Core and General Education Requirements for Majors

The Bachelor of Science degree in Informatics includes three sets of courses:

• Lower-Division Requirements
• Core Courses
• Options and Concentrations

Informatics core course requirements help you develop a broad awareness of topics essential to your future practice as an information and technology professional. In addition to providing an opportunity for students to hone and expand their technical knowledge, the core courses introduce other legal and ethical questions you will need to put the ways people create, store, find, manipulate and share information into proper context.

Below is the complete list of required Core courses in the Informatics major:

• CSE 143 Computer Programming for Engineers and Scientists II (5 credits)
• CSE 373 Data Structures and Algorithms (Prereq: CSE 143; 3 credits)
• INFO 330 Information Architecture (5 credits)
• INFO 340 Database Management and Information Retrieval (5 credits)
• INFO 343 Web Technologies (5 credits)
• INFO 360 Design Methods for HCI (5 credits)
• INFO 380 Information Systems Analysis and Management (5 credits)
• INFO 450 Information Policy (5 credits)
• INFO 470 Research Methods (5 credits)
• INFO 481 Project Management (5 credits)

Students must earn a grade of 2.0 or above in each course required for the major.

University of Washington General Education Requirements

The University of Washington requires 180 credits for graduation as follows:

1. English Composition (5 credits)
2. Quantitative/Symbolic Reasoning (5 credits)
3. Writing Courses (10 credits)
4. Natural World (20 credits)
5. Individuals & Society (20 credits)
6. Visual, Literary, and Performing Arts (20 credits)

With courses required for Informatics, students will satisfy requirements for (1) English Composition, (2) Quantitative/Symbolic Reasoning (STAT 311 or QMETH 201), (3) Writing Courses (INFO 200 and INFO 360), and( 4) Natural World (CSE 142, 143, and INFO 340). Students will satisfy a good portion of the requirements for (4) Natural World (CSE 142, 143, and INFO 340) and (5) Individuals & Society (INFO 200, INFO 450, INFO 360). Students will satisfy requirements for (6) Visual, Literacy, and Performing Arts, by taking courses outside the major.

See the University of Washington's General Education and Basic Skills Requirements for more information.

Speak with an Adviser

The Informatics Academic Adviser is available to answer your questions about the major. You can reach the adviser by emailing informatics@uw.edu. You can also schedule an appointment to speak with the Informatics Academic Adviser by calling the iSchool's Student Services office:

Information School
Student and Academic Services
470 Mary Gates Hall
Seattle, WA 98195-2840
Hours: 8am-5pm Mon-Fri
206-543-1794