About the Program

Master of Science in Information Technology Program (MSIT)

Note: Applications are only being accepted for the fall 2008 term

Advance your career with a master's degree in Information Technology (MSIT) from Barry University. Barry is a fully accredited university that has been providing students with high quality education in a caring and traditional environment since the 1940's. Barry prides itself in offering one of the most competitive and valuable degree program using state-of-the-art technologies, highly innovative curriculum, and flexible delivery structure to accommodate the special needs of its diverse students. The MSIT degree can be completed in one year with all the benefits and personal attention to its students. It is your gateway to success in a highly competitive field.

The flexible delivery format of the MSIT curriculum redefines learning and presents an innovative approach to traditional education. This rigorous curriculum sets itself apart from its counterparts by delivering a high quality degree program that meets the requirements and needs of its learners while catering to both face-to-face and online learning communities. Students will be able to attend class sessions physically or online through multimedia web conferencing technologies. Therefore, this program serves those students who prefer and enjoy in-class interaction as well as distant or busy students who want to share the same learning experience and receive the same quality education fostered in traditional settings.

Classrooms are located at the Pembroke Pines and the Miami shores campuses. These classrooms are equipped with media-rich facilities, such as media streaming tools, Voice-over-IP bridge network, smart digital whiteboard, group collaboration and classroom simulation software. Students may be present in our technologically equipped classrooms, or may participate online through video conferencing. The use of web cameras and a smart digital whiteboards enable all students to equally benefit from the instructor’s lectures and conversational interactions among students that occur during class time. This will also help facilitate live, virtual, and on demand interactive learning, create a shared environment where students may effectively collaborate on common goals.

Equally important, the MSIT curriculum is delivered by nationally and internationally renowned professors and active scholars, in the fields of Information Technology, Computer Science, and Business, who are immensely connected with the business world and continue to maintain high qualifications and credentials. In addition, some of the faculty members are also practitioners who hold professional certifications, such as PMI, Telecommunications, CCNA, MCSE, and CompTIA.

Barry University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees.