Will prepare graduates with the technical and project management skills necessary to enter careers in the design, application, installation, operation and/or maintenance of computer systems, networks, and telecommunications systems dedicated to the processing and transfer of information.

Typically have strengths in the building, testing, operation, and maintenance of existing hardware and software systems, whereas baccalaureate degree graduates normally are well prepared for design, development, and management.

The field of Information Engineering Technology depends heavily on the application of computer and network components for use in the processing, analysis, and transfer of information.

The application of computer and network hardware, operating systems, system and network administration, programming languages, applications software, and databases in the building, testing, operation, and maintenance of hardware and software systems.

The application of electrical, electronic, telecommunications, and digital signal propagation fundamentals in the building, testing, operation, and maintenance of hardware and software systems.

The ability to design, implement, maintain and provide for the security of facilities involved with the processing and transfer of information

The ability to apply project management techniques to facilities that process and transfer information

The ability to apply discrete mathematics, and probability and statistics in the support of facilities that process and transfer information.