Information Systems Technologies
Master of Science
Program Competencies
The graduate student who successfully completes the Information Systems Technologies program will be expected to:
I. Oral Communication
• Speak with confidence, clarity, and conciseness.
• Research, prepare, and deliver professional presentations.
Written Communication
• Write clearly, concisely and appropriately using correct English grammar, punctuation, usage, mechanics, sentence structure, and vocabulary.
• Utilize appropriate APA format for scholarly writings.
II. Disciplined Inquiry
• Utilize quantitative, qualitative and scientific reasoning to solve problems.
• Exercise critical thinking strategies, including reasoning, problem solving, analysis and evaluation.
• Define a problem or issue and develop questions and methods to address the problem or issue and/or to create new knowledge.
III. Information Literacy
• Access and use information effectively, efficiently, and appropriately.
• Evaluate the quality of sources and content.
• Use technology to effectively locate and communicate information.
IV. Ethics
• Demonstrate knowledge and application of prescribed ethical code(s) and/or behaviors promoted by the profession.
V. Integration Component
• Identify systemic interrelationships.
• Apply a Systems Thinking Approach to identify benefits, disadvantages, and synergies of an Information System.
VI. Business Application
• Synthesize creative solutions recognizing the interdependence of various components in an organizational system.
• Demonstrate the ability to apply various models concerning planning, organizing, controlling, and actuating an informational environment within a modern organization.
This information applies to students who enter this degree program during the 2009-2010 Academic Year. If you entered this degree program before the Fall 2009 semester, please refer to the academic catalog for the year you began your degree program.
