The information management emphasis is business-oriented. Information is viewed as a valuable resource that should be managed for its greatest potential to the organization. Students learn both the technical aspects of the computer as well as the business needs of the organization. Students with this emphasis would be employed in data processing or MIS departments as programmers, systems analysts, and managers. They are able to function as intermediaries between technical experts and business managers.
Many students take a second area of emphasis or an an adjunct emphasis in business management.
At least 18 of the required 36 computer science hours must be taken at Webster University. The information technology emphasis is technology-oriented. Students concentrate on the inner workings of the computer and learn both hardware and software. Students with this emphasis would be employed to write new software programs, usually as part of a team. Graduates might write efficient interfaces between different software programs or between a software program and a hardware device.