[{"id":26,"date":"2018-12-06T11:47:26","date_gmt":"2018-12-06T16:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/informatics\/?page_id=26"},"modified":"2023-09-22T13:49:44","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T17:49:44","slug":"department-information","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/informatics\/department-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Department Information"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Informatics<\/h3>\n<p>Professors Jumadinova (Chair), Bonham-Carter, Kapfhammer, Luman, Graber, Green<\/p>\n<p>Informatics focuses on critical approaches to information and technology, with an emphasis on interdisciplinary methods. Students develop ethical and technical frameworks and apply them to a wide-ranging set of culturally-relevant problems in order to enrich the public understanding of the relationship between information and culture.<\/p>\n<h3>Informatics Learning Outcomes<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Demonstrates and articulates the distinct concerns of informatics-informed approaches to understanding information as cultural material.<\/li>\n<li>Produce and present disciplinary findings in digital, artistic, oral, and\/or written format.<\/li>\n<li>Develop competency in the theories, methods, and practices of domains on which to apply informatics techniques.<\/li>\n<li>Able to design scholarly projects and clearly and persuasively articulate their outcomes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Informatics Major<\/h3>\n<p>Because this program is Interdisciplinary Studies, students who major in Informatics may complete any minor to satisfy the college requirement that the major and minor be in different areas of study. However, students who major in Informatics may not double-major or minor in Computer Science, Data Science, or Software Engineering.<\/p>\n<p>The Informatics major leads to the Bachelor of Arts or the Bachelor of Science degree (students may elect to receive either degree) and requires a minimum of 48 semester credit hours. At most one of the foundation courses (CMPSC 100, CMPSC 101, or CMPSC 105) may be presented for the major on the Credit\/No Credit grade basis. Courses with prerequisites are marked with an asterisk (*).<\/p>\n<h3>Program Requirements:<\/h3>\n<h4>Foundation<\/h4>\n<p>Take all of the following three courses (12 credits):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CMPSC 100 &#8211; Computational Expression<i>Credits:<\/i> 4<\/li>\n<li>CMPSC 101 &#8211; Data Structures<i>Credits:<\/i> 4 *<\/li>\n<li>CMPSC 105 &#8211; Data Exploration<i>Credits:<\/i> 4<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Core<\/h4>\n<p>Take a total of<b>four<\/b> courses (16 credits), including two courses from the \u201cMethods\u201d category.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CMPSC 350 &#8211; Computational Narrative<i>Credits:<\/i>4 *<\/li>\n<li>COMM 342 &#8211; Digital Media and Technology<i>Credits:<\/i> 4 *<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Methods<b>: <\/b>Take two of the following courses (8 credits):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ART 187 &#8211; Electronic &amp; Intermedia Art<i>Credits:<\/i> 4<\/li>\n<li>ART 287 &#8211; Art at the Intersection of Science and Culture<i>Credits:<\/i> 4 *<\/li>\n<li>CMPSC 302 &#8211; Web Development<i>Credits:<\/i> 4 *<\/li>\n<li>COMM 376 &#8211; Ethnographic Methods in Media and Cultural Studies<i>Credits:<\/i> 4 *<\/li>\n<li>FILM 171 &#8211; Filmmaking 1<i>Credits:<\/i> 4<\/li>\n<li>FILM 300 &#8211; Filmmaking 2<i>Credits:<\/i> 4 *<\/li>\n<li>FILM 375 &#8211; Documentary Traditions<i>Credits:<\/i> 4 *<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Applications Modules<\/h4>\n<p>Choose a minimum of two courses (8 credits) from a minimum of one application module. Students should consult with an advisor to design their application module coursework in relation to their interests, questions, and goals, as well as their overall program of study.<\/p>\n<h3>Humanities Informatics<\/h3>\n<p>Practices which build and maintain technical platforms to answer questions traditionally thought of as the domain of the Humanities, particularly those in (but not limited to) History, English, and Art.<\/p>\n<p>Take at least two of the following (at least one course must be at the 200-level or above):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ART 251 &#8211; Contemporary Art Writing<i>Credits:<\/i> 4 *<\/li>\n<li>ART 343 &#8211; Feminist Art Histories<i>Credits:<\/i> 4 *<\/li>\n<li>Any ENGL 100-level<i>Credits:<\/i> 4<\/li>\n<li>ENGL 360 &#8211; Language, Theory, and Practice<i>Credits:<\/i> 4 *<\/li>\n<li>HIST 170 &#8211; Introduction to Public History<i>Credits:<\/i> 4<\/li>\n<li>PHIL 140 &#8211; Ethics and Community<i>Credits:<\/i> 4<\/li>\n<li>RELST 180 &#8211; Religion in american Life<i>Credits:<\/i>4<\/li>\n<li>RELST 200 &#8211; Christian Ethics<i>Credits:<\/i>4<\/li>\n<li>RELST 341 &#8211; Jewish Ethics<i>Credits:<\/i>4<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Geoinformatics<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Study and development of technologies that use information to address issues in geology, geography, cartography, and other related sciences.<\/p>\n<p>Take at least two of the following (at least one course must be at the 200-level or above):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ENVSC 285 &#8211; Quantitative Sustainability<i>Credits:<\/i> 4 *<\/li>\n<li>ENVSC 305 &#8211; Environmental GIS I<i>Credits:<\/i> 4 *<\/li>\n<li>ENVSC 306 &#8211; Environmental GIS II<i>Credits:<\/i> 4 *<\/li>\n<li>GEO 110 &#8211; Physical Geology<i>Credits:<\/i> 4<\/li>\n<li>CMPSC 304 &#8211; Robotic Systems<i>Credits:<\/i> 4*<\/li>\n<li>CMPSC 305 &#8211; Database Systems<i>Credits:<\/i> 4*<\/li>\n<li>CMPSC 406 &#8211; Internet of Things<i>Credits:<\/i> 4*<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Polinformatics<\/h3>\n<p>Practices focused on building and maintaining information and information systems which pertain to questions characterized as social science, in particular those concerned with (but not limited to) governance and political participation.