To earn an IST bachelor's degree requires you to take at least one internship and you may have as many as three.
Coops are also available and encouraged.
You face that widening manpower gap every day. And, HR execs know that simply hiring hard-core technical staffers is not going to solve all of the problems. You need the emerging professionals who have a base of technological learning, plus a skill set that includes leadership, teamwork, communications, and the ability to apply technology to make things happen. The Pennsylvania State University Penn State is an Equal Opportunity Employer Please direct all inquiries or comments to the IST Webmaster .