THE EXECUTIVE MASTER OF SCIENCE IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
DESIGNED FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS You’ll gain community with your cohort and make lasting friends and business connections. If you have an eye on leadership and strong IT intuition, this is the degree for you.
THE DEGREE FOR YOUR NEXT BIG CAREER MOVE It’s you, or you’ve seen them working on your team. That driven professional who’s at the intersection of employee and leader. A few more tools in your belt, and you’ll be able to lead your IT department with skill and strategy. At this crossroads in your career, IS&T has a degree to help you make that next big move. EMIT is a new degree that will prepare you for the unique landscape that leaders must navigate. This cohortbased, exclusive 12 m onth degree will provide you with technologically current education and prepare you for corporate leadership positions. EMIT is built on four pillars: Leadership and Innovation, Globalization, Emerging IT Infrastructure and Architecture, and Cybersecurity.
LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATION As our society has become dependent upon IT advances, we need leaders who fully understand how IT can innovatively capture value for organizations. Our curriculum is designed so you will learn leadership through execution.
The vast amount of knowledge I gained from our professors exceeded my expectations. All of them had industry experience, so our classes went beyond textbook lessons. Leann Kirchner Director – IS Enterprise Services at Mutual of Omaha
GLOBALIZATION Globalization is a fact of life. Technology has connected economies and people together. Developing a global mindset is needed for effective leaders in today’s world.
EMERGING IT INFRASTRUCTURE & ARCHITECTURE IS&T has kept its ears close to the ground and delivered current IT-focused lessons that will take you from today’s problems to future solutions. From understanding emerging infrastructure (such as cloud, big data, web services) to drawing meaningful insights from data through advanced analytics, you’ll gain critical knowledge to provide leadership in today’s organizations.
CYBERSECURITY As Cybersecurity becomes critical for all types of organizations, our curriculum will provide an appreciation of the challenges and solutions for managing security for organizations big and small.
It’s important for managers in today’s society to not only have leadership and business know-how, but understand the complex technological problems and solutions. I wasn’t aware of any other degree like EMIT that could provide the lessons I was looking for. Bob Merkley Global Operations Director at Interpublic Group
ARE YOU A FUTURE EMIT STUDENT? To apply, you’ll need a few things to get you started: 1. A resume 2. A letter from your place of employment (or you, if you’re self-employed) briefly stating the terms of support of your time for this degree 3. An official transcript of last degree completed To learn more visit emit.unomaha.edu or call 402.554.2380