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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.

Requirements

At 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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