About the School

The School of Information Technology provides premier undergraduate and distinguished graduate programs for the education of computing and telecommunications professionals.

We offer three undergraduate bachelor's degree programs, two undergraduate minor programs, a master's program in Information Systems, and a graduate certificate program offering five graduate certificates.

Both the Information Systems program and Computer Science program are accredited by the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET. Why choose an accredited program?

Information Technology News

Illinois State / NSF Workshop on SOA/Web services
Drs. Billy Lim and Bryan Hosack conducted an NSF-sponsored workshop on May 15-16, 2013 to teach the participants an...

MAD Contest 2013 Winners Announced!!
The presentations have been done, the judges have deliberated and the MAD Contest 2013 winners have been chosen. Wi...

Dr. Douglas Twitchell receives Impact Award
Douglas P. Twitchell, Ph.D., Associate Professor, School of Information Technology has been chosen as an Impact Awa...

Central Illinois companies battling shortage of technology employees (from Pantagraph)
The Pantagraph reports that Central Illinois companies are having difficulty finding enough qualified candidates to...

Future is bright for 2013 IT grads!
Employers expect to hire 13 percent more new college graduates from the Class of 2013 than they did from the Class ...

MAD Contest Finalists Announced
Congratulations to contestants selected to advance to the final round of the MAD Contest, sponsored by State Farm. ...

IT Students Advance to Finals of ITERA National Student Case Competition
The team of Jennifer Anderson, Steffan Burkitt, Alex Lessen and Wojciech Wencel, School of Information Technology s...

Study Abroad for Junior/Senior Level Students
Junior or Senior level students majoring in Computer Science, Information Systems or Network & Telecommunicatio...