This program is intended for to prepare professionals in the broad field of Information Technology. In particular, the program prepares graduates interact professionally with technologists, write about IT, manage impacts of IT on organizations or society, or evaluate IT-oriented data.
This program may be appropriate for individuals in sales, management, marketing, journalism, law, or other professions who need to interact closely with IT specialists and technicians without being an IT specialist or technician. The program also is suited for managers of IT staff. For example, a large telecommunications company may have a non-technical sales manager for a technical sales force whose customers are also technically oriented. The goal of the MA in Information Technology program is to prepare someone like the non-technical sales manager to interact effectively with the technical sales force and the technical customers
Students who complete this program will acquire an understanding of and experience with:
The concepts, tools, and practices of information technology management (IS 425)
The analysis phase of the software development life cycle (HCI 445).
The fundamentals of networks for voice and data communications and for the integration of voice and data streams (TDC 460).
The methods and problems associated with technology-triggered business transformation (IS 450).
The basics of database design. (CSC451)
The fundamentals of project management for software systems (IS 556 or SE 447).
The skills to acquire and analyze data (HCI 445 and CSC 423).
Prerequisite Phase
Foundation Phase
Advanced Phase
Culminating Thesis
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Doctorates and Masters 
