[AISWorld] Is your program STEM?

[Sumantra Sarkar]

Hi Catherine,
The IS program at Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University
(GSU) is under STEM.

>From an international student perspective - they get to stay under a
CPT/OPT combination for 29 months without applying for a H1 VISA whereas a
non-STEM international student only gets one year - I think. STEM
international student gets 17 months extra.

This link will explain more details
http://www.ice.gov/sevis/practical-training/

You can visit this link
http://enrollment.gsu.edu/files/2013/04/2011-2012_Graduate_Catalog.pdf -
 page 70 for more details at GSU.

Thanks and regards.
Sumantra Sarkar, MS, MBA, PMP, CISA, ISO 20000 Auditor
Adjunct faculty and Doctoral student
Department of Computer Information Systems
J Mack Robinson College of Business
Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA  30302-4015


On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 5:27 PM, Catherine M. Ridings <cmr4 at lehigh.edu>wrote:

>  I understand that some Information Systems programs have been classified
> as STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics). At my
> university, our IS program (within the College of Business) is not.  I
> would like to understand how many other IS programs are recognized by their
> institutions as STEM, and what benefits this recognition brings. I will
> post a summary of the replies to the list.
>
> Cathy Ridings
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> Management Department
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Regards
Sumantra
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