Careers

Recent fluctuations in the economy have had little, if any, negative impact on the job market for individuals who are skilled in designing, managing, and using information systems. In fact, the demand for information systems professionals is increasing. Students find careers in a number of areas, which include designing computerized information systems, leading project teams planning and developing information systems, and marketing information systems.

Job Skills of IST Undergraduates

• Database design, application development, retrieval and administration
• Human-computer interface design
• Evaluation of information systems
• Data dictionary construction
• Fourth-generation language implementation
• Information systems requirement specifications
• Structured methodologies
• Object-oriented methodologies
• Expert systems
• Natural language interfaces
• Office automation
• Computer network design: wide area networks, local area networks, data communications
• Computer-aided software engineering
• Online database searching
• Information resource management
• Statistics literacy
• Information ethics background
• Participatory design techniques
• Computer-supported cooperative work
• Multimedia
• Client-server architectures

Technical Skills of IST Undergraduates

• Hardware: IBM-PC, IBM 9121 mainframe, Macintosh, AT&T 3BX, HP
• Software Packages: word processors, database management, spreadsheets, graphics, CASE tools, expert system shells
• Operating Systems: MS-DOS, VM/CMS, Macintosh, Windows, UNIX
• Programming Languages: Pascal, COBOL, Fortran, Basic, Prolog, xBase, SPSS, SQL, SAS, Smalltalk/V, C, C++
• Online database searching: DIALOG

For more information, contact:

Barbara Welsh
Career Placement Coordinator
Career Services
College of Information Science and Technology

Phone 215.895.1020
email welshbw@duvm.ocs.drexel.edu