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School of Natural Sciences

Informatics (Bachelor of Science)

The Department of Informatics fosters a broad and interdisciplinary view of informatics and uses this view to serve our constituencies in teaching, research, and civic engagement.

In teaching, we strive to prepare our students to become life-long learners as well as highly skilled professionals with strong technical and analytical skills that can be applied to other disciplines, such as arts & humanities, business, health sciences, natural sciences, and social sciences.

Through research, the faculty endeavors to generate new knowledge and stay current in a constantly changing social and psychological dimension of information technology.  The faculty introduces research results in the classroom and laboratory, and fosters the development of undergraduate research techniques thus promoting these necessary skills in our students. 

In civic engagement, we thematically link community-based research, collaborative projects, service-learning, mentored internships, reflective experiential learning and study abroad opportunities for helping our students advance on this essential learning goal.

Student Learning Goals

  1. The graduate will be able to serve as a liaison between an organization’s nontechnical personnel and its information technology personnel; thus providing the vital communication link between end users of technology and those who develop the technology for the end users.
  2. The graduate will be able to recognize opportunities for the application of “off-the-shelf” technology to the day-to-day problems faced by the graduate’s organization. Furthermore, the graduate, in many cases, will be able to apply this off-the-shelf technology directly to solving these problems.
  3. The graduate will be able to recognize and propose the creation of new information technology solutions to the organization’s long-term problems. The graduate will contribute to the development of these new solutions by representing the nontechnical end users in the development process.

Degree  Requirements

Degree Program Admission Requirements

To be admitted to a degree program in Informatics, a student must satisfy the IU Southeast admission requirements. Additionally, a student must complete INFO-I 101 Introduction to Informatics and have an overall GPA of at least 2.0.

Dept.

Course Number

Title

Credit Hours

Minimum Grade

Co-Reqs or Pre-reqs

INFO-I

101

Introduction to Informatics

4

C

Computer literacy

See “General Requirements for Undergraduate Degrees at IU Southeast.”

General Education Component

Note: This is not a re-statement of the University’s General Education Requirement but a list of specific General Education courses which are also requirements or pre-requisites for course work in the school/major.

Dept.

Course Number

Title

Credit Hours

Minimum Grade

Co-Reqs or Pre-reqs

ENG-W

234

Technical Report Writing

3

C

ENG-W 131

CSCI-C

106

Introduction to Computers and Their Use

3

C

CSCI-N

341

Introduction to Client-side Web Programming

3

C

INFO-I 210

CSCI-N

342

Server-side Programming for the Web

3

C

INFO-I 210

International Dimension

Choose from one of the following options:

  1. Three semesters in the same foreign language, or demonstrated equivalent proficiency.
  2. An international experience approved by the program director.
  3. Two courses from the IU Southeast Informatics International Dimension list, displayed below. Note: These courses cannot be used to satisfy other General Education requirements. See http://www.ius.edu/naturalsciences/Informatics/intdim.cfm, to see if additional course options have been added since publication of this Bulletin.

Dept.

