Informatics

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Informatics is a highly current and relevant discipline that prepares students for jobs with a technology focus, grounded in democratic values, in a rapidly changing society. Students gain the skills and knowledge that will enable them to connect people and information by designing, building, using, and evaluating information systems, while also understanding the ethical issues and policy implications associated with technology in society.

The informatics major prepares students to enter into a particular professional context with a focused understanding of associated technologies:

• Cybersecurity informatics
• Health informatics
• Organizational informatics
• Education informatics
• Community informatics

This major or minor also prepares students for graduate study in information management, informatics, library and information science, business management, nonprofit management, public policy, education, and many other related disciplines.

Programs

• Informatics - B.S.

• Informatics Minor

Courses

• INF 100 - Exploring Informatics
• INF 110 - Foundations of Informatics
• INF 120 - Foundations Information Technology
• INF 130 - Research and Design for Informatics
• INF 160 - Introduction to Data Science
• INF 190 - Project Management
• INF 200 - Cybersecurity Informatics
• INF 210 - Health Informatics
• INF 220 - Organizational Informatics
• INF 230 - Educational Informatics
• INF 240 - Community Informatics
• INF 251 - Database Management
• INF 252 - Design Thinking for Human-Computer Interaction
• INF 253 - Introduction to Web Design
• INF 254 - Foundations of Information Security
• INF 255 - Instructional Design for Digital Learning Spaces
• INF 256 - Information Seeking and Use Behavior
• INF 351 - Data Analytics for Information Professionals
• INF 352 - Value-Sensitive Design
• INF 353 - Advanced Web Design and Content Management
• INF 354 - Security for Networked Systems
• INF 355 - Game Based Learning
• INF 356 - User Studies
• INF 400 - Information Ethics and Policy
• INF 410 - Code and Power
• INF 420 - The Information Society
• INF 430 - Information Divides
• INF 440 - Special Topics in Informatics
• INF 451 - Data Visualization
• INF 452 - User Experience Evaluation
• INF 453 - Information Architecture
• INF 454 - Digital Forensics
• INF 455 - Digital Pedagogy
• INF 456 - User Services
• INF 480 - Capstone Experience

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