Undergraduate Programs

Degree Programs

Bachelor of Science in Informatics

Prior to each semester’s enrollment, a faculty member or an academic advisor provides academic counseling for each student in the School of Informatics. Although academic counseling is intended to provide effective guidance, students are responsible for planning their own programs and for meeting the following degree requirements for graduation. Students are advised to read bulletin descriptions of all courses selected, paying careful attention to conditions concerning awarding of credit.

General Requirements

Students must successfully complete a minimum of 122 credit hours for the Bachelor of Science degree. The campus at which a student is admitted will award the degree. Students may transfer no more than 60 credit hours toward a Bachelor of Science degree. Students must complete the specific degree  requirements of the School of Informatics as listed below.

  1. Students must complete a minimum of 50 credit hours in courses at the 300-400 (junior-senior) level.
  2. Students must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.0 (C). Any course taken to satisfy the requirements of the major must be completed with a minimum grade of C– unless otherwise specified.
  3. Students are expected to complete the requirements for their undergraduate degree within eight years of admission to the School of Informatics. Students are allowed to continue beyond this time period only at the discretion of the dean. If a student has not taken classes for three years or more, that student must satisfy program requirements of the School of Informatics in effect at the time of reactivation. Requests for deviation from requirements listed in the bulletin must be approved in writing by the dean, whose decision is final.
  4. Courses that fulfill the requirements for an area of specialization also may meet the general education distribution requirements.
  5. Area of specialization courses cannot count as informatics core courses or informatics elective courses.
  6. If area of specialization courses are equivalent to informatics core courses, students should substitute additional informatics elective courses in place of informatics core courses to meet the 15-21 credit hour requirement.
  7. Courses that fulfill the requirements for a bachelor’s degree in informatics also may apply to a minor outside of the School of Informatics.
  8. Students must file a degree application with the School of Informatics office by March 1 for December graduation and October 1 for May, June, or August graduation. Failure to file by the deadline may delay the official date of graduation.

Course Requirements

The course work required for the Bachelor of Science in Informatics consists of six parts:

•     Required Core A (50 credit hours) (including INFO-I100 First Year Experience)

•     Required Core B (6 credit hours)

•     Area of Specialization

•     General Education Requirements

•     General Electives (15-19 credit hours)

Required Core A [50 credit hours]

  • INFO I100 First Year Experience (1 cr.)
  • INFO I101 Introduction to Informatics (4 cr.)
  • INFO I201 Mathematical Foundations of Informatics (4 cr.)
  • INFO I202 Social Informatics (3 cr.)
  • NEWM N221 Media Applications I (3 cr.)
  • INFO I210 Information Infrastructure I (4 cr.)
  • INFO I211 Information Infrastructure II (4 cr.)
  • NEWM N222 Media Applications II (3 cr.)
  • INFO I270 Introduction to Human Computer Interaction (3 cr.)
  • INFO I308 Information Representation (3 cr.)
  • INFO I399 Research Inquiry (3 cr.)
  • INFO I402 Project Management (3 cr.)
  • INFO I453 Computer and Information Ethics (3 cr.)
  • INFO Y195 Directed Study (1 cr.)
  • INFO Y295 Directed Study (1 cr.)
  • INFO Y395 Career Development for Informatics Majors (1 cr.)
  • INFO I421 Applications of Data Mining and Management (3 cr.)
  • INFO I453 Computer and Information Ethics (3 cr.)

Required Core B [6 credit hours]

  • Select two Informatics courses at the 300 level or above.

Note: The above courses are subject to the successful completion of prerequisites or approval of the instructor. Students also may count other courses with informatics content as informatics electives upon approval of the dean.

Required Capstone [6 credit hours]

  • INFO I494/I495 Design and Development of Information Systems (3/3 cr.)

          (senior standing; capstone project), two semester course

  • INFO I492/I493 Senior Thesis (3/3 cr.)

         (senior standing; capstone experience)

  • INFO I491 Capstone Project Internship (3/3 cr.)
          (senior standing; capstone experience)

Recommended Courses  The following course is recommended for students who lack a strong computing background. This course is considered a general elective course.

