Compare Technology Programs
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Comparison of Topics Covered By Program:
BYU STEM students can expect to study a wide range of topics under their specific major. This table shows the number of courses related to certain skills and areas of study by program.
*Only counted if prefix matches department (e.g., while CS 142 is part of several majors, it is only counted for CS)
*Departments with few courses counted here most likely borrow courses from other programs
*Includes undergrad and graduate courses
*Courses that are not computer-focused are not counted
Employment Opportunities by Program
Job Title/Field | Bioinformatics / Biotechnology | Computer Science | Cybersecurity | Digital Humanities & Technology | Electrical / Computer Engineering | Instructional Psychology & Technology | Information Systems | Information Technology | Applied Mathematics | Statistics |
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Business System Analyst | 🟢 | 🟢 | ||||||||
Computational Scientist | 🟢 | 🟢 | ||||||||
Computer Network Support Specialist | 🟢 | 🟢 | ||||||||
Data Analyst | 🟢 | 🟢 | 🟢 | 🟢 | ||||||
Database Administrator | 🟢 | 🟢 | 🟢 | |||||||
Gaming & Multimedia Specialist | 🟢 | 🟢 | 🟢 | |||||||
Hardware Engineer | 🟢 | |||||||||
Information Security Analyst | 🟢 | 🟢 | 🟢 | 🟢 | ||||||
IT/IS Consultant | 🟢 | 🟢 | 🟢 | |||||||
Medical Computing/Bioinformatics | 🟢 | 🟢 | 🟢 | |||||||
Project Manager | 🟢 | 🟢 | 🟢 | 🟢 | 🟢 | 🟢 | 🟢 | 🟢 | 🟢 | 🟢 |
Quality Assurance Specialist | 🟢 | 🟢 | 🟢 | 🟢 | 🟢 | 🟢 | 🟢 | 🟢 | 🟢 | 🟢 |
Software Developer | 🟢 | 🟢 | 🟢 | 🟢 | ||||||
Systems Administrator | 🟢 | 🟢 | ||||||||
Systems Analyst & Designer | 🟢 | 🟢 | 🟢 | 🟢 | ||||||
Web Developer/Designer | 🟢 | 🟢 | 🟢 | 🟢 |