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| Credits Required |
125
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9
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Face To Face
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Face To Face
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| Location |
Undergraduate students in this major study at the Grand Valley Allendale Campus. 
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Students in this program study downtown on the Robert C. Pew Grand Rapids Campus.
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| Coursework |
The IT program covers core areas in:
Diverse elective classes offered within the IT curriculum allow students to create specialties within their field, such as:
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The badge is comprised of three courses, a total of nine credit hours:
Students will learn the flow of business processes by observing and predicting the impact of various business transactions, analyze the inter-connectedness of different functional areas in organizations, execute key business processes in an ERP system, evaluate the impact of business process step in an ERP system on company operations, configure and test master data in an ERP system, and trouble shoot business process execution errors.
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| Career Options |
The U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics has projected computer and information technology occupations to grow 11 percent from 2019 to 2029 with a demand to add about 531,200 new jobs. The median annual salary for these occupations was $91,250 May 2020. More details can be found at www.bls.gov, search computer and information technology. Job opportunities are growing rapidly, particularly in occupations such as data analyst, network engineer, system administrator, database administrator, incident response and digital forensic analyst, and security specialist.
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| Skills Employers Want |
The B.S.in Information Technology at GVSU will develop the skills you need to land the job you want. Whether the skills are advanced or general, you will build a resume of qualifications that are sure to attract employers. The following skills correlate with those pulled from actual job postings.
Source: EMSI, 2020
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