Informatics

Unique Features

• Online and on-ground programs provide flexibility to working professionals and international students who want to advance in information technology and management.
• Program draws students from diverse educational backgrounds.
• Experiential learning experience provides students the opportunity to work on real-world business projects.
• A STEM-designated graduate degree allows international students to have extended period of Optional Practical Training (OPT).

Program Objectives

• Gain a strategic framework for aligning competitive strategies, core competencies, and information systems.
• Examine concepts, architectures, protocols, standards, and security models for digital networks.
• Acquire tools and techniques for effectively managing small, medium, and large programming projects.
• Learn how to adopt a multidisciplinary approach to research and analysis.
• Understand what is required to research, identify, design, implement, secure, and manage technology.
• Explore cutting-edge software principles and programming techniques.

Concentrations

• Cloud Computing—Cloud computing is the delivery of computing services—including applications, data storage, databases, servers, software, and intelligence and analytics tools—through the internet or the cloud. This concentration prepares future IT professionals equipped with the skills and knowledge to enter careers as cloud engineers, cloud migration specialists, and cloud infrastructure architects.
• Information Security Management—Information security management ensures and protects the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data and information assets from threats and vulnerability. This concentration prepares students for a range of security-related career roles, such as security analysts, audit and compliance specialists, and security managers.
• Leading and Managing Technical Projects—Project management is the act of initiating, planning, and monitoring the progress of a project and coordinating all parties involved so it can be completed within the specified time frame, budget, and goals. The Leading and Managing Technical Projects concentration is specifically focused on creating project managers within the IT industry who are skilled at risk management, critical thinking, and leadership.
• Analytics—Data analytics uses computational tools to conduct data analysis in order to improve decision making, customer service, effective marketing, and operations for an organization. This concentration prepares students with the knowledge, tools, and techniques to collect, clean, organize, process, classify, and interpret Big Data. Graduates of this concentration will be well-suited for careers as data analysts, data visualization developers, data engineers, and data storage architects.

Program Approval and Accreditation

This institution has been granted consent by the Minister of Colleges and Universities to offer this degree program for a five-year term starting March 6, 2020. Prospective students are responsible for satisfying themselves that the program and the degree will be appropriate to their needs (e.g., acceptable to potential employers, professional licensing bodies or other educational institutions).

For International Students

This program is eligible for a Canadian Study Permit and Post Grad Work Permit (PGWP). For more information on studying in Canada—including how to apply for a Study Permit—please visit our Office of Global Services’ Canadian Campuses page.