Undergraduate Program

Undergraduate Program

The School of Library & Information Studies provides two majors that cover traditional Information Technology (IT) and the emerging area of Information, Communication and Technology (ICT). These majors allow graduates to:

• use IT and information effectively to benefit yourself and others
• communicate and work with others to help people and organizations succeed.

Majors

• Information Technology (IT)
• Information, Communication and Technology (ICT)

Details on IT

The FSU major in Information Technology is designed for students who want to build a career as an IT professional. The program will prepare you for a career in technology that encompasses various skills. Students will learn through hands-on experiences and courses that build on one another to develop knowledge and skills. The basic principles focus on:

• Apply technologies innovatively
• Managing information purposefully
• Working ethically and productively with people

Student will learn to:

• determine information needs of organizations and users
• design information systems to meet those needs
• create and manage information systems to get the right information to the right people at the right time

For more information, see:

• Course Listing for Undergraduate Students

• Undergraduate IT Program of Study Map (pdf)

Details on ICT

The FSU major in Information, Communication, and Technology is designed for students who want to build a career as an ICT professional. You can increase your knowledge and skills through hands-on experiences and courses that build on one another. The program is designed to meet employer needs for IT and communication skills.

Under Information Technology, the focus is on project management, organizational change, and instructional technique skills to help plan, develop and implement IT stra­tegically. IT skills also include communication, writing and leadership skills for project management and social media.

Under Communication, the focus is on social and digital media, web 2.0 and an overall understanding of traditional technology and communication theories to man­age the expanding role of the Internet in public relations, news delivery, promotion, advertising, and marketing.

The basic principles focus on:

• technology and communication theories
• technology techniques
• information principles
• organizational communication and culture
• writing, presentation and promotion

For more information, see:

• Course Listing for Undergraduate Students

• Undergraduate ICT Program of Study Map (pdf)

Educational Facilities

The FSU IT and ICT programs stress hands-on learning and give students the opportunity to solve real-life problems through service learning courses, internships, directed individual study courses and the IT practicum/project courses. Throughout their program of studies students have access to:

• The College’s help desk to provide students IT assistance and with access to high performance workstations and software,
• The iSpace instructional computer cluster which allows students to develop, test and deploy web sites, large software applications, databases and their personal virtual computer from anywhere on the internet,
• The Media Lab which provides audio & video recording, editing and translation systems and equipment, a blue screen and teleprompter for producing high quality videos,
• Additional software titles not available to all FSU students,
• Opportunities to attend research discussions that focus on new technology trends.

Interactive Resumes

Students within the IT program are expected to create online interactive resumes documenting their skills and experiences and demonstrating their capabilities in ways that help pave the way for their career. Interactive Resumes provide students with the opportunity to expand beyond the traditional resume to include links to web sites designed, completed assignments, completed papers, and other student work created while in the program. Employers have been very receptive to receiving information beyond the "one page resume" that provides them with tangible finished products to review.

To find out more about these programs contact the College of Communication & Information advisors.

CCI Advising Center

4115 University Center C, FSU

Tallahassee, FL 32306-2651

Phone: (850) 644-7278

E-Mail: advising@cci.fsu.edu

Last updated: July 27, 2010 by Peter Toro

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