About this program
Information Technology Management is a fully online bachelor's degree from UW–Porter Falls. An online IT completion degree that pairs current technical coursework with the management side of running a technology function.
It is asynchronous, runs in seven-week terms with six start dates a year, and is taught by the same faculty as Porter's on-campus programs. The transcript and diploma do not distinguish online from on-campus study.
Who it is for
Working IT staff — help desk, systems, networking, support — with an IT or CS associate degree or equivalent credits, who want to move toward team lead, systems administrator, or IT manager.
Transfer credit
This is a degree-completion program: you transfer in the first roughly 60–72 credits and complete the upper division online. Coursework aligns with common industry certifications; students who hold current certifications may receive credit through prior-learning assessment.
Send prior transcripts before you apply and an advisor returns a course-by-course evaluation showing exactly what applies and how many credits remain — usually 33 to 48. Credit from Wesconsin technical colleges is accepted here even where other four-year programs reject it.
Courses you will take
The upper-division sequence is 36 credits of online coursework. A completed sample is below; the official catalog is authoritative.
| Course | Title | Cr. |
|---|---|---|
| ITM 3100 | Systems Administration | 3 |
| ITM 3200 | Networking and Infrastructure | 3 |
| ITM 3300 | Databases and Data Management | 3 |
| ITM 3400 | Information Security Fundamentals | 3 |
| ITM 3500 | Cloud Services and Virtualization | 3 |
| ITM 3600 | Scripting and Automation | 3 |
| ITM 4100 | IT Project Management | 3 |
| ITM 4200 | IT Service Management and Operations | 3 |
| ITM 4300 | IT Governance, Risk, and Compliance | 3 |
| ITM 4400 | Data Analytics for IT Decisions | 3 |
| ITM 4800 | Practicum: IT Improvement Project | 3 |
| ITM 4900 | Capstone: IT Portfolio and Case | 3 |
Beyond the core, the degree includes a small number of general-education credits (usually satisfied by the transfer degree) and free electives.
Format and pace
Take one course (part-time) or two (full-time) per seven-week term. Part-time, a completion degree finishes in about 2 to 3 years; full-time roughly halves that. You can move between full- and part-time term by term, and pause for a term without reapplying.
Coursework is readings, recorded lectures, discussion, projects, and problem sets with weekly deadlines. Assessment is mostly applied work; where a course needs a proctored exam it uses at-home online proctoring, stated in the syllabus before you register.
Cost
Billed at Porter's flat online per-credit rate with no nonresident surcharge — the same price from any state. Fully online students do not pay the campus activity, recreation, or transit fees; a small per-term online course fee covers the platform and library delivery.
Degree-seeking students file the FAFSA and are eligible for federal aid. For employer tuition assistance, student accounts invoices the employer directly and offers deferred payment that waits for reimbursement. See tuition & costs and financial aid.
Where graduates go
Graduates move into roles such as:
- Systems Administrator
- Network Administrator
- IT Team Lead
- IT Operations Manager
- Security Analyst
Median reported starting or post-completion salary for this program: $79,200. Program-level outcome data is published on the career services site.
How to apply
Apply online with no fee and no essay. Submit transcripts from every college attended; a 2.0 cumulative GPA and a completed transfer degree (or ~60 transferable credits) are the baseline. Decisions come in about two weeks, and you can start in the next available term.
An online-admissions advisor is assigned to you before you apply and stays your advisor through graduation.
Accreditation
UW–Porter Falls is institutionally accredited, reaffirmed through 2036, and authorized to offer distance education to students in every U.S. state. Online programs carry the same institutional and, where applicable, specialized accreditation as their on-campus counterparts.
Fictional information
UW–Porter Falls is a work of parody. This program, its courses, credit values, costs and salary figures are invented; nothing here describes a real degree you can enroll in.