Informatics Minor

From pay-it-yourself parking kiosks to new voicemail systems, we’ve all wrestled with (and been assisted by) technology.

No matter your major, evolving technologies are sure to be part of the equation. Learn the skills to apply technology and develop applications for your field of study, by earning our minor in informatics.

Intelligently and intuitively utilizing technology as a tool for solving problems and working with data is the essence of informatics.

With this minor you’ll be positioned to:

• Design better information systems
• Use digital technology more effectively at work
• Integrate new and updated computing applications into your specialty

Your courses will introduce you to the basic concepts of software architecture and provide you with practical experience in application development.

Students must earn a C- or higher in each individual course as well as a cumulative grade point average of a 2.0 or higher in order to graduate with the Informatics minor.

Students must take at least 3 classes for the Informatics minor from the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering in Indianapolis.

Required Courses (12 cr.)

• INFO-I 101 Introduction to Informatics (4 cr.)
  (May count towards the Analytical Reasoning, List B General Education Requirement)
• INFO-I 210 Information Infrastructure I (4 cr.)
  (May count towards the Analytical Reasoning, List B General Education Requirement)
• INFO-I 211 Information Infrastructure II (4 cr.)

Additional Requirements (6 cr.)

Choose two courses.

• Any INFO-I course

Or select from the following New Media classes which are taken as part of the Informatics BS.

• NEWM-N 220 Introduction to Media Application Development
• NEWM-N 320 Intermediate Media Application Development
• NEWM-N 328 Visualizing Information
• NEWM-N 450 Usability Principles for New Media Interfaces

Email Jill Mathews at jilmathe@iu.edu to declare a minor.

For academic advising, contact our undergraduate advisors.