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J. Warren McClure School of Emerging Communication Technologies

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CYBERSECURITY OPERATIONS NEW Undergrad Degree

Starting in the fall 2025, the McClure School will be offering a new undergraduate degree in Cybersecurity Operations. Learn more.

The J. Warren McClure School of Emerging Communication Technologies offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in information and telecommunication systems, a track in cybersecurity, virtual reality and game development, plus cybersecurity and esports undergrad certificates. The school is now proud to be the home of the GRID Lab, which conducts advanced research and produces content largely centering on augmented, virtual, mixed reality and digital games. ECT is the place to gain real-world experience for careers in virtual world-building.

Our Programs

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5G Readiness Certification, Spring 2025.

The McClure School is currently offering the Wireless Infrastructure Association (WIA) 5G Readiness Certificate free of charge

More information is available here.

  • Beyond the classroom

    Interested in Cloud Engineering? Learn about it on Professor Kruse's Twitch stream.

    Also, check out our network administrator Doug Bowie's collection of Tech Nuggets videos videos that guide students through a variety of networking activities.

95%
undergrad ITS alumni are either employed or in graduate school
$6.5M+
external R&D contracts awarded to the GRID Lab
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state-of-the-art lab facilities for experimentation in IT, VR and game design
$200 Billion
market value of gaming by 2023!

Latest News & Articles

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  • Zach Miller, ITS '13, at AWS: re:Invent 2024 / Cybersecurity

    We recently touched based with ITS Alumn, Zach Miller. He is now a Principal Security Specialist Solutions Architect for Amazon's AWS. He shared with us his recent talk at AWS reInvent 2024 where he discusses how to use public key infrastructure (PKI) to issue and manage private certificates that identify corporate resources and secure communications

  • Meet Professor Alex Rossin

    Prof. Alex Rossin, joined the McClure School in 2024. His expertise covers video game design, coding and VR/XR technologies. Read more about his background, his classes and his interests.

  • Multi-campus 5G Readiness Grant Award

    In February 2024, the Ohio Department of Higher Education awarded the McClure School of Emerging Communication Technologies a Super RAPIDS grant for 5G wireless equipment for $435,000. The grant was prepared by McClure School, Professor Julio Aráuz and will be used for supporting hands-one experience training, education and research for students and members of the community.

Connect With Us

J. Warren McClure School of Emerging Communication Technologies
Scripps College of Communication
Schoonover Center, Rm. 360
20 E. Union St.

Athens, OH 45701

Tel: 740.593.4862 | Fax: 740-593-4889

mcclure@ohio.edu