The Integrated Science and Technology Program educates students for positions that are often filled by graduates of the traditional sciences, engineering and business programs. The ISAT graduate, however, is professionally prepared in a broader sense. ISAT students are educated to be technological problem solvers, communicators, and life-long learners.
Depth is provided through studies in an area of concentration and through a capstone thesis project.
The major in integrated science and technology produces a graduate broadly acquainted with basic science, technology and business principles. All students pursue a common program through their sophomore year that provides a foundation of science and an introduction to its technology applications. Studies are integrated and include mathematics, statistics, physics, chemistry, biology, knowledge-based systems, environmental science, modern production, energy, and the role of science and technology in society. During their junior and senior years, all students pursue deeper study of strategically significant areas of technology that include instrumentation and measurement, biotechnology, energy, environmental studies, engineering and manufacturing, information and knowledge management, and telecommunications. Each student selects a concentration in any but the first of these areas, or in health systems, and pursues additional study in the concentration culminating in a senior thesis.