Members of the Informatics faculty teach courses in all four of the school’s degree programs: Informatics, described below, Computer Science, Computer Science & Engineering and Information & Computer Science.
The newly approved major in Informatics covers the design, implementation, use and impact of information technology.
Compared to traditional computer science, which primarily focuses on the internal features of computer systems, Informatics is also concerned with computer systems and their surrounding context—the people and organizations that use them and the problems they need to solve.
Informatics aims to:
» apply information technology to real world problems;
» design and develop new uses for information technology;
» understand the impact information technology has on people;The Informatics major addresses the broad set of issues surrounding design, including initial requirements gathering, estimating and measuring the impact of alternative solutions and implementing those solutions—all from a multi-disciplinary perspective that includes computer science, information science, organizational science, social science and cognitive science.
You can learn more about the Informatics program Informatics Degree Page from these PDF files:
» Suggested curriculum » Change of major » Second Baccalaureate (PDF, 51KB)
Undergraduate education
- About the degree
- For prospective students
- Is this major for me?
- What students say
- Careers in Informatics
- Frequently asked questions
- INSA
- Interesting books (PDF)
- Bringing a computer (PDF)
Watch Bren School students, faculty and alumni talk about their experiences at the school and the impact it has had on their lives.
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| Updated: March 12 2012
| Updated: March 12 2012