Information Technology students specialize in the support of business processes through the use of IT. Concentration students are business oriented but work with various technologies and systems to support business needs. In contrast with computer science programs, the IT concentration focuses on how to use information technology to support business needs rather than how to program and create new software. Our students focus on using technology to organize, represent and manipulate data to support business decision making. These students also gain experience with a variety of computing technologies. The IT concentration is valuable by itself, but it can provide other concentration students with a competitive advantage if they add IT as a second concentration.
Curriculum Overview
Students in the information technology concentration learn the basics of computer hardware, software and networking, and more importantly, how to apply that technical knowledge to business functions such as finance, marketing and product management.
The information technology concentration is designed to prepare students in the following areas:
- Software use and development
- Database development and management
- Basic computer networking and telecommunications
- Information security and privacy
- Knowledge management