IT majors gain the theoretical and applied knowledge needed to learn how to utilize various technologies to support a company's strategic and operational objectives. Students take coursework to gain expertise in technology innovation, business intelligence, web application development, data security, project management, and systems analysis and design. Students also learn strategies for effectively communicating highly complex, technical information to non-technical professionals. Students attending Texas Tech University for the first time in the Fall 2017 term or later will complete a Communication Literacy requirement in their program(s) of study. Texas Tech University's transition from the Writing Intensive requirement to the Communication Literacy requirement signals the university's awareness that in addition to the fundamental role that writing plays in enabling students to explore, develop, focus, and organize a message, other types of communication must also be taught as appropriate for a student's discipline. Throughout each program of study, then, students must be given ample opportunity to develop their skills in forms of communication central to that program.