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Bachelor of Arts
Information Technology
Major | Minor
Build a tech career in a place that knows your name
Information technology is the work of making technology actually useful to the people and organizations that depend on it: choosing and building the systems, connecting them to how the work really gets done, and keeping the whole thing running.
The discipline is bigger than just fixing computers. It involves understanding what an organization is trying to do, designing the systems and databases that support it, protecting the data moving through them, and managing the projects that get new technology into people’s hands without breaking what already works. Every hospital, bank, school, and manufacturer runs on decisions someone in IT made.
What You’ll Study
At Goshen you can study Information Technology as a 47-credit major or add it as an 18 to 21-credit minor. The major is built as a 34-credit technology core plus one concentration, so you finish with a second area of strength: a business concentration if you want to work between the technology and the organization, or a programming concentration if you want to go deeper into building.
Hands-on from day one
Gain experience from day one through internships, campus jobs in IT services, and class projects that tackle real-world challenges. You’ll also have access to campus labs, resources, and opportunities to work closely with faculty on research and tech development projects. Students use state-of-the-art computing labs, including spaces for networking and security. GC’s IT Services also provides opportunities for on-campus employment and technical training.
What IT professionals actually do
The roles and careers that apply the skills from this major and minor are diverse and fall under a variety of titles. Here are just a few that our alumni hold: Systems Administrator, Cybersecurity Analyst, IT Project Manager, and Director of Information Services. These careers involve not only designing systems, protecting data, and delivering projects on time, but also helping people make the most of the tools in front of them. Here’s what that looks like in the program:
- Design the systems. Databases, networks, and interfaces built around what people actually need to do, not what the technology makes convenient
- Protect what’s in them. Networking and security coursework here prepares you to sit for industry-standard certification exams in both networking and security
- Deliver the project. Scope, budget, schedule, and the human side of getting a team to finish something real
Ben Jacobs ’09
Vice President of Engineering at Encamp
Scholarships & Cost
Cost matters, so here it is plainly. Information technology students may be eligible for academic scholarships and STEM-specific awards. International students are considered for academic merit aid, so what you pay is rarely the full sticker price.
To see your own price after aid, run the net price calculator, or explore your options at the financial aid and scholarships pages.
Common questions about the information technology major
You gain a foundation in programming, networking, cybersecurity, databases and systems analysis. Sample courses include Foundations of Information Systems, Systems Analysis and Design, Networking and Data Communications, Database Management, Project Management, and Computer Networking and Security. Faculty advisors help you tailor your path toward a career or graduate study.
Graduates work as network administrators, systems analysts, IT project managers, cybersecurity analysts, database administrators, and in help desk support, across healthcare, finance, education and non-profit organizations. 93% of Goshen graduates are employed, in graduate school, or in service within a year. International graduates should ask the international office about work authorization options such as OPT.
You gain experience from day one through internships, campus jobs in IT Services, and class projects that tackle real-world challenges. You also use state-of-the-art computing labs for networking, security and server management, and can work closely with faculty on research and tech development projects.
Apply through Goshen College undergraduate admissions. International applicants submit secondary-school records, proof of English proficiency, and financial documentation for the I-20. The admissions and international student offices guide you through visa paperwork and next steps, so you have help with the application and paperwork at every step.
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Eyob Zeleke
Assistant Professor of Information Technology
Joey Lyon
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
David Housman
Professor of Mathematics
Department ChairKathryn Marsh
Visiting Associate Professor of Mathematics
Paul Reimer
Professor of Physics
Department ChairJorge Montenegro Martinez
Assistant Professor of Business
Michelle Horning
Professor of Accounting
Program Director
Department ChairPatrick Farran
Associate Professor of Business
