ITM 256, Computer Programming I
ITM 356, Computer Programming II
ITM 245, Web I: Intro to Web Development
ITM 345, Web II: Developing Web-Based Applications
ITM 380, Networking
ITM 382, Introduction to Systems Analysis
ITM 307, Management Information Systems
ITM 309, Information and Security Risk Management
ITM 311, Database Fundamentals
ITM 321, Introduction to Server Administration
ITM 410, Applied Data Analytics
ITM 497, Information Technology Capstone
Beyond these, you will also complete BUS 301 Principles of Management, ITM 331 Data Ethics and Governance, ITM 370 Introduction to Computer Forensics, and ITM 475 Management of Telecommunications.
