Nearly 1,300 undergraduate students were enrolled at nineteen Penn State campuses statewide. This means that anyone with a computer and an Internet hookup can access basic literacy for the digital global economy. Learning in IST 110 and other offerings involves real-world issues and topics.
Students gain knowledge by leveraging IT to seek out solutions and answers.
Furthermore, database technology is being applied in unique ways to provide instructors a new range of freedom and resources, enriching the on-line classroom experience. The critical success factors were not sacrificed for the sake of on-line delivery. The school continues its collaborative activities with the creation of new minors in partnership with other Penn State departments. Three of these new minors, developed with the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences and the departments of Speech Communication and Health Policy Administration, are to be offered in the spring and more are expected soon. Other partnership efforts are under way with ten institutions outside Penn State involving curriculum sharing and skill development efforts.