College of Technology
Computer & Information Technology
Purdue University

 Linda Young, CIT Head Academic Advisor (Last Names: A-K)
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Room 207, Knoy Hall
 lyoung@purdue.edu
 Angie Murphy, Academic Advisor (Last Names: L-Z)
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Room 209, Knoy Hall
 armurphy@purdue.edu
 IMPORTANT: You will receive emails from CIT Announcements that will notify you of important
CIT Registration Meetings and CIT Events. If you are not receiving these messages, please send email to your academic advisor and you will be added to the mailing list. These emails will be sent to your @purdue.edu email address. Students have reported not receiving these announcements if their Purdue email is forwarded to another account (Yahoo, Gmail, etc.) so please check your Purdue email account.
 Walk-in office hours for Linda and Angie are posted on the CIT website:
 https://tech.purdue.edu/degrees/computer-and-information-technology/advising
Introductions

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COMPUTER and INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (CIT)focuses on computing infrastructure and the needs of individual users. Students will gain skills that can help solve problems in a variety of industries, such as business, manufacturing, law enforcement or healthcare.
COMPUTER SCIENCE (CS)prepares students for the design and development of large-scale software systems with an understanding of the theoretical principles underlying computing.
COMPUTER GRAPHICS TECHNOLOGY (CGT)teaches using the computer for creating and managing the production of computer graphics within a wide range of industries.
ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING (ECE)students learn both the theoretical principles and practical techniques of how to design and build hardware and software systems.
ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY (ECET)-COMPUTER
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY (CpET)focus on the analysis, performance evaluation, development, and implementation of computer systems into real world applications.
COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY (MfET)teaches how computers are used throughout the manufacturing process.

Right Side
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Helpful Contacts Sheet
Plans of Study
Course Variations for
Concentrations
Form 231- for placement exams
Pre-requisite List
Advanced Placement Credit
List
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Computer Recommendations
CIT Policies & Guidelines
CIT Information Sheet
CIT Transfer Credit Approval
Form for taking classes elsewhere
Fall 2014 Schedule Revision
DROP/ADD DEADLINES
Sheet

Average Starting
Salaries
2008-2009: $59,485
2009-2010: $58,832
2010-2011: $55,511
2011-2012: $57,042
2012-2013: $59,890
Job Placement Rates
Graduates with jobs or in graduate school within 6 months = 90%
Percentage Employed in Indiana= 38%
Total Number of 2012-2013 Graduates= 88
A partial listing of companies who hire CIT students:
Allstate Insurance Ford
Boston Scientific Interactive Intelligence
Cisco Systems
Crowe Horwath
Microsoft
Target
E*Trade USAA
ExxonMobil West Monroe Partners

Company/Position Sector Products
Interactive Intelligence
Support Engineer
Information Technology Call center software
Business process automation
Cerner Corporation
Software Engineer/Developer
Healthcare
Bank of America
Technical Project Analyst
ExxonMobil
Systems Analyst
John Deere
Financial
Energy
Agriculture
Create computerized medical devices, health care systems
Provide remote hosting, cloud based services
Banking systems
Breakthrough technologies have helped keep pace with rising global energy demand by making more energy supplies available, while also reducing the environmental footprint of energy development
Agricultural and construction equipment

CIT Job placement listserv, send an email to: citjobs-request@lists.purdue.edu
with the message body stating "subscribe" only.
You may also subscribe by going to the following webpage: https://lists.purdue.edu/mailman/listinfo/citjobs.
Student Employment (Federal Work Study and Student Employment Opportunities) http://www.purdue.edu/dfa/studentjobs.php
Purdue Center for Career Opportunities: https://www.cco.purdue.edu
AITP Career Fair College of Technology Career Fair
Thursday, September 11, 2014
Recreational Sports Complex
February 2014 (TBA)
Purdue Memorial Union
Association for Information Technology Professionals (AITP) http://net1.tech.purdue.edu/CRHome.aspx
Women in Technology http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~wit/
Cyber Forensics Club https://www.boilerlink.purdue.edu/organization/pcf
Association for Computing Machinery-Women (ACM-W) Purdue Chapter https://boilerlink.purdue.edu/organization/acm-w

The College Board Advanced Placement (AP) Program allows students to establish college credit from results of tests taken at the completion of any high school AP course. The table in your packet provides information about
Purdue Accepted AP credit and required scores along with how the credits will apply to your CIT degree. Scores may not arrive until July.
 If you have taken college courses in Indiana while in high school or at another University, you may receive direct transfer credit if the courses were taken for dual credit (high school and college). Credit Evaluation will send you a letter to determine if the credit can be used for college credit.
 If you would like to earn credit at another university, you must complete the
CIT Transfer Credit Approval Form.

