Information Technology Management (ITM)

Bridging the Business Technology Gap

Information Technology (IT) is transforming the way business works by helping companies get smarter, leaner and closer to the customer. Business leaders in the 21st century have to be at the intersection of business and technology. The undergraduate ITM concentration is designed to develop successful business leaders by providing students with a comprehensive understanding how technology will affect customers, employees and the bottom line.

Opportunities

The career opportunities in IT are expected to grow faster than all other occupations through the year 2018. (Source: 2009-10 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Occupational Outlook Handbook). ITM majors often start their career as business/systems analysts or IT consultants and then progress towards positions with management responsibility such as project and systems managers and eventually chief information officers (CIO). Read about ITM grad Matt Brooks' exciting IT job at GE.

Technical skills are only one of several skills needed for a successful career in ITM.

Unique Features

1. Combine business knowledge with technology skills
   The ITM concentration bridges the gap between business and technology.
2. Acquire real world experience
   Develop your consulting skills by working in teams to solve business problems for client organizations.
3. Choose how much IT you want
   Combine ITM with Finance, Marketing or Management or specialize in ITM alone.
4. Be part of a dynamic profession
   Launch your career in the high growth and high paying information technology (IT) industry

Recent Employers

Accenture Albany Medical Center CGI Citrix Consulting CA Technologies Curam Software Deloitte Ernst & Young

General Electric KPMG Lockheed Martin Price Chopper PWC Sabic State of New York Towers Watson.

Employers report that ITM graduates are quickly able to add value to their organizations.

Curriculum

The ITM concentration is not a computer science program, but a business program designed to prepare business analysts to address a wide range of problems dealing with the use of IT.
The ITM curriculum has a strong technical component but is always viewed from a business perspective.

By melding core business courses with rigorous grounding in concepts and principles of managing IT, and combining this knowledge with hands-on experience gained through intensive field project courses with "real world" clients, UAlbany’s ITM graduates are well prepared to begin a career of tackling IT challenges

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