  • INFO I112 Basic Tools of Informatics—Programming and Database Concepts (3 cr.)

Area of Specialization Courses (15-21 cr.)

Departments offering areas of specialiation courses are listed on the informatics Web site (www.informatics.iupui.edu). Students should, in consultation with their academic advisors, choose an area of specialization before their sophomore year. Students must receive a grade of C– or higher in each course, and a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher.  Students may also be able to receive a minor or certificate. 

General Education Requirements

Written Communication (3 cr.)

  • ENG W131 Elementary Composition I (or equivalent)

          Students must check the listings for courses in the Schedule of Classes each semester to make

          certain the course section they have chosen fulfills the requirement.

Oral Communication (3 cr.)

  • COMM R110 Fundamentals of Speech Communication

Quantitative & Analytical Skills (6 cr.)

  •  Three (3) hours from any of the following MATH courses:

           M118; 119; 151; 153; 154; 163; 164

  • Three (3) hours from any of the following STAT courses:

          301 or 350  Was the issue of which mathematics course students should take ever resolved?

Natural, Mathematical or Computer Science (9 credit hours)

  • Arts & Humanities [3 credit hours]
  • AFRO A150 Survey of the Culture of Black Americans (3 cr.)
  • AMST A103 Topics in American Studies (3 cr.)
  • CLAS C205 Classical Mythology (3 cr.)
  • CMLT C190 FILM C292 Introduction to Film (3 cr.)
  • COMM T130 Introduction to Theatre (3 cr.)
  • ENG L105 Appreciation of Literature (3 cr.)
  • ENG L115 Literature for Today (3 cr.)
  • FLAC F200 World Cultures Through Literature (3 cr.)
  • FOLK F101 Introduction to Folklore (3 cr.)
  • HER H100 Art Appreciation (3 cr.)
  • HER H101 History of Art I (3 cr.)
  • HER H102 History of Art II (3 cr.)
  • HIST H105 American History I (3 cr.)
  • HIST H106 American History II (3 cr.)
  • HIST H108 Perspectives on the World to 1800 (3 cr.)
  • HIST H113 History of Western Civilization I (3 cr.)
  • HIST H217 The Nature of History (3 cr.)
  • PHIL P110 Introduction to Philosophy (3 cr.)
  • PHIL P120 Ethics (3 cr.)
  • REL R133 Introduction to Religion (3 cr.)
  • REL R173 American Religion (3 cr.)
  • REL R180 Introduction to Christianity (3 cr.)
  • REL R212 Comparative Religions (3 cr.)
  • MUS M174 Music for the Listener (3 cr.)
  • WOST W105 Introduction to Women’s Studies (3 cr.)

Social Sciences [3 credit hours]

  • AFRO A150 Survey of the Culture of Black Americans (3 cr.)
  • ANTH A104 Culture and Society (3 cr.)
  • COMM C180 Interpersonal Communication (3 cr.)
  • ECON E201 Introduction to Microeconomics (3 cr.) or ECON E202 Introduction to Macroeconomics (3 cr.)
  • ENG G104 Language Awareness (3 cr.)
  • FOLK F101 Introduction to Folklore (3 cr.)
  • GEOG G110 Introduction to Human Geography (3 cr.)
  • GEOG G130 World Geography (3 cr.)
  • HIST H117 Introduction to Historical Analysis (3 cr.)
  • POLS Y101 Principles of Political Science (3 cr.)
  • POLS Y103 Introduction to American Politics (3 cr.)
  • POLS Y213 Introduction to Public Policy (3 cr.)
  • POLS Y219 International Relations (3 cr.)
  • PSY B104 Psychology as a Social Science (3 cr.)
  • PSY B310 Life Span Development (3 cr.)
  • SOC R100 Introduction to Sociology (3 cr.)
  • SOC R121 Social Problems (3 cr.)
  • WOST W105 Introduction to Women’s Studies (3 cr.)