Course Number

Title

Credit Hours

Minimum Grade

Co-Reqs or Pre-reqs

FINA-A

150

African, New World and Oceanic Art

3

C

HIST-F

100

Issues in Latin American History

3

C

HIST-F

232

Upheaval in 20th-Century Latin America

3

C

HIST-G

100

Issues in Asian History

3

C

HIST-H

207

Modern East Asian Civilization

3

C

HIST-G 100

PHIL-P

170

Introduction to Asian Philosophy

3

C

POLS-Y

107

Introduction to Comparative Politics

3

C

POLS-Y

109

Introduction to International Relations

3

C

POLS-Y

369

Introduction to East Asian Politics

3

C

POLS-Y 107

BUS-D

300

International Business Administration

3

C

ECON-E 200

EALC-J

202

Second Year Japanese 2

3

C

EALC-J 201

FINA-A

362

Art of Japan

3

C

ENG-W-131

FINA-A

451

Art of the South Pacific

3

C

ENG-W-131

FREN-F

250

Second Year French II: Language & Culture

3

C

FREN-F 150

FREN-F 200

FREN-F

363

Introduction a la France Moderne

3

C

FREN-F 250

GER-G

250

Intermediate German II

3

C

GER-G 200

HIST-E

100

Issue in African History

3

C

MUS-M

375

Survey of Ethnic and Popular Music of the World

3

C

PHIL-P

334

Buddhist Philosophy

3

C

PHIL-P

374

Early Chinese Philosophy

3

C

PSY-P

457

Topics in Psychology

3

C

SOC-S

308

Global Society

3

C

SOC-S 163 or 3 credit hours of introductory sociology

SPAN-S

250

Second Year Spanish II

3

C

SPAN-S 150

SPAN-S 200

SPAN-S

275

Hispanic Culture and Conversation

3

C

SPAN-S 250

SPAN-S

411

Spain: The Cultural Context

3

C

SPAN-S 317 or SPAN-S 301–SPAN-S 302

SPCH-S

427

Cross Cultural Communication

3

C

Informatics Core Requirements

Dept.

Course Number

Title

Credit Hours

Minimum Grade

Co-Reqs or Pre-reqs

INFO-I

101

Introduction to Informatics

4

C

Computer Literacy

INFO-I

201

Mathematical Foundations of Informatics

4

C

INFO-I 101

INFO-I 210

MATH-M 118

INFO-I

202

Social Informatics

3

C

INFO-I 101

INFO-I

210

Information Infrastructure I

4

C

MATH-M 117

INFO-I 101

INFO-I

211

Information Infrastructure II

4

C

INFO-I 210

INFO-I

300

Human-Computer Interaction

3

C

INFO-I 211

INFO-I

308

Information Representation

3

C

INFO-I 201

INFO-I 210

Upper Division Major Electives

Select two of the following Upper Division Informatics courses.

Dept.

Course Number

Title

Credit Hours

Minimum Grade

Co-Reqs or Pre-reqs

INFO-I

303

Organizational Informatics

3

C

INFO-I 101

INFO-I

320

Distributed Systems and Collaborative Computing

3

C

INFO-I 211

INFO-I

330

Legal and Social Informatics of Security

3

C

INFO-I 101

INFO-I

427

Search Informatics

3

C

INFO-I 101

INFO-I

441

Interaction Design Practice

3

C

INFO-I 300

INFO-I

499

Readings and Research in Informatics

3 - 6

C

 

Capstone Course Requirement

Choose one of the following options (INFO-I-494/495 or INFO-I-491)

Dept.

Course Number

Title

Credit Hours

Minimum Grade

Co-Reqs or Pre-reqs

INFO-I

494

Design and Development of an Information System; and

3

R

INFO-I 101, INFO-I 201, INFO-I 202, INFO-I 210, INFO-I 211, INFO-I 300, INFO-I 308, CSCI-N 341, CSCI-N 342.

INFO-I

495

Design and Development of an Information System

3

C

INFO-I 494

or

 

 

INFO-I

491

Capstone Project Internship

3-6

C

 

Cognate-Specific Requirements 

Students pursuing the B.S. in Informatics select a cognate area or “track”; and complete course work identified in the grids below to complete their degree.

 

Biology Track 

Dept.

Course Number

Title

Credit Hours

Minimum Grade

Co-Reqs or Pre-reqs

BIOL-L

101

Introduction to Biological Sciences 1

5

C

BIOL-L

102

Introduction to Biological Sciences 2

5

C

BIOL-L

211

Molecular Biology

3

C

BIOL-L 101

BIOL-L 102

Track Electives 

Choose two lectures and at least one corresponding, concurrent lab.

Dept.

Course Number

Title

Credit Hours

Minimum Grade

Co-Reqs or Pre-reqs

BIOL-L/

BIOL-L

311

319

Genetics

Genetics Laboratory

3-5

C

C: BIOL-L 319

P: BIO-L 101

BIOL-L 102

BIOL-L 211

BIOL-L/

BIOL-L

312

313

Cell Biology

Cell Biology Laboratory

3-5

C

C: BIOL-L 313

P: BIO-L 102

BIOL-L 211

MICR-M/

MICR-M

310

315

Microbiology

Microbiology Laboratory.

3-5

C

C: MICR-M 310

P: BIO-L 101

BIOL-L 102

Business Track 

Dept.

Course Number

Title

Credit Hours

Minimum Grade

Co-Reqs or Pre-reqs

BUS-A

201

Introduction to Accounting I

3

C

ECON-E

150

Introduction to Economics

3

C

ECON-E

280

Applied Statistics for Business and Economics I

3

C

CSCI-C 106

INFO-I 210

Track Electives 

Choose any three courses from the list below.

