The School of Information Technology, in the College of Applied Science and Technology at Illinois State University, employs the equivalent of 25 full-time faculty. The School emphasizes the application of computer and systems techniques to the solution of real world problems. Graduates typically accept positions as programmer/analysts, systems analysts, consultants, Web, telecommunications or network specialists.
The undergraduate B.S. program maintains a large student enrollment including approximately 550 majors and minors, and has three-degree programs: Information Systems, Computer Science, and Telecommunications Management. The Information Systems program is one of the first ABET/CAC accredited programs nationally, and the Computer Science program is also ABET/CAC accredited making our School the only one in the State of Illinois to have both accreditations. ITK has approximately 85 graduate students enrolled in an expanding Masters program.
School highlights include:
The ITK computing infrastructure includes: an extensive and expanding state-of-the-art network and high-speed PC workstations; a SUN workstation network; SGI Parallel Processing Server; several electronic classroom environments; and numerous major software packages including computer aided software engineering (CASE), client/server, object-oriented, web development tools, Oracle database, telecommunications simulation, and programming tools. The ITK LANs are connected through a fiber optic ATM backbone to the University's information technology resources, the Hitachi AS/EX 80 mainframe, the library, and external research networks.
ITK students have exclusive use of nine state-of-the-art microcomputer laboratories equipped with smart classroom technology. The mainframe runs MVS XA, with TSO/ISPF and DB2. Students and faculty are able to interoperate between the various workstation and mainframe environments in a configuration similar to large, diverse IS shops. Since the University is a recipient of a grant to join the Internet 2 consortium, the School of Information Technology is currently developing a lab environment to accommodate connectivity to the high-speed backbone of Internet 2 and to provide a platform for subsequent Internet 2 research.
School of Information Technology majors and minors have a special opportunity to live in an ITK Academic Lifestyle community. This community, located in Manchester Hall, offers ITK students an opportunity for faculty mentoring, academic support, career exploration, and integrated social experiences.
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