IT at Kent State University

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 IT coursework.

• IT 13000Applied Security Essentialsopens 16 courses (3 directly)
• ENGR 23010Computer Hardwareopens 13 courses (4.1 directly)
• IT 20030Visual and Object-oriented Programming in Information Technologyopens 3 courses (3 directly)
• IT 11009Computer Assembly and Configurationopens 3 courses (2.5 directly)
• IT 21006Database Programmingopens 2 courses (1.3 directly)
• IT 21003System Administration for Information Technology Professionalsopens 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 IT 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 52 IT and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 21 more IT courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on IT, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

Tracks

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

The longest ladders

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

• 5 courses deep, ending at IT 46331

  1. IT 11005Introduction to Operating Systems and Networking Technology
  2. IT 13000Applied Security Essentials
  3. ENGR 23010Computer Hardware
  4. IT 36330Network Security Fundamentals
  5. IT 46331Network Security and Firewalls

• 3 courses deep, ending at IT 21009

  1. CS 33211Operating Systems
  2. IT 11009Computer Assembly and Configuration
  3. IT 21009Seminar in Information Technology

• 3 courses deep, ending at IT 36304

  1. IT 15000Fundamentals of Programming for Information Technology
  2. IT 20030Visual and Object-oriented Programming in Information Technology
  3. IT 36304C++ Programming

• 3 courses deep, ending at IT 46302

  1. IT 11005Introduction to Operating Systems and Networking Technology
  2. IT 21003System Administration for Information Technology Professionals
  3. IT 46302It Server and Network Technologies

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for IT yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under IT yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

IT does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Kent State campus feed.