American College of Management and Technology
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The American College of Management and Technology (ACMT) is a college of the Rochester Institute of Technology
located in Dubrovnik
, Croatia
. It is the only school in the country which grants both American and Croatian degrees. Instruction is in English.
The college has four subject areas: business and service management, tourism and hospitality, sciences, and liberal arts. Completion of the four year program results in an American Bachelor of Science awarded by RIT, and an equivalent Croatian degree awarded by ACMT. The college also offers a graduate degree.
Starting with the 2009/2010 academic year, a program of study in the field of Information Technology
will be offered based upon RIT's degree program first offered in 1992. Concentrations are offered in the these topics:
Rochester Institute of Technology
The Rochester Institute of Technology is a private university, located within the town of Henrietta in metropolitan Rochester, New York, United States...
located in Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik is a Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea coast, positioned at the terminal end of the Isthmus of Dubrovnik. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations on the Adriatic, a seaport and the centre of Dubrovnik-Neretva county. Its total population is 42,641...
, Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
. It is the only school in the country which grants both American and Croatian degrees. Instruction is in English.
The college has four subject areas: business and service management, tourism and hospitality, sciences, and liberal arts. Completion of the four year program results in an American Bachelor of Science awarded by RIT, and an equivalent Croatian degree awarded by ACMT. The college also offers a graduate degree.
Curriculum
The college offers a variety of courses in the following concentrations:- Service Management (Leadership, MarketingMarketingMarketing is the process used to determine what products or services may be of interest to customers, and the strategy to use in sales, communications and business development. It generates the strategy that underlies sales techniques, business communication, and business developments...
, Senior Project) - TourismTourismTourism is travel for recreational, leisure or business purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people "traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes".Tourism has become a...
and HospitalityHospitalityHospitality is the relationship between guest and host, or the act or practice of being hospitable. Specifically, this includes the reception and entertainment of guests, visitors, or strangers, resorts, membership clubs, conventions, attractions, special events, and other services for travelers...
(Hotel Operations, Tourism Planning) - Sciences (Data Analysis and Statistics, Environmental Sciences)
- Liberal ArtsLiberal artsThe term liberal arts refers to those subjects which in classical antiquity were considered essential for a free citizen to study. Grammar, Rhetoric and Logic were the core liberal arts. In medieval times these subjects were extended to include mathematics, geometry, music and astronomy...
(Writing and Literature, PhilosophyPhilosophyPhilosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...
, SociologySociologySociology is the study of society. It is a social science—a term with which it is sometimes synonymous—which uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about human social activity...
, EconomicsEconomicsEconomics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
, French, Italian, German, Spanish)
Starting with the 2009/2010 academic year, a program of study in the field of Information Technology
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
will be offered based upon RIT's degree program first offered in 1992. Concentrations are offered in the these topics:
- Web Site Development
- DatabaseDatabaseA database is an organized collection of data for one or more purposes, usually in digital form. The data are typically organized to model relevant aspects of reality , in a way that supports processes requiring this information...
- NetworksComputer networkA computer network, often simply referred to as a network, is a collection of hardware components and computers interconnected by communication channels that allow sharing of resources and information....
- System Administration