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Bachelor of Science in Informatics

The Informatics degree prepares students seeking a broad understanding of information technology, its social and psychological dimensions, and its application to other chosen disciplines. The program in Informatics will prepare students to become highly skilled professionals. Students are expected to acquire strong technical and analytical skills that can be applied to other disciplines, such as biology, chemistry, psychology, cognitive science, and decision sciences. Such skills can be applied in industry and can also provide the necessary academic requirements to enter graduate programs in a number of related disciplines.

Prospective students should begin with a core curriculum in informatics, and then proceed to choose a complementary area of specialization called a cognate area. Cognate areas allow students, with the help of their advisors, to tailor a program to their specific needs and interests.

Requirements: To be admitted to the B.S. degree program a student must satisfy the IU Southeast admission requirements. In addition, admission into the B.S. degree program requires that a student complete the following courses with a minimum grade of a C: INFO I101 Introduction to Informatics, general education requirements in English composition and mathematics. Admission to this program will be limited to the number of students that can be effectively accommodated given the available resources.

Each student will select one cognate area in which to pursue courses, the cognate areas are listed below. Any course in the Informatics Core or cognate area must be completed with a grade of C or better. Please note that taking the course requirements may add up to a number less than the required 120 credit hours. The student should fulfill the remaining hours with electives.

Note: These specific requirements may change so as to affect individuals who begin programs during the 2006 fall semester and thereafter. Candidates for the Bachelor of Science degree should first review "General Requirements for All Degrees at IU Southeast" in this bulletin.

Informatics for Students Admitted Summer II 2006 through Summer I 2007

Curriculum minimum of 120 credits

1. General Education - Electives must be selected from the approved list of General Education courses.
   • Cognate areas may satisfy some of the following requirements.
     
     
   1. Written Communication
      • campus-wide general education requirement
      • ENG-W 231 or ENG-W 234
        
        
   2. Oral Communication
      • campus-wide general education requirement
        
        
   3. Quantitative Reasoning
      • campus-wide general education requirement
        Recommended: MATH-M 118
        
        
   4. Information Technology Fluency
      • CSCI-C 106
      • CSCI-N 341
      • CSCI-N 342
        
        
   5. Central Ideas, Issues and Methods of Inquiry
      • Arts/Humanities: campus-wide general education requirement
      • Natural Sciences: campus-wide general education requirement
      • Social/Behavioral Sciences: campus-wide general education requirement
        
        
   6. Critical Thinking
      • campus-wide general education requirement
        Recommended: INFO I201
        
        
   7. Diversity
      • campus-wide general education requirement
        Recommended: SOC-S 163, POLS-Y 107 or POLS-Y109
        
        
   8. Reasoning about moral and ethical issues
      • campus-wide general education requirement
        
        
   9. International Dimension
      • Choose from one of the following options:
        1. Two courses from the IU Southeast Informatics International Dimension list; see www.informatics.ius.edu/intdim.cfm for the list of courses.
           Note: These courses cannot be used to satisfy other general education requirements.
        2. Three semesters in the same language, or equivalent proficiency
        3. An international experience approved by the program director
           
           
2. Informatics Core Requirements
   • INFO-I 101 Introduction to Informatics
   • INFO-I 201 Mathematical Foundations of Informatics or (CSCI-C 251)
   • INFO-I 202 Social Informatics
   • INFO-I 210 Information Infrastructure I or (CSCI-C 201)
   • INFO-I 211 Information Infrastructure II or (CSCI-C 202)
   • INFO-I 308 Information Representation
     
     
   • Two of the following four courses:
     • INFO-I 300 Human-Computer Interaction
     • INFO-I 303 Organizational Informatics
     • INFO-I 310 Multimedia Arts and Technology
     • INFO-I 320 Distributed Systems and Collaborative Computing
       
       
   • One of the following capstone options (with program director approval):
     • INFO-I 450/451 Design & Development of an Information System
     • INFO-I 460/461 Thesis/Senior Project
       
