Virginia Community College System (VCCS) Transfer Guide
Information Technology, B.S.
This is a recommended program of study for students planning to obtain an Associate in Science Degree in Information Technology at Northern Virginia Community College and transfer to George Mason University for a Bachelor of Science Degree in Information Technology (Information Technology, B.S.) (http://ait.gmu.edu).
| Semesters | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transfer Course | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | GMU Equivalent |
| ENG 111 and 125 or 112 English Composition and Literature or elective | 3 | 3 | ENGL 101, English Literature or ENGL elective | ||
| ECO 201 or 202 Macro or Micro economics - or any social and behavorial science course | 3 | ECON 104 or 103 Macroeconomics and Microeconomics | |||
| HIS 111,112 History of World Civilization I,II | 3 | HIST 100 Western Civilization | |||
| SDV 100 College Success Skills | 1 | UNIV 100 University Transition | |||
| CST 110 Intro to Speech Comm | 3 | COMM 100 Oral Communication | |||
| BIO 101, 102 General Biology I,II or any sequential lab science | 4 | 4 | BIOL 103, 104 Intro Biology I,II | ||
| Humanities elective | 3 | Humanities-Fine Arts Elective | |||
| PED 116 and PED or RPK Elective | 1 | 1 | Does Not Apply to Degree | ||
| MTH 163 Precalculus I | 3 | MATH 105 Precalculus Mathematics | |||
| ITN 100 and ITE 221, Intro to Telecommunications and PC Hardware & OS Architecture | 3 | 3 | IT 101 and IT 212, Intro to Infor Tech and Computer Hardware Fundamentals | ||
| ITE 170 Multimedia Software | 3 | IT 213 Multimedia and Computer Graphics | |||
| ITP 100 Software Design | 3 | IT elective | |||
| ITP 120 JAVA Programming I | 4 | IT 108 Programming Fundamentals | |||
| ITD 256 Advanced Database Management | 3 | IT 214 Database Fundamentals | |||
| ITE 115 Intro to Computer Applications and Concepts | 3 | IT 103 Intro to Computing | |||
| MTH 271 Applied Calculus I | 3 | MATH 108 Intro Calculus with Business Application | |||
| 200 level literature if not taking ENG 125 | English literature requirement | ||||
| HIS 121 or 122, U S History I,II | 3 | U S History | |||
| SocialBehavioral Science elective | 3 | SocialBehavioral Science | |||
| Total Credits: | 15 | 15 | 17 | 16 | |
Notes
Students planning to transfer to Mason should take ITP 120. The science elective may be selected from biology, chemistry, physics, geology, or the natural science 100 series courses with a lab component, excluding NAS 161-162. Mason requires a two-semester sequence.
Total Minimum Credits for the Northern Virginia Community College A.S. Degree in Information Technology is 63.
Please Note: Not all NVCC Humanities/Fine Arts electives qualify as General Education Elective requirements (i.e. ENG 211-212, Creative Writing I&II and ART 121-122, Drawing I&II) for NVCC.
For further information, see: http://ait.gmu.edu/.
While other VCCS courses may also qualify for some of the categories above, we have included those that are most often available. We strongly recommend that you work closely with your VCCS Counselor or Faculty Advisor to assure the most appropriate choices for your major.