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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 (C) or Pre-reqs (P)

INFO-I

101

Introduction to Informatics

4

C

P: 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 (C) or Pre-reqs (P)

ENG-W

234

Technical Report Writing

3

C

P:ENG-W131

INFO-I

110

Basic Tools of Informatics I - Programming Concepts

1.5

C

 C:INFO-I101

INFO-I

111

Basic Tools of Informatics I - Introduction to Databases 

 1.5 

 C 

 C:INFO-I110

Choose one option set from the following two options.  Note: The course sets in the options cannot be mixed and matched.  Students must select and complete an option in its entirety.

Dept.

Course Number

Title

Credit Hours

Minimum Grade

Co-Reqs (C) or Pre-reqs (P)

INFO-I

330

Legal and Social Informatics of Security AND

3

C

P:INFO-I101

INFO-I

427

Search Informatics

3

C

 P:INFO-I110, INFO-I111, INFO-I308

OR

 

 

CSCI-N

341

Introduction to Client-side Web Programming AND

3

C

P:INFO-I110, INFO-I111, INFO-I210

CSCI-N

342

Server-side Programming for the Web

3

C

P:INFO-I110, INFO-I111, INFO-I210

C:CSCI-N341

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 (C) or Pre-reqs (P)

FINA-A

150

African, New World and Oceanic Art

3

D

 None

HIST-F

100

Issues in Latin American History

3

D

 None

HIST-F

232

Upheaval in 20th-Century Latin America

3

D

 None

HIST-G

100

Issues in Asian History

3

D

 None

HIST-H

207

Modern East Asian Civilization

3

D

None

PHIL-P

170

Introduction to Asian Philosophy

3

D

 None

POLS-Y

107

Introduction to Comparative Politics

3

D

 None

POLS-Y

109

Introduction to International Relations

3

D

 None

POLS-Y

369

Introduction to East Asian Politics

3

D

R:POLS-Y107

BUS-D

300

International Business Administration

3

D

P:ECON-E200 and Junior standing

EALC-J

202

Second Year Japanese 2

3

D

P:EALC-J201

FINA-A

362

Art of Japan

3

D

P:ENG-W131, ENG-W290

FINA-A

451

Art of the South Pacific

3

D

P:ENG-W131, ENG-W290

FREN-F

250

Second Year French II: Language & Culture

3

D

P:FREN-F200

FREN-F

363

Introduction a la France Moderne

3

D

P:FREN-F313

GER-G

250

Intermediate German II

3

D

P:GER-G200

HIST-E

100

Intro to African History

3

D

 None

INFO-I 

356 

Globalization, Where We Fit In

 3 

D

 P:INFO-I 101, INFO-I110, INFO-I111

MUS-M

375

Survey of Ethnic and Popular Music of the World

3

D

 None

PHIL-P

334

Buddhist Philosophy

3

D

 P:ENG-W 131; 3 credit hours of Philosophy

PHIL-P

374

Early Chinese Philosophy

3

D

 P:ENG-W 131; 3 credit hours of Philosophy

PSY-P

457

Topics in Psychology

3

D

 P:Junior/Senior standing or instructor consent

SOC-S

308

Global Society

3

D

P:SOC-S163 or 3 credit hours of introductory sociology

SPAN-S

250

Second Year Spanish II

3

D

P:SPAN-S200

SPAN-S

275

Hispanic Culture and Conversation

3

D

P:SPAN-S250

SPAN-S

411

Spain: The Cultural Context

3

D

P:One 300 level spanish lit/culture course

SPCH-S

427

Cross Cultural Communication

3

D

 P:Sophomore standing

Informatics Core Requirements

Dept.

Course Number

Title

Credit Hours

Minimum Grade

Co-Reqs (C) or Pre-reqs (P)

INFO-I

101

Introduction to Informatics

4

C

P: Computer Literacy

INFO-I

201

Mathematical Foundations of Informatics

4

C

P:INFO-I101, INFO-I110, INFO-I111, INFO-I210, MATH-M118

INFO-I

202

Social Informatics

3

C

P: INFO-I101

INFO-I

210

Information Infrastructure I

4

C

P:INFO-I101, INFO-I110, INFO-I111

INFO-I

211

Information Infrastructure II

4

C

P:INFO-I110, INFO-I111, INFO-I210

INFO-I

300

Human-Computer Interaction

3

C

P:INFO-I110, INFO-I111, INFO-I211

INFO-I

308

Information Representation

3

C

P:INFO-I110, INFO-I111, INFO-I201, INFO-I210

INFO-I 

421 

Applications for Data Mining

 3 

C

P:INFO-I308 

INFO-Y

395 

Career Development for Informatics Majors 

 1 

 C

P:INFO-I101, INFO-I110, INFO-I111

Upper Division Major Electives

Select two of the following Upper Division Informatics courses.