       
3. Informatics Cognate Area Requirements
   • Choose one from the approved list of IU Southeast Cognate Areas:
     (Note: each cognate's specific courses are listed below.)
     • Biology      See Curriculum      See Cognate Description 
     • Business      See Curriculum      See Cognate Description
     • Computer Networking      See Curriculum      See Cognate Description
     • Criminal Justice      See Curriculum      See Cognate Description
     • Digital Media      See Curriculum      See Cognate Description
     • Geosciences      See Curriculum      See Cognate Description
     • Health Science      See Curriculum      See Cognate Description
     • Journalism      See Curriculum      See Cognate Description
     • Pre-MBA      See Curriculum      See Cognate Description
     • Psychology      See Curriculum      See Cognate Description
     • Sociology      See Curriculum      See Cognate Description
       
       
4. General Electives................bringing total to a minimum of 120 credits

Informatics Cognate Area Required Courses

The abbreviation "P" refers to the course prerequisite or prerequisites.
The abbreviation "C" refers to a course that should be taken concurrently with another course.

Biology

Required:

• BIOL-L 101 - Introduction to Biological Sciences I
• BIOL-L 102 - Introduction to Biological Sciences II
  Note: L 101 and L 102 can be taken in either order
• BIOL-L 211 - Molecular Biology
  P: BIOL-L 101, BIOL-L 102

Electives (choose two lectures and at least one corresponding concurrent lab):

• BIOL-L 311 - Genetics
  P: BIOL-L 101, BIOL-L 102, BIOL-L 211
  C: BIOL-L 319 (lab)
• BIOL-L 312 - Cell Biology
  P: BIOL-L 102, BIOL-L 211
  C: BIOL-L 313 (lab)
• MICR-M 310
  P: BIOL-L 101, BIOL-L 102
  C: MICR-M 315 (lab)

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Business

Required:

• BUS-A 201 - Introduction to Financial Accounting
• ECON-E 100 - Current Economic Topics
• ECON-E 280 - Applied Statistics for Business and Economics I
  P: CSCI-C 106, INFO-I 210

Electives (choose three):

• BUS-F 301 - Financial Management
  P: BUS-A 202
• BUS-K 321 - Management Information Systems
  P: CSCI-C 106, INFO-I 210
• BUS M300 - Introduction to Marketing
  Note: BUS-M 301 (Introduction to Marketing Management) may be substituted for M300, but M301 has ECON-E 200 as a prerequisite
• BUS P301 - Operations Management
• BUS Z302 - Managing and Behavior in Organizations

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Computer Networking

Required:

• CSCI-A 247 - Network Technologies & Administration
  P: INFO-I 210
• CSCI-B 438 - Fundamentals of Computer Networks
  P: INFO-I 201, INFO-I 211, CSCI-A 247
• CSCI-C 343 - Data Structures
  P: INFO-I 201, INFO-I 211
• CSCI-B 461 - Database Concepts
  P: CSCI-C 343

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Criminal Justice

Required:

• SPEA-J 101 - Introduction to the American Criminal Justice System
• SPEA-J 201 - Theoretical Foundations of Criminal Justice Policies
• SPEA-J 202 - Criminal Justice Data, Methods, and Resources
  P: SPEA-J 101

Electives (choose three):

• SPEA-J 301 - Substantive Criminal Law
• SPEA-J 306 - The Criminal Courts
  P: SPEA-J 101
• SPEA-J 321 - Introduction to American Law Enforcement
• SPEA-J 331 - Introduction to Corrections

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Digital Media

Required:

• FINA-P 273 - Computer Art and Design
• FINA-S 250 - Graphic Design I - Introduction to Design Practice
  P: FINA-S P273
• FINA-S 351 - Graphic Design II - Typography and Integration of Imagery
  P: FINA-S P273
• FINA-S 352 - Graphic Design III - Production for the Graphic Designer
  P: FINA-S P250, FINA-S 351
• FINA-P 380 - Web Design
• FINA-T 338 - Special Topics in Digital Media: Digital Photography

Note: For the courses listed above, Digital Media Informatics students are required to meet the FINA prerequisites as they are shown above, but are not required to meet otherFINA prerequisites that may be listed in the Bulletin.

