Master's in Information Technology | WPI IT Master's Degree

The demand for IT professionals who understand business and the emerging focus on business analytics has never been greater. As a student in WPI’s master's in information technology program, you’ll be immersed in the information technology, business analytics, and comprehensive management principles necessary for understanding the application of IT to business. You will learn how to create business opportunities by leveraging existing and emerging information technology and analytics tools and learning how to use that information in business applications. The information technology MS program will transform you into an IT professional who can take on a leadership role at the forefront of technological and business innovations. WPI's master's in information technology is currently offered 100% online for part-time and full-time students. In addition, we offer this program on-campus for full-time and part-time students.

The Foisie Business School, grounded in a technology-focused university, has world-class expertise and educational resources in these areas, and thus is suitably poised to offer a graduate-level education to prepare students for their career choices and leadership.

Getting Admitted

Curriculum for the IT Master's Degree

33-credit information technology MS curriculum draws from WPI’s strengths in technology, engineering, and science. Courses explore a wide range of cutting-edge topics, including the organizational and technological challenges of enterprise systems, security management, systems development life cycle, and information systems innovation.

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MSIT students must complete a three-course core as follows:
   MIS 581 Policy and Strategy for IT and Analytics
   MIS 584 Business Intelligence
   MIS 502 Data Management for Analytics

MSIT students must complete two three-course specialties, selected from the following specialties:
Specialty in Information Systems Design
   MIS 571 Database Applications Design and Development
   MIS 582 Information Security Management
   MIS 585 User Experience Design
Specialty in Data Analytics
   MIS 587 Business Applications in Machine Learning
     MKT 568 Data Mining Business Applications
         Select 1 of the following:
      MKT 565 Digital Marketing
         MKT 562 Marketing Research
Specialty in Digital Transformation
MIS 500 Innovation with Information Systems
Select one of the following:
  OIE 501 Designing Operations for Competitive Advantage (recommended for students with no operations background)
   OIE 544 Supply Chain Analysis and Design
  OIE 558 Designing and Managing Lean Six Sigma Processes
Select one of the following:
  MIS 576 Project Management
  OBC 533 Negotiations
  OBC 537 Change Management
Specialty in IT User Experience
   MKT 561 Consumer Behavior and Analytics
   MIS 583 User Experience Applications
   MIS 586 User Experience Research Methods

Additional specialties are likely to be developed in the future

IT master’s degree students must complete a two-course capstone project experience as follows:
   OBC 505 Teaming and Organizing for Innovation
   BUS 596 Master of Science Capstone Project

Additional recommendations for on campus, international informational technology MS students:

On campus, international students are encouraged to complete up to three additional credits of internship to ensure their readiness for employment in the U.S.

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Financial Information for the Information Technology MS

Tuition is based on minimum curriculum for the information technology MS program which is 33 credits. The current price of tuition is $1,610 per credit, making the proposed cost of the program $53,130 in tuition only (AY 2020-21). For more detailed information on tuition for the IT Master's degree – including fees – please visit the complete breakdown of costs on the Financial Aid page.

Faculty Profiles

Eleanor Loiacono

Professor

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Eleanor T. Loiacono is a Professor of Management Information Systems at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. She encourages her students to challenge themselves beyond the comfort of the classroom and was awarded the Moruzzi Award for Innovation in Undergraduate Education for the development of an externally sponsored design competition requiring students to develop a comprehensive network plan based on a "real" Request for Proposal (RFP). Students find the competition a challenging and valuable exercise in preparing for the future.

Bengisu Tulu

Associate Professor

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I enjoy teaching because it allows me to interact with students who have the potential to make the world a better place using technology. I continually innovate in my courses to ensure students enjoy the learning experience, learn the key concepts and skills related to information systems through real world examples, have an opportunity to learn from each other, learn to present themselves as professionals, and most importantly learn to use or develop technology to make a difference.

Diane M Strong

Professor

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WPI provides an environment that values both teaching and research, which is ideal for me. I enjoy teaching at WPI because students are interested in learning and willing to work hard. My teaching focuses on how business, healthcare, and nonprofit organizations can best use computing technologies, such as database systems, electronic health records systems, and mobile apps. Students in my classes learn to design computing applications that meet the needs of organizations.

Nima Kordzadeh

Assistant Professor

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Dr. Kordzadeh joined the faculty of the Foisie Business School at WPI in July 2017. He received his Ph.D. in Business Administration with an emphasis on Information Technology from the University of Texas at San Antonio. His research interests include health informatics, social media, information privacy, and business intelligence and analytics.

After Graduation

Advance Your IT Career with a Master’s Degree in Information Technology

Are you ready to begin your master’s degree in information technology and become an IT professional? WPI’s information technology MS program prepares students for cutting edge, in-demand jobs as software engineers, IT consultants, developers, and more.

Recent graduates of WPI’s IT master’s degree program have gone on to IT careers at companies including:

Aetna
Chewy
Dell EMC
Deloitte
Fallon Health
Sanofi
The MathWorks
Vanguard Renewables

Check Out WPI’s IT Graduate Certificate

Interested in information technology skills to complement your main career focus? Check out WPI’s information technology graduate certificate which explores ever-changing technology, business, and management systems.

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