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Minor in Information Science
Offered by: Department of Computer Science
Administered by: Department of Computer Science, 303 Upson Hall
Contact Person: Christine Stenglein, 303A Upson Hall, 255.9837, minor@infosci.cornell.edu
Eligibility
Students in all Majors except Information Science, Systems, and Technology may participate in this Minor. Students interested in pursuing the Information Science Minor must initiate the process by sending an e-mail message with their name, college, year of study (e.g., second-semester second-year student), expected graduation date, and (intended) Major to minor@infosci.cornell.edu.
Educational Objectives
The program has three main areas: Information Systems, Human-Centered Systems, and Social Systems. The Minor has been designed to ensure that students have substantial grounding in all three areas in addition to having a working knowledge of basic probability and statistics necessary for analyzing data occurring in the real world.
RequirementsAt least six (6) courses (minimum of 18 credits) chosen as follows:
Statistics: one course
Information Systems: two courses
Human-Centered Systems: one course
Social Systems: one course
Elective: one additional course from either Human-Centered Systems or Social Systems
Statistics
An introductory course that provides a working knowledge of basic probability and statistics and their application to analyzing data occurring in the real world.
ENGRD 270: Basic Engineering Probability and Statistics
CEE 304: Uncertainty Analysis in Engineering
Information Systems
INFO 172: Computation, Information, and Intelligence
CS 211a: Object-Oriented Programming and Data Structures
INFO 230a: Intermediate Design and Programming for the Web
CIS 300: Introduction to Computer Game Design
INFO 330: Data-Driven Web Applications
LING 424: Computational Linguistics
INFO 430: Information Retrieval
INFO 431: Web Information Systems
CS 432: Introduction to Database Systems
CS 465: Introduction to Computer Graphics
CS 472: Foundations of Artificial Intelligence
LING 474: Introduction to Natural Language Processing
CS 478: Machine Learning
OR&IE 480: Information Technology
OR&IE 481: Delivering OR Solutions with Information Technology
OR&IE 483: Applications of Operations Research and Game Theory to Information Technology
CS 501: Software Engineering
CS 513: System Security
CS 530: The Architecture of Large-Scale Information Systems
ECE 562: Fundamental Information Theory
CS 578: Empirical Methods in Machine Learning and Data Mining
Human-Centered Systems
COGST 101: Introduction to Cognitive Science
PSYCH 205: Perception
INFO 214: Cognitive Psychology
INFO 245: Psychology of Social Computing
PSYCH 280: Introduction to Social Psychology
PSYCH 342: Human Perception: Applications to Computer Graphics, Art, and Visual Display
INFO 345: Human–Computer Interaction Design
PSYCH 347: Psychology of Visual Communications
PSYCH 380: Social Cognition
PSYCH 413: Information Processing: Conscious and Nonconscious
PSYCH 416: Modeling Perception and Cognition
INFO 440: Advanced Human–Computer Interaction Design
INFO 445: Seminar in Computer-Mediated Communication
INFO 450: Language and Technology
DEA 470: Applied Ergonomic Methods
Social Systems
INFO 204: Networks
S&TS 250: Technology in Society
INFO 292: Inventing an Information Society
ECON 301a: Microeconomics
SOC 304: Social Networks and Social Processes
ECON 313a: Intermediate Microeconomic Theory
INFO 320: New Media and Society
AEM 322a: Information Technology Strategy
INFO 349: Media Technologies
INFO 355: Computers: From the 17th Century to the Dot.com Boom
INFO 356: Computing Cultures
INFO 366: History and Theory of Digital Art
ECON 368a: Game Theory
INFO 387: The Automatic Lifestyle: Consumer Culture and Technology
S&TS 411: Knowledge, Technology, and Property
ECON 419: Economic Decisions Under Uncertainty
INFO 415: Environmental Interventions
INFO 429: Copyright in the Digital Age
INFO 444: Responsive Environments
OR&IE 435a: Introduction to Game Theory
INFO 447: Social and Economic Data
H ADM 474a: Strategic Information Systems
ECON 476/477: Decision Theory I and II
INFO 515: Culture, Law, and Politics of the Internet
Academic Standards
At least a grade of C in each course in the Minor.
Note
a. Computer Science Majors cannot use INFO 230. CS 211 cannot be used by Majors for whom it is a required course, e.g., Computer Science and Operations Research and Engineering. Only one of ECON 301 and ECON 313 can be taken for IS credit. Only one of OR&IE 435 and ECON 368 can be taken for IS credit. Only one of AEM 322 and H ADM 474 can be taken for IS credit.
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