Certificate in Information Technology

Admission

The certificate program is intended for mid-career students, not those immediately out of high school. Hence, admission is limited to students who:

• Have completed one year of college work at a regionally accredited college or university with a GPA of at least 2.00 or
• Have three years of post high school work experience and either clear LTU placement exams in math and English or complete remedial courses.

Prerequisite Courses (fulfilled with coursework or relevant experience)

• PC Literacy - INT1001 (taken 3 times) or MCS1003 Intro to Comp Appl
• MCS1142 C Programming

Technical Core (25 credit hours)

• INT3023 Information Technology Inaugural
• INT4013 Telecommunications and Networks
• INT4203 Systems Analysis
• MCS1514 Computer Science 1
• MCS3543 Database Management

Plus any three of the following courses:

• INT3053 PC Personal Productivity with IS Technology
• INT3103 Information Technology Management
• INT3203 Technical Infrastructure
• INT4303 Physical Design and Implementation with Program Environ
• MCS2514 Computer Science 2
• MCS4623 Software Engineering
• TIE2123 Project Management
• Any 3000 level (or above) Computer Science Course (MCSXXXX)
• Any graduate Information Systems Course (MISXXXX), with permission