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If you love your major but want to know more about how to apply data, information and technology to solve problems in your chosen field, then the Informatics minor might be for you. The Informatics minor includes required components in data, design, policy and ethics, and code.

Informatics minor requirements

  • Complete the following requirements with a minimum 2.0 cumulative grade point average. Minimum 25 credits total. A minimum of 15 credits must be at the upper-division level (i.e. 300- or 400-level course).
    • INFO 200 Intellectual Foundations of Informatics (5 credits)
    • INFO 201 Technical Foundations (5 credits)
    • Upper-division course covering ethics, policy and/or equity dimensions of information technology. See list of approved courses. (4-5 credits)
    • 300- or 400-level INFO courses (10-11 credits)
  • We will no longer allow courses from outside Informatics to substitute for minor requirements, with the exception of one course for the ethics, policy, and/or equity requirement. 

Declare the minor

The Informatics minor is open (not competitive or capacity-constrained). In order to declare the Informatics minor, students need to have declared a major, earned a minimum of 45 college credits, and should contact their major advisor to submit the appropriate form. 

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Because the minor is open but our classes have capacity limits, it can be quite difficult to find seats. We encourage students to enroll in courses that have open space rather than waiting for preferred courses, which are in high demand. If you are not able to enroll in enough courses to meet the minor requirements, you may need to drop the minor in order to graduate within your intended timeline.

Please refer to the following web pages for more information on INFO course registration and planning:

  • Informatics Registration Policies
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  • Email: INFOMinors@uw.edu 
  • Advising: Talk to an academic advisor during an online INFO Minor Q&A session on Wednesdays from 1-2 p.m. 

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Chirag Shah

iSchool's Chirag Shah honored as a leading figure in information retrieval

Thursday, July 24, 2025
Information School Professor Chirag Shah was among the 2025 cohort elected to the SIGIR Academy, a prestigious honor that recognizes leaders who have significantly shaped the field of information retrieval.  SIGIR is...
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Q&A: Ryan Calo on why 'we need to take a page from the Amish' 

Monday, July 21, 2025
Ryan Calo holds a joint appointment as a professor in the Information School and as the Lane Powell and D. Wayne Gittinger Professor at the UW School of Law. Calo is a prominent voice in tech policy both on campus and globally, with his...
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