Dept.

Course Number

Title

Credit Hours

Minimum Grade

Co-Reqs (C) or Pre-reqs (P)

INFO-I

303

Organizational Informatics

3

C

P:INFO-I101

INFO-I

320

Distributed Systems and Collaborative Computing

3

C

P:INFO-I211

INFO-I

441

Interaction Design Practice

3

C

P:INFO-I300

 

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 (C) or Pre-reqs (P)

INFO-I

494

Design and Development of an Information System; and

3

R

P:INFO-I101, INFO-I110, INFO-I111, INFO-I201, INFO-I202, INFO-I210, INFO-I211, INFO-I300, INFO-I308, (CSCI-N341 and CSCI-N342) or (INFO-I330 and INFO-I427).

INFO-I

495

Design and Development of an Information System

3

C

P:INFO-I494

OR

 

 

INFO-I

491

Capstone Project Internship*

3-6

C

 Senior Standing & Approval

 

*NOTE: Students are required to complete 6 credit hours INFO-I 491 for their capstone project internship, i.e. 360 hours of supervised work.  There is a maximum of 6 credit hours allowed for INFO-I 491.  Capstone project internship proposals must be approved by the Informatics coordinator in writing before any work on the internship begins.  Contact the Informatics coordinator at least 2 semesters in advance to the planned semester to discuss your proposal and its approval formalities.

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.

Choose one from the approved list of IU Southeast Cognate Areas: (Note: each cognate's specific courses are listed as follows.)

  • Biology
  • Business
  • Chemistry
  • Criminal Justice
  • Computer Networking
  • Digital Media
  • Geosciences
  • Health Science
  • Journalism
  • Pre-M.B.A.
  • Psychology
  • Sociology

Biology Track 

Dept.

Course Number

Title

Credit Hours

Minimum Grade

Co-Reqs (C) or Pre-reqs (P)

BIOL-L

101

Introduction to Biological Sciences 1

5

C

 None

BIOL-L

102

Introduction to Biological Sciences 2

5

C

 None

BIOL-L

211

Molecular Biology

3

C

P:BIOL-L101, BIOL-L102 & CHEM-C101 or C105

Track Electives 

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

Dept.

Course Number

Title

Credit Hours

Minimum Grade

Co-Reqs (C) or Pre-reqs (P)

BIOL-L

311/

319

Genetics/

Genetics Laboratory

3-5

C

P:BIOL-L211
C:BIOL-L319

P:BIOL-L211
C:BIOL-L311

BIOL-L

312/

313

Cell Biology/

Cell Biology Laboratory

3-5

C

P: BIOL-L211

C:BIOL-L312

BIOL-L 211

MICR-M

310/

315

Microbiology/

Microbiology Laboratory

3-5

C

P:BIOL-L211

C:MICR-M310

Business Track 

Dept.

Course Number

Title

Credit Hours

Minimum Grade

Co-Reqs (C) or Pre-reqs (P)

BUS-A

201

Introduction to Financial Accounting

3

C

 P: 12 credit hours, GPA of 2.0 or higher, MATH-M 102, M117, or higher

ECON-E

150

Introduction to Economics

3

C

 P: see course description

ECON-E

280

Applied Statistics for Business and Economics I

3

C

P:MATH-M 122 and BUS-K 201

Track Electives 

Choose any three courses from the list below.

Dept.

Course Number

Title

Credit Hours

Minimum Grade

Co-Reqs (C) or Pre-reqs (P)

BUS-F

301

Financial Management

3

C

P:BUS-A202, ECON-E 150, SPCH-S 121, ENG-W 231 or W234, and 45 credit hours

BUS-K

321

Management Information Systems

3

C

P:SPCH-S 121, ENG-W 231 or W234, and 45 credit hours

BUS-M

300

Introduction to Marketing*

3

C

 None

BUS-P

301

Operations Management

3

C

 P:SPCH-S121, ENG-W 231 or W234, and 45 credit hours

BUS-Z

302

Managing and Behavior in Organizations

3

C

 P:SPCH-S121, PSY-P101, ENG-W231 or W234, and 45 credit hours

 *Note: BUS-M 301 Introduction to Marketing Management may be substituted for BUS-M 300, but BUS-M 301 has ECON-E 200 as an additional prerequisite.

Chemistry Track 

Dept.

