Database Administration and Architecture

Database Administration and Architecture

Professionals manage and structure databases to ensure data integrity, accessibility, and security. They solve problems related to storage optimization, query performance, and backup reliability. Work is done in IT departments across industries, often involving 24/7 system monitoring.

Common Job Titles: Data Architect Data Engineer Database Administrator Database Analyst SQL Developer

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Bachelor's Computer Engineering, B.S.

If you enjoy math, science, and engineering, Computer Engineering is for you. As a Computer Engineering student, you’ll research, design, and test the systems and devices that improve our daily lives—smartphones and circuit boards, routers and wifi, even microprocessors and specialized medical devices.

Bachelor's Computer Science, B.S.

Wherever there are computers, there is a need for computer scientists. If you’re looking for a high-demand degree that lets you use your interests in math, science, coding, and technology, then the B.S. in Computer Science would be a good fit.

Minor Data Visualization Minor

Data Visualization is one of the fastest growing professions. Creating a well-designed and well-structured story with data helps executives and non-technical individuals understand meaning in their numbers. This type of visual storytelling creates meaningful insights for decision makers in government, insurance, banking, health care, research, and education.

The minor in Data Visualization is open to students in any Behrend major. It requires 22 credits of coursework; some courses fulfill Penn State General Education Requirements.

Minor Entrepreneurship and Innovation Minor

Penn State Behrend offers the innovative interdisciplinary-based Entrepreneurship and Innovation (ENTI) minor to students in any major.

The minor equips students to develop an entrepreneurial mindset; think critically and “outside the box” to sense opportunities; develop value propositions; and create sustainable value in fast-paced socio-technological environments. The minor at Penn State Behrend currently offers the New Ventures Cluster, although additional clusters will be made available.

Minor Management Information Systems Minor

The management information systems minor can open new career options for students, increase their market value, and improve their chances for advancement.

Bachelor's Management Information Systems, B.S.

One of the most valuable resources in today’s world? Data. With the B.S. in Management Information Systems, or MIS, from Penn State Behrend, you’ll learn to collect, store, organize, extract, analyze, and interpret data—making you an essential member of any organization.

Many MIS majors have interests in both the business world and technology—which makes sense, given that you’ll take core courses in both business and programming while studying how to save an organization time, money, and frustration by harnessing the power of big data.

Minor Mathematics Minor

Mathematics is one of the oldest and most basic sciences, the foundation on which many other disciplines rely. Mathematical knowledge increases problem-solving skills in many fields.

Minor Operations and Supply Chain Management Minor

The Operations and Supply Chain Management minor is designed primarily for students enrolled in non-business majors, especially those in engineering and engineering technology and in science, who wish to augment their majors with further studies in operations. The objective of the minor is to acquaint these students with the issues and methods associated with managing operations within manufacturing or service industries. Relevant studies include principles of management, operations management, logistics systems, procurement, planning and control, enterprise resource planning (ERP), and project management.

Minor Statistics Minor

Statistics originated from the simple study of games of chance and grew into one of the most important applications of human knowledge. One cannot read a newspaper or watch the evening news without being exposed to some sort of statistic or graphic used to describe everything from approval ratings to medical studies. A statistical background enables people to critically analyze and interpret this information.

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