The Computer Technology Applications Certificate (CTAC) is ideal for degree-seeking university students wishing to combine their intellectual capabilities with IT skills in preparation for serving in a knowledge-based economy. CTAC also will serve returning students seeking a standalone certificate to complement their professional endeavors.
Information Technology (IT) permeates today's information age, knowledge-based economy, and all industries and occupations. Knowing how to fully integrate and take advantage of industry application programs is essential for present and future employees. One course in computer applications at the high school or college level does not prepare students to develop interactive applications and exploit the software to its fullest extent.
Certificate holders will develop the background to create professional, effective communications for use in a knowledge-based economy using industry-standard software application programs.
With a CTAC Certificate, you will:
CTAC Courses
CTAC is a six-course, 18 credit hour sequence of classes designed to give you a strong background in computer applications equipping you to be successful in your professional and educational endeavors while giving you skills to transition to the technology of the future. Combine CTAC with a current IUPUI degree or return to school to become more IT savvy. In the required courses, you will use software applications rather than programming to build web sites, develop software training modules, create other interactive IT products, and complete a service learning project. Electives allow you to explore personal use topics such as IT for the consumer, home networking, and protecting yourself in cyberspace or professional topics such as ethics, IT fundamentals, and HTML.
Computer Technology Applications Plan of Study
Course # |
Title |
| Required | |
| CIT 10600 | Using a Personal Computer |
| CIT 20600 | Advanced Computer Applications |
| CIT 30600 | Computer Technology Applications Capstone |
| Electives - Choose 3 | |
| CIT 11200 | Information Technology Fundamentals |
| CIT 21200 | Web Site Design |
| CIT 30100 | Digital Technologies for the Consumer |
| CIT 34600 | Desktop Publishing |
| CIT 41000 | Information Technology Ethics and Leadership |
"Information technology is already critical to collecting and analyzing all types of information, performing many kinds of work, and communicating ideas in almost every filed of endeavor. The value to society is not just utilitarian, however. Information-literate citizens are essential to marinating a free and open society."
- Todd D. Kelly, Assoc. Provost, St. Mary's College,
Quoted in Educause
For more information:
Contact Joy Starks, CTAC program director at jstarks@iupui.edu or 317-274-9703.