Course Number

Title

Credit Hours

Minimum Grade

Co-Reqs (C) or Pre-reqs (P)

CHEM-C

105

Principles of Chemistry I

3

C

 None

CHEM-C

106

Principles of Chemistry II

3

C

P:CHEM-C105

CHEM-C

125

Experimental Chemistry I

2

C

C:CHEM-C105

CHEM-C

341

Organic Chemistry I Lectures

3

C

P:CHEM-C106

CHEM-C

362

Physical Chemistry of Molecules

3

C

P:CHEM-C106, MATH-M 216
C:PHYS-P 202 or P222

Track/Concentration Electives 

Choose any two courses from the list below.  

Dept.

Course Number

Title

Credit Hours

Minimum Grade

Co-Reqs (C) or Pre-reqs (P)

CHEM-C

361

Physical Chemistry of Bulk Matter

3

C

P:CHEM-C106, MATH-M 216
C:PHYS-P 202 or P222

CHEM-C

342

Organic Chemistry Lectures 2

3

C

P:CHEM-C341

CHEM-C

318

Spectrochemistry and Separations

3

C

P:CHEM-C317

CHEM-C

484

Biomolecules and Catabolism

3

C

P:CHEM-C342, BIO-L101

CHEM-C

485

Biosynthesis and Physiology

3

C

P:CHEM-C484

Computer Networking Track 

Dept.

Course Number

Title

Credit Hours

Minimum Grade

Co-Reqs (C) or Pre-reqs (P)

CSCI-A

247

Network Technologies and Administration

3

C

P:INFO-I210

CSCI-B

438

Fundamentals of Computer Networks

3

C

P:INFO-I201, INFO-I211, CSCI-A247

CSCI-C

343

Data Structures

4

C

P:INFO-I201, INFO-I211

CSCI-B

461

Database Concepts

3

C

P:CSCI-C343

Criminal Justice Track

Note: Criminal Justice Informatics students are not required to meet all prerequisites listed elsewhere in the bulletin; however, to enroll in certain courses, you may need to contact your Academic Advisor for permission.

Dept.

Course Number

Title

Credit Hours

Minimum Grade

Co-Reqs (C) or Pre-reqs (P)

CJUS-P

100

Intro to Criminal Justice

3

C

 None

CJUS-P

200

Theories of Crime and Deviance

3

C

 None

CJUS-P

295

Criminal Justice Data, Methods, & Resources

3

C

P:CJUS-P100

Track Electives 

Choose any three courses from the list below.

Dept.

Course Number

Title

Credit Hours

Minimum Grade

Co-Reqs (C) or Pre-reqs (P)

CJUS-P

374

Substantive Criminal Law

3

C

 P:CJUS-P295 or permission required

CJUS-P

302

Courts and Criminal Justice

3

C

P:CJUS-P100

CJUS-P

301

Police in Contemporary Society

3

C

 P:CJUS-P295 or permission required

Digital Media Track

Note: For the courses listed here, Digital Media Informatics students are required to meet the FINA prerequisites as they are shown below, but are not required to meet other FINA prerequisites that may be listed in the bulletin.

Dept.

Course Number

Title

Credit Hours

Minimum Grade

Co-Reqs (C) or Pre-reqs (P)

FINA-P

273

Computer Art and Design I

3

C

 None

FINA-S

250

Graphic Design I

3

C

P:FINA-P273

FINA-S

351

Typography I

3

C

P:FINA-S250

FINA-S

352

Graphic Design III

3

C

P:FINA-S351

FINA-T

338

Special Topics in Digital Media

3

C

P:FINA-P273

FINA-P

323

Intro to Web Design

3

C

P:FINA-P273

Geosciences Track

Dept.

Course Number

Title

Credit Hours

Minimum Grade

Co-Reqs (C) or Pre-reqs (P)

MATH-K

300

Statistical Techniques for Health Professions

3

C

 None

GEOG-G

338

Geographic Information Science

3

C

 None

GEOG-G

438

Advanced Geographic Information Science

3

C

P:GEOG-G338

GEOG-G

439

Seminar in Geographic Information Science

3

C

P:GEOG-G438 & Permission of Instructor

Track Electives 

Choose one course from the list below with program director approval.

Dept.

Course Number

Title

Credit Hours

Minimum Grade

Co-Reqs or Pre-reqs

GEOG-G

450

Undergraduate Readings &  Research in Geography

3

C

 P:Junior/Senior Standing & Permission

GEOG-G

460

Internship Geographical Analysis

3

C

 P:Junior/Senior Standing & Permission

Health Science Track 

Note: Health Science Informatics students can complete their first two cognate courses (AHLT-M190 & M191) at IUS.  The remaining cognate courses are completed online through IUPUI.  Contact your Academic Advisor for more information.

Dept.

