2024-2025 Catalog

Associate in Arts in Information Technology

The Associate in Arts in Information Technology program is designed to prepare students for the technologies required to support organizational processes. This program allows students to explore state-of-the-art information technology systems and concepts in order to gain a broader awareness of the competencies and skills required to support such systems.

Disclaimers

Graduates of this program may apply all the credits earned toward a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology.

Also available are a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology, Master of Science in Information Systems and a Master of Science in Cybersecurity.

This program is not available at Arkansas, New Jersey, North Carolina or Pennsylvania campuses and is available in an online-only format to Arkansas, New Jersey, North Carolina and Pennsylvania students.

Credits earned from Strayer University do not automatically qualify the holder to participate in professional licensing examinations to practice certain information systems professions. General information about information systems licensure options is available from vendor-specific websites such as Microsoft, Cisco, Project Management Institute, CompTIA or EC-Council.

The university recognizes that the IT industry uses IT certifications as a means of vetting potential IT professionals in the fields of computer networks, database management, network security, technical support and more. Therefore, a number of carefully chosen courses have embedded IT certification training along with academic rigor in order to prepare students for certification. Review the undergraduate-level CIS course descriptions in the course descriptions section of this catalog to determine which courses in this program have certification training availability and the requirements associated with each course. General information about information systems certifications is available from vendor-specific websites such as Microsoft, Cisco, Project Management Institute, CompTIA or EC-Council.

Requirements

Major

BUS 100Introduction to Business

CIS 106Introduction to Information Technology

CIS 109Introduction to Management Information Systems

CIS 110Computer Programming Design

CIS 111Introduction to Relational Database Management Systems

OR

CIS 112Introduction to Cloud Computing

CIS 175Introduction to Networking

CIS 312Computer Architecture

Total Credit Hours:31.5

General Education Core

CIS 101Navigating a Digital World

COM 100Communication at Work

COM 200Communication: The Key to Working Together

ECO 110Taking Charge of Your Economic Future 

ENG 116Discover the Writer in You

ENG 201The Power of Persuasion 

HIS 110U.S. History: Learn from the Past, Prepare for the Future

HUM 201Exploring Cultures: Adapting in a Global World

MAT 110Using Math to Inform Your World

PSY 101Smarter Decisions through Psychology

SCI 201Unlocking the Secrets of Science and Innovation 

SOC 101The Story of Us: Embracing Diversity and Collaboration 

WRK 100Preparing for the Future of Work

Total Credit Hours:58.5

All courses are 4.5 quarter credit hours.

Total Credit Hours: 90.0