The
Department of Computer & Information Technology (CIT),
provides instruction and conducts research addressing information
systems and the technology supporting those systems. We are involved
also, through technology
transfer, in assisting the University with its economic
development mission for the Delta Region and beyond.
In addition, as consultants, we serve other constituents within the
University and around the local community.
Our faculty is comprised of the
Decision Sciences faculty members who were previously assigned
to the Economics & Decision Sciences Department and the Business
Technology faculty formerly assigned to the Management &
Marketing Department. That is, faculty members involved in
teaching, research, and service in information systems and closely related
areas (e.g., operations and supply chain technologies/methods)
constitute the CIT Department. At present, this group
consists of twelve full-time faculty members.
Areas of study that have been or will be incorporated by the
CIT Department include, but are not limited to: business
technology, network and telecommunications management,
enterprise resource planning, end-user computing, data
management (including database management, data mining, and data
warehousing), software development (including programming
languages and systems analysis/development), web interface
development, ecommerce, project management, supply chain
technologies, simulation modeling, information technology (IT)
planning and strategy, and related areas. The structure of the
new department will make it possible to exploit the existing
faculty‘s distinctive competencies in education/training, networking, automated
identification and data capture (e.g., radio frequency
identification, RFID), and data mining.
The CIT Department will continue to offer the undergraduate
curriculum in Management Information Systems (now renamed to
Computer & Information Technology), the undergraduate
and graduate curricula in Business Technology, and the
graduate curriculum in Information Systems and eCommerce.
In addition, the new department configuration should make it
possible to explore additional graduate level programs as
opportunities present themselves.
In pursuing the College of Business economic development
charge, the CIT Department will work closely with the Cardinal
Health Virtual Internship Program (VIP), the Horizon Institute, and Rural Sourcing Incorporated. These are unique
organizations that serve to interface between ASU and the
technology training/experience needs of people in the Delta.
The CIT Department will continue to
build upon the relationships ASU has with major IT organizations
both locally and nationally. These organizations include Acxiom,
Cardinal Health, WellsCo, Continental Utility Solutions, and
others. Such relationships are mutually beneficial. Firms benefit from the applied research performed by
the CIT faculty and from a better-trained pool of potential
knowledge workers. ASU benefits from the exposure of faculty and
students to best practices, practical experience opportunities
(e.g., internships and coop agreements) for students, and
potentially the enhanced outside funding potential which these
relationships bring with them.
