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Undergraduate Bulletin - Illinois Institute of Technology

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IIT Pr<strong>of</strong>ile<br />

Accreditation<br />

IIT is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission <strong>of</strong><br />

the North Central Association <strong>of</strong> Colleges and Schools.<br />

Commission URL:<br />

www.ncahlc.org<br />

Commission Telephone: 312.263.0456<br />

Specific pr<strong>of</strong>essional curricula are accredited by the Engineering<br />

Accreditation Commission and the Computing<br />

Accreditation Commission <strong>of</strong> the Accreditation Board for<br />

Engineering and <strong>Technology</strong>, American Psychological Association,<br />

Council on Rehabilitation Education, American<br />

Bar Association, Association <strong>of</strong> American Law Schools,<br />

The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools <strong>of</strong> Business,<br />

and National Architectural Accrediting Board.<br />

IIT History and Campuses<br />

IIT’s traditions span more than a century <strong>of</strong> innovation and<br />

educational leadership. IIT came into being in 1940 with<br />

the merger <strong>of</strong> Armour <strong>Institute</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Technology</strong> (founded in<br />

1892) and Lewis <strong>Institute</strong> (founded in 1896).<br />

Today, the University has several campuses and <strong>of</strong>fers<br />

degree programs through the College <strong>of</strong> Architecture, Armour<br />

College <strong>of</strong> Engineering, Chicago-Kent College <strong>of</strong> Law,<br />

<strong>Institute</strong> <strong>of</strong> Design, School <strong>of</strong> Applied <strong>Technology</strong>, College<br />

<strong>of</strong> Psychology, College <strong>of</strong> Science and Letters, and Stuart<br />

School <strong>of</strong> Business.<br />

The 120-acre Main Campus is located three miles south <strong>of</strong><br />

the central business district in Chicago, and is internationally<br />

known for its architecture. The Master Plan <strong>of</strong> the<br />

campus and many <strong>of</strong> its 50 buildings were developed by<br />

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, one <strong>of</strong> the 20th century’s most<br />

influential architects.<br />

IIT’s Downtown Campus, at 565 W. Adams St., in the<br />

West Loop business district, houses the Chicago-Kent College<br />

<strong>of</strong> Law and the Stuart School <strong>of</strong> Business. A shuttle<br />

bus provides transportation between the Main and Downtown<br />

campuses.<br />

The <strong>Institute</strong> <strong>of</strong> Design, 350 N. LaSalle St., is in an outstanding<br />

downtown location and state-<strong>of</strong>-the-art facility.<br />

The Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Campus, at 201 E. Loop<br />

Road in Wheaton, IL, is IIT’s west-suburban location.<br />

Graduate and upper-division undergraduate courses and<br />

degree programs are available at the Rice Campus with<br />

evening and Saturday classes and via courses broadcast<br />

live through IIT Online.<br />

The School <strong>of</strong> Applied <strong>Technology</strong> <strong>of</strong>fers degree programs<br />

in information technology and management, industrial<br />

technology and management, non-credit short courses, and<br />

information technology training programs.<br />

IIT was one <strong>of</strong> the first institutions in the Chicago area to<br />

<strong>of</strong>fer distance education by delivering live course lectures<br />

to remote students via microwave as early as 1977. Over<br />

the years, IITV delivered countless hours <strong>of</strong> courses and<br />

programming to as many as 72 corporate and non-coporate<br />

locations, like Motorola and Argonne National Lab. IITV<br />

became IIT Online and continues that strong traditon <strong>of</strong><br />

televised delivery with video lecture capture as the distinctive<br />

hallmark <strong>of</strong> an IIT Online course delivered over the<br />

internet. Through IIT Online, academic departments now<br />

<strong>of</strong>fer 28 distance education degree and certifcate programs<br />

to the IIT community around the world.<br />

The M<strong>of</strong>fett Campus, in southwest-suburban Bedford Park,<br />

IL, houses the <strong>Institute</strong> <strong>of</strong> Food Safety and Health (IFSH),<br />

a multidisciplinary food safety operation facility, which is<br />

funded by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and<br />

supported by the food industry. Established with a gift<br />

from CPC International, Inc., the campus has enabled the<br />

University to develop academic programs in food safety<br />

and technology. Courses leading to Master’s degrees and<br />

certificate programs in food safety and technology and in<br />

food process engineering are <strong>of</strong>fered at this facility.<br />

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