<\/p>\n<p>Take at least two of the following (at least one course must be at the 200-level or above):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>COMM 256 &#8211; Power, Politics, and Communication<i>Credits:<\/i> 4<\/li>\n<li>COMM 360 &#8211; Communication and Civic Engagement<i>Credits:<\/i> 4 *<\/li>\n<li>POLSC 120 &#8211;\u00a0 Comparative Politics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>POLSC 215 &#8211; Politics in Popular Culture<i>Credits:<\/i> 4<\/li>\n<li>POLSC 318 &#8211; Politics and the Media<i>Credits:<\/i> 4<\/li>\n<li>POLSC 321 &#8211; Urban Government and Politics<i>Credits:<\/i> 4<\/li>\n<li>POLSC 424 &#8211; Inequality and Social Policy<i>Credits:<\/i> 4<\/li>\n<li>PHIL 210 Oppression and liberation<i>Credits:<\/i> 4<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Health Informatics<\/h3>\n<p>Practices which build, maintain, and conceptualize the role of information and information systems in clinical, professional, and academic contexts with particular emphasis on health data (for example, electronic health records (EHR)).<\/p>\n<p>Take at least two of the following (at least one course must be at the 200-level or above):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CMPSC 300 &#8211; Bioinformatics<i>Credits:<\/i> 4 *<\/li>\n<li>COMM 331 &#8211; Disease, Disability, and Difference in Popular Culture<i>Credits:<\/i> 4 *<\/li>\n<li>GHS 228 &#8211; Global Health Data and Visualization<i>Credits:<\/i> 4<\/li>\n<li>GHS 235 &#8211; Global Health Ethics<i>Credits:<\/i> 4 *<\/li>\n<li>GHS 321 &#8211; Epidemiology<i>Credits:<\/i> 4 *<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>GHS 354 &#8211; Medical Anthropology<i>Credits<\/i>: 4<\/li>\n<li>HIST 380 &#8211; Disease and Medicine in Modern History<i>Credits:<\/i> 4 *<\/li>\n<li>PHIL 385 &#8211; Medical Ethics<i>Credits:<\/i> 4<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Project<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CMPSC 580 &#8211; Junior Seminar Credits: 4 *<\/li>\n<li>INFM 600 &#8211; Senior Project I Credits: 4 *<\/li>\n<li>INFM 610 &#8211; Senior Project II Credits: 4 *<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Note: With advisor approval, students may substitute a Junior Seminar in another department for CMPSC 580.<\/p>\n<h3>Informatics Minor<\/h3>\n<p>Students who minor in Informatics may complete any major to satisfy the college requirement that the major and minor be in different areas of study. However, students who minor in Informatics may not major in Computer Science, Data Science, or Software Engineering.<\/p>\n<p>The minor in Informatics requires the completion of at least 24 semester hours of coursework, as outlined below.<\/p>\n<p><b>Foundation<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Take all two of the following courses (8 credits):<b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CMPSC 100 &#8211; Computational Expression<i>Credits:<\/i> 4<\/li>\n<li>CMPSC 101 &#8211; Data Structures<i>Credits:<\/i> 4<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Core<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Take all two of the following courses (8 credits)<b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CMPSC 350 &#8211; Computational Narrative 4 *<\/li>\n<li>COMM 342 &#8211; Digital Media and Technology: 4 *<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Take two courses from one application module (8 credits):<\/h3>\n<h4>Humanities Informatics<\/h4>\n<p>Practices which build and maintain technical platforms to answer questions traditionally thought of as the domain of the Humanities, particularly those in (but not limited to) History, English, and Art.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ART 251 &#8211; Contemporary Art Writing<i>Credits:<\/i> 4 *<\/li>\n<li>ART 343 &#8211; Feminist Art Histories<i>Credits:<\/i> 4 *<\/li>\n<li>Any ENGL 100-level Credits: 4<\/li>\n<li>ENGL 360 &#8211; Language, Theory, and Practice<i>Credits:<\/i> 4 *<\/li>\n<li>HIST 170 &#8211; Introduction to Public History<i>Credits:<\/i> 4<\/li>\n<li>PHIL 140 &#8211; Ethics and Community<i>Credits:<\/i> 4<\/li>\n<li>RELST 180 &#8211; Religion in american Life<i>Credits:<\/i>4<\/li>\n<li>RELST 200 &#8211; Christian Ethics<i>Credits:<\/i>4<\/li>\n<li>RELST 341 &#8211; Jewish Ethics<i>Credits:<\/i>4<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Geoinformatics<\/h4>\n<p>Study and development of technologies that use information to address issues in geology, geography, cartography, and other related sciences. At least one course must be taken outside of CMPSC.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ENVSC 285 &#8211; Quantitative Sustainability<i>Credits:<\/i> 4 *<\/li>\n<li>ENVSC 305 &#8211; Environmental GIS I<i>Credits:<\/i> 4 *<\/li>\n<li>ENVSC 306 &#8211; Environmental GIS II<i>Credits:<\/i> 4 *<\/li>\n<li>GEO 110 &#8211; Physical Geology<i>Credits:<\/i> 4<\/li>\n<li>CMPSC 304 &#8211; Robotic Systems<i>Credits:<\/i> 4*<\/li>\n<li>CMPSC 305 &#8211; Database Systems<i>Credits:<\/i> 4*<\/li>\n<li>CMPSC 406 &#8211; Internet of Things<i>Credits:<\/i> 4*<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Polinformatics<\/h4>\n<p>Practices focused on building and maintaining information and information systems which pertain to questions characterized as social science, in particular those concerned with (but not limited to) governance and political participation.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>COMM 256 &#8211; Power, Politics, and Communication<i>Credits:<\/i> 4<\/li>\n<li>COMM 360 &#8211; Communication and Civic Engagement Credits: 4 *<\/li>\n<li>POLSC 120 &#8211; Comparative Politics<\/li>\n<li>POLSC 215 &#8211; Politics in Popular Culture Credits: 4<\/li>\n<li>POLSC 318 &#8211; Politics and the Media Credits: 4<\/li>\n<li>POLSC 321 &#8211; Urban Government and Politics Credits: 4<\/li>\n<li>POLSC 424 &#8211; Inequality and Social Policy Credits: 4<\/li>\n<li>PHIL 210 &#8211; Oppression and liberation Credits: 4<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Health Informatics<\/h4>\n<p>Practices which build, maintain, and conceptualize the role of information and information systems in clinical, professional, and academic contexts with particular emphasis on health data (for example, electronic health records (EHR)).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CMPSC 300 &#8211; Bioinformatics<i>Credits:<\/i> 4 *<\/li>\n<li>COMM 331 &#8211; Disease, Disability, and Difference in Popular Culture<i>Credits:<\/i> 4 *<\/li>\n<li>GHS 228 &#8211; Global Health Data and Visualization<i>Credits:<\/i> 4<\/li>\n<li>GHS 235 &#8211; Global Health Ethics<i>Credits:<\/i> 4 *<\/li>\n<li>GHS 321 &#8211; Epidemiology<i>Credits:<\/i> 4 *<\/li>\n<li>GHS 354 &#8211; Medical Anthropology Credits: 4<\/li>\n<li>HIST 380 &#8211; Disease and Medicine in Modern History<i>Credits:<\/i> 4 *<\/li>\n<li>PHIL 385 &#8211; Medical Ethics <i>Credits:<\/i> 4<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><hr><div class=\"box box-info box-align-\"><h4><i class=\"fa fa-info\"><\/i><span>Academic Bulletin<\/span><\/h4>Visit the Academic Bulletinfor information on all majors, minors, and other programs at Allegheny college.