Minors and Certificates

The undergraduate minor and certificate allows a student majoring in another subject to get appropriate training in informatics and obtain certification as someone who knows how to apply informatics tools to that subject area.

Note: The requirements posted here are considered informational, not official. Official graduation requirements are contained within the Informatics Undergraduate Bulletin. The following requirements are effective as of fall 2008.

Certificate in Informatics

Minimum grade of C in all courses taken for the certificate.

The undergraduate certificate in informatics requires 27 credit hours from the following list:

INFO I101 Introduction to Informatics (4 cr.)
INFO I201 Mathematical Foundations of Informatics (4 cr.)
INFO I202 Social Informatics (3 cr.)
INFO I210 Information Infrastructure I (4 cr.)
INFO I211 Information Infrastructure II (4 cr.)
INFO I300 Human Computer Interaction (3 cr.)
INFO I303 Organization Informatics (3 cr.)
INFO I308 Information Representation (3 cr.)

In addition, students must take one course from the list of informatics electives.

Minor in Computer Science

The following requirements are for those seeking an undergraduate minor in computer science. Learn more about the Ph.D. minor in computer science.

A grade of C- or higher in each course and an overall GPA of 2.0 in all courses required for the minor.

Students pursuing a bachelor’s degree in the School of Informatics may obtain a minor in computer science by successfully completing a minimum of 15 credit hours that include the following requirements:

CSCI C211 Introduction to Computer Science (4 cr.)
CSCI C212 Introduction to Software Systems (4 cr.)
CSCI C241 Discrete Structures for Computer Science (3 cr.)
CSCI C335 Computer Structures (4 cr.), or CSCI C343 Data Structures (4 cr.)

The minor in Computer Science is administered through the College of Arts and Sciences.

Minor in Informatics

A minimum grade of 2.0 (C) is required in all courses taken for the minor.

The undergraduate minor in informatics requires students to take three lower division informatics courses and two upper division courses.

Students are required to take three courses from the following list of lower division courses:

INFO I101 Introduction to Informatics (4 cr.)
INFO I201 Mathematical Foundations of Informatics (4 cr.)
INFO I202 Social Informatics (3 cr.)
INFO I210 Information Infrastructure I (4 cr.)
INFO I211 Information Infrastructure II (4 cr.)
INFO I308 Information Representation (3 cr.)

In addition, students must take two courses from the list of informatics electives.

Minor in Information Technology

A grade of C- or higher in each course and an overall GPA of 2.0 in all courses required for the minor.

Students pursuing a bachelor’s degree in the School of Informatics may obtain a minor in information technology by successfully completing a minimum of 15 credit hours that include the following requirements:

CSCI A201/A202 or CSCI C211/C212 Introduction to Programming I and II (4/4 cr.)
CSCI A338 Network Technologies and Administration (4 cr.)
CSCI A346 User-Interface Programming (3 cr.) or CSCI A348 Mastering the World Wide Web (4 cr.)

Minor in Security Informatics

The minor is an appropriate addition for students (Informatics and Computer Science) interested in gaining significant exposure to issues, challenges, and techniques relevant to computer based security.

For students pursuing the B.S. in Informatics, the security informatics minor is a superset of the cognate requirements.

Preparatory Courses for Informatics Majors

INFO I101 Introduction to Informatics (4 cr.)
INFO I201 Math Foundations of Informatics (4 cr.)
INFO I210 Information Infrastructure I (4 cr.)
INFO I211 Information Infrastructure II (4 cr.)

For Computer Science Majors

CSCI C211 Introduction to Computer Science (4 cr.)
CSCI C212 Introduction to Software Systems (4 cr.)
CSCI C241 Discrete Structures for Computer Science (3 cr.)

Required Courses:

INFO I130 Introduction to Cybersecurity (1 cr.)
INFO I230 Analytical Foundations of Security (3 cr.)
INFO I231 Math Foundations of Cybersecurity (3 cr.)

In addition, students must take three courses from the following list:

INFO I330 Legal and Social Informatics of Security (3 cr.)
INFO I400 Topics in Informatics when security related, approval required (3 cr.)
INFO I430 Security for Networked Systems (3 cr.)
INFO I433 Protocol Design and Analysis (3 cr.)

Other courses may be substituted with permission of Esfandiar Haghverdi, Director of Undergraduate Studies in Informatics.

Outside Minors

Students may pursue minors and certificates in other schools by contacting the Undergraduate Recorder’s office in the school the minor or certificate is offered and consulting Jim Sizemore, the Undergraduate Academic Advisor. Many cognates complete the minor requirements; please see the respective Recorder’s office to declare the minor.

Minor in Business

Students pursuing a baccalaureate degree on the Bloomington campus may obtain a minor in business by successfully fulfilling the following requirements (courses may not be taken through independent study):

Complete 26 or more credit hours of college course work that counts toward graduation and be admitted to a degree-granting school.
Successfully complete the following courses:
- BUS A200*
- BUS K201** (minimum C grade required)
- BUS L201
* BUS A200 note: Students may complete A100 and either A201 or A202 instead of A200 (A100 is a prerequisite for both A201 and A202).

** BUS K201 note: Computer Science majors may substitute CSCI C211 for K201.
Four of the following five:
- BUS F300
- BUS G300
- BUS M300
- BUS P300
- BUS Z302 or J306

ECON E201 is recommended to round out the student’s minor in business but not required.

Important Note: The School of Informatics requires a grade of C- or higher in each course (except for K201, which requires a grade of C or higher), and an overall GPA of 2.0 in all courses required for the minor.

It is the student’s responsibility to check with his or her individual school to make sure the proper procedures for declaring the minor and completing requirements are followed. Students completing a business minor should fill out an Application for Minor form in the Recorder’s Office of the school in which they intend to graduate in order to have the minor listed on their transcripts.

All 300- and 400-level course work must be completed on the Bloomington campus. None of the course work may be taken by independent study/correspondence, distance education, or “Courses to Go”.

Minor in Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management

- BUS A200*
- BUS K201** (minimum C grade required)
- BUS L201
- BUS M300
- BUS W211
- BUS W300
* BUS A200 note: Students may complete A100 and either A201 or A202 instead of A200 (A100 is a prerequisite for both A201 and A202).

** BUS K201 note: Computer Science majors may substitute CSCI C211 for K201.
One additional elective from BUS F300, P300, G300, J306, or Z302.