Academic Information Technology Services

The mission of Academic Information Technology Services department is to manage the operations of the Academic Enterprise Student Information System (Banner) and its third party systems.

Academic Information Technology Services (AITS) manages and maintains the academic computer systems that make up the Enterprise Student Information System (SIS), with internal interfaces to the library, university services, health services, data warehouse, and the University Police Department as well as external interfaces to Financial Accounting Management Information System (FAMIS), the Department of Education, and Texas Common Application.

The major system supported is the SCT SunGard-HE Banner Student Information System composed of the Student/Bursar and Financial Aid modules. Third party systems currently supported by AITS include Touchnet (payment gateway), Ad Astra (classroom management), Evisions FormFusion (print management), Argos (report solutions), and Workflow (workflow management).

Another major system installed is the LUMINIS web-portal which remains in a development stage. Other major systems supported are the Talisma Constituent Management System that provides recruiting and admissions reporting functionality beyond the capability of the Banner system and the BOSSCARS and BOSSCOPS systems. BOSSCARS is a parking management system. BOSSCOPS is designed as a incident tracking and reporting system.