Mission

The ISAT program educates students for positions that are often filled by graduates of the traditional sciences, engineering, and business programs. The ISAT graduate, however, is professionally prepared in a broader sense. ISAT students are educated to be technological problem solvers, communicators and life-long learners. They are unique in having the following undergraduate preparation:

• Breadth of knowledge and skills across a variety of scientific and technological disciplines.
• Formal training in collaborative and leadership methods, problem-solving techniques from many disciplines, and use of the computer as a problem-solving tool.
• The ability to integrate scientific and technological factors with political, social, economic and ethical considerations in problem solving.
• Breadth provided through study in strategic sectors that reflect national critical technologies, including biotechnology, energy, engineering and manufacturing, environment, information and knowledge management, telecommunications, and health systems.
• Depth is provided through studies in an area of concentration and through a capstone thesis project.