<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:13.333333969116211px">Hi Catherine,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:13.333333969116211px">
The IS program at Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University (GSU) is under STEM. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:13.333333969116211px"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:13.333333969116211px">
>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.</div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:13.333333969116211px"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:13.333333969116211px">This link will explain more details <a href="http://www.ice.gov/sevis/practical-training/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial">http://www.ice.gov/sevis/practical-training/</a></div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:13.333333969116211px"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:13.333333969116211px">You can visit this link <a href="http://enrollment.gsu.edu/files/2013/04/2011-2012_Graduate_Catalog.pdf" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial">http://enrollment.gsu.edu/files/2013/04/2011-2012_Graduate_Catalog.pdf</a> - page 70 for more details at GSU. </div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:13.333333969116211px"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:13.333333969116211px"><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font face="georgia, serif">Thanks and regards.</font></div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font face="georgia, serif">Sumantra Sarkar, MS, MBA, PMP, CISA, ISO 20000 Auditor</font></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font face="georgia, serif">Adjunct faculty and Doctoral student</font></div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font face="georgia, serif">Department of Computer Information Systems</font></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font face="georgia, serif">J Mack Robinson College of Business</font></div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font face="georgia, serif">Georgia State University</font></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font face="georgia, serif">Atlanta, GA 30302-4015</font></div></div></div>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 5:27 PM, Catherine M. Ridings <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cmr4@lehigh.edu" target="_blank">cmr4@lehigh.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
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.<br>
<br>
Cathy Ridings<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
<div>-- <br>
Catherine M. Ridings, Ph.D.<br>
Associate Professor<br>
Management Department<br>
Lehigh University<br>
621 Taylor Street<br>
Bethlehem, PA 18015<br>
Phone: <a href="tel:610-758-5667" value="+16107585667" target="_blank">610-758-5667</a><br>
<a href="http://www4.lehigh.edu/business/faculty/facultyprofile.aspx?Channel=/Channels/Business&WorkflowItemID=c41d8e99-eb5b-4f52-a60e-4ff5a2872a3c" target="_blank">My
University Web Page</a> </div>
</font></span></div>
<br>_______________________________________________<br>
AISWorld mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:AISWorld@lists.aisnet.org">AISWorld@lists.aisnet.org</a><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><font face="georgia,serif">Regards</font><div><font face="georgia,serif">Sumantra</font></div>
</div>