Business & Computer Technologies
Articulation Agreement: Information Assurance and Security
Associate of Science in Software Development (780.2) 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 (http://www.patrac.org). 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 125 – Web Development
- BUS 103 – Principles of Management as the accounting or business elective
- Complete the following courses as General Electives
- CIT 220 – Linux/Unix Operating System
- ACC 104 – Financial Accounting
- If necessary, either MAT 111, MAT 142, or MAT 147 as prerequisites to MAT 201
Course Transfer Equivalencies
| CCAC | Penn College3 |
|---|---|
| Restricted Elective (Recommend CIT 115) | Networking Competency – 1st semester |
| General Elective (Recommend CIT 120) | Networking Competency – 2nd semester |
| CIT 111 | Programming Competency – 1st semester |
| Restricted Elective (Recommend CIT 130) | Programming Competency – 2nd semester |
| General Elective (Recommend CIT 220) | Unix/Linux Competency |
| Restricted Elective (Recommend CIT 230) | Database Competency |
| Restricted Elective (Recommend CIT 125) | Web Technologies Competency |
| General Elective (Recommend IT Elective) | IT/Business Elective |
| General Elective (Recommend CIS 100 or CIT 100) | Computer literacy |
| Math Elective (MAT 201)2 | MTH 240 |
| ACC 113 | |
| MGT 115 | |
| ENG 101 | ENL 111 |
| ENG 102 | ENL 121 or ENL 201 |
| Fitness/Lifetime sports Elective (2 credit) | |
| General Elective (or take ACC104 or BUS 103)1 | 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) |
| Mathematics Elective, if needed: MAT 111 (or other transfer class) | Open Elective |
| Mathematics Elective, if needed: MAT 147 (or other transfer class) | Open Elective |
| Speech Elective | |
| Science Elective (take with a lab)4 | Science with Lab |
| Science with Lab Elective | |
| Humanities Elective | Humanities Elective |
| Social Science Elective | Social Science Elective |
| Art Elective | |
| CIT 230 | |
| CIT 246 | |
| MTH 160 |
1 Students can select either ACC 104 (transfers as Penn College ACC113), BUS 103 (transfers as Penn College MGT 115) or a general education course that would transfer as Penn College humanities, social science, art, foreign language or applied art course.
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 Penn College requires two science classes, one of which must include a lab component. Penn College recommends that the second science include a lab component.
Articulation Agreement implemented: March 12, 2010