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Go to lab in HAMP 3144
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Register promptly from 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Once in lab, YOU MAY NOT USE YOUR CELL PHONE
(You will be moved to the back of the line.)
After today, you will not be allowed to go back in and change your schedule until July 14 th beginning at noon until July 16 th at 11:59 pm and July 21 st until September 1 st .
You MUST have a complete full schedule before leaving the lab
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Linda and Angie will be in the lab to assist you with registration. Check with your advisor before you leave to make sure everything is correct. We will check you out.

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You need your PIN # to register. It is located in the bottom left corner of your Form 23A.
Put this pin in your phone right now please.
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Please DO NOT lose your PIN #! After you have logged in once, if you need to locate it again you can find it in myPurdue yourself!
How to locate PIN #:
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Login to myPurdue
Click on Academic Tab (next to financial)
Under Quick Links on the left, click on Registration PIN (Under
Registration Tools)
Select Fall 2014 (DO NOT select STAR/BGR: New Admits Fall
2014) and press submit
You will receive a NEW PIN # for each semester, which is why it is IMPORTANT to attend a Registration Meeting in October!

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CIT Learning Community:
The course CNIT 18000 has already been placed on your course schedule and you are registered for the class.
You may NOT change this Learning Community course time or drop the LC class without withdrawing from the Learning Community.
 Honor Students
Attend Honors College Lunch Session to enroll in
HONR 19901 and corresponding recitation.
 Horizons Students must enroll in GS 19900 first semester of freshman year and pass.
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You will go to PMU 219 when you are at the resource fair. Phone: 765-
494-7094
 You will be provided with an override to add these courses to your schedule.
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Purdue Promise students should enroll in GS 19700
These students must also visit the Purdue Promise Coordinator in PMU 217.

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Ex: If a student has tested into SPAN 10200, they may not receive the credit for 10100 until 10200 is taken and completed.
 A student is only allowed to test out of 12 credits maximum .
 Form 231 is in your folder, take this to the test out http://www.cla.purdue.edu/academic/fll/main/news/Language_Placement_Testing.html

Foreign Language (French, German, Japanese, Latin, Russian, Spanish, and Spanish for Heritage Speakers)
-Offered 10am-3pm (No Japanese or Russian tests may be started after 2pm; No tests may be started after 2:30pm)
-Stanley Coulter Hall Room 231
-Be sure to take your Form 231 found in your folder
Foreign Language (French, German, Japanese, Latin, Russian, Spanish, and Spanish for Heritage Speakers) AFTER STAR
Offered on August 20-22 nd and 25 th . Look for more information online closer to these dates.
Italian Placement Test
Thursday August 21st from 9 – 11 a.m. in TBA in Stanley Coulter

Course Formally
Know as:
Description
MA 15300
MA 15400
MA 15800
Algebra and Trigonometry I
Algebra and Trigonometry II
Precalculus
MA 16100
MA 16500
MA 16010 = MA 22100
MA 22300
MA 23100
Plane Analytic Geometry and
Calculus I
Applied Calculus I
Required ALEKS Percentage for Fall 2014 Placement
45%
MA 15300 credit required*
60%
85%
75%
*A student desiring MA 15400 without having MA 15300 credit, but with a score near 60%, should consider taking the MA 15300 credit exam

Math 16010 and 16020
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Sign up is electronic
In Schleman Hall, Room B-42 (SCHL on the campus map).
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May take this test only one time
One Line display calculator ONLY
Test will be 2 hours long, and you will not receive results today.
 If you would like to study for the Math test please see: http://www.math.purdue.edu/academic/files/undergrad/sampleTests/223StudyGuide.pdf
http://www.math.purdue.edu/academic/files/undergrad/sampleTests/224StudyGuide.pdf
http://www.math.purdue.edu/academic/files/undergrad/sampleTests/165166StudyGuide.pdf
The study guides for MA 22300 & MA 16500 are generally applicable to MA 16010 and as are
MA 22400 & MA 16600 for MA 16020. Taking the test earlier may enable you to be in the correct math class on the first day of class!

