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Applied Information Technology, MS at George Mason University

George Mason University, United States

Programme overview

The MS in Applied Information Technology is the very best graduate education in IT for high-potential leaders, especially those working on IT solutions that affect the federal government, industry or non-profit. Its objective is to graduate individuals of competence and character who can lead multidisciplinary teams in the design, justification, development, management, and sustainment of mega-systems from data to decision in the private and federal sectors. The MS in AIT provides a high quality curricula for students seeking to pursue their careers in the leading IT areas including Applied Artificial Intelligence Technologies, Cyber Security, Big Data Analytics, Knowledge Mining, Data Analytics in Social Media, and Cyber-Human Interaction.

Faculty: College of Engineering and Computing  |  Department: Department of Information Sciences and Technology  |  Duration: 30 credits  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Fairfax, VA, United States

What you will study

Total 30 credits. Curriculum courses listed include Algorithms and Data Structures Essentials; AI-Augmented Database Management Systems; Fundamentals of Computing Platforms; Information: Representation, Processing and Visualization; AI-Augmented Database Management Systems; Fundamentals of Computing Platforms.

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Entry requirements

Applicants must have completed a baccalaureate degree from one of the Mason-recognized U.S. institutional accrediting agencies and earned a GPA of 3.00 or better in their 60 highest-level credits. They must be experienced in the fundamentals of IT and quantitative methods. Application Requirements and Deadlines are available from https://cec.gmu.edu/admissions/graduate-admissions/application-requirements-and-deadlines . High achieving Mason Engineering alumni who has shown exemplary work in an undergraduate degree may consider our Fast-Track graduate admission process which requires fewer supplementary admission materials.

Graduate applicants pay a non-refundable $75 application fee. Application deadlines and requirements differ by programme and are listed on each programme's page.

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