CIT is a technical field, and many people have achieved portions of what we offer in our curriculum through on-the-job experience. If you have experience in a particular area of IT (e.g., in networking or programming) or if you have received training in some other manner, you may also have received industry certification through Microsoft, Novell, Cisco, CompTIA, or some other vendor.

Recognizing this, ASU offers "Credit by Examination" to students who have passed certain IT certification exams.  The cost for this is $20 per credit hour for the course involved.  (For example, substituting the CompTIA Network+ exam, N10-003, for CIT 2523 would cost $60.) Taking advantage of this opportunity would both exempt you from taking certain required courses and provide you with college credit for what you have learned through experience.

The courses currently eligible for credit through certification, along with the corresponding certification exams, are indicated in the following table. To apply for credit for certifications you've earned, complete the "Request for Credit by Examination" form.  You will also need to provide us with proof of your having passed the appropriate exams.  Upon receipt of these items, we will complete an "Evaluation of Examination for Credit" form.  Credit will then be granted upon our submission of that form, along with the proper fees, to the Dean's Office in the College of Business.

To obtain further information, please check with Professors John Seydel (BU 313) and/or Russ Jones (BU 205B) of the Department of Computer & Information Technology.

Course/Certification Cross-Reference Table for Current Degree Plans
(2002-2007 Catalogs)

Course	Certification Exam
	Microsoft	CompTIA	Other
CIT 1503 Micro Applns	MOS1
CIT 2523 Teleco. Essentials		N10-003	Novell 050-686 Cisco 640-801
CIT 3033 Adv. Visual Basic	70-3064, 70-3104
CIT 3353 Website Devel.			CIW 1D0-510 and 1D0-435
CIT 3533 Micro Applns II	MOS2 Expert Level
CIT 3623 LAN Administration	70-290 or 70-646
CIT 3823 Comp. Forensics			EC-Council EC0-349
CIT 4103 Adv. LAN Adm.	70-294 or 70-296
CIT 4403 Database Adm.			Oracle 1Z0-0425
CIT 4413 Adv. Database Adm.			Oracle 1Z0-043
CIT 4533 Word Proc. II	MOS3 Expert Level
CIT 4623 Comp. Security		SY0-101	CISSP
CIT 4823 LAN Design	70-297
CIT 4853 IT Project Mgmt		PK0-002

Note that the above list will be updated from time to time as course content evolves.  The department thus reserves the right to make appropriate alterations without prior notification.  In addition, other exams may also be considered.  For example, early versions of the listed exams (within reason) will typically satisfy corresponding course requirement.  Alternative certifications (e.g., Novell's CLP for CIT 3623) will also be considered upon request.

Forms:

• Request for Credit by Examination
• Evaluation of Examination for Credit (internal use only)