Information Technology, M.S.

Learning Goals and Student Learning Outcomes

The following goals and learning outcomes have been established for students pursuing a degree in Information Technology:

Accounting and managerial aspects of an information technology organization

  • Prepare and interpret financial statements
  • manage a complex organization  and the ability to deal with people
  • Ability to conform to the professional, legal, and ethical issues associated with an information technology operation
  • Select among the appropriate software to support the information requirements of an organization
  • Determine when a project should be outsourced versus developed in-house

Telecommunications requirements necessary to support an organization’s information technology needs

  • Assess the telecommunications needs of an organization
  • Supervise the development of a local or wide area data and communications network
  • Select the appropriate telecommunications hardware and software

Systems Development Process

  • Analyze the information systems needs of an organization
  • Design an information system to serve the needs of an organization

Data Needs of an Organization

  • Design a database system to serve the needs of an organization
  • Ability to select appropriate software to operate a database system

Programming Concepts

  • Write a computer program using the fundamental concepts of programming
  • Document a program
  • Ability to select a particular computer language for a programming application

Electronic Commerce

  • Incorporate electronic commerce into an organization
  • Understand the marketing, legal, and supply chain issues associated with the successful implementation of electronic commerce
  • Select appropriate software and systems to support electronic commerce

Collaboration

  • Work productively in a team or collaborative setting to achieve common goals

Research

  • Conduct, evaluate and synthesize research and apply theoretical ideas to practical settings

Communications

  • Effectively present ideas in a logical framework in a variety of forms with proper language structure and mechanics