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IT Systems Assistant

ASSOCIATE IN APPLIED SCIENCE

Advanced Technology Division

This two-year program leads to the AAS Degree in IT Systems Assistant. The program is designed to provide students with the background in technical skills and general studies necessary for a career as an IT Systems Assistant. Graduates will be prepared to provide technical assistance and training to microcomputer system users in business, government and education. The program lets individuals already employed upgrade job skills and improve advancement potential. The program is articulated with Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Information Systems Technology and may capstone into other programs.

Total Hours: 65

First Semester		Credit Hours
CNS 1210	Network Fundamentals	5.00
CNS 1224	Operating Systems	4.00
CSCI 1101	Introduction to Computers (Reccomended Summer Term)	3.00
ENGL 1101	Rhetoric and Composition I (Recommended Summer Term)¹	3.00
OFTC 1203	Bldg. Keyboarding Speed & Accuracy	1.00
		16

Second Semester
BUSI 2107	Business Communications	3.00
CNS 1213	Computer Maintenance I	3.00
CSCI 1243	Beginning Microsoft Word	3.00
MATH 1107	Contemporary College Mathematics¹	3.00
PHIL 2101	Logic	3.00
PSYC 2101	Introduction to Psychology	3.00
		18

Third Semester
ACCO 1101	Principles of Financial Accounting	3.00
CSCI 1104	Introduction to Programming	4.00
CSCI 1263	Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet	3.00
CSCI 2243	Intermediate Microsoft Word	3.00
ECON 2101	Principles of Economics I	3.00
		16

Fourth Semester
CSCI 1255	Microsoft Access Database	3.00
CSCI 1275	Microsoft PowerPoint	3.00
CSCI 2209	Systems Analysis and Design	3.00
CSCI 2245	Integrating Microsoft Applications	3.00
SPCH 1101	Principles of Effective Speaking	3.00
		15

¹Prerequisite course(s) may be required based on results of COMPASS, ASSET, ACT or SAT scores. NOTE: Students must be able to type 25 words per minute. NOTE: Any student who has not previously met state requirements concerning the Illinois and Federal Constitution must take either HIST 2101, POLI 1101 or POLI 2101 as an elective