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At City University of Seattle, you won't just become "book smart." You'll earn a practical education for the real world, one that you can immediately put to good use. Because we offer comprehensive courses taught only by faculty who have advanced degrees and work, lead, and manage businesses in the fields they teach, your education is always current and applicable in the real business world.

At City University of Seattle, you can prepare for nearly every type of business career. Choose from certificate, associate, baccalaureate, and graduate degree programs in disciplines ranging from accounting to business administration to computer systems.

	John Torres always dreamed of practicing law. So after obtaining his bachelor of science in business administration from City University of Seattle in 1993 he went on to complete his J.D. degree in 1996, and then to receive an MBA in 1997 (also from CityU of Seattle). Although a successful lawyer, CityU alumnus John Torres finds his second profession as a professor equally rewarding. Click here to read more; or to watch a video about Torres, click on this link.
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City University of Seattle has created two new programs within the School of Management. The Master of Science in Technology Management (MSTM) and the Bachelor of Science in Information Systems (BSIS) will both be delivered in multiple formats for students who wish to take classes online, in-class, or in combination. The delivery methods that will be employed in both programs closely parallels the way technology is being used in the workplace. Both programs begin in fall 2008 at CityU of Seattle in Renton as well as online.

In the Seattle area, it's estimated that 38 percent of newly created jobs will be in technology, with computer and information science the third fastest growing occupation in King County, according to the Washington State Labor Market and Economics Analysis. With 150,000 jobs created nationally in 2006 in the technology field, technology careers continue to rise, according to Cyberstates 2007. The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco also reports that Seattle is listed as the fifth largest market for technology jobs behind Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay area, Washington D.C., and Boston.

With a proven need for trained technology professionals, CityU began developing the new programs in the summer of 2007. Members of the School of Management faculty put together a computer science review committee that was comprised of representatives from Microsoft, The Cobalt Group, Fred Hutchison Cancer Research Center, Merck, and Nike. These professionals worked with the faculty to develop programs that could benefit the local, national, and international workforce. The focus was improving the relevant skills that the technology program graduates bring into the marketplace upon completion.

CityU's MSTM program focuses on the management of technology and technical teams. It addresses the skills required of today's technical managers and, as a result, it investigates specific technology platforms, implementation of new systems, virtual team management, technology infrastructure, financial information, and leadership and personal skills. The BSIS is focused on the skills needed to successfully manage a team in a software development environment. These skills include critical thinking, problem solving, communication, system analysis and design, software engineering, and information systems management.

"Both of the new technology programs are designed to blend technical skills with business intelligence and project program management," says Kurt Kirstein Ed.D., Interim Dean at CityU's School of Management. "They are designed to meet the needs of technology professionals now and into the future."