Undergraduate Program Overview
Introduction
Neumont University takes pride in its unique and systematic approach to deliver a quality education. Neumont uses a problem- and project-based, competency-based, active learning, and online learning curricula to maximize the learning of each student.
Neumont offers five Bachelor of Science degrees in its undergraduate programs:
Project Courses
Neumont University believes the key to a useful and applicable degree is a team-based, hands-on experience with real software projects. In support of this, students spend a large amount of their time working in teams on pertinent, real-world development projects. These project courses, together with the core lecture courses as well as the General Education courses, provide students a rich and challenging learning experience which will result in an excellent education.
To ensure depth of instruction, Neumont will occassionally couple a lecture and project course. Coupled lecture and project courses are considered one prerequisite; a student must pass both in order to move into the next combination. Only one coupled lecture and project course may be taken per quarter without Registrar approval.
There are a variety of project environments in which students work, both internal and external. Students work on internal projects while they are learning the intricacies of specific skills associated with their discipline. Internal software projects are controlled, designed, and structured by Neumont University instructors and professors to ensure that students master the required competencies. Students participate in external Enterprise Projects developed for external customers with real business needs and constraints. These projects give students exposure to the types of environments they may encounter in their careers.
General Education Courses
General education courses provide instruction in foundational subject areas. While these courses are not tied directly to projects, whenever possible, general education topics are supportive of what students are learning in their projects and other degree-related courses.
Course Naming Conventions
All courses with numbers between 100 and 299 are considered lower -level courses. Courses numbered between 300 and 499 are upper-level courses, 500-600 are masters-level courses. The following naming conventions are used to identify all the categories of courses:
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BIT
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Business Information Technology
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BUS
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Business
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CSC
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Computer Science
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DBT
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Database Technology
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ENG
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English
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FAC
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Fine Arts and Communications
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GAT
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Gaming Technology
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HPE
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Health and Physical Education
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HUM
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Humanities
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ITH
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Information Technology
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ITS
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Information Security
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MAT
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Math
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MGT
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Management
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MOA
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Modeling and Analysis
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MTM
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Multimedia
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PRO
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Projects
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PSC
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Physical and Biological Science
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RBT
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Robotics
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SSC
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Social Science
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