Minors and Certificates

The undergraduate minor and certificate allows a student majoring in another subject to get appropriate training in informatics, and at the same time obtain a kind of “external” certification as someone who knows how to apply informatics tools to that subject area.

Undergraduate Minor in Informatics

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 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.)

Students are also required to take two courses from the following list of upper level courses:

INFO I300 Human Computer Interaction (3 cr.)
INFO I303 Organization Informatics (3 cr.)
One course from the list of approved Informatics electives

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

Undergraduate Certificate in Informatics

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

INFO I101 Introduction to 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 an additional course (3 credits) from the informatics curriculum. The additional courses can be chosen from the listed electives for informatics and can therefore be taken in another department.

Minor in Entrepreneurship (IUB Campus)

IUB students pursuing a bachelor’s degree in the School of Informatics who have completed 26 or more credit hours of college course work may obtain a minor in business by successfully fulfilling the following requirements: Required:

BUS A200 Foundations of Accounting (3 cr.) or (A100 and A201) or (A100 and A202)
BUS K201 The Computer in Business (3 cr.)
BUS L201 Legal Environments of Business (3 cr.) or BUS L350 Online Law (3 cr.)
BUS M300 Introduction to Marketing (3 cr.) P: A 200 or (A100 and A201) or (A100 and A202)
BUS W211 Contemporary Entrepreneurship (3 cr.)
BUS W300 Small Business Management (3 cr.)

The School of Informatics requires a grade of C– or higher in each course (except for BUS K201, which requires a minimum grade of C) and an overall GPA of 2.0 in all courses taken for the minor. The preceding courses may not be taken by Independent Study/Correspondence or Distance Education, and must be taken on the Bloomington campus. Students completing a business minor should fill out an Application for Minor Form during their senior year to have the minor listed on their transcripts.

Minor in Business (IUB Campus)

IUB students pursuing a bachelor�s degree in the School of Informatics and who have completed 26 or more credit hours of college course work may obtain a minor in business by successfully fulfilling the following requirements: Required:

BUS A200 Foundations of Accounting (3 cr.) or (A100 and A201) or (A100 and A202)
BUS K201 The Computer in Business (3 cr.)
BUS L201 Legal Environment of Business (3 cr.) or BUS L350 Online Law (3 cr.)

Option I

Required:
BUS P300 Introduction to Operations Management (3 cr.) P: A 200 or (A100 and A201) or (A100 and A202) Select three of the following courses:
- BUS F300 Introduction to Financial Management (3 cr.)
- BUS G300 Introduction to Managerial Economics (3 cr.)
- BUS J306 Strategic Management (3 cr.)
  P: Junior standing, or BUS Z302 Managing and Behavior in Organizations (3 cr.) P: Junior standing.
- BUS M300 Introduction to Marketing (3 cr.) P: A200 or (A100 and A201) or (A100 and A202)
- BUS W300 Small Business Management (3 cr.)

Option II

Required:
BUS F300 Introduction to Financial Management (3 cr.)
BUS G300 Introduction to Managerial Economics (3 cr.)
BUS J306 Strategic Management (3 cr.) P: Junior standing, or BUS Z302 Managing and Behavior in Organizations
(3 cr.) P: Junior standing.
BUS M300 Introduction to Marketing (3 cr.) P: A 200 or (A100 and A201) or (A100 and A202)

Minor in Computer Science, IUB

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.)

Please Note:

CSCI C211, CSCI C212, and CSCI C241 replace INFO I210, INFO I211, and INFO I201 respectively.

Minor in Information Technology, IUB

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.)

Please Note:

CSCI C211, CSCI C212, and CSCI C241 replace INFO I210, INFO I211, and INFO I201 respectively.

CSCI A201 and CSCI A202 are equivalent to INFO I210 and INFO I211, and CSCI C211 and CSCI C212 substitute for these informatics courses respectively.