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Bachelor of Science in Informatics | Online

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Degree Requirements (120 cr.)

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Students receiving the Bachelor of Science degree in Informatics must complete 120 total credit hours including:

• IU South Bend Campuswide General Education Curriculum (33-39 cr.)
  Courses required for the B.S. in Informatics fulfill Quantitative Reasoning requirement.
• World Language (3-6 cr.)
  Successful completion of a second-semester language class, designated as 102, or formal training, as evidenced by secondary or university diplomas, in a language other than English. The Department of World Language Studies (W.L.S.) offers a placement examination to determine into which semester a student should enroll and/or to qualify students for credit by examination.
• Major Requirements (39 cr.)
• Elective Courses (9 cr.)
• Specialization Area (15-18)
• Free Elective (15-24 cr.)

Major Requirements (39 cr.)

All courses are 3 credit hours, unless otherwise designated.

• INFO-C 100 Informatics Foundations
• INFO-C 112 Tools for Informatics: Programming and Databases
• INFO-C 201 Mathematical Foundations of Informatics
• INFO-C 203 Social Informatics
• INFO-C 210 Problem Solving and Programming 1
• INFO-C 211 Problem Solving and Programming 2
• INFO-C 300 Human Computer Interaction
• INFO-C 307 Data Representation and Organization
• INFO-C 399 Database Systems
• INFO-C 413 Web Design and Development
• INFO-C 450 System Design
• INFO-C 451 System Implementation
• INFO-C 452 Project Management

Elective Courses (9 cr.)

• Informatics electives

Specialization Areas (15-24)

• Each student must select a cognate area (or area of specialization)

Free Electives

• Balance of credits needed to equal 120 credit requirement