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COMPUTER INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Shepherd University

Bachelor's DegreeCIP: 11.0103

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Dates

Since May 2009

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Locations

Where this program is offered

  • Shepherdstown, West Virginia

    301 North King St, Shepherdstown, West Virginia, 25443

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Skills & Competencies

Skills developed through this program

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Skills

Critical ThinkingReading ComprehensionActive ListeningSpeakingJudgment and Decision MakingComplex Problem SolvingWritingActive LearningSystems AnalysisProgrammingMonitoringSystems EvaluationMathematicsOperations MonitoringCoordination

Knowledge

English LanguageComputers and ElectronicsMathematicsEngineering and TechnologyCustomer and Personal ServiceAdministration and ManagementDesignTelecommunicationsMedicine and DentistryEducation and Training

Abilities

Deductive ReasoningInformation OrderingOral ComprehensionWritten ComprehensionOral ExpressionInductive ReasoningWritten ExpressionProblem SensitivityNear VisionCategory FlexibilitySpeech RecognitionFluency of IdeasSpeech ClarityMathematical ReasoningOriginality

Tasks

  • Design and validate clinical databases, including designing or testing logic checks.
  • Process clinical data, including receipt, entry, verification, or filing of information.
  • Generate data queries, based on validation checks or errors and omissions identified during data ent
  • Generate standard or custom reports summarizing business, financial, or economic data for review by
  • Maintain or update business intelligence tools, databases, dashboards, systems, or methods.
  • Manage timely flow of business intelligence information to users.
  • Troubleshoot program and system malfunctions to restore normal functioning.
  • Provide staff and users with assistance solving computer-related problems, such as malfunctions and
  • Test, maintain, and monitor computer programs and systems, including coordinating the installation o
  • Identify, analyze, and document problems with program function, output, online screen, or content.
  • Document software defects, using a bug tracking system, and report defects to software developers.
  • Develop testing programs that address areas such as database impacts, software scenarios, regression
  • Analyze user needs and software requirements to determine feasibility of design within time and cost
  • Develop or direct software system testing or validation procedures, programming, or documentation.
  • Confer with systems analysts, engineers, programmers and others to design systems and to obtain info
  • Develop data warehouse process models, including sourcing, loading, transformation, and extraction.
  • Verify the structure, accuracy, or quality of warehouse data.
  • Map data between source systems, data warehouses, and data marts.
  • Develop and document database architectures.
  • Collaborate with system architects, software architects, design analysts, and others to understand b
  • Develop database architectural strategies at the modeling, design and implementation stages to addre
  • Consult with users, administrators, and engineers to identify business and technical requirements fo
  • Implement system renovation projects in collaboration with technical staff, engineering consultants,
  • Keep abreast of changes in industry practices and emerging telecommunications technology by reviewin
  • Develop disaster recovery plans.
  • Develop or recommend network security measures, such as firewalls, network security audits, or autom
  • Develop and implement solutions for network problems.
  • Analyze problems to develop solutions involving computer hardware and software.
  • Apply theoretical expertise and innovation to create or apply new technology, such as adapting princ
  • Assign or schedule tasks to meet work priorities and goals.
  • Develop plans to safeguard computer files against accidental or unauthorized modification, destructi
  • Monitor current reports of computer viruses to determine when to update virus protection systems.
  • Encrypt data transmissions and erect firewalls to conceal confidential information as it is being tr
  • Translate nursing practice information between nurses and systems engineers, analysts, or designers,
  • Use informatics science to design or implement health information technology applications for resolu
  • Develop or implement policies or practices to ensure the privacy, confidentiality, or security of pa
  • Write code to perform desired actions.
  • Direct daily operations of department, analyzing workflow, establishing priorities, developing stand
  • Meet with department heads, managers, supervisors, vendors, and others, to solicit cooperation and r
  • Review project plans to plan and coordinate project activity.

Technology

Development environment softwareObject or component oriented development softwareData base user interface and query softwareAccess softwareWord processing softwareData base management system softwareDocument management softwareMedical softwareNetwork monitoring softwareAnalytical or scientific softwareInternet directory services softwareCategorization or classification softwareData base reporting softwareWeb page creation and editing softwareBusiness intelligence and data analysis softwareStorage networking softwareCloud-based management softwareProcedure management softwareMetadata management softwareEnterprise resource planning ERP softwareBackup or archival softwareTransaction security and virus protection softwareComputer aided design CAD softwareHelpdesk or call center softwareVideo creation and editing softwareGraphics or photo imaging softwareGeographic information systemRequirements analysis and system architecture softwareCustomer relationship management CRM softwareDesktop publishing softwareWeb platform development software

Tools

Handheld computersLaptop computersSmartphonesComputer serversData warehouse appliancesLaser facsimile machinesPhotocopiersScannersStorage serversApplication serversComputer network routersDesktop computersDigital camerasDirectory serversFlash disksGraphics processing unit GPUIn circuit emulators ICELogic analyzersMainframe computersMainframe operating systemsMulti-core central processing unit CPUNotebook computersMulti-line telephone systemsPersonal computersCopy machinesHard disk drivesLoad balancersRedundant array of independent disks RAID systemsTape librariesAerial bucket trucks

Work Values

AchievementSupportRecognitionIndependenceWorking ConditionsRelationships
Career Pathways

Occupations this program prepares you for

  • Clinical Data Managers15-2051.02
  • Business Intelligence Analysts15-2051.01
  • Data Scientists15-2051.00
  • Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers15-1253.00
  • Software Developers15-1252.00
  • Data Warehousing Specialists15-1243.01
  • Database Architects15-1243.00
  • Telecommunications Engineering Specialists15-1241.01
  • Computer Network Architects15-1241.00
  • Computer and Information Research Scientists15-1221.00
  • Information Security Analysts15-1212.00
  • Health Informatics Specialists15-1211.01
  • Computer Systems Analysts15-1211.00
  • Computer and Information Systems Managers11-3021.00
What You'll Learn

Key competencies developed through this program

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Mastery: proficient (Level 3)(based on Bachelor's Degree)

  • Complex clinical database architecture — design, validate, and optimize autonomously including advanced logic checks and edit specifications for large multi-site trials.
  • End-to-end data management plans — author and implement covering full lifecycle from data receipt through database lock, transfer, and regulatory submission.
  • Non-routine data discrepancies — resolve independently by applying deductive and inductive reasoning to assess root cause and coordinate corrective actions across clinical and statistical teams.
  • Cross-functional data workflows — evaluate and re-engineer using systems analysis techniques to improve efficiency and compliance in a clinical operations environment.
  • Programming scripts and queries — develop using object-oriented or scripting tools to automate validation, cleaning, and data transformation processes.
  • Regulatory and sponsor data standards — interpret and apply across all study deliverables, ensuring data sets conform to CDISC or equivalent frameworks.
  • Risk-based data monitoring plans — construct and execute to proactively identify data integrity issues before database lock across complex trial portfolios.
  • Advanced analytical listings and outputs — produce independently to support interim analyses, safety reviews, and final study reports for regulatory submissions.
  • Vendor and CRO data management activities — oversee and quality-assure to ensure external data pipelines meet contractual and protocol-defined standards.
  • Mentoring and technical guidance — provide to junior data managers on database design, query resolution, and SOP compliance within day-to-day project work.

Some details on this page are auto-populated from public workforce data sources: O*NET (opens in new tab), BLS (opens in new tab), College Scorecard (opens in new tab), DOL Training Provider Results (opens in new tab), NSX (opens in new tab). Provided in partnership with LER.me Career Intelligence.

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