Dept.

Course Number

Title

Credit Hours

Minimum Grade

Co-Reqs or Pre-reqs

BUS-F

301

Financial Management

3

C

BUS-A 202

BUS-K

321

Management Information Systems

3

C

CSCI-C 106, INFO-I 210

BUS-M

300

Introduction to Marketing

3

C

BUS-P

301

Operations Management

3

C

ECON-E-280

BUS-Z

302

Managing and Behavior in Organizations

3

C

 

Chemistry Track 

Dept.

Course Number

Title

Credit Hours

Minimum Grade

Co-Reqs or Pre-reqs

CHEM-C

105

Principles of Chemistry I

3

C

CHEM-C

106

Principles of Chemistry II

3

C

CHEM-C 105

CHEM-C

125

Experimental Chemistry I

2

C

P or C :

CHEM-C 105

CHEM-C

341

Organic Chemistry I Lectures

3

C

CHEM-C 106

CHEM-C

362

Physical Chemistry of Molecules

3

C

P: CHEM-C 106, MATH-M 216, PHYS-P 202 (or, P or C: PHYS-P 222)

Track/Concentration Electives 

Choose any two courses from the list below.  

Dept.

Course Number

Title

Credit Hours

Minimum Grade

Co-Reqs or Pre-reqs

CHEM-C

361

Physical Chemistry of Bulk Matter

3

C

CHEM-C 106, MATH-M 216, PHYS-P 202 (or, P or C: PHYS-P 222)

CHEM-C

342

Organic Chemistry Lectures 2

3

C

CHEM-C 341

CHEM-C

318

Spectrochemistry and Separations

3

C

CHEM-C 317

CHEM-C

484

Biomolecules and Catabolism

3

C

CHEM-C 342, CHEM-C 361, BIO-L 101

CHEM-C

485

Biosynthesis and Physiology

3

C

CHEM-C 484

Computer Networking Track 

Dept.

Course Number

Title

Credit Hours

Minimum Grade

Co-Reqs or Pre-reqs

CSCI-A

247

Network Technologies and Administration

3

C

INFO-I 210

CSCI-B

438

Fundamentals of Computer Networks

3

C

INFO-I 201

INFO-I 211

CSCI-A 247

CSCI-C

343

Data Structures

4

C

INFO-I 201

INFO-I 211

CSCI-B

461

Database Concepts

3

C

CSCI-C 343

Criminal Justice Track

Dept.

Course Number

Title

Credit Hours

Minimum Grade

Co-Reqs or Pre-reqs

CJUS-P

100

Intro to Criminal Justice

3

C

CJUS-P

200

Theories of Crime and Deviance

3

C

CJUS-P

295

Criminal Justice Data, Methods, & Resources

3

C

CJUS-P 100

Track Electives 

Choose any three courses from the list below.

Dept.

Course Number

Title

Credit Hours

Minimum Grade

Co-Reqs or Pre-reqs

CJUS-P

374

Substantive Criminal Law

3

C

CJUS-P

302

Courts and Criminal Justice

3

C

CJUS-P 100

CJUS-P

301

Police in Contemporary Society

3

C

Digital Media Track

Dept.

Course Number

Title

Credit Hours

Minimum Grade

Co-Reqs or Pre-reqs

FINA-P

273

Computer Art and Design I

3

C

FINA-S

250

Graphic Design I

3

C

FINA-P 273

FINA-S

351

Typography I

3

C

FINA-P 250

FINA-S

352

Graphic Design III

3

C

FINA-P 351

FINA-T

338

Special Topics in Digital Media

3

C

FINA-P 273

FINA-P

323

Intro to Web Design

3

C

FINA-P 273

Geosciences Track

Dept.

Course Number

Title

Credit Hours

Minimum Grade

Co-Reqs or Pre-reqs

MATH-K

300

Statistical Techniques for Health Professions

3

C

GEOG-G

338

Geographic Information Science

3

C

GEOG-G

438

Advanced Geographic Information Science

3

C

GEOG-G 338

GEOG-G

439

Seminar in Geographic Information Science

3

C

GEOG-G 438

Track Electives 

Choose any one course from the list below.

Dept.

