Information Systems and Information Technology
What do ISIT majors do?
AT A GLANCE
2012 Median Salary:
$61,800 (Bachelor)
As both business and
society increasingly rely on
IT, demand for Illinois ISIT
graduates continues to grow
The ISIT major provides students the skills necessary to understand and manage information, information technology development, systems analysis, e-business management, and electronic commerce. Information Systems (IS) professionals are interested in the application of information technology to business activities. They are concerned with the design and implementation of information systems to support the information processing needs of an organization.
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Career Options
CONSULTING
Assess, design and combine leading information management and operational processes, approaches, technologies and controls to help enable sustained business value and risk management in support of the client's business.
- 23% of 2012 ISIT graduates started their careers in IT Consulting
- $65,000 mean salary
INFORMATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT
Manage information and process data to be analyzed within complex networks. This position mediates between hardware/software and the people who need the data to complete their projects.
- 54% of 2012 ISIT graduates started their careers in Information Systems Management
- $61,370 mean salary
Sample Job Descriptions
IT Advisory (ITA) with KPMG
Assess, design, and combine leading information management and operational processes, approaches, technologies, and controls to help enable sustained business value and risk management in support of the business. Information Technology (IT) organizations and their leaders often need a business focus that helps enable them to better organize and prioritize their IT investments based on factors including business value created, return on investments, and management of risk.
Responsibilities:
- Project a professional image of KPMG and provide high quality service to our clients
- High quality professional day-to-day execution of engagements and special projects
- Perform analytical reviews and conduct research
- Complete quantitative and qualitative analysis
- Typically on-site at client premises approximately 80-90 percent of the time
- Serve a variety of clients within multiple industries
ISIT Professional at Deere & Company
Information Technology professionals at John Deere enable our high quality products and services to reach millions of people around the globe each day. Working in IT at John Deere will enable you to apply your talents in a high-performance environment and help create a business as great as our products. Whether your interest is application, infrastructure, architecture
or project management, we offer challenges that will exceed your expectations. Possible assignments include: application development and systems support, database services, network services, desktop deployment, security, information systems auditing and customer support.
Advisory Technology Associate with PricewaterhouseCoopers
Our Advisory professionals help companies anticipate, create and manage change. In short, we help companies to: (1) respond to crises, (2) improve business processes, and (3) transform their business. Note that across all of these solutions, we embed sustainability into our approach. This also includes helping clients to sustain prior changes that may have been undertaken to address a crisis. Typical services include business application (SAP, Oracle, and industry-specific), CIO Advisory Services, Security, and Forensic Technology.
Business Technology Analyst with Deloitte
As a member of an entrepreneurial client project team, you will have the opportunity to learn first-hand how we help many of the world's most influential companies develop their information technology strategy and enhance their technology investments. You will work with a diverse group of people across many different industries, business competencies, and technologies. You will have the opportunity to demonstrate leadership and teamwork and can gain increased responsibilities through multiple client experiences.
You may be a part of a focused team assisting a client in determining how the IT function can more effectively support the enterprise strategy, or you may have the chance to contribute to a team working to transform a client's finance function by establishing a single data and technology architecture for its enterprise financial systems. You may also play a role in designing, developing, and implementing a new health care system that could save lives.