Pathways allow students to focus on course options within a certain area of career interest. BSIS students may take electives within a pathway or across multiple pathways.
Understand the critical, social, and cultural contexts of information science
Sample courses:
IS 145 Mapping Inequalities
IS 266 Community Innovation
IS 308 Race, Gender, and Info Tech
IS 309 Computers and Culture
IS 381 Introduction to Literacies for Youth
IS 340 Project Management
IS 410 Storytelling
IS 430 Foundations Info Processing
IS 464 Information Assurance
IS 490 Social Media and Global Change
INFO 102 Little Bits to Big Ideas
INFO 303 Writing Across Media
INFO 325 Social Media and Global Change
INFO 326 New Media, Culture and Society
INFO 345 Digital & Gender Culture
Complementing disciplines (consider taking courses, minors, dual-degrees, or certificates within these areas to complement degree): Business, Sociology, Media, History, Culture Studies (various areas), Global Studies, Leadership Studies, Communication, Political Science, Criminology Law & Society, Linguistics, Gender & Women’s Studies, Public Relations, Human Centered Design
Understand the impact of data in governance, business, culture to educate citizenry in a democracy, and inform policy
Sample courses:
IS 145 Mapping Inequalities
IS 265 Innovation Illinois
IS 266 Community Innovation
IS 305 Program for Info Problems II
IS 311 History and Foundations of Info Society
IS 324 Social Network Analysis
IS 357 Introduction to Data Storytelling
IS 370 Concepts of Behavioral Theory
IS 407 Introduction to Data Science
IS 411 Information Systems Analysis
INFO 325 Social Media and Global Change
INFO 326 New Media, Culture and Society
INFO 345 Digital & Gender Culture
Complementing disciplines (consider taking courses, minors, dual-degrees, or certificates within these areas to complement degree): Business, Sociology, Media, Communication, Political Science, Economics, Criminology Law & Society, Global Markets & Society, Technology & Entrepreneurship, Human Centered Design
Understand the data life cycle and be able to analyze, interpret, explain, qualify, and contextualize data at scale
Sample courses:
IS/STAT 107 Data Science Discovery
IS/STAT 207 Data Science Exploration
IS 305 Program for Info Problems II
IS 357 Introduction to Data Storytelling
IS 401 Introduction to Network Info Systems
IS 407 Introduction to Data Science
IS 411 Information Systems Analysis
IS 417 Data Science in the Humanities
IS 430 Foundations Info Processing
IS 445 Data Visualization
IS 467 Ethics & Policy for Data Science
IS 497 Topics in Data Analytics & Data Science
INFO 407 Intro to Programming Python for Data Science
INFO 427 Data, Machines and the Python
Complementing disciplines (consider taking courses, minors, dual-degrees, or certificates within these areas to complement degree): Computer Science, Statistics, Data Science Certificate, Business, Economics
Able to build useful and usable information systems.
Sample courses:
IS 226 Introduction to HCI
IS 229 Web Design Fundamentals
IS 236 User Research & Evaluation
IS 316 Design of Usable Interfaces
IS 334 Usable Privacy and Security
IS 406 Cognition in the Wild
IS 409 Web Technologies & Techniques
IS 416 Adaptive Minds and Computers
IS 419 Entrepreneurial IT Design
IS 429 Web Content Strategy & Management
IS 449 Web Application Development
IS 459 Mobile Applications
IS 466 Accessible & Inclusive Techs
IS 496 Topics in Human-Centered Design & Systems
IS 499 Topics in Web Design & Development
Complementing disciplines (consider taking courses, minors, dual-degrees, or certificates within these areas to complement degree): Graphic Design, Art & Design, Psychology, Computer Science, Human Centered Design
Understand the power of narrative in human society, gain familiarity with storytelling tools and techniques, with professional applications in business, publishing, youth services, curation and the game industry
Sample courses:
IS 199 Social History of Games & Gaming
IS 310 Computing in the Humanities
IS 357 Introduction to Data Storytelling
IS 368 Youth Community Engagement
IS 370 Concepts of Behavioral Theory
IS 381 Introduction to Literacies for Youth
IS 424 Social Computing
IS 436 Playful Design Methods
IS 441 Strategic Communication
INFO 405 Introduction to Video Game Dev Process
INFO 407 Introduction to Programming Python for Data Science
INFO 409 Narrative Games & Simulations
INFO 416 Makerspace: Game Studies
INFO 418 Makerspace: Escape Rooms
Complementing disciplines (consider taking courses, minors, dual-degrees, or certificates within these areas to complement degree): Art & Design, Graphic Design, Sociology, English, Communication, Media, Game Studies
Understand the role of cultural heritage and other memory institutions in our society and become familiar with the practices and professions associated with the collection, organization, preservation, curation and dissemination of information
Sample courses:
IS 229 Web Design Fundamentals
IS 304 Advanced Research Design
IS 310 Computing in the Humanities
IS 311 History Fndts of Info Society
IS 357 Introduction to Data Storytelling
IS 368 Youth Community Engagement
IS 370 Concepts of Behavioral Theory
IS 378 Concepts of Behavioral Theory
IS 381 Introduction to Literacies for Youth
IS 390 Foundations of Community Engagement
IS 401 Introduction Network Info Systems
IS 418 Community Engagement
IS 420 Community Informatics
IS 426 Museum Informatics
IS 446 Systems Analysis and Design
IS 451 Bibliography of Africa
IS 456 Information Storage & Retrieval
Complementing disciplines (consider taking courses, minors, dual-degrees, or certificates within these areas to complement degree): History, Sociology, English, Creative Writing, Communication, Media