Illinois Institute of Technology
Office of Educational Services
Transfer Guideline
(312) 567-3300

For students attending: Prairie State College
Who plan to major in: Computer Science or
                                    Concentration in Computer Information Systems


THIS GUIDELINE IS VALID FOR THE 2004 - 2007 ACADEMIC BULLETIN AND IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE

  1. GENERAL EDUCATION PROGRAM - Please consult the General Education section of the current IIT Bulletin for complete requirements.

    1. Basic Writing Proficiency - Students must show basic writing proficiency by receiving a satisfactory score on the Writing Proficiency Examination or by passing an English Composition course.

    2. Humanities - Choose one course from the following: ENG 211, 212, 215, 221, 231, 232, 240, 241, 242, 261, 262, 271; HIST 111, 112, 151, 152, 201, 202; HUMAN 101, 201; or PHILO 201, 202, 204, 205.

    3. Social Sciences - Choose one course from the following: ANTHR 215, 222; ECON 201, 202, 289; GEOG 101, 102; POLSC 101, 140, 152, 230, 240; PSYCH 101, 102, 106, 202, 203, 204, 212, 215, 217; SOCSC 101; or SOCIO 101, 111, 210, 212, 215, 220.

    4. Choose one course from section B or section C or from the following: ART 121, 122, 124, 126, 129, 131; ENG 220; HIST 115, 116, 140, 230; HUMAN 102, 202; MUSIC 130, 131, 132, 172; or THTRE 101, 104.

    5. Science Electives for Computer Science majors - A minimum of fourteen (14) credit hours is required to fulfill this requirement. At least one natural science or engineering elective must be in a field other than physics. A CS major should complete PHYSI 210 and PHY 220 and two additional courses chosen from the following to total 14 credit hours: ASTRO 101, 200; BIOL 100, 103, 105, 106, 108, 111, 112, 150, 201, 211, 220, 221, 222; CHEM 104, 105, 110, 130, 205; or PHYS 230.

  2. EQUIVALENCIES - Following is a list of courses that will transfer into the Computer Science or Concentration in Computer Information Systems programs at IIT and their direct equivalents at Prairie State College:
PRAIRIE STATE TITLE IIT EQUIVALENT
MATH 171 Calculus with Analytic Geometry I MATH 151
MATH 172 Calculus with Analytic Geometry II MATH 152
MATH 173 Calculus with Analytic Geomtry III MATH 251 (see note 1)
MATH 216 Differential Equations MATH 252 (see note 1)
PHYSI 210 University Physics I PHYS 123
PHYSI 210 and 220 University Physics I and II PHYS 123 and 221 (see note 1)
CHEM 110 General Chemistry I CHEM 124 (see note 2)
BIOL 111 or Cellular and Molecular Biology BIOL 107 (see note 2)
BIOL 112 or Organismal Biology BIOL 107 (see note 2)
BIOL 221 Human Anatomy and Physiology BIOL 115 and 117
ITPRG 144 and 244 or Introduction to C++ Programming and Advanced C++ Programming CS 115 and 116
ITPRG 147 Introduction to JAVA Programming CS 115 and 116
MATH 210 Discrete Mathematics CS 330
POLSC 140 Introduction to U.S. Government and Politics PS 200 (see note 2)
PSYCH 101 Introduction to Psychology PSYC 221 (see note 2)

Note 1. Required for the Computer Science program.
Note 2. Required for the Computer Information Systems program.