Undergraduate Bulletin - Illinois Institute of Technology
Undergraduate Bulletin - Illinois Institute of Technology
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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