Enterprise Technology Integration

Enterprise technology integration explores how information technology resources and data are used within and across organizations. Integrating information technology solutions in an enterprise is essential for businesses in conducting day-to-day activities as well as moving organizations forward as new business models emerge. Enterprises that can easily unify applications, services, systems and databases through information technology integration experience a competitive advantage.

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You Might Like This Program If...

• You have an interest in information technology and business.
• You want to help organizations operate more effectively by creating and implementing information technology solutions and evaluating outcomes.
• You are interested in emerging technologies, such as cloud computing and advanced databases.
• You want to understand how computing systems and programs operate.
• You enjoy working on a team to solve information technology problems.

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The Enterprise Technology Integration major (ETI) in the College of Information Sciences and Technology is a Bachelor of Science degree program that educates students in the fundamental concepts and state-of-the-art skills in three essential areas: information technology (IT), business concepts, and "soft skills" such as working in teams. The ETI major focuses on the technology implementation perspective of enterprise system integration. The learning outcomes focus on a) information systems interconnectedness, data interchange, process modeling and reengineering, and distributed computing environments; b) business knowledge in accounting, supply chains and more; and c) teaming, leadership, and other "soft skills." Students graduating with a degree in ETI are prepared for successful careers across industries and government in systems integration and development, as well as IT and business consulting.

The ETI major is interdisciplinary, combining foundational coursework in information technology, application development and business with specialized courses in systems integration. The major draws on courses including introductory programming, databases, networks, organizational theory, project management and enterprise integration. In the ETI major, we add courses in emerging information technologies used to integrate information systems from an underlying back-end technology needed to accomplish system integration.

1. Knowledge Application: Understand and apply the interdisciplinary, theoretical knowledge of enterprise technology integration (ETI)
   1. Define and explain the core concepts, principles, processes, and theories within the academic major
   2. Apply the core concepts of ETI to real-world problems
2. Problem Solving: Understand, apply and adapt various problem solving strategies, using appropriate technology and methods
   1. Identify information problems and/or opportunities in terms of the human, informational and technology dimensions
   2. Analyze issues surrounding the problem and/or opportunity in terms of the human, informational, and technology dimensions; and determine the requirements appropriate to understanding the situation
   3. Design systems, architectures, processes, components, or programs to meet desired needs of the human context at varying levels of analysis (e.g., individual, group, organization, society, and/or world)
   4. Deploy up-to-date and appropriate techniques, methodologies, and/or tools necessary for understanding opportunities and constraints and/or the optimal design, implementation and continuance of an information-based solution
   5. Evaluate the success of systems, architecture, processes, components, or programs intended to meet desired needs of the human context at varying levels of analysis (e.g., individual, group, organization, society, and/or world)
3. Communication: Communicate and work effectively (both individually and in teams) with a range of perspectives and audiences through a variety of media
   1. Participate effectively on teams in order to accomplish a common goal
   2. Communicate effectively with a range of audiences, formally or informally, through writing and the spoken word
   3. Seek out, analyze, and incorporate diverse ideas and broader perspectives represented in the diversity of people
   4. Make respectful and inclusive choices in interacting with customers, peers, supervisors, and/or subordinates with a diversity of identity characteristics (e.g., age, ancestry, color, disability or handicap, national origin, race, religious creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identify, or veteran status)
4. Professional Responsibilities: Understand professional responsibilities in terms of the ethical, legal, security and social aspects of any given problem and its solution
   1. Demonstrate an understanding of the cognitive, social, legal, ethical, diversity, and security perspectives surrounding a given problem
   2. Assess the impact of information, computing and technology on individuals, groups, organizations, society, and the world for the purpose of making informed decisions from a sociological, governmental, legal, and/or security perspective.
5. Lifelong Learning: Commit to the continuous acquisition of relevant knowledge for professional development by self-teaching and/or on-going education and learning
   1. Employ information-seeking strategies and self-directed learning in pursuit of current knowledge
   2. Enroll in professional development and tutoring opportunities

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The Enterprise Technology Integration program responds to growing national and international needs in organizational computing, particularly in the areas of cloud computing and database technologies. The ETI degree prepares students to analyze organizational challenges and employ information technology solutions.

IST's Office of Career Solutions helps students navigate their internship and career development in the field through coaching, workshops, interview preparation, resume reviews, career fairs, job postings, and networking opportunities.

ETI graduates will be prepared for careers in systems integration, as well as IT and business consulting. The program equips graduates with the skills needed to analyze business processes; identify information requirements and the systems essential to implement solutions; and implement those solutions in information systems in a variety of computing environments. The program positions graduates to compete with information systems professionals and technical business analysts who drive innovation through data, information and systems implementation to solve problems for organizations and the people within them.

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