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CAS in Information Systems and Telecommunications Managment: Unique Features

The graduate certificate in Information Systems and Telecommunications Management enables you to further your present career or discover new options in the dynamic, challenging field of information management, systems, and telecommunications. The program enables you to add information management and systems qualifications to your existing bachelors or masters degree, thus expanding your career options and providing a competitive advantage in pursuing career opportunities in business, government, or not-for-profit organizations.

The graduate certificate in Information Systems and Telecommunications Management (IS&TM) equips you with an understanding of key issues in the fields of information and telecommunications management, including:

  • organizational management and implementation of rapidly changing information technologies
  • database management and administration
  • management of local and wide-area networks and the challenge of global interconnectivity
  • harnessing information resources to improve organizational effectiveness, including decision making, problem solving, strategic planning, marketing and budgeting processes
  • project Management processes and challenges of outsourcing
  • systems integration
  • website design and management, including information architecture
  • state-of-the-art applications in computer, telecommunications, and information technologies
The Syracuse University Art Collection houses its nearly 45,000 objects in a temperature and humidity controlled area of Sims Hall, adjacent to the Lowe Art Gallery, but many other works, including the Sacco & Vanzetti mosaic by Ben Shahn, decorate the outdoor spaces on the campus.
iSchool Information Management graduate student Dave Chenell (center) stands with business partner Eric Cleckner (left) at their student startup booth at Emerging Talk, the Syracuse conference about entrepreneurship. The conference was held at the Syracuse Tech Garden and awarded prizes, from cash to legal consultation to iPads. The two Syracuse University students founded Grafighters, an online fighting game where anyone's sketches can come to life, located at the Student Sandbox. Grafighters has been named the Economic Champions of 2009 by the Chamber of Commerce and the two were the winners of the 2009 Sandbox Demo Day. Grafighters also received an Orange Tree Fund award of $12,000.
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