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Geosciences

Required:

• MATH-K 300 - Statistical Techniques
• GEOG-G 338 - Geographic Information Science
• GEOG-G 438 - Advanced Geographic Information Systems
  P: GEOG-G 338
• GEOG-G 439 - Seminar in Geographic Information Systems
  P: GEOG-G 438

Electives (choose one with program director approval):

• GEOG-G 450 - Undergraduate Readings & Research in Geography
• GEOG-G 460 - Geography Internship

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Health Science

Required:

• AHLT-M 190 - Coding I
  P: AHLT-M 195, ANAT-A 215
• AHLT-M 191 - Coding II
  P: AHLT-M 190
• AHLT-M 322 - Hospital Organization Management
  P: PHSL-P 215
• AHLT-M 325 - Healthcare Information Requirements & Standards
  P: PHSL-P 215
• AHLT-M 350 - Medical Science I
  P: AHLT-R 200, CHEM-C 104
• AHLT-M 420 - Healthcare Planning Information Systems
  P: PHSL-P 215
• AHLT-M 445 - Medicine & the Law
  P: PHSL-P 215
• AHLT-M 470 - Healthcare Reimbursement Systems
  P: AHLT-M 191, AHLT-M 445

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Journalism

Required:

• JOUR-C 200 - Introduction to Mass Communication
• JOUR-J 200 - Reporting, Writing and Editing I
• JOUR-J 210 - Visual Communication
• JOUR-J 341 - Newspaper Reporting
  P: JOUR-J 200
• FINA-P 380 - Web Design

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Pre-MBA

Required:

• BUS-A 201 - Introduction to Financial Accounting
• BUS-A 202 - Introduction to Managerial Accounting
  P: BUS-A 201
• ECON-E 100 - Current Economic Topics
• ECON-E 200 - Fundamentals of Economics
  P: ECON-E 100
• ECON-E 280 - Applied Statistics for Business and Economics I
  P: CSCI-C 106, INFO-I 210
• BUS F301 - Financial Management
  P: BUS-A 202
• BUS K321 - Management Information Systems
  P: CSCI-C 106, INFO-I 210
• BUS-P 301 - Operations Management
  P: ECON-E 280
• BUS-M 301 - Introduction to Marketing Management
  P: ECON-E 200
• MATH-M 119 - Brief Survey of Calculus I

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Psychology

Required:

• PSY-P 101 - Introductory Psychology I
• PSY-P 102 - Introductory Psychology II
  Note: P 101 and P 102 can be taken in either order
• PSY-P 250 - Research and Quantitative Methods I
  P: PSY-P 101, PSY-P 102
• PSY-P 251 - Research and Quantitative Methods II
  P: PSY-P 250
• PSY-P 493 - Independent Study
  Note: Must have program director's approval - Students will work with a professor to propose and carry out at least a one credit hour informatics project related to any 300 or 400 level psychology class.

Electives (choose one - all require PSY-P 101 and PSY-P 102 as prerequisite):

• PSY-P 324 - Abnormal Psychology
• PSY-P 329 - Sensation and Perception
• PSY-P 335 - Cognitive Psychology
• PSY-B 378 - Introduction to Industrial Psychology

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Sociology

Required:

• SOC-S 163 - Social Problems
• SOC-S 250 - Methods & Statistics I
  P: SOC-S 163
• SOC-S 251 - Methods & Statistics II
  P: SOC-S 250

Electives (choose three - all require SOC-S 163 as prerequisite):

• SOC-S 305 - Population & Human Ecology
• SOC-S 314 - Social Aspects of Health Medicine
• SOC-S 319 - Sociology of Science
• SOC-S 405 - Selected Social Institutions
• SOC-R 481 - Evaluation Research Methods

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