School of Technology
Technology Degrees to Meet Today’s Business Requirements
The field of technology is growing and evolving, increasing the need for tech professionals across many industries. In our School of Technology, you can earn your Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree and start or advance your technology career in a range of roles, including network and computer support technician, network administrator, information technology manager, information security analyst, software developer, data analyst and computer programmer. A Technology degree from Rasmussen College can help you succeed in your career through:
- Relevant, rigorous coursework to develop technical skills and software training sought by employers
- Applied and theoretical learning in online environments
- Hands-on learning experience through project-based courses and virtual labs
- Mentoring and guidance from industry-professional faculty members
- Alliances with CompTIA® Academy, and Microsoft IT Academy, which ensure that our technology courses and curriculum are designed to help our students pass the most in-demand certification exams—the cost of which is fully-reimbursed*
- Course credit for select technology certifications you’ve already earned—saving you time and money
As a technology major, you have degree options in Computer Science, Cyber Security, Data Analytics, Information Technology, Information Technology Management, Network Systems Administration, Software Application Development, and Web Programming.
*Rasmussen College will reimburse you any out-of-pocket costs of the application fee for each first attempt of up to three industry certification exams for which you qualify. Should you need to take an exam more than once to receive a passing score, you will be responsible for all subsequent exam application fees.
CompTIA is a registered trademark of CompTIA Properties, LLC.
Microsoft is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
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Listed below are some examples of the advanced industry-standard software and tools that Rasmussen College provides our School of Technology students to help prepare them to enter into the technology workforce.
Technology changes quickly, and at the School of Technology, we pride ourselves on keeping current with these changes; as such, the list below will change from time to time as we update our offerings. Check with your program manager for the most recent list of hardware and software offered to our School of Technology students.
Software
- Microsoft® Azure
- Microsoft® DreamSpark™ software downloads
- Adobe® Creative Suite®
- Amazon® EC²
- VMware® Academic Program
- FTP space
Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing platform and infrastructure, created by Microsoft, for building, deploying and managing applications and services through a global network of Microsoft-managed data centers. Rasmussen School of Technology students utilize Azure as a back-end for mobile applications that access distributed application and database servers.
Degree programs that use this software
- Information Technology Management Bachelor’s Degree
DreamSpark is a Microsoft program to provide students with software design and development tools at no charge. Student access Includes Microsoft® Visual Studio®, Microsoft® Visio®, and Microsoft® Project®. Various Microsoft® desktop and server operating systems are available as well.
Each student is provided with this software package to use throughout their degree program and for non-commercial use after graduation.
Degree programs that use this software
- All programs in the School of Technology will use this software
This master collection of software includes every major Adobe product: Photoshop®, Illustrator®, Dreamweaver®, Flash®, Premiere Pro®, After Effects®, Soundbooth®, Indesign®, Fireworks®, and Director MX®.
Each student is provided with this software package to use throughout their degree program and throughout their career without restriction.
Degree programs that use this software
- Web Programming
EC² is a cloud computing platform and infrastructure, created by Amazon, for building, deploying and managing applications and services through a global network of Amazon-managed datacenters. Rasmussen School of Technology students utilize EC² as a back-end for mobile applications that access distributed application and database servers.
Degree programs that use this software
- Information Technology Management Bachelor's Degrees
Includes VMware Workstation, VMware Fusion, VMware Player.
Each student is provided with this software package to use throughout their degree program.
Degree programs that use this software
- Information Technology Management Bachelor's Degree
Server location where students can build and host websites.
Degree programs that use this software
- Computer Science, Software Application Development, Web Programming
- Trademark information
*Microsoft, Azure, DreamSpark, Visual Studio (Basic, C++), Visio, Vista, Windows, Xbox, XNA, XP Pro and other products listed are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
*Adobe, After Effects, Director MX, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Premiere Pro, and Soundbooth and are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries.
*Amazon is a registered trademark of Amazon.com, Inc.
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