\n<p><a target=\"_self\" class=\"button icon button-lg block  yellow\" href=\"http:\/\/catalog.allegheny.edu\"><i class=\"fa fa-book  pull-left\"><\/i>Visit the Allegheny College Academic Bulletin<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Informatics Professors Jumadinova (Chair), Bonham-Carter, Kapfhammer, Luman, Graber, Green Informatics focuses on critical approaches to information and technology, with an emphasis on interdisciplinary methods. Students develop ethical and technical frameworks and apply them to a wide-ranging set of culturally-relevant problems in order to enrich the public understanding of the relationship between information and culture. Informatics [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"mt-5\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/informatics\/department-information\/\">Continue Reading &#8220;Department Information&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":560,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-26","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/informatics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/informatics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/informatics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/informatics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/560"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/informatics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/informatics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/informatics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":13,"date":"2018-09-05T11:16:27","date_gmt":"2018-09-05T15:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/informatics\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2023-04-13T11:19:02","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T15:19:02","slug":"integrative-informatics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/informatics\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"large\">Society needs leaders who can harness the power of information \u2014 and use it to solve pressing challenges. <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Informatics major and minor are centered around the understanding of the role of information and computation. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Informatics focuses on critical approaches to information and technology, with an emphasis on interdisciplinary methods. Students develop ethical and technical frameworks and apply them to a wide-ranging set of culturally-relevant problems in order to enrich the public understanding of the relationship between information and culture. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Informatics is transforming ways of knowing and doing \u2014 from location-aware apps to simulations of complex biological processes to real-time mapping that aids in crisis response.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><div class=\"column-short column-one-third    \">\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/informatics\/files\/2018\/09\/synaptic-brain-600w-v2-300x256.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/informatics\/files\/2018\/09\/synaptic-brain-600w-v2-300x256.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/informatics\/files\/2018\/09\/synaptic-brain-600w-v2.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/div><div class=\"column-short column-two-thirds column-last\">\n<h4>Informatics students learn to look beyond the surface to become creative thinkers \u2014 change agents who:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Dig into underlying technologies to ask questions<\/li>\n<li>Connect knowledge from different fields of study<\/li>\n<li>Communicate creatively and confidently<\/li>\n<li>Tap into the potential of information to improve communities, businesses, nonprofits, and more<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><div class=\"clearcolumnfloats\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"column-short column-one-third    \">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-15\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/informatics\/files\/2018\/09\/icons-focus-rect-v2-300x187.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/informatics\/files\/2018\/09\/icons-focus-rect-v2-300x187.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/informatics\/files\/2018\/09\/icons-focus-rect-v2.png 385w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/div><div class=\"column-short column-two-thirds column-last\">\n<h4>How do we do this? By combining core courses in computer science, communication, and art. And by enabling students to focus in areas that align with their goals, including:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Health Informatics<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Polinformatics<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Geoinformatics<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Humanities Informatics<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><div class=\"clearcolumnfloats\"><\/div><\/p>\n<hr class=\"ltblue\" style=\"background-color: #ccc !important;\" \/>\n<div class=\"box mb0\">\n<h4><span class=\"small\">We focus on helping students develop the technical expertise to analyze ever-growing streams of data. And \u2013 even more important \u2014 we empower students to translate that information into action.<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<hr class=\"ltblue mt0 mb30\" style=\"background-color: #ccc !important;\" \/>\n<h3 class=\"alt\">Potential Career Paths<\/h3>\n<div class=\"flex-container\">\n<div class=\"column-short column-one-third    \">\n<div align=\"center\"><i class=\"fa fa-3x fa-users orange mb10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><br \/>\n<span class=\"small\"><strong>User experience designer<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"column-short column-one-third    \">\n<div align=\"center\"><i class=\"fa fa-3x fa-paint-brush green mb10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><br \/>\n<span class=\"small\"><strong>Digital artist<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"column-short column-one-third    \">\n<div align=\"center\"><i class=\"fa fa-3x fa-book blue mb10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><br \/>\n<span class=\"small\"><strong>Digital librarian<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"column-short column-one-third    \">\n<div align=\"center\"><i class=\"fa fa-3x fa-sitemap