Comparative World Cultures [3 credit hours]

  • ANTH A104 Culture and Society (3 cr.)
  • CLAS C205 Classical Mythology (3 cr.)
  • FLAC F200 World Cultures through Literature (3 cr.)
  • GEOG G110 Introduction to Human Geography (3 cr.)
  • HIST H108 Perspectives on the World to 1800 (3 cr.)
  • POLS Y217 Introduction to Comparative Politics (3 cr.)
  • REL R133 Introduction to Religion (3 cr.)
  • REL R212 Comparative Religions (3 cr.)

General Electives [15-19 credit hours]

Dual Baccalaureate Degree

In certain circumstances students may be permitted to pursue a Bachelor of Science in Informatics and complete an undergraduate degree in another degree-granting school of the university. Check with an academic advisor for more details.

Second Baccalaureate Degree

In certain cases the dean may admit bachelor’s degree holders to candidacy for a second bachelor’s degree. When such admission is granted, the candidate must earn at least 60 additional credit hours and meet the requirements of the School of Informatics. Students seeking second degree candidacy should review the guidelines available from the informatics office. Students with a bachelor’s degree who wish to further their education should also consider becoming qualified for admission to a graduate program.

Minor and Certificate in Informatics

The undergraduate minor or certificate allows a student majoring in another subject to get appropriate training in informatics and obtain certification as someone who knows how to apply informatics tools to that subject area.

Certificate in Informatics

1.    Minimum grade of 2.0 (C) in all courses taken for the certificate.

2.    Students are required to complete 27 credit hours from the following list:
  • INFO I101 Introduction to Informatics (4 cr.)
  • INFO I202 Social Informatics (3 cr.)
  • INFO I210 Information Infrastructure I (4 cr.)
  • INFO I211 Information Infrastructure II (4 cr.)
  • INFO I300 Human-Computer Interaction (3 cr.)
  • INFO I303 Organizational Informatics (3 cr.)
  • INFO I308 Information Representation (3 cr.)

In addition, students must take an additional course (3 credit hours) from the informatics curriculum. These additional courses can be chosen from the listed electives for informatics and can therefore be taken in another department, if the other department is not the student’s major department.

Minor in Informatics  (16–18 cr.)

1.    Minimum grade of 2.0 (C) in all courses taken for the minor.

2.    Students are required to take three courses from the following list:

  • INFO I101 Introduction to Informatics (4 cr.)
  • INFO I202 Social Informatics (3 cr.)
  • INFO I210 Information Infrastructure I (4 cr.)
  • INFO I211 Information Infrastructure II (4 cr.)
  • INFO I308 Information Representation (3 cr.)

3.    Students are required to take the following upper level courses:

  • INFO I300 Human-Computer Interaction (3 cr.)
  • INFO I303 Organizational Informatics (3 cr.)

One course from the list of approved informatics elective courses. The course cannot be in the student’s major department.

Minor in Business

IUPUI students pursuing a bachelor’s degree in the School of Informatics may obtain a minor in business by successfully fulfilling the following requirements:

Section A: Required Business Courses (9 cr.)

  •       BUS A200    Foundations of Accounting
  •       BUS K201    The Computer in Business
  •       BUS L203    Commercial Law I

Prerequisite for each course:  Sophomore standing

Section B: Required Business Courses (9 cr.) Prerequisites for all three courses below: BUS A200,

K201, L203, ENG W131, Math 110 or above. These courses do not have to be taken at the same time and may be taken in any sequence.

  •       BUS F300    Introduction to Financial Management
  •       BUS M300    Introduction to Marketing
  •       BUS P300    Introduction to Operations Management

Section C Business Electives (3 cr.) Choose one of the following:

  •       BUS D301    International Business Environment (P: ECON E201 and E202)
  •       BUS Z302    Managing and Behavior in Organizations (P: Junior Standing)
  •       BUS Z311    Ethics and Leadership (1.5 cr.) AND
  •       BUS Z312    Human Resources and Negotiations (1.5 cr.) (P: Junior Standing)

Requirements to receive a business minor:

  • 21 credit hours in business
  • Minimum GPA in the seven courses of 2.0 or above
  • Four of the seven courses must be taken on the IUPUI campus
  • Submit an application for the Kelley School of Business Minor at the beginning of their your final semester at IUPUI

NOTE: Kelley School of Business may adjust requirements. Be sure to check with your advisor.


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