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Research Advising Admissions Faculty Contact IT at Rensselaer IT The first ~ Rensselaer education tor the Information age Information Technology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 110 8th St., Troy, NY 12180 518-276-2660 FAX518-276-6687 Site design by Limitless Media Site best viewed at 1024x768 Click here to send e-mail to the webmaster Link to Rensselaer's Home Page http://www rpi.edufIT /main.html //4- 5/8/00 What's New: • MS in IT now available!! • New version of B.S in IT Curriculum now online • Online resources for IT Students seeking intemship, co-op and full-time job opportunities r I, Ii • Minor in Information Technology now available I • Solutions to the U.S technology skills shortage I , I I' I' Il I' I I, 'I}I I I I I ! http://www.rpi.edulIT /new.html 115 5/8/00 LOCATION: Home: IT at Rensselaer It's an IT World Information Technology enables the Information Age IT@Rensselaer is a unique interdisciplinary curriculum designed to teach you how to use technology to create businesses, solve engineering problems, make multimedia entertainment, design medicines, change the world and turn your dreams into realities The IT industry includes computing, software, communications and entertainment and the application of this technology to all other fields IT is the largest and ; fastest growing industry in the world As a result, the ~demand for IT Professionals is huge (400,000 unfilled jobs) and growing (130,000 new positions expected per year for the next decade) Rensselaer has developed the new IT@Rensselaerdegree program in response to industry needs for IT Professionals that can apply Information Technology to a wide range of businesses The IT@Rensselaer degree includes a core of technology courses in computer science, computer systems engineering, networking, management and human-computer interactions In addition, the IT@Rensselaer degree includes a deep concentration in one of many second disciplines that is the application area for the technology So if you love the arts and want to go into the entertainment industry, IT-Arts may be just right for you If you want to start a business in the hottest technology in the world, IT-Entrepreneurship would be a great match Or if you love the Internet want to design and build networks, IT-Communications and Networking may your choice If you want to become a medical doctor in the Information Age and want a unique edge for medical school, IT-Med may be your ticket You can choose an application area that you love from over 30 second disciplines in engineering, science, management, humanities, social science and architecture IT in Science Bioinformatics, cheminformatics, ecoinformatics, multimedia data and knowledge management, medicine, simulation and software usability are the areas of study from which you can choose a science based second discipline Exploring how IT is impacting research and applications that are rocking the scientific world IT in Management and Technology Aspiring IT entrepreneurs or networking sawy corporate innovators will want to consider this degree Choose from second disciplines in accounting, 116 5/8/00 entrepreneurship, finance, law, management information systems and marketing See how IT makes businesses and how businesses run on IT IT in Humanities and Social Sciences Diseover the implications and applications of IT from second disciplines in the arts, communication, economics, psychology or science and technology studies Designing games, creating new multimedia communications, examining how machines and people interact, analyzing the role of IT in the global economy are just some of the exciting applications IT in Engineering Examine hands on and take a personal role in how IT is changing engineering Choose from among 14 second disciplines in all fields of engineering Design in virtual reality environments Combine the power of IT with one of the most prestigious engineering degrees in the world IT in Architecture Gain broad exposure to principles of architecture, building science and digital design Learn how IT is expanding how architects see, simulate and design lit_atJpihtml //7 5/8/00 Bachelor of Science In Information Technology Curriculum and Second Disciplines ~, ' tJr-i • ~~ April 21, 2000 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute /I~ Table of Contents OVERVIEW • DEGREE REQUIREMENTS ••••••• •••••••••••••••••••••••••.••••••.•••••••••••••••••••.•••••••••••••••••••••• SAMPLE LAYOUT OF COURSES ••••••••••••.••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••.••••.••••••••••••.••.••• COURSE DESCRIPTIONS COURSE SEQUENCING ••••••••••••••••••••••••••.•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••.••••• ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••.•••••••••••••• 11 I, MINOR IN IT ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••.•••••••••••••• 12 I I' SECOND D ISCIJ>LINES ••••••••••••••••••• _ ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••.••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 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