Information Technologies (BA)

Technology has become inseparable from an organization’s operations, including applying digital strategies to leverage data, collaborating in virtual work environments and leveraging established and emerging technologies. The Bachelor of Arts in Information Technologies gives students the opportunity to combine technical abilities, people skills, and a keen problem-solving mindset to help organizations large and small leverage new technologies for innovating practices, products, and processes. This degree will prepare students for current IT work and provide the skills and dispositions to ready themselves and their organizations for the rapid evolution of future technologies. Students will learn the fundamental information technologies, systems, data management methods, and computational thinking strategies necessary to support organizational decision-making and recommend effective system design and maintenance solutions. They will also learn to operate in an ever-changing work environment where communication, collaboration, and the drive to proactively identify and solve problems are markers of success. Learning through hands-on authentic problems, students in this degree program will demonstrate the necessary skills that will allow them to grow and adapt within the field of information technology.