Business & Computer Technologies
Articulation Agreement: Information Assurance and Security
Associate of Science in Information Technology Support (783.2) at Community College of Allegheny County with
Bachelor of Science in Information Assurance and Security (BIS)
Requirements
- CCAC applicants must have a final cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher
- Of the final 60 credits required by the bachelor-degree curriculum, 36 must be completed at Penn College
Course Evaluation Plan and Recommendations
- BIS General Education requirements completed as part of the Community College of Allegheny County degree will be evaluated on a course by course basis. Pennsylvania College of Technology participates in PA TRAC. CCAC students should use PA TRAC to verify that CCAC courses will transfer to Penn College as General Education electives.
- In order to maximize course transfer and expedite progression to graduation, students should take the following courses:
- MAT 201 – Calculus I as a mathematics elective
- CIT 130 – Object-Oriented Programming: Java, not CIT 161
- Complete the following courses as general electives at CCAC
- CIT 125 – Web Development
- Three (3) credits of either humanities, social science, art, foreign language, or applied art that transfers to Penn College
- If necessary, either MAT 111, MAT 142, or MAT 147 as prerequisites to MAT 201
- Complete CIT 220 – Unix/Linux Operating System as one of the restricted electives
- Complete either ACC 104 – Financial Accounting or BUS 103 – Principles of Management as an accounting or business elective
Course Transfer Equivalencies
| CCAC | Penn College3 |
|---|---|
| CIT 115 | Networking Competency – 1st semester |
| CIT 120 | Networking Competency – 2nd semester |
| CIT 111 | Programming Competency – 1st semester |
| CIT 1301 | Programming Competency – 2nd semester |
| Restricted Elective (Recommend CIT 220) | Unix/Linux Competency |
| CIT 230 | Database Competency |
| General Elective (Recommend CIT 125) | Web Technologies Competency |
| Restricted IT Elective | IT/Business Elective |
| Restricted IT Elective5 | Computer literacy |
| Math Elective (MAT 201)2 | MTH 240 |
| ACC or BUS Elective (Recommend ACC104 or BUS 103)4 | ACC 113 / MGT 115 |
| ENG 101 | ENL 111 |
| ENG 102 | ENL 121 or ENL 201 |
| Fitness/Lifetime sports Elective (2 credit) | |
| General Elective | Humanities/Social Science/Art/Foreign Language/Applied Art/International Field Experience Elective (3 credit) |
| Humanities/Social Science/Art/Foreign Language/Applied Art/International Field Experience Elective (3 credit) | |
| Science Elective | Science Elective |
| SPH101 | Liberal Arts Elective (CMM 200) |
| Restricted IT Elective | Open Elective |
| General Elective or MAT 111, MAT 142, or MAT 147 (as required) | Open Elective |
| Speech Elective | |
| Science with Lab Elective | |
| Humanities Elective | |
| Social Science Elective | Social Science Elective |
| Art Elective | |
| CIT 230 | |
| CIT 215 | CIT 246 |
| MTH 160 |
1 Do not take CCAC course CIT 161
2 Must be completed prior to first semester at Penn College.
3 Of the final 60 credits required by the bachelor-degree curriculum, 36 must be completed at Pennsylvania College of Technology.
4 ACC 104 transfers as Penn College ACC113; BUS 103 transfers as Penn College MGT 115
5 With degree conferred, any computing course will count as computing literacy
Articulation Agreement implemented: March 12, 2010