pink mb10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><br \/>\n<span class=\"small\"><strong>Information architect<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/p>\n<div class=\"column-short column-one-third    \">\n<div align=\"center\"><i class=\"fa fa-3x fa-film red mb10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><br \/>\n<span class=\"small\"><strong>Multimedia specialist<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"column-short column-one-third    \">\n<div align=\"center\"><i class=\"fa fa-3x fa-code purple mb10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><br \/>\n<span class=\"small\"><strong>Web developer<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"column-short column-one-third    \"><\/div><div class=\"column-short column-one-third    \">\n<div align=\"center\"><i class=\"fa fa-3x fa-laptop gray mb10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><br \/>\n<span class=\"small\"><strong>Technology analyst<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"column-short column-one-third    \"><\/div><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Society needs leaders who can harness the power of information \u2014 and use it to solve pressing challenges. The Informatics major and minor are centered around the understanding of the role of information and computation. Informatics focuses on critical approaches to information and technology, with an emphasis on interdisciplinary methods. Students develop ethical and technical [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"mt-5\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/informatics\/\">Continue Reading &#8220;&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":560,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-13","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/informatics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/informatics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/informatics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/informatics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/560"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/informatics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/informatics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/informatics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":11,"date":"2018-09-05T11:13:36","date_gmt":"2018-09-05T15:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/informatics\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2023-09-22T13:40:45","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T17:40:45","slug":"faculty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/informatics\/faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 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Major &#038; Minor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Informatics Major<\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because this program is Interdisciplinary Studies, students who major in Informatics may complete any minor to satisfy the college requirement that the major and minor be in different areas of study. However, students who major in Informatics may not double-major or minor in Computer Science, Data Science, or Software Engineering.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Informatics major leads to the Bachelor of Arts or the Bachelor of Science degree (students may elect to receive either degree) and requires a minimum of 48 semester credit hours. At most one of the foundation courses (CMPSC 100, CMPSC 101, or CMPSC 105) may be presented for the major on the Credit\/No Credit grade basis. Courses with prerequisites are marked with an asterisk (*).<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Program Requirements:<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><b>Foundation<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Take all of the following three courses (12 credits):<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CMPSC 100 &#8211; Computational Expression <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Credits:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 4\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CMPSC 101 &#8211; Data Structures <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Credits:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 4 *\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CMPSC 105 &#8211; Data Exploration <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Credits:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 4<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Core<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Take a total of <\/span><b>four<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> courses (16 credits), including two courses from the \u201cMethods\u201d category.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CMPSC 350 &#8211; Computational Narrative <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Credits: <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4 *<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">COMM 342 &#8211; Digital Media and Technology <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Credits:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 4 *\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Methods<\/span><b>:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Take two of the following courses (8 credits):\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ART 187 &#8211; Electronic &amp; Intermedia Art <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Credits:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 4<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ART 287 &#8211; Art at the Intersection of Science and Culture <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Credits:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 4 *\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CMPSC 302 &#8211; Web Development <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Credits:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 4 *\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">COMM 376 &#8211; Ethnographic Methods in Media and Cultural Studies <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Credits:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 4 *\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FILM 171 &#8211; Filmmaking 1 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Credits:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 4\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FILM 300 &#8211; Filmmaking 2 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Credits:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 4 *\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FILM 375 &#8211; Documentary Traditions <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Credits:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 4 *<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Applications Modules<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Choose a minimum of two courses (8 credits) from a minimum of one application module. Students should consult with an advisor to design their application module coursework in relation to their interests, questions, and goals, as well as their overall program of study.