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Susan Hoffman | Assistant Professor | Information Technology
Phone: 330-339-3391
Email: schoffma@kent.edu
Susan Hoffman | Assistant Professor | Information Technology
Phone: 330-339-3391
Email: schoffma@kent.edu
The Associate of Applied Business degree in Information Technology provides students with a core curriculum of programming, operating systems and networks, website development, hardware, security fundamentals, and workgroup productivity technologies.
The Associate of Applied Business degree in Information Technology provides students with a core curriculum of programming, operating systems and networks, website development, hardware, security fundamentals, and workgroup productivity technologies.
The degree program articulates to the Bachelor of Science in Information Technology degree and the certificate in Computer Forensics and Information Security.
The Information Technology major comprises the following concentrations:
The university affirmatively strives to provide educational opportunities and access to students with varied backgrounds, those with special talents and adult students who graduated from high school three or more years ago.
Kent State campuses at Ashtabula, East Liverpool, Geauga, Salem, Stark, Trumbull and Tuscarawas, and the Twinsburg Academic Center, have open enrollment admission for students who hold a high school diploma, GED or equivalent.
Some programs may require that students meet certain requirements before progressing through the program. For programs with progression requirements, the information is shown on the Coursework tab.
International Students: All international students must provide proof of English language proficiency (unless they meet specific exceptions to waive) by earning a minimum 71 TOEFL iBT score, minimum 6.0 IELTS score, minimum 47 PTE score or minimum 100 DET score, or by completing the ELS level 112 Intensive English Program. For more information on international admission visit the admissions website for international students.
For more information on admissions, contact the Regional Campuses admissions offices.
Graduates of this program will be able to:
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Code | Title | Credit Hours |
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Major Requirements (courses count in major GPA) | ||
IT 11004 | SURVEY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY | 3 |
IT 11005 | INTRODUCTION TO OPERATING SYSTEMS AND NETWORKING TECHNOLOGY | 3 |
IT 11006 | INTRODUCTION TO WEB SITE TECHNOLOGY | 3 |
IT 11009 | COMPUTER ASSEMBLY AND CONFIGURATION | 3 |
IT 12000 | INTERMEDIATE OFFICE PRODUCTIVITY APPS | 3 |
IT 13000 | APPLIED SECURITY ESSENTIALS | 3 |
IT 15000 | FUNDAMENTALS OF PROGRAMMING FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY | 3 |
IT 21002 | NETWORK SETUP AND CONFIGURATION | 3 |
IT 21003 | SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONALS | 3 |
IT 21007 | CYBER ETHICS IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY | 3 |
IT 21009 | SEMINAR IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY | 3 |
IT 21010 | WORKGROUP PRODUCTIVITY SOFTWARE | 3 |
Additional Requirements (courses do not count in major GPA) | ||
UC 10001 | FLASHES 101 | 1 |
Kent Core Composition | 3 | |
Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning | 3 | |
Kent Core Humanities and Fine Arts | 3 | |
Kent Core Social Sciences | 3 | |
Kent Core Basic Sciences | 3 | |
Concentrations | ||
Choose from the following: | 9 | |
Minimum Total Credit Hours: | 61 |
Code | Title | Credit Hours |
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Concentration Requirements (courses count in major GPA) | ||
IT 20030 | VISUAL AND OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY | 3 |
IT 21006 | DATABASE PROGRAMMING | 3 |
IT 21036 | WEB SCRIPTING I | 3 |
Minimum Total Credit Hours: | 9 |
Code | Title | Credit Hours |
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Concentration Requirements (courses count in major GPA) | ||
Information Technology (IT) Electives | 9 | |
Minimum Total Credit Hours: | 9 |
Code | Title | Credit Hours |
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Concentration Requirements (courses count in major GPA) | ||
Information Technology (IT) Elective | 3 | |
Concentration Electives, choose from the following: | 6 | |
IT 21100 | LOCAL AREA NETWORK TROUBLESHOOTING | |
IT 21110 | NETWORK ROUTING AND SWITCHING | |
IT 21200 | ETHICAL HACKING | |
Minimum Total Credit Hours: | 9 |
Code | Title | Credit Hours |
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Concentration Requirements (courses count in major GPA) | ||
IT 21006 | DATABASE PROGRAMMING | 3 |
IT 21011 | TECHNIQUES OF MULTIMEDIA WEB DESIGN | 3 |
IT 21037 | WEB SCRIPTING | 3 |
Minimum Total Credit Hours: | 9 |
Minimum Major GPA | Minimum Overall GPA |
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2.000 | 2.000 |
This roadmap is a recommended semester-by-semester plan of study for this program. Students will work with their advisor to develop a sequence based on their academic goals and history. Courses designated as critical (!) must be completed in the semester listed to ensure a timely graduation.
Semester One | Credits | ||
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! | IT 11004 | SURVEY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY | 3 |
! | IT 11005 | INTRODUCTION TO OPERATING SYSTEMS AND NETWORKING TECHNOLOGY | 3 |
IT 11006 | INTRODUCTION TO WEB SITE TECHNOLOGY | 3 | |
IT 12000 | INTERMEDIATE OFFICE PRODUCTIVITY APPS | 3 | |
UC 10001 | FLASHES 101 | 1 | |
Kent Core Requirement | 3 | ||
Credit Hours | 16 | ||
Semester Two | |||
! | IT 11009 | COMPUTER ASSEMBLY AND CONFIGURATION | 3 |
IT 13000 | APPLIED SECURITY ESSENTIALS | 3 | |
IT 15000 | FUNDAMENTALS OF PROGRAMMING FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY | 3 | |
IT 21007 | CYBER ETHICS IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY | 3 | |
Kent Core Requirement | 3 | ||
Credit Hours | 15 | ||
Semester Three | |||
! | IT 21002 | NETWORK SETUP AND CONFIGURATION | 3 |
IT 21003 | SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONALS | 3 | |
! | IT 21010 | WORKGROUP PRODUCTIVITY SOFTWARE | 3 |
Concentration Requirement | 3 | ||
Kent Core Requirement | 3 | ||
Credit Hours | 15 | ||
Semester Four | |||
! | IT 21009 | SEMINAR IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY | 3 |
Concentration Requirements | 6 | ||
Kent Core Requirement | 3 | ||
Kent Core Requirement | 3 | ||
Credit Hours | 15 | ||
Minimum Total Credit Hours: | 61 |
Those who complete the Associate of Applied Business degree in Information Technology at Kent State University can benefit from specialized career opportunities in the associate of applied business in information technology industry.
* Source of occupation titles and labor data comes from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Outlook Handbook. Data comprises projected percent change in employment over the next 10 years; nation-wide employment numbers; and the yearly median wage at which half of the workers in the occupation earned more than that amount and half earned less.
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