The Department of Business Information Technology (BIT) offers an undergraduate major designed to provide our students with expertise in the development and use of computer systems and quantitative modeling techniques for solving business problems and making managerial decisions. Our students learn the necessary information technology (IT) and computing skills, plus quantitative and modeling techniques, to develop and implement sophisticated business-related computer systems. The degree program especially focuses on the practical application of computing to business problem-solving. Students majoring in Business Information Technology may choose one of two options reflecting their specific career objectives and interests, Decision Support Systems and Operations Management.
Career opportunities in Business Information Technology are excellent. Students graduating with a degree in BIT annually are among the top majors in the university in terms of number of job interviews and average starting salaries.
The Department of Business Information Technology also offers the Ph.D. and participates in other advanced and graduate degree programs in the Pamplin College of Business.
Fast Facts About BIT Job Placement
The BIT department is on Tech Republic’s list of “Top 10 U.S. college programs for IT”
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U.S. Department of Labor Top Ten Occupations with Largest Job Growth
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Top 15 Majors with Highest Median Starting Salaries at Virginia Tech
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Business Major With Highest Percentage Employed at Graduation
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Growing Opportunities
By 2012, 1.1 million jobs will be added in the computer field, a 35 percent increase; and more than 333,000 jobs will be created in systems design.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics