Information Technology Infrastructure Minor

Admission

The ITI minor is available to any student currently enrolled in an undergraduate degree program at the University of Minnesota.

Admission Criteria

To apply for the ITI minor, you need to have:

• earned 45 credits
• 2.5+ GPA
• completed CSci 2011 Discrete Structure of Computer Science (4 cr)
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Courses and Tracks

The courses you'll take in the IT Infrastructure minor are organized by tracks consisting of 18–19 credits. Each track includes the same two required courses, plus three specialized courses. A self-designed minor is also offered, consisting of the two required courses plus three INET electives. Your advisor can help you determine the option that best fits your career goals.

Required Courses (for all tracks)

• INET 4001 – Foundations of Operating Systems (4 cr)
• INET 4002 – Foundations of Networking (3 cr)

Course Catalog | Course descriptions and prerequisites
Class Schedule | Courses details by semester

Data Management

This track features hands-on experience with data, starting in relational databases, migrating to NoSQL (big data) concepts, and culminating with building infrastructure to support data management.

• INET 4707 – Intro to Databases (4 cr)
• INET 4709 – Data Management I: Data Systems Design (3 cr)
• INET 4711 – Data Management II: Distributed Database Architecture (4 cr)

Data Science

Learn to use massive amounts of data to ask questions, find patterns and anomalies, and further the research and development of industries outside of IT, such as health care and biological sciences.

• INET 4707 – Intro to Databases (4 cr)
• INET 4061 – Data Science I: Machine Learning Essentials (3 cr)
• INET 4062 – Data Science II: Advanced Analytics and AI (4 cr)

DevOps

This track covers the development of applications, as well as the role of code in the building, managing, and monitoring of infrastructure and operating systems and the packages required to run those applications.

• INET 3101 – C Programming: Language and Applications (2 cr)
• INET 3102 – Web Infrastructure (2 cr)
• INET 4021 – DevOps I: Foundations of Network Coding (4 cr)
• INET 4121 – DevOps II: Python-Powered Automation and Collaborative Innovation (4 cr)

Networking

The Networking track develops foundational knowledge of how networks work—everything from theory to physical architecture.

• INET 3101 – C Programming: Language and Applications (2 cr)
• INET 3102 – Web Infrastructure (2 cr)
• INET 4011 – Networking I: Network Infrastructure and Administration (4 cr)
• INET 4041 – Networking II: Next-Gen Networking Technologies (4 cr)

Security

The Security track provides foundational knowledge in not just "keeping people out," but also the how and why of security breaches. This specialty examines the tools and mechanisms to track who did what and covers the exponentially growing challenges of cloud security.

• INET 4153 – Intro to Security: Policy and Regulation (4 cr)
• INET 4165 – Security I: Cybersecurity Essentials (3 cr)
• INET 4007 – Security II: Cloud Security and Strategy (4 cr)

Systems

Stepping from the fundamentals of bare-metal computing to cloud, virtualization, and software-defined networking requires a unique focus. 

• INET 4031 – Intro to Systems (4 cr)
• INET 4032 – Systems I: Enterprise Storage and Protection (4 cr)
• INET 4083 – Systems II: Systems Engineering and Project Management (3 cr)

Contact Information

612-624-4000 or 800-234-6564 | [email protected]

20 Ruttan Hall, 1994 Buford Ave, Saint Paul, MN 

Phone Hours: Monday−Friday, 8 a.m.−4:30 p.m.