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Connect your skills to your ambition with an IT associate degree
From productivity to marketing to order fulfillment, organizations rely on information technology (IT) to help them successfully do -- and grow -- their businesses.
Because IT affects business from the inside out, IT professionals have a unique opportunity to impact business from every angle, including operations. Starting with network availability and systems capacity all the way to algorithms and customer databases, technology-based information and resources are needed to maximize productivity and profitability.
Earn a two-year online A.S. Information Technology from Franklin and work with organizations to create and manage the computing systems infrastructures and applications that bring businesses closer to their customers and achieve their operational goals.
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Franklin’s transfer-friendly A.S. Information Technology associate degree program covers the fundamentals of technology-based problem solving, including programming, configuring computer networks, cyber security and administering database systems.
With our program, you’ll be well-prepared to tackle a wide variety of technology challenges, including troubleshooting network performance, using algorithms to solve problems, and resolving database and distributed data performance and capacity issues.
Through 64 core, major and elective credit hours, you’ll be introduced to the concepts and technologies that enable businesses to leverage information technology to profitable advantage.
You’ll also be exposed to several different IT career pathways, from help desk and support to analyst and technician to better prepare you to make entry into the fast-growing career segment of information technology. In fact, EMSI predicts that jobs in the information technology sector will increase a whopping 24 percent through 2025.
Once you complete your associate degree, aside from a variety of career options, you’ll have a multitude of next-step education options too. If programming and web development are your thing, then your IT associate degree can prepare you to transfer to our Web Development bachelor’s degree program. If you’d like to make a career of protecting data from security threats and hackers, then consider your IT associate degree a good springboard to the Cyber Security bachelor’s degree program. If you’d rather become an IT generalist and continue with your bachelor’s degree, all your associate degree courses are directly applicable to the Information Technology bachelor’s degree program at Franklin.
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Earn your degree on your terms by taking classes 100% online or pursue available coursework at our Main Campus. Regionally accredited and nonprofit, Franklin was built from the ground-up to satisfy the needs of adult learners. Our seamless transfer process and team of academic advisors will help ease your transition to becoming a student, while our flexible course schedules help to balance your education with work, family, and life. Get started on your future today.
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