 B.S. in Computer and Information
Technology
 Option for concentration in Network
Engineering Technology (NET)
 Option for concentration in Systems Analysis and Design (SA&D)
 Course options will be continually updated and concentrations defined.

African American Studies
Aircraft Avionics Technology
Aircraft Engine Technology
Aircraft Turbine Engine Technology
Aviation Management
Child Development & Family Studies
Communication
Composite Materials Technology
Computer Science
Creative Writing
Economics
Fisheries and Aquatic Science
Foods and Nutrition
Forensic Sciences
French
Political Science
Global Studies
History
Industrial Engineering
Japanese
Management-
Must take MGMT 20000 & ECON 25100
Manufacturing Graphics
Math
Metallic Materials Technology
Military Science and Leadership
Music Theory
Naval Science
Organizational Leadership
Plant Biology
Plant Pathology
Radiological Health
Sociology/Anthropology
Psychology
Furniture Design
Spanish
Theater http://www.purdue.edu/advisors/courses_majors/minors.html

First Semester
CNIT 18000 (Intro. To Systems Dev)
ENGL10600 (Composition I) or ENGL
10800 (Accelerated Composition)
IT 10400 (Industrial Organization)
MA 16010 (Applied Calculus I) (ALEKS score 75%)
TECH 12000 (Design Thinking In
Technology)
Second Semester
CNIT 15501 (Intro to Software
Development Concepts)
CNIT 17600 (Info. Tech & Arch)
COM 11400 (Fund. of Speech
Communications)
MA 16020 (Applied Calculus II)
OLS 25200 (Human Relations in
Organizations)
Complete Plan of Study & Pre-requisite path information is available at: http://www.tech.purdue.edu/cit/academics/undergraduate/curricula/index.cfm
CIT Prerequisite List
CIT No Credit Course List

 English 10600 English Composition I
 English 10600-Ixx is designed for International students who speak English as a second language
 English 10800 Advanced Freshman Composition
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ACT English and SAT-Verbal
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Up to 30 and SAT < 670
30 and above and SAT 670 and above
ENGL 10600
ENGL 10800
* There is NO test out option for Engl 106 or 108!

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GAIN an in-depth view of the emerging role of women in technology.
MEET female professionals in a variety of technology disciplines.
HEAR the personal stories of the ways women balance their professional and personal lives.
LEARN the academic and interpersonal skills and strategies you need to succeed in a technology career.
NETWORK with professional women.
IMPROVE writing, communication, and research skills
FIND encouragement and support from other first year women technology students
TONI MUNGUIA , Director
Technology Diversity Program
Phone: 765.494-7522 email: amunguia@purdue.edu

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Promote awareness and use of Purdue’s academic support systems.
 Promote awareness and use of non ‐ academic support services.
 Learn skills and strategies needed to succeed as a student in the College of Technology.
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Provide interaction with existing Technology students and alumni who can share how they have coped with the academic and non ‐ academic realities at Purdue
University and to develop a support network.
Toni Munguia , Director
Technology Diversity Program
Phone: (765) 494 ‐ 7522
Email: amunguia@purdue.edu
 Provide positive reinforcement and assistance to build each students’ self ‐ confidence and achievement potential here at Purdue University.
Meets Thursday 12:30-1:20 p.m./ General Studies Tech 10000 CRN: 29316

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Textbook
GO TO CLASS!
GO TO CLASS!
 Ask Questions
GO TO CLASS!
 Time Management
 Get to know your Professors
 Do Not Get Behind!

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Register for classes in HAMP 3144
Claim your ID at check-in (if photo uploaded) or have photo taken and claim later during Resource Fair.
Take advanced credit foreign language test
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If taking placement exam make sure you take your Form 231, you will need one for each exam
Make sure we have your photo sign off and your photo taken for our files
Return the white portion Form 23A and CIT Academic Policies and
Guidelines for Admitted Students with your signature to me or Angie and you can keep the yellow portion for registration in the lab.
Classes begin August 25 at 7:30 a.m.!
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Advanced Credit
Foreign Language Test
Registration
CIT
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