CIT at College of DuPage

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate CIT coursework.

• CIT 1122Routing and Switching Essentialsopens 20 courses (7.7 directly)
• CIT 1123Scaling Networks, Security, & Automationopens 6 courses (3 directly)
• CIT 1640Network Security Fundamentalsopens 4 courses (3 directly)
• CIT 2241Enterprise Network Core Technologiesopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• CIT 1124Connecting Networksopens 2 courses (1 directly)
• CIT 2243Enterprise Advanced Switching - SWITCHopens 1 course (1 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate CIT work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 39 CIT and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 9 more CIT courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in CIT. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 6 courses deep, ending at CIT 2244

  1. CIT 1121Introduction to Networks
  2. CIT 1122Routing and Switching Essentials
  3. CIT 1123Scaling Networks, Security, & Automation
  4. CIT 1124Connecting Networks
  5. CIT 2243Enterprise Advanced Switching - SWITCH
  6. CIT 2244Enterprise Advanced Troubleshooting - TSHOOT

• 5 courses deep, ending at CIT 2242

  1. CIT 1121Introduction to Networks
  2. CIT 1122Routing and Switching Essentials
  3. CIT 1123Scaling Networks, Security, & Automation

• 5 courses deep, ending at CIT 2632

  1. CIT 1121Introduction to Networks
  2. CIT 1122Routing and Switching Essentials
  3. CIT 1640Network Security Fundamentals

• 4 courses deep, ending at CIT 2455

  1. CIT 1121Introduction to Networks
  2. CIT 1122Routing and Switching Essentials
  3. CIS 1450Intro to Linux/Unix Operating Systems

Grade medians

Professors

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Clubs & organizations

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