Associate in Science

            Information systems technology changes are occurring across the US and the world.  With these advances have also come changes in the ways that information can be accessed and shared.  These have precipitated the need for well-educated IS professionals.  This curriculum has been designed to meet the needs of current IS professionals as well as to prepare future IS professionals.

            Information Systems positions are becoming more diversified. Students who complete the curriculum will have a strong foundation in interpersonal and communication skills, problem solving skills, critical thinking skills, and ethics.

            The specific objectives of this program are that the graduate must be able to demonstrate:

·     provide students with information about the various careers available and skills necessary for these careers within the field of information systems;

·     provide students with interpersonal and communication skills necessary in a diverse society;

·     develop in students critical thinking skills and approaches for problem solving;

·     provide students with an understanding of databases and database management;

·     develop in students an awareness of the Code of Ethics and found in most IS professional organizations, and a concern for the societal issues involved;

·     promote in students a deep appreciation for the value of life long learning;

·     develop in a diverse student community a recognition for the value of collaborative work in the contemporary business environment.

 

NJ General Education Requirements:

Math/Science/Technology, Communications, History or Humanities andSocial Studies.

 

WHERE YOU CAN GO FROM HERE

Graduates will work as an Information System professional in a variety of settings or transfer to a four-year degree program.