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Humanities Informatics<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Practices which build and maintain technical platforms to answer questions traditionally thought of as the domain of the Humanities, particularly those in (but not limited to) History, English, and Art.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Take at least two of the following (at least one course must be at the 200-level or above):\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ART 251 &#8211; Contemporary Art Writing <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Credits:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 4 *<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ART 343 &#8211; Feminist Art Histories <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Credits:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 4 *<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Any ENGL 100-level <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Credits:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 4<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ENGL 360 &#8211; Language, Theory, and Practice <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Credits:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 4 *<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HIST 170 &#8211; Introduction to Public History <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Credits:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 4<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PHIL 140 &#8211; Ethics and Community <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Credits:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 4<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RELST 180 &#8211; Religion in american Life <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Credits: <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RELST 200 &#8211; Christian Ethics <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Credits: <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RELST 341 &#8211; Jewish Ethics <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Credits: <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Geoinformatics<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Study and development of technologies that use information to address issues in geology, geography, cartography, and other related sciences.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Take at least two of the following (at least one course must be at the 200-level or above):\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ENVSC 285 &#8211; Quantitative Sustainability <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Credits:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 4 *\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ENVSC 305 &#8211; Environmental GIS I <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Credits:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 4 *\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ENVSC 306 &#8211; Environmental GIS II <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Credits:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 4 *\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GEO 110 &#8211; Physical Geology <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Credits:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 4<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CMPSC 304 &#8211; Robotic Systems <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Credits:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 4*<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CMPSC 305 &#8211; Database Systems <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Credits:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 4*<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CMPSC 406 &#8211; Internet of Things <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Credits:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 4*<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Polinformatics<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Practices focused on building and maintaining information and information systems which pertain to questions characterized as social science, in particular those concerned with (but not limited to) governance and political participation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Take at least two of the following (at least one course must be at the 200-level or above):\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> COMM 256 &#8211; Power, Politics, and Communication <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Credits:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 4\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> COMM 360 &#8211; Communication and Civic Engagement <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Credits:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 4 *<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">POLSC 120 &#8211;\u00a0 Comparative Politics<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> POLSC 215 &#8211; Politics in Popular Culture <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Credits:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 4\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> POLSC 318 &#8211; Politics and the Media <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Credits:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 4\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> POLSC 321 &#8211; Urban Government and Politics <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Credits:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 4\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> POLSC 424 &#8211; Inequality and Social Policy <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Credits:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 4<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> PHIL 210 Oppression and liberation <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Credits:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 4<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Health Informatics<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Practices which build, maintain, and conceptualize the role of information and information systems in clinical, professional, and academic contexts with particular emphasis on health data (for example, electronic health records (EHR)).