M.S. in Information Technology

Earn your M.S. in Information Technology

The M.S. degree in Information Technology provides students with relevant, practical, and applicable knowledge in Information Technology (IT) and Information Systems (IS). This program provides students with the appropriate mix of technical, professional, and business skills.

Because this program focuses both on IT and IS issues, graduates can apply the acquired skills and knowledge to advance their careers in IT architecture, strategic software business analysis planning, project portfolio and program management jobs. It can also advance more experienced IT professionals and project managers to pursue technical leadership roles.

Coursework and Degree Requirements

The M.S. in Information Technology requires 10 courses (30 credits). Students must maintain a GPA of 2.7 or higher.

STEM Approved Program

Eight Required Courses:

SEIS 603 Foundations of Python I
SEIS 604 Foundations of Python II
SEIS 610 Software Engineering
SEIS 615 Cloud Computing
SEIS 616 Infrastructure as Code
SEIS 630 Database Management Systems and Design
SEIS 632 Data Analytics and Visualization
SEIS 663 IT Security and Networking

Two Electives: Choose two electives from any course listed in the Graduate Programs in Software course catalog.

Please note suggested course sequences assume a fall semester start. Please talk with your advisor if you have questions or starting in other semesters.

Suggested course sequence with SEIS 603:

Semester 1: SEIS 603 and SEIS 610
Semester 2: SEIS 604 and SEIS 615
Semester 3: SEIS 616 and SEIS 630
Semester 4: SEIS 632 and SEIS 663
Semester 5: 2 SEIS Electives

Suggested course sequence with SEIS 603 waived:

Semester 1: SEIS 604 and SEIS 610
Semester 2: SEIS 615 and SEIS 630
Semester 3: SEIS 616 and SEIS 632
Semester 4: SEIS 663 and SEIS Elective
Semester 5: 2 SEIS Electives

FACULTY

All full-time tenured faculty hold Ph.D. degrees and offer extensive industry experience. Adjunct faculty are selected based on professional experience and educational credentials.

Dr. Ron Chiang

Dr. Ron Chiang’s research interests include distributed systems, cloud computing, and high-performance computer architectures. He is especially interested in task and resource management algorithms and the design of advanced virtualization systems.

DR. RON CHIANG

Dr. Michael Dorin

Dr. Michael Dorin’s background includes work in public safety communications, medical devices, telephony, and aircraft navigation. He participated in initial rollouts of worldwide email and document exchange systems at IBM. He started up and managed a telecommunications products company for many years.

DR. MICHAEL DORIN

Dr. Abe Kazemzadeh

Dr. Abe Kazemzadeh is an Assistant Professor in the University of St. Thomas Graduate Programs in Software department. His undergraduate interest in linguistics led him to graduate studies in computer science that focused on natural language processing.

DR. ABE KAZEMZADEH

IT Career Outlook

A job in IT pays well and employment of this field is expected to increase:

Most career changers transition successfully into this field after only 2 - 3 semesters.
Median annual salary of an IT/IS professional is $146,360*
Employment of this field is expected to increase 10% over the next decade*

*Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, Computer and Information Systems Managers, (accessed March 09, 2021).

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M.S. in Information Technology

Earn your M.S. in Information Technology

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