Articulation Guidelines

Parkland Community College and

the School of Information Technology at

Illinois State University

Graduates of the School of Information Technology at Illinois State University complete a minimum of 120 hours of of study. Of the 120 hours, 66 hours may come from a community college, while the remaining 54 hours must come from a four year university. In addition, 42 hours of the 120 hours, must be upper division courses from a four year university. At ISU, upper division courses are courses numbered 200 and above. Please be aware that courses at the 200 level coming from Parkland cannot be included in the required 42 hours of upper division courses.

Articulation Summary Table

Parkland Courses	Illinois State University Courses
CIS 101- Introduction H/S (3) * CIS 111 – Information Tech Careers (1) Requires both classes	ITK 160 Foundations of Information Technology (3)
CIS 297 Job Seminar (1)	ITK191 Intro to ITK Professional Practice (1)
CSC 140 JAVA I (3)	ITK177 Problem Solving for Information Technology (4)
CSC 256 JAVA II (3)	ITK 178 – Computer Application Programming (3)
CIS 231 Systems Analysis and Design (3)	ITK 261 Systems Analysis and Design (3)
Accounting 101 Financial Accounting (4)	Accounting 131 Financial Accounting (3)
Accounting 102 Managerial Accounting (3)	Accounting 132 Managerial Accounting (3)
Math 141 Finite Math (4)	Math 120 Finite Math (4)
Math 200 Intro Discrete Math(3) * preq Math124	Math 160 Elementary Discrete Math (4)
ENG 220 Professional Technical Writing (3) * preq Eng102	ENG 249 Technical Writing (3)
SPE 200 Principles of Group Discussion (3)	COM 223 / Small Group Process (3)
BUS 204 Legal Environment of Business (3)	FIL 185 Legal Environment of Business (3)

Proposed Course Schedule:

The following table illustrates a four year plan of study with courses taken at Parkland Community College and Illinois State University for the degree shown below.

Information Systems Degree Analyst Sequence

First Semester semester hours 16 Parkland Community College	Second Semester semester hours 16 Parkland Community College
CIS 101 Introduction to Computers* (3)	CSC 256 Advanced Java with Networking (3)
CIS 111 Information Technology Careers Overview (1)	ENG 102 Composition II* (3)
CSC 140 Java Programming with Object Design (3)	ACC 101 Financial Accounting (4)
ENG 101 Composition I* (3)	SPE 101 Introductory Speech Communication* (3)
MAT 108 Statistics* (3)	IAI Humanities Class (3)
IAI Fine Arts class (3)

Third Semester semester hours 15 Parkland Community College	Fourth Semester Semester hours 16 Parkland Community College
ACC 102 Managerial Accounting (3)	CIS 231 System Analysis, Design, Administration (3)
SPE 200 Principles of Group Discussion (3)	MAT 128 or 141 Calculus I or Finite Math (4)
BUS 204 The Legal Environment of Business (3)	ENG 220 Professional Writing (3)
IAI Physical Science (3)	IAI Life Science
IAI Social Science (3)	IAI Humanities class (3)
* Must be completed with grade of "C" or better

Information Systems Analysts Sequence

Fifth Semester Semester hours 15 Illinois State University	Sixth Semester Semester hours 13 Illinois State University
ITK 254Hardware and Software Concepts (3)	ITK 372 External Data Structures (3)
ITK 272 COBOL 2nd Language (4)	ITK 375 Data Communications (3)
ITK 191 Introduction to the Internship (1)	MQM 220 Business Organization Management (3)
ECO 105 Principles of Economics (4)	MATH 160 Discrete Math (4)
IAI Social Science (3)

Summer term
Professional Practice (6) ITK 398.5

Seventh Semester Semester hours 12	Eighth Semester
ITK 378 Database	One of: ITK341,346,353,365,367,368 (3)
One of: ITK341,346,353,365,367,368 (3)	ITK363 Systems Development II (4)
Elective (3) see note (1)	Elective (3) see note (1)
Elective (3) see note (1)	Elective (3) see note (1)
(1) These electives may be needed to complete one or more of the following ISU requirements: a. Total of 120 hours required to graduate b. Minimum of 54 hours from a university c. Minimum of 42 upper division classes

Information Systems Degree - Web Development

The first four semesters for this degree are identical to the Information Systems Analyst Degree which is shown above

Fifth Semester Semester hours 15	Sixth Semester Semester hours 13
ITK 254 Computer Architecture for Info Technology (3)	ITK 378 Database Processing (3)
ITK 272 COBOL 2nd Language (4)	ITK 375 Data Communications (3)
ITK 191 Introduction to the Internship (1)	MQM 220 Business Org. & Management (3)
ECO 105 Principles of Economics (4)	MATH 160 Discrete Math (if not taken at PC) (4)
IAI Social Science (3)

Summer Term
Professional Practice (6) ITK 398.5

Seventh Semester Semester hours 12	Eighth Semester Semester hours 12
ITK 353 Web Development Technologies	One of: ITK341,346,353,365,367,368 (3)
Elective (3) see note (1)	ITK 377 Practical Tele Networking (3)
Elective (3) see note (1)	ITK 354 Advanced Web Technologies (3)
Elective (3) see note (1)	Elective (3) see note (1)
(1) These electives may be needed to complete one or more of the following ISU requirements: a. Total of 120 hours required to graduate b. Minimum of 54 hours from a university c. Minimum of 42 upper division classes