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Information Systems major
Welcome to the exciting and ever-changing world of
Information Systems (IS).
Information Systems are utilized in every area of
modern business and life. There appears to be no immediate
end in sight for the demand for IS graduates.
According to the
Bureau of Labor Statistics, IS majors will hold 3 of the top 8
growth jobs over the next 8 years. At the bachelor’s level 6 of
the top 10 growing occupations will be in information systems.
IS majors also have leading edge tools
and techniques in their grasp and will enter
careers with
strong salaries according to www.computerworld.com.
Our curriculum is designed to
prepare you to be employed as:
- Information systems managers
- Local and wide area networks managers
- Website managers
- Information services managers
- Information analysts
- Systems analysts
- Information systems designers
- Computer programmers
- Computer consultants
- End-user support specialists
- Development and training specialists
- Information center specialists
The use of computerized systems is widespread in every
phase of modern business. A major or a minor in IS
is designed to provide business professionals
majoring in a business discipline with the skills
necessary to understand and to use computerized business
systems effectively and efficiently.
Listed below are three concentration areas that IS
majors sometimes follow.
Your advisor can help you select courses
that best match the area you are most interested in pursuing.
- Systems Analyst Track
- Systems analysts are individuals that use their knowledge
and skills to solve information problems and enable
information technology to meet the individual and
collective needs of an organization. They study business,
scientific, or engineering problems and opportunities and
design improved solutions using information technology.
This process may include planning and developing new
computer systems or devising ways to apply existing systems'
resources to additional operations. Systems analysts may
design entirely new systems, including both hardware and
software, add a single new software application to harness
more of the computer's power or participate in the
implementation of a comprehensive integrated application.
- E-Commerce Track
- Electronic commerce is a way to manage and conduct business
online using computers and networks (in particular the Internet
and World Wide Web). It offers new ways of doing business and
provides a competitive advantage to participants by reducing
costs and saving time. The use of electronic commerce is
expected to increase dramatically during the next several
years.
- Programmer-Analyst Track
- Computer programmers write, test, and maintain the
detailed instructions--called "programs" or "software"
-that list in a logical order the steps computers must
execute to perform their functions.
Many technical innovations in programming-advanced
computing technologies and sophisticated new languages and
programming tools-have redefined the role of a programmer
and elevated much of the programming work done today.
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