Bachelor of Science in Informatics

Collaborative Online Degree

This 100 percent online, consortial program is taught by IU South Bend, IU East, IUPUI, IU Kokomo, IU Northwest, and IU Southeast. This consortial model allows you to take coursework from several campuses and learn from a wide range of faculty.

This program is authorized, exempt, or not subject to state regulatory compliance and may enroll students from all 50 states.

Many online support services are available to assist you as you progress through the program.

As technology becomes increasingly pervasive in our lives, there's a growing need for skills in managing the digital world, and in understanding the social impact of computing and the big picture of how people and technology connect. Informatics focuses on putting information technology to work solving today's problems in healthcare, privacy, security, education, poverty, and the environment. Your B.S. in Informatics will prepare you to develop technology solutions that address and anticipate the needs of today's world.

The IU Online Bachelor of Science in Informatics prepares you for work in technology start-ups, health information systems, human-computer interaction, sustainability, and technology research, opening the door to such careers as:

User experience designer
Information architect
Digital library specialist
Web developer
Information security professional
E-commerce specialist
Database developer/manager
Software developer

Students are required to choose one of the following tracks:

Business Track

Coursework will provide instruction in several areas of business and business management, including accounting, bookkeeping, marketing, human resource management, financial management, and supply chain management.

Health Information Management Track

Coursework will provide instruction in several areas of health information management, including ethics, communication, confidentiality, and data analysis. Students will learn to follow standards of a professional healthcare environment, and to effectively and accurately analyze healthcare information.

Legal Informatics Track

Students will study several skill areas necessary in legal informatics, including specialized technology, handling evidence, information governance, security, privacy, and protection of intellectual property. Students will assist with presenting a legal case in court.

Admissions

To be accepted to this program, you must have:

Admissions requirements vary.

To apply to this program:

Complete application for admission.
Submit official transcripts to admissions@iusb.edu.
Submit official high school transcript or equivalent (may be required of some applicants).
Complete an essay (may be required of some applicants).
International applicants may be asked for additional materials.

This program is offered by IU South Bend, IU East, IUPUI, IU Kokomo, IU Northwest, and IU Southeast. After applying, you will be assigned a home campus. You will submit application documents to the Office of Admissions on that campu.

Application Deadline:

Rolling admissions. Application review will begin upon receipt of all required application materials

Degree Requirements (120 cr.)

To graduate with the BS in Informatics, you must complete a total of 120 semester credit hours, broken down as follows.

Requirements are broken down as follows:

IU South Bend Campuswide General Education Curriculum (33 cr.) | 3 credits are satisfied by a course from the Major.

Courses required for the Online B.S. in Informatics fulfill the Quantitative Reasoning requirement.

Major Requirements (48 cr.)

Core Courses (39 cr.)
Informatics Electives (9 cr.)

Tracks (15-18 cr.)
Additional Requirements (16 cr.)
World Language (0-6 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.
Free Electives (balance of credits needed to equal 120 credit requirement)

Minimum of 30 credit hours at the 300– or 400–level.
Courses required for the major must be completed with a grade of C or higher.
A minimum CGPA of 2.0 is required.
Students may be able to transfer an associate degree or up to 64 credit hours from a regionally accredited two-year college and up to 90 credits from a regionally accredited four-year college or university.
All courses are 3 credit hours, unless otherwise designated.

Major Requirements (48 cr.)

Informatics Core Courses (39 cr.)

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 I
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

Informatics Electives (9 cr.)

Tracks (15-18 cr.)

The B.S. in Informatics requires students to choose a track, or specific area of focus to better determine what kinds of people or systems that he or she would like to work with.

A track is an integrated program of courses taken outside of the School of Informatics. These courses emphasize the foundations, applications and/or implications of information technology in the chosen area.

List of Tracks

Business
Health Information Management
Legal Informatics