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Jan 21, 2025
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Courses of Study 2024-2025
Information Science
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Faculty
S. Azenkot, L. Blume, C. Cardie, C. Cheyre, T. Choudhury, S. Cleare, C. Csikszentmihalyi, C. Danescu-Niculescu-Mizil, N. Dell, D. Easley, S. Fussell, P. Ginsparg, C. Gomes, F. Guimbretiere, K. Harms, H. Hirsh, S. Jackson, T. Joachims, W. Ju, M. Jung, R. Kizilcec, J. Kleinberg, A. Koenecke, L. Lee, G. Leshed, K. Levy, M. Macy, D. Mimno, M. Naaman, R. Nandakumar, H. Nissenbaum, T. Parikh, M. Pollack, T. Roumen, J. Rzeszotarski, P. Sengers, B. Soltoff, D. Susser, E. Tardos, A. Taylor, A. Vashistha, G. Vidan, M. Wilkens, D. Williamson, Q. Yang, Y. Yin, C. Zhang
Information Science, Systems, and Technology
Contact: Information Science at 521 and 521A Rhodes Hall (607) 255-3615 and (607) 255-0772, or visit the website.
Digital information technologies have become pervasive in science, engineering, manufacturing, business, finance, culture, law, and government, dramatically changing the way people work and live. The proliferation and significance of these new technologies demands a new focus in engineering education—one that remains rigorous and technically oriented but is simultaneously devoted to integrating engineering design, theory, and practice within the social and organizational contexts in which these complex digital information systems are employed.
The Information Science, Systems, and Technology (ISST) major studies the design and management of complex information systems. Just as structural engineers and nanofabricators use physics at radically different scales, so also there is a scale difference between the focus of the ISST major and the more traditional, look-under-the-hood majors in Computer Science and Operations Research and Industrial Engineering. Rather than focusing on the computing and communication technologies that underlie digital information systems, the ISST major emphasizes information systems engineering in broad application contexts, where issues at the confluence of information science, technology, and management are the primary concerns.
Note: Students may not double major in both CS and ISST or ORIE and ISST.
The ISST major is available to students in the College of Engineering. In addition to completing all of their ISST major requirements, ISST majors must complete all of their College of Engineering requirements.
Concentrations
Students specialize in a particular area of interest in Information Science, Systems, and Technology by selecting one primary concentration (Data Science, Interactive Technologies, or Networks, Crowds and Markets), and one secondary concentration from the seven concentration options that will provide in-depth study in that area. Courses under each concentration come from within and outside the department. If you’re not sure which concentration to pursue, read the information below on each one to determine which best suits your interests and career goals.
Concentration Options: Choose One
Behavioral Science – Provides students with an in-depth understanding of the behavioral and social aspects of interacting with and through information technology.
Data Science – Equips students to learn about the world through data analytics.
Digital Culture and Production – Explores computing as a cultural phenomenon. It equips students to analyze technology’s role in society and culture, to understand it historically, and to produce media artifacts.
Information Ethics, Law, and Policy – Provides training and insight into the ethical, legal, and policy dimensions of contemporary information technology.
Interactive Technologies – Provides students with the analytical and technical skills they need to design and build functional technical systems.
Networks, Crowds, and Markets – Helps students to understand formal models, data and policy issues surrounding networked systems.
UX (User Experience) – Helps students gain a better understanding of user experience design through studies in design and user perception.
Major Approved Electives
In addition to the courses in their chosen concentration, students are required to choose two major-approved electives per the elective guidelines that will contribute to their studies in either breadth or depth. INFO 2300 counts as a major-approved elective.
Concentration Requirements
Data Science
For your primary concentration, choose one course from A, B, C, and D. If you count data science as your secondary concentration, then choose one course form B, C, and D.
A. Data Analysis
B. Domain Expertise
C. Big Data Ethics, Policy and Society
D. Data Communication
Interactive Technologies
For your primary concentration, take one course each from A, B, and C; and one additional course from any of the three categories. If you count Interactive Technologies as your secondary concentration, then take one course each from A, B, and C.
A. Building with Hardware
B. Working with Data/Software
C. Context/Application Domains
Network, Crowds, and Markets
For your primary concentration, choose two courses from A, one course from B, and one from C. If you count Networks, Crowds, and Markets as your secondary concentration, then choose one course each from A, B, and C.
A. Models
B. Data
C. Policy/Values
Behavioral Science
If you count Behavioral Science as your secondary concentration, choose one course each from A, B, and C.
A. Understanding Social Behavior
B. Social Data Analytics
C. Behavior in Sociological, Network, and Design Contexts
Take one course from one of the below “Behavior in Context” sections – it is not necessary to take one from each.
C1. Behavior in Sociological Context
C2. Behavior in Network Context
C3. Behavior in Design Context:
Digital Culture and Production
If you count Digital Culture and Production as your secondary concentration, choose one course from A and B, plus an additional course from either A or B.
A. Digital Culture and History
B. Media, Art, Design
Information Ethics, Law, and Policy
If you count Information Ethics, Law, and Policy as your secondary concentration, choose one course each from A, B, and C.
A. Frameworks and Institutions
B. Methods and Analysis
C. Cases/Topics
UX (User Experience) Design
If you count UX Design as your secondary concentration, choose one course each from A, B, and C.
A. Core Principles of Design
B. Design in Context
C. Knowing the User
The Minor
A minor in Information Science is available to undergraduate students in all colleges. The minor has been designed to ensure that students have substantial grounding in all three tracks: Human-Centered Systems, Information Systems, and Social Systems. Detailed information about the minor can be found in the CIS section of Courses of Study as well as on the Information Science website.
Information Science, Systems, and Technology Honors Program
The B.S. degree with honors is granted to engineering students who satisfy the requirements given on the “Undergraduate Study and Graduation Requirements ” page as well as the following requirements.
- Cumulative GPA ≥ 3.5
- 3 credit hours of ISST graded course work at or above the 5000-level (graded courses only; no 1 or 2 credit seminars or 2 credit project courses)
- 6 credit hours of INFO 4900 - Independent Reading and Research with an ISST faculty member, spread over at least two semesters, with at least A– each semester
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3 credit hours of INFO 4900 - Independent Reading and Research with an ISST faculty member and 3 credit hours of INFO 4910 - Teaching in Information Science , both with grades of at least A–.
The ISST research is expected to result in a programming project or a written report (or both).
The 9 credits required for honors are in addition to the minimum requirements for the major.
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