Online Classroom: Information Technology and Communication Careers

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There are numerous career paths to take in the information technology and communication fields.

Here are some resources to help you start thinking about your career and why you want to pursue it.

WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO: COMMUNICATING ABOUT YOUR WORK AND MAKING A DIFFERENCE

CIVIC ENGAGEMENT: THE CONNECTION OF CAMPUS & COMMUNITY THROUGH SERVICE & LEARNING

On Jan. 16, 2018, the winter-morning sunlight shines upon a close-up view of the letters on the "Sifting and Winnowing" plaque, mounted in the arched-portico of Bascom Hall at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Studying business information systems combines information technology with a background in business. By using technology and data people in this career use computer technologies to analyze business problems and processes to design systems that can support operations, decision-making, and planning.

MEET BUSINESS STUDENTS INFORMATION SYSTEMS INFO SESSION FOR ADMITTED STUDENTS

UW-MADISON INFORMATION SYSTEMS MAJOR WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

The rising sun shines on Grainger Hall, home to the Wisconsin School of Business at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, during a summer morning on July 9, 2016. The photo was made using a tilt-shift focusing lens. (Photo by Jeff Miller/UW-Madison)

Communication Arts focuses on the production and consumption of communications by taking a deeper look at the theory, history, research, criticism, and context of communications. A communications arts degree can lead to a career media, law, marketing, sales, corporate communications, counseling, public relations, advertising, and education.

FILMS CREATED BY COMM ARTS STUDENTS DIGITAL STUDIES PROGRAM

DIGITAL CINEMA PRODUCTION UW-MADISON DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION ARTS

On March 5, 2019, Sara Mckinnon, associate professor of communication arts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, lectures in front of a studio backdrop in the Computer Science Building as she creates content for her ComArts 371 and 373 online courses. McKinnon is the recipient of a 2019 Distinguished Teaching Award. (Photo by Bryce Richter /UW-Madison)

Computer scientists design and implement computer software programs that we use every day as well as working with robots, designing hardware, and applying machine learning to data.

MEET A COMPUTER SCIENCE STUDENT WHY STUDY COMPUTER SCIENCE AT UW-MADISON?

UW-MADISON COMPUTER SCIENCES DEPARTMENT TOUR THE UW-MADISON COMPUTER SCIENCES DEPARTMENT

Deteriorated concrete on the exterior of the Computer Sciences and Statistics Building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is pictured during a snowy winter day on Jan. 18, 2020. (Photo by Brian Huynh /UW-Madison)

Electircal and computer engineers design, develop and manage computers and digital systems that store, process, and convey information.

MEET AN ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING STUDENT CHOOSING A MAJOR IN ENGINEERING

ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING FACT SHEET UW-MADISON ELECRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING

TOUR THE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

Barry Van Veen (right), professor of computer and electrical engineering, works with students in his ECE 330: Signals and Systems class in the Wisconsin Collaboratory for Enhanced Learning (WisCEL) on the fourth floor of Wendt Library at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on April 9, 2015. Van Veen is the recipient of a 2015 Distinguished Teaching Award. (Photo by Bryce Richter / UW-Madison)

Life sciences communication study of areas of communication such as strategic communication, video, marketing, graphic design, and risk communication with a focus on the agricultural and biological sciences. Students often combine this major with another field like genetics, dairy science, physics, environmental science, political science, psychology, global health, digital studies, or legal studies.

MEET A LIFE SCIENCE COMMUNICATIONS GRADUATE INTRODUCTION TO LIFE SCIENCES COMMUNICATION

MAJORING IN LIFE SCIENCES COMMUNICATIONS UW-MADISON DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES COMMUNICATION

A career in retailing and consumer behavior combines business, analytics, technology, creativity, and empathy to improve the consumer experience.

RETAILING AND CONSUMER BEHAVIOR UW-MADISON RETAILING AND CONSUMER BEHAVIOR DEPARTMENT

UW-MADISON SCHOOL OF HUMAN ECOLOGY TOUR THE SCHOOL OF HUMAN ECOLOGY AT NANCY NICHOLAS HALL

Students study in a third-floor common area near a roof terrace in the newly renovated Nancy Nicholas Hall at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Sept. 10, 2012. The building houses the School of Human Ecology. (Photo by Bryce Richter / UW-Madison)

Studying statistics prepares you to use data to confront a wide range of issues facing the world today.

MEET A STATISTICS STUDENT WHY STUDY STATISTICS? MAJORING IN STATISTICS

UW-MADISON DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

The exterior of the Computer Sciences and Statistics Building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is pictured during a snowy winter day on Jan. 20, 2020. (Photo by Brian Huynh /UW-Madison)

Bundles of orange data cables connect arrays of computer servers in the Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC) Data Center at the Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences (AOSS) Building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Dec. 4, 2014. (Photo by Jeff Miller/UW-Madison)