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Informatics

Minor in the School of Information

Informatic minor

The Informatics minor is open to undergraduate students across the University who wish to explore the foundations of the field of Information Studies and its many core disciplines

Tenured faculty members, professional practitioners, and highly-trained assistant instructors offer courses in areas such as human-computer interaction and user experience design, user studies, archives and cultural heritage studies, digital humanities, and many more fields.

How to Declare

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To declare this minor, contact your assigned academic advisor in your school or college.

This minor is no longer auto-admit and all applications will be reviewed before admittance due to capacity.

Required Courses

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The Informatics minor from the iSchool requires students to complete five iSchool courses, consisting of 15 semester hours.

Learn more about the required courses for this minor.

Areas of Study:

  • HCI/UX Design
  • Digital Humanities
  • Information Security
  • Information Policy
  • Library and Information Science
  • Archives and Records Management

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