Students can choose between a technology management option and a computer information systems option.

The student exiting the Information Systems Track in Technology Management will:

• Assess the need for, implement, and evaluate information technologies at the enterprise and desktop levels;
• Demonstrate proficiency in business software applications and decision support technologies that improve performance at all organizational levels;
• Apply problem-solving and analytical reasoning skills within the framework of information systems;
• Recognize the strategic importance of information systems as an integral part of organizational performance;
• Demonstrate knowledge of telecommunications, networking, and multi-user, wide-area platforms;
• Demonstrate the ability to model organizational and quantitative processes and functions as a foundation for designing information systems solutions;
• Demonstrate ability to apply project management tools and techniques that are essential to managing information systems projects;
• Identify and design opportunities and strategies for IT-enabled organizational improvement and innovation; and
• Demonstrate mastery of functional skills used in designing, building and managing databases that support information systems in an organization.