iTech

We use the term information technology or IT to refer to an entire industry. In actuality, information technology is the use of computers and software to manage information. In some companies, this is referred to as Management Information Services (or MIS) or simply as Information Services (or IS). The information technology department of a large company would be responsible for storing information, protecting information, processing the information, transmitting the information as necessary, and later retrieving information as necessary.

In relative terms, it wasn't long ago that the Information Technology department might have consisted of a single Computer Operator, who might be storing data on magnetic tape, and then putting it in a box down in the basement somewhere.

Undergraduate IT Concentrations

Students select two concentrations in the field of information technology as available from the department. These concentrations represent advanced specializations in information technology and are selected by the student and approved by the student's faculty advisor. Since most concentration courses are offered only once or twice a year, students should plan their co-op blocks so that they will be on campus when the courses in their chosen concentrations are offered.