Course Number

Title

Credit Hours

Minimum Grade

Co-Reqs or Pre-reqs

GEOG-G

450

Undergraduate Readings &  Research in Geography

3

C

GEOG-G

460

Internship Geographical Analysis

3

C

Health Science Track 

Dept.

Course Number

Title

Credit Hours

Minimum Grade

Co-Reqs or Pre-reqs

AHLT-M

190

Coding I

3

C

AHLT-M 195, ANAT-A 215

AHLT-M

191

Coding II

3

C

AHLT-M 190

AHLT-M

322

Hospital Organization Management

3

C

PHSL-P 215

AHLT-M

325

Healthcare Information Requirements and Standards

3

C

PHSL-P 215

AHLT-M

350

Medical Science I

3

C

AHLT-R 200, CHEM-C 104

AHLT-M

420

Healthcare Planning Information Systems

3

C

PHSL-P 215

AHLT-M

445

Medicine and the Law

3

C

PHSL-P 215

AHLT-M

470

Healthcare Reimbursement Systems

3

C

AHLT-M 191, AHLT-M 445

Journalism Track 

Dept.

Course Number

Title

Credit Hours

Minimum Grade

Co-Reqs or Pre-reqs

JOUR-C

200

Introduction to Mass Communication

3

C

JOUR-J

200

Writing for Mass Media

3

C

JOUR-J

210

Visual Communication

3

C

JOUR-J

341

Newspaper Reporting

3

C

JOUR-J 200

FINA-P

323

Introduction to Web Design

3

C

FINA-P 273

Pre-MBA Track

Dept.

Course Number

Title

Credit Hours

Minimum Grade

Co-Reqs or Pre-reqs

BUS-A

201

Introduction to Accounting I

3

C

BUS-A

202

Introduction to Accounting II

3

C

BUS-A 201

ECON-E

150

Introduction to Economics

3

C

ECON-E

200

Fundamentals of Economics

3

C

ECON-E 150

ECON-E

280

Applied Statistics for Business and Economics I

3

C

CSCI-C 106

INFO-I 210

BUS-F

301

Financial Management

3

C

BUS-A 202

BUS-K

321

Management Information Systems

3

C

CSCI-C 106, INFO-I 210

BUS-P

301

Operations Management

3

C

ECON-E-280

BUS-M

301

Introduction to Marketing Management

3

C

ECON-E-200

MATH-M

119

Brief Survey of Calculus I

3

C

Psychology Track 

Dept.

Course Number

Title

Credit Hours

Minimum Grade

Co-Reqs or Pre-reqs

PSY-P

101

Introductory Psychology 1

3

C

PSY-P

102

Introductory Psychology 2

3

C

PSY-P

250

Research and Quantitative Methods I

3

C

PSY-P 101

PSY-P102

PSY-P

251

Research and Quantitative Methods II

3

C

PSY-P 250

PSY-P

493

Supervised Research 1

1-3

C

Track Electives

Choose any one course  from the list below.

Dept.

Course Number

Title

Credit Hours

Minimum Grade

Co-Reqs or Pre-reqs

PSY-P

324

Abnormal Psychology

3

C

PSY-P 101

PSY-P102

PSY-P

329

Sensation and Perception

3

C

PSY-P 101

PSY-P102

PSY-P

335

Cognitive Psychology

3

C

PSY-P 101

PSY-P102

PSY-B

378

Introduction to Industrial Psychology

3

C

PSY-P 101

PSY-P102

Sociology Track 

Dept.

Course Number

Title

Credit Hours

Minimum Grade

Co-Reqs or Pre-reqs

SOC-S

163

Social Problems

3

C

SOC-S

250

Methods and Statistics 1

3

C

SOC-S 163

SOC-S

251

Methods and Statistics 2

3

C

SOC-S 250

Track Electives 

Choose any three courses from the list below.

Dept.

Course Number

Title

Credit Hours

Minimum Grade

Co-Reqs or Pre-reqs

SOC-S

305

Population

3

C

SOC-S 163

SOC-S

314

Social Aspects of Health & Medicine

3

C

SOC-S 163

SOC-S

319

Science, Technology & Society

3

C

SOC-S 163

SOC-S

360

Topics in Social Policy

3

C

SOC-S 163

SOC-S

405

Selected Social Institutions

3

C

SOC-S 163

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