Information Technology (IT), the technology of computing, has grown not only to pervade our homes but also our work. There are no professions and few jobs that are not touched by IT. Businesses, recognizing the ubiquity of computers in homes, find it necessary to be present to us via the web so we may deal with them anytime we want. IT has changed the way we interact with our world. What have cell phones done to the way we communicate (there’s a little computer in each one) or what have iPodsTM done for the way we purchase our music?

In spite of all of this, many women avoid preparing for a career in IT, even though it may interest them. This may be based on several myths. Let’s examine some of them.

According to a report from the Colorado Institute of Technology (The Status of Colorado Girls and Women in Technology, Oct. 2005), occupations within IT in which women are most often found are database administrators, computer support specialists, and computer and information system managers. Many women within IT hold management positions as chief information officers or directors of units. Even so, women are under-represented in these fields, and there are many opportunities to fill the need for highly-skilled information technology professionals.

The changing nature of career paths and the workforce requires individuals to be savvy about their choices and aware of their changing environment. The University of Denver provides services for its students to enhance their career development in addition to their academic learning. Whether students are making a career change, advancing their career, or starting out in their first job, the Career Center provides resources. They include individual career counseling and assessment, job search assistance, workshops and groups designed to train on specific career management skills, and an annual Career Conference for The Women’s College, a full day event with local and nationally-known speakers to enhance students knowledge of their own personal career development. Explore your career in Information Technology Studies!

A caring mentor at U.S. West (now Qwest) told Bonney, “You won’t go anywhere without a college degree.” Toward that end, the company paid for Bonney to attend job specific training through an internal program. It was a career counselor in that program who recommended Bonney consider The Women’s College to complete her bachelor’s degree. Impressed with the facts that it was an all women’s school, she would have easy access to her professors, excellent resources to enrich her education, and a BA from DU when she finished, Bonney enrolled in the ITS program, graduating in 2004.

Now employed fulltime as a senior programmer for Lockheed Martin, Bonney has this to say to women considering a degree in the ITS program at The Women’s College: “You must enter the program with the willingness to graduate. There is a place for you in technology; it will transform you and become the catalyst for what your life will become.”

In our diverse and ever-changing global environment, the study of Human and Mass Communication opens a world of possibility in virtually every career you could imagine. The study of communication as a broad discipline offers students a variety of courses, from non-verbal and interpersonal communications to public relations, journalism, and film criticism. Most would agree that responsible citizens with broad based knowledge of communication practices and technologies will be among the leaders of tomorrow.

“The course work in human communication studies is designed to integrate the development of each individual student’s voice, mind and sense of self as a competent communicator, and to encourage each woman to apply her knowledge and skills in both personal and professional contexts.” Carol Zak-Dance, PhD
Assistant Professor, School of Communication

Awareness of the legal system is a first step toward making sense of our complex society. The Law and Society program at The Women’s College is an interdisciplinary program for students interested in how the structures and values of social institutions shape and are shaped by law, and how law and law-like systems of rules empower and constrain individuals, groups, organizations, and communities.

If you are eager to effect or influence positive societal change, are concerned about social justice, or are interested in the intricate relationship between individuals and social policy, you should consider a Bachelor of Arts degree in Law and Society.