Information Technology, M.S.I.T.

Priority Admission Application Deadlines: http://www.grad.usf.edu/majors

Also offered as a Bachelor’s/Master’s Pathway

Contact Information

College: Engineering
Department: Computer Science and Engineering

Contact Information: http://www.grad.usf.edu/majors

The Department of Computer Science and Engineering offers a non‐thesis option for the degree of Master of Science in Information Technology (M.S.I.T). The MSIT graduate will demonstrate strong information technology skills as well as problem solving skills needed for the deployment of technology solutions to achieve business and organizational goals. The degree is available in an hybrid mode (online and face to face), and provides students with a broad and integrative understanding of both technology and operational and strategic business and organizational applications. There is considerable freedom in the choice of the courses.

The breadth of subjects which are part of information technology together with the immense diversity of its applications, make it imperative that students in the Master’s major maintain close contact with the Graduate Director, in order to achieve a coherent plan of study directed towards a specific goal. In particular, election of courses should only be made with prior consultation and approval of the Major Professor or the Graduate Director.

Admissions Information

Must meet University Admission and English Proficiency requirements as well as requirements for admission to the major, listed below.

• The GRE is required for all MSIT applicants. We require a minimum of (81 percentile) on the Quantitative portion and a minimum of (44 percentile) on the Verbal. The GRE will be waived for M.S. degree applicants with an undergraduate degree from an ABET-accredited United States university or for those applicants that show a minimum of 3 years of relevant and recent full-time professional experience in the U.S.
• Minimum grade point average (GPA) of “B” (or equivalent) for all coursework completed during the last two years of undergraduate major.
• If consideration of an assistantship is desired, the speaking score component of the TOEFL must be 26 or above.
• Three letters of recommendation.
• Statement of purpose.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a closely related field; or a bachelor’s degree in another field, plus satisfactory completion of the courses listed below under “Undergraduate Prerequisites.”
• Evidence of completion of a defined subset of the required core courses found in the University of South Florida’s Bachelor of Science in Information Technology degree program or their equivalent (see “Undergraduate Prerequisites” below).