Majoring in Information Technology at JMU will put you right in the middle of the exploding IT revolution.
As a JMU IT major, you’ll gain a wide range of skills that will prepare you to analyze problems involving enterprise software and hardware application deployment and network infrastructure networking and security.
You'll develop solutions for specific use cases that use effective integration of technological tools and human resources. You'll be part of a collaborative and inclusive community in which you are prepared for success in your studies, career and life.
As an IT Major you’ll:
- Explore the implementation of solutions involving software and hardware.
- Develop effective ways to solve enterprise IT problems, such as enhancing the capabilities of an organization's network infrastructure to meet the traffic demands of the organization departments or responding to the software and hardware computing needs of organization users with timely, simple, but creative ideas.
- Conduct research in collaboration with faculty members.
- Enjoy small classes. Our courses are capped at 30 and are taught by full-time faculty.
- Devise new and better ways of using computer networks and security to address challenges in areas such as wireline and wireless networking, digital circuit design, information security analysis, operation system administration, web server administration and cryptography.
The major is a part of the Department of Computer Science, an academic unit within the College of Integrated Science and Engineering.
The Information Technology major puts students in the middle of the exploding IT revolution where they study the tools and methods deployed in the enterprise community in areas such as communication network, software defined network, information security and wireless networks. Students will learn about IT tools and practices used by today’s professionals and how to use these technologies to solve real-world IT problems. Students will learn to analyze problems, design solutions, implement solutions using multiple software and hardware technologies, test and deploy those solutions, and communicate those solutions to others in written and verbal presentations.
Information Technology
- Degrees Offered:
- B.S. in Information Technology
- B.S. in Information Technology
- Concentrations: None
- Minors: None
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