Description

This degree opens doors to an integral part of every modern business. It covers design and management of Information Technology/Systems (IT/S) for a business that seeks to meet its business challenges and further its strategic objectives. The purpose is to craft and implement IT strategy that matches business strategy and solves business problems. In addition to mainstream hardware & software programming concepts, the degree plan includes how to budget, procure, and manage IT/S e.g. computer databases, networks, information security. The focus is on IT-enabled business processes and is ideally suited for those who like working with technology in business.

Information Systems and Information Technology have no value unless they serve a purpose and are used efficiently to fulfill that need. Businesses and managers use technology to improve their bottom line and to improve their employees' lives. They need employees to have state-of-the-art technical knowledge in combination with a solid foundation in general business concepts. With this degree plan, students will acquire both and be able to use this knowledge to help organizations implement information technology solutions that solve business problems for competitive advantage.

Students will acquire analytical thinking and problem-solving skills, written and spoken communication proficiency, and the ability to work in teams. If students like advancements in and use technology and devices such as smartphones and social networking, they have what it takes to succeed in this area. Students will learn to adapt to rapidly changing technologies throughout a career while discovering the world of data communications and configuration of networks, network and information security, systems administration, electronic commerce strategy, and web systems design & development.

Students will develop skills in the configuration of enterprise systems and the developer's toolkit of enterprise systems while gaining hands-on practice in all these in both Unix and Windows environments using a variety of platforms e.g., (a) object-oriented programming concepts and e-commerce application development in Microsoft Visual Studio .NET and C# , (b) database and client-server design/development using Oracle, Access and SQL, (c) systems analysis and design using UML, (d) enterprise applications development and customization using SAP and the developer's toolkit of ABAP and (e) business analytics/intelligence using environments that may include SAP's BI module, and SAS Miner.

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