Information Science Minor

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Program Requirements

Total hours for all minor coursework: 17 hours

Minimum 2.0 GPA in INFO courses.

1. Foundations—4 credit hours

INFO 1111 Representations Seminar & Studio—4 credit hours

2. Literacies—3 credit hours

Choose one:

INFO 2201 Computational Reasoning 2: Representations of Data—3 credit hours
- INFO 1201 prerequisite or equivalent
INFO 2301 Quantitative Reasoning 2: Uncertainty & Inference—3
- INFO 1301 prerequisite and INFO 1201 prerequisite or equivalents

3. Foundations—4 credit hours

Choose one:

INFO 1121 Interactions Seminar & Studio—4 credit hours
INFO 2131 Ecosystems Seminar & Studio—4

4. Upper Division—6 credit hours

Choose two. Only one can be a Digital Landscapes course offered by a department outside of Information Science. Optimal path includes at least one of Exploration, Exposition, Problems, or Mastery.

INFO 3401 Information Exploration—3 credit hours
- Prerequisites: INFO 1201 and INFO 1301; and either INFO 1111 or INFO 1121; and either INFO 2201 or INFO 2301
INFO 3402 Information Exposition—3
- Prerequisites: INFO 1301 OR 2301 prerequisite
INFO 3101 History of Information Science—3

Problems courses (3000-level)

INFO 3501 Problems in Information Science: Peer Production and Crowdsourcing—3
INFO 3502 Problems in Information Science: Online Communities—3
INFO 3505 Problems in Information Science: Designing for Creativity and Learning—3
INFO 3503 Problems in Information Science: Information Behavior in Everyday Life—3
INFO 3504 Problems in Information Science: Digital Identity—3

Mastery courses (4000-level)

INFO 4601 Mastery: Ethical & Policy Dimensions of Information, Technology & New Media—3
INFO 4602 Mastery: Information Visualization—3
INFO 4604 Mastery: Applied Machine Learning—3
INFO 4603 Mastery: Survey Research Design—3
INFO 4605 Mastery: Ethnographic Research in Applied Settings—3
INFO 4611 Mastery: Experience Design in Ubiquitous Computing—3
INFO 4871 Special Topics—3
INFO 4900 Research Experience in Information Science—1-6 hours

Digital Landscapes courses offered by other departments:

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APRD 3002 Communication Platforms—3 credit hours
APRD 3100 Design for Digital Media—3
APRD 4453 Advertising and Society—3
ASTR 3800 Introduction to Scientific Data Analysis and Computing—3
ATLS 3010 Digital Media 1—3
ATLS 3020 Digital Media 2—3
ATLS 3030 Fundamentals of Digital Design—3
ATLS 3120 Net Presence—3
ATLS 3112 Digital and Social Systems Professional Development—1-3 credit hour(s)
ATLS 3500 Client Projects in Technology, Arts and Media—1-3 credit hour(s)
ATLS 3519 Special Topics as appropriate
CMDP 3450 Critical Perspectives in Media Practices—3
CMDP 3720 Multimedia Composition—3
CMDP 4640 Multimedia Sound—3
COMM 3610 Communications, Technology, and Society—3
COMM 4610 Communication Studies of Science and Technology—3
CSCI 3002 HCC Foundations/User-Centered Design and Development 1—3
CSCI 4830 Special Topics: Scientific Visualization—3
CSCI 4830 Special Topics: CS Learning for Kids—3
GEOG 3053 Cartography: Visualization and Information Design—4
GEOG 4043 Cartography 2: Interactive and Multimedia Mapping—4
GEOG 4093 Remote Sensing of the Environment—4
GEOG 4103 Introduction to Geographic Information Science—4
GEOG 4203 Geographic Information Science: Modeling Applications—4
GEOG 4303 GIS Programming for Spatial Analysis—4
HUMN 3860 Politics and the Arts in the Information Age—3
JRNL 4562 Digital Journalism—3
MDST 3001 Media Research—3
MDST 3002 Digital Cultures and Politics—3
MDST 3201 Media Culture and Globalization—3
MDST 3321 Media Industries and Economics—3
MDST 3711 Media and Culture—3
MDST 3791 Media and the Public—3
MDST 4371 Media and Religion—3

Interested in declaring this minor?

Contact Grace Johnson, academic advisor.

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