{"id":207732,"date":"2018-03-27T11:54:46","date_gmt":"2018-03-27T15:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/?p=207732"},"modified":"2018-04-03T11:01:42","modified_gmt":"2018-04-03T15:01:42","slug":"advance-your-career-with-an-ms-degree-in-information-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/2018\/03\/27\/advance-your-career-with-an-ms-degree-in-information-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Advance Your Career with an MS Degree in Information Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Montclair State\u2019s innovative new MS in Information Technology (MS IT) and online MS in Information Technology, Applied Information Technology (MS IT-AIT) degree programs prepare students for leadership roles and career success in a rapidly expanding field.<\/p>\n<p>Students will be trained to assume a wide range of professional roles, including application engineer, computer systems engineer, cyber security analyst, database administrator, IT project manager, network engineer, software developer, web developer, and more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe new MS in Information Technology degree program gives students both the breadth to fully understand key IT concepts as well as the flexibility to gain deep knowledge in a single area,\u201d says Graduate Program Coordinator for MS IT and Online Programs Katherine G. Herbert-Berger.<\/p>\n<p>She adds, \u201cMS IT-AIT concentration students have the opportunity to pursue a technically strong degree while gaining valuable experience in fields such as data, security and web development. As students in a nationally recognized Professional Science Masters program, they will acquire skills in highly sought after areas including project management and communications.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While both new programs launched officially in June 2017, they are each spin-offs of previous degree offerings. The programs offer:<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Solutions to IT Challenges<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Students in both the 30-credit MS IT and 33-credit MS IT-AIT degree programs receive advanced training in implementing and managing information technology systems for business, industry, government and other organizations.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>An Accomplished Faculty <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Our expert faculty brings real world experience to the classroom to helps students in both programs learn to design, develop, implement, test and support applications of computing and communication technologies.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Industry-Driven Curriculum<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The programs\u2019 industry-related coursework integrates up-to-the-minute IT knowledge with the business and leadership skills that are highly valued by today\u2019s employers.<\/p>\n<p>The MS IT-AIT concentration\u2019s convenient flexible online format meets the needs of working professionals.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Bootcamp Courses Bring Students Up to Speed<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>While the degree programs are designed for students with undergraduate degrees and\/or working experience in computer science, mathematics, science or engineering, students with limited to no experience are also encouraged to apply. They will be accepted once they complete a program of study requiring from one to four Bootcamp courses in computer science basics. These courses are offered online during 8-week sessions before the start of the programs.<\/p>\n<h2>Industry Internships and Career Development<\/h2>\n<p>Industry internships provide real world experience and connect students with potential employers. All students have full access to career advisement from our professional Center for Career Services staff.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more or to apply for admission, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/graduate\/programs-of-study\/information-technology-ms\/\">www.montclair.edu\/graduate\/programs-of-study\/information-technology-ms\/<\/a><\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/\/ Output tags as a list for Google Analytics custom dimension\nwindow.MSU_TagList = [];\n<\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Innovative programs give advanced training in computing and communication technologies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":207734,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-207732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-science-and-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207732"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207732\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":207751,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207732\/revisions\/207751"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}