Technology

George Mason takes a unique approach to technology research and education. With a history of involvement with the corporate world, it is the first in the nation to establish schools focused on information technology engineering and computational sciences.

The university offers a wide range of technology degrees at the master's level, as well as a variety of certificate programs tailored to specific career needs. Visual technologies, biotech, e-commerce, and forensic biosciences open up an array of other technology- and business-related worlds. Most technology programs are offered through:

• The Volgenau School of Information Technology and Engineering
• College of Science

Degrees

• M.S. in Bioinformatics
• Bioinformatics PhD
• Civil and Infrastructure Engineering MS
• M.S. in Computational Science
• Computational Sciences and Informatics PhD
• Computer Engineering MS
• Computer Science MS (concentrations in artificial intelligence, parallel/distributed computing, image processing/graphics, systems, networks), PhD
• E-commerce MS
• Electrical Engineering MS
• Electrical and Computer Engineering PhD
• Information Systems MS
• Business Management MBA
• Information Technology PhD
• Software Engineering MS
• Systems Engineering MS
• Technology Management MS
• Telecommunications MA, MS (concentrations in network technologies and applications, wireless communications)

Related Degree Programs

• Art, Visual Technologies MA, MFA
• Biology MS (concentrations in bioinformatics and computational biology)
• Bioinformatics PhD
• E-commerce MS
• Geographic and Cartographic Sciences MS
• History PhD (with a focus in New Media)
• Instructional Technology MEd
• Interdisciplinary Studies, MA
• Master of Arts Management, MAM
• Master of Arts in Teaching in Art Education, MAT
• Operations Research MS (concentrations in optimization, stochastic models, decision analysis, military applications)
• Physics, Applied and Engineering MS
• Public Administration MPA (concentration in information policy and administration)
• Psychology MA (concentration in human factors/applied cognition), PhD
• Statistical Science MS

Certificate Programs

• Assistive Technology
• Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence
• Communications and Networking
• Computational Modeling
• Computational Techniques and Applications
• Electronic Commerce
• Federal Statistics
• Global Trade Management
• Information Engineering
• Information Policy and Administration
• Information Systems Security
• Integration of Technology in Schools
• International Telecommunications
• International Business Planning
• International Market Analysis
• Management, Organization, and Policy Telecommunications
• Military Operation Research
• Multimedia Development
• Nanotechnology and Nanoscience
• Production Theory and Practice Telecommunications
• Signal Processing
• Software Engineering
• Systems Engineering for Computer Information and Software Intensive Systems
• VLSI Design/Manufacture

Non-credit certificate programs, seminars, and workshops