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Take at least two of the following (at least one course must be at the 200-level or above):\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> CMPSC 300 &#8211; Bioinformatics <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Credits:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 4 *\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> COMM 331 &#8211; Disease, Disability, and Difference in Popular Culture <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Credits:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 4 *\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> GHS 228 &#8211; Global Health Data and Visualization <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Credits:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 4\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> GHS 235 &#8211; Global Health Ethics <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Credits:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 4 *\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> GHS 321 &#8211; Epidemiology <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Credits:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 4 *\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GHS 354 &#8211; Medical Anthropology <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Credits<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: 4<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> HIST 380 &#8211; Disease and Medicine in Modern History <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Credits:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 4 *\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> PHIL 385 &#8211; Medical Ethics <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Credits:<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 4<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Project<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CMPSC 580 &#8211; Junior Seminar Credits: 4 *\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">INFM 600 &#8211; Senior Project I Credits: 4 *<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">INFM 610 &#8211; Senior Project II Credits: 4 *<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Note: With advisor approval, students may substitute a Junior Seminar in another department for CMPSC 580.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Informatics Major\u00a0 Because this program is Interdisciplinary Studies, students who major in Informatics may complete any minor to satisfy the college requirement that the major and minor be in different areas of study. However, students who major in Informatics may not double-major or minor in Computer Science, Data Science, or Software Engineering.\u00a0 The Informatics major [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"mt-5\" href=\"https:\/\/allegheny.edu\/academics\/programs\/informatics\/\">Continue Reading &#8220;Informatics Major &#038; Minor&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":560,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"https:\/\/allegheny.edu\/academics\/programs\/informatics\/","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-9","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/informatics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/informatics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/informatics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/informatics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/560"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/informatics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/informatics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/informatics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":7,"date":"2018-09-05T11:12:40","date_gmt":"2018-09-05T15:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/informatics\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2023-04-13T11:18:08","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T15:18:08","slug":"additional-information","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.allegheny.edu\/informatics\/additional-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Additional Information"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Informatics Learning Outcomes<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Demonstrates and articulates the distinct concerns of informatics-informed approaches to understanding information as cultural material.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Produce and present disciplinary findings in digital, artistic, oral, and\/or written format.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Develop competency in the theories, methods, and practices of domains on which to apply informatics techniques.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Able to design scholarly projects and clearly and persuasively articulate their outcomes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Possible Careers in Informatics<\/strong><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border-style: groove; border-color: #032445; height: 120px;\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; text-align: center; height: 24px;\"><strong>Designation<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; text-align: center; height: 24px;\"><strong>Professional Outcomes<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Health Informatics<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%; height: 24px;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Health\/Clinical Informatics Specialist<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Electronic Health Record (EHR) Implementation Manager<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Health Information Technology (HIT) Project Manager<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EHR Systems Analyst<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 50%; 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