|
The IT program is designed for students with substantial technical aptitude, but whose interests go beyond computing. It is the integration of a traditional education with an innovative focus on information technology and its impact on the world.
More specifically, IT is the focal point of a revolution in which computer science and computing tools and techniques drive innovation across a wide spectrum of businesses and industries. But, it is much more than the study of technology itself. It also explores the social, legal, and ethical issues in employing technology around the world, management concerns for the effective use of technology, and human- computer interaction to make technology more usable.
Your creativity and the development of problem-solving, communication, and leadership skills will improve your ability to function within a technologically oriented world. The result is a revolutionary and interdisciplinary degree program that prepares students well for the exciting careers of the future.
Concentrations
Each of Rensselaer’s five schools offers concentration options to IT students. A student selects a concentration from the list below. Alternatively, students may choose their own courses with faculty advisement to fulfill concentration requirements and explore a special interest.
- Arts
- Building science
- Civil engineering
- Communication
- Communication and networks
- Computer hardware
- Economics
- Electronic commerce
- Entrepreneurship
- Finance
|
- Industrial engineering
- Machine and computational learning
- Management information systems
- Mechanical/aeronautical engineering
- Medicine
- Pre-law
- Psychology
- Science and technology studies
- Science informatics
- Web technologies
|
Degrees Offered: B.S., M.S.
|
