Today’s organizations rely on complex information systems to deliver products and services. To design, develop and manage these systems, you will need a solid understanding of both key information technologies (IT), and how people, organizations and businesses work.
In the School of Information Technology you will learn how to apply that technology to solve organizational problems. You will gain a distinct range of skills, including how to:
- use the latest technologies for designing and developing IT solutions
- plan, implement and administer complex information systems
- identify and analyze business problems and devise, communicate, negotiate and co-ordinate technology-enabled solutions
- manage complex technology acquisitions
- customize and integrate technology to support all kinds of users’ needs
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Discover the world of Information Technology (IT) and become an IT professional able to design, implement, customize and manage technologies in order to better serve users.
Unique Programming
Our programs are designed to build balanced, versatile and business-aware IT professionals who have just the right mix of technical and business skills to succeed. ITEC focuses on applications of software and information technologies and how they can be systematically designed and developed to meet critical business and organizational problems.
Demand for IT skills
Designing, developing and managing complex information systems are tasks that require both solid knowledge of key information technologies and a deep understanding of people, organizations and businesses. The IT industry is in great demand for professionals who possess this skill combination, which you will master through your studies at York.
Co-op Opportunities
Through the LA&PS Co-op Program, you have the opportunity to be employed by major organizations within the Greater Toronto Area. You will have the opportunity to advance your professional skills, make connections, and see how theory applies in practice during your co-op, the duration of which can be anywhere between three and 12 months.
Flexibility
With three separate honours programs, you can choose to specialize in the highly technical IT courses, focus on a combination of IT and business courses, or combine your IT courses with a wider set of electives. Whatever your goal, the ITEC programs will allow you to expose yourself to the exact mix of technical, methodological and business education that matches your talent and inclinations.
My most memorable moment was the first week of my undergraduate degree. To see the vast and abundant student groups and organizations displayed throughout YorkU campus welcoming new students made me feel as if I had arrived at a true bastion of diversity not just of academics, but of thought and ideals. That scene of the sprawling student group booths like many single communities coming together to paint a mosaic of diversity were a perfect reflection of the diaspora that inhabits the city of Toronto.
— Aadil Maan
Alumnus, Information Technology '10