Course Number

Title

Credit Hours

Minimum Grade

Co-Reqs (C) or Pre-reqs (P)

AHLT-M

190

Coding I

3

C

P:AHLT-M195

AHLT-M

191

Coding II

3

C

P:AHLT-M190

HIA-M

322

Hospital Organization Management

3

C

P:PHSL-P215

HIA-M

325

Healthcare Information Requirements and Standards

3

C

P:PHSL-P215

HIA-M

350

Medical Science I

3

C

P:AHLT-R200, CHEM-C104

HIA-M

420

Healthcare Planning Information Systems

3

C

P:PHSL-P215

HIA-M

445

Medicine and the Law

3

C

P:PHSL-P215

HIA-M

470

Healthcare Reimbursement Systems

3

C

P:AHLT-M191, AHLT-M445

Journalism Track 

Dept.

Course Number

Title

Credit Hours

Minimum Grade

Co-Reqs (C) or Pre-reqs (P)

JOUR-C

200

Introduction to Mass Communication

3

C

 None

JOUR-J

200

Writing for Mass Media

3

C

 None

JOUR-J

210

Visual Communication

3

C

 Permission Required

JOUR-J

341

Newspaper Reporting

3

C

P: JOUR-J 200

FINA-P

323

Introduction to Web Design

3

C

None

Pre-MBA Track

Dept.

Course Number

Title

Credit Hours

Minimum Grade

Co-Reqs (C) or Pre-reqs (P)

BUS-A

201

Introduction to Financial Accounting

3

C

 P: 12 credit hours and GPA or 2.0 or higher, MATH-M102, M117 or higher

BUS-A

202

Introduction to Managerial Accounting

3

C

P:BUS-A201

ECON-E

150

Introduction to Economics

3

C

 P:see course description

ECON-E

200

Fundamentals of Economics

3

C

P:ECON-E150

ECON-E

280

Applied Statistics for Business and Economics I

3

C

P:MATH-M 122 amd BUS-K 201

BUS-F

301

Financial Management

3

C

P:BUS-A202, ECON-E 150, SPCH-S 121, ENG-W231 or W234, 45 credit hours

BUS-K

321

Management Information Systems

3

C

P:SPCH-S121, ENG-W231 or W234, 45 credit hours.
C:BUS-K201

BUS-P

301

Operations Management

3

C

P:SPCH-S121, ENG-W231 or W234, 45 credit hours

BUS-M

301

Introduction to Marketing Management

3

C

P:ECON-E200, SPCH-S121, ENG-W231 or W234, 45 credit hours

MATH-M

119

Brief Survey of Calculus I

3

C

 P:MATH-M122 or Placement

Psychology Track 

Dept.

Course Number

Title

Credit Hours

Minimum Grade

Co-Reqs (C) or Pre-reqs (P)

PSY-P

101

Introductory Psychology 1

3

C

 None

PSY-P

102

Introductory Psychology 2

3

C

 None

PSY-P

341

Research and Quantitative Methods I

3

C

P:PSY-P101, PSY-P102, MATH-M118 or A118

PSY-P

342

Research and Quantitative Methods II

3

C

P:PSY-P341

PSY-P

493

Independent Study*

1-3

C

 Permission Required

*NOTE: Students enrolling in PSYC-P 493 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.

Track Electives

Choose any one course  from the list below.

Dept.

Course Number

Title

Credit Hours

Minimum Grade

Co-Reqs (C) or Pre-reqs (P)

PSY-P

324

Abnormal Psychology

3

C

P:6 credit hours in psychology

PSY-P

329

Sensation and Perception

3

C

P:6 credit hours in psychology

PSY-P

335

Cognitive Psychology

3

C

P:6 credit hours in psychology

PSY-B

378

Introduction to Industrial Psychology

3

C

P:3 credit hours in psychology or consent of instructor

Sociology Track 

Dept.

Course Number

Title

Credit Hours

Minimum Grade

Co-Reqs (C) or Pre-reqs (P)

SOC-S

163

Social Problems

3

C

 None

SOC-S

250

Methods and Statistics 1

3

C

P:SOC-S163 & MATH-M118

SOC-S

251

Methods and Statistics 2

3

C

P:SOC-S250 & Permission

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

P:SOC-S163

SOC-S

314

Social Aspects of Health & Medicine

3

C

P:SOC-S163

SOC-S

319

Science, Technology & Society

3

C

P:SOC-S163

SOC-S

360

Topics in Social Policy

3

C

P:SOC-S163 & Permission

SOC-S

405

Selected Social Institutions

3

C

P:SOC-S163

SOC-R 

481

Evaluation Research Methods 

3

 C 

P:SOC-S163

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