Distinctions & Opportunities

Opportunities Outside the College

School of Informatics and Computing
Four Outside Minors and One Certificate

Students pursuing a Bachelor's degree from the College of Arts and Sciences can obtain one of four "outside minors" and one certificate offered and administered by the School of Informatics and Computing. The courses that make up these "outside minors" and certificate do not count as inside hours for College students.

Note: The following four requirements apply to minors and certificates offered and transcripted by the College:

  1. any course in which the student receives a grade below C- cannot be used to fulfill a minor requirement;
  2. the grade point average of all courses taken in fulfillment of requirements must be at least 2.000.
  3. students must complete at least 9 credit hours in the minor on the Bloomington campus;
  4. students must complete at least 9 credit hours at the 300–400 level.

Minors and certificate on this page:

Minor in Human-Centered Computing

Note:

  • Students must successfully complete a minimum of 15 credit hours:
  • Students must earn a grade of C or higher in INFO-I 101;

Required Courses

  • INFO-I 101 Introduction to Informatics (4 cr.) OR CSCI-A 110 Introduction to Computers and Computing (3 cr.)
  • INFO-I 202 Social Informatics (3 cr.) OR INFO-I 222 The Information Society
  • INFO-I 300 HCI/Interaction Design (3 cr.)
Students must complete TWO electives from the following:
  • CSCI-A 216 Digital Multimedia Concepts and Technologies (3 cr.)
  • INFO-I 303 Organizational Informatics (3 cr.)
  • INFO-I 310 Multimedia Arts and Technology (3 cr.)
  • INFO-I 330 Legal and Social Informatics of Security (3 cr.)
  • INFO-I 356 Globalization, Where We Fit In (3 cr.)
  • INFO-I 440 Human–Robot Interaction
  • INFO-I 441 Interaction Design Practice (3 cr.)
  • INFO-I 453 Computer and Information Ethics (3 cr.)
  • INFO-I 399/INFO-I 400 Topics* in Informatics (with permission of the Director for Undergraduate Studies)

*Only one approved topics course counts toward the minor.

Minor in Informatics

Note:

  • Students must successfully complete five courses for a minimum of 17 credit hours. At least two of the five courses must be at the 300–400 level.
  • Students must earn a grade of C or higher in INFO-I 101 and a grade of C– or higher in all other courses for the minor.

Required Course

  • INFO-I 101 Introduction to Informatics (4 cr.)

A programming course selected from the following:

  • INFO-I 210 Information Infrastructure I
  • CSCI-A 201 Introduction to Programming I
  • CSCI-C 211 Introduction to Computer Science

Three additional Informatics courses:

  • At least two of these courses must be at the 300–400 level. Excludes INFO-I 110, I111, I130, T100, Y100 and Y395. Independent study, internship and capstone courses may only be counted with approval of the Director of Undergraduate Studies.
Minor in Information Technology

Note:

  • Computer science majors are not eligible for this minor;
  • Students must successfully complete a minimum of 15 credit hours.

Required Courses

  • CSCI-A 338 Network Technologies and Administration (4 cr.)
  • One of the following options:
    • CSCI-A 201 Introduction to Programming I (4 cr.) and CSCI-A 202 Introduction to Programming II (4 cr.); OR
    • CSCI-C 211 Introduction to Computer Science (4 cr.) and CSCI-C 212 Introduction to Software Systems (4 cr.); OR
    • INFO-I 210 Information Infrastructure I (4 cr.) and INFO-I 211 Information Infrastructure II (4 cr.).

Select TWO courses from the following:

  • CSCI-A 216 Digital Multimedia Concepts and Technologies (3 cr.)
  • CSCI-A 321 Computing Tools for Scientific Research (4 cr.)
  • CSCI-A 348 Mastering the World Wide Web (3–4 cr.)
  • CSCI-A 290 Tools for Computing classes (1.5 cr. each) if not part of a CSCI-A 202 course—See advisor for this exception.
Minor in Security Informatics

Note: Students must successfully complete a minimum of 16 credit hours:

Required Courses (7 credit hours)

  • INFO-I 130 Introduction to Cybersecurity (1 cr.)
  • INFO-I 230 Analytical Foundations of Security (3 cr.)
  • INFO-I 231 Math Foundations of Cybersecurity (3 cr.)

Additional Courses (9 credit hours selected from the following)

  • INFO-I 330 Legal and Social Informatics of Security (3 cr.)
  • INFO-I 400 Topics in Informatics—when security related, approval required (3 cr.)
  • INFO-I 430 Security for Networked Systems (3 cr.)
  • INFO-I 433 Systems and Protocol Security and Information Assurance (3 cr.)
  • INFO-I 453 Computer and Information Ethics (3 cr.)
Certificate in Informatics

Note:

  • Students must successfully complete a minimum of 8 courses:
  • Any course in which a student earns a grade below C- may not be used to fulfill a requirement for the certificate;
  • Students must earn a grade of C or higher in INFO-I 101;
  • The grade point average of all courses taken in fulfillment of certificate requirements must be at least 2.000;
  • CSCI majors may not count upper-level CSCI courses in this certificate if used to fulfill major requirements.

Required Courses

  • INFO-I 101 Introduction to Informatics (4 cr.)
  • INFO-I 201 Mathematical Foundations of Informatics (4 cr.)
  • INFO-I 202 Social Informatics (3 cr.) OR INFO-I 222 The Information Society (3 cr.)
  • INFO-I 210 Information Infrastructure I (4 cr.)
  • INFO-I 211 Information Infrastructure II (4 cr.)
  • INFO-I 300 HCI/Interaction Design (3 cr.)
  • INFO-I 308 Information Representation (3 cr.)
  • One additional course from the list of informatics electives—please see the School of Informatics Undergraduate Academic Bulletin for a list of these courses.