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Students who do not select a transcriptable option in Informatics can customize their degree by selecting electives in areas of their personal interest. The following is a sample list of electives that the Information School has already approved. For a full list of pre-approved courses, please visit the Informatics Resource Canvas.

Students can apply these electives toward meeting their Informatics degree elective requirements without special approval. If a student wishes to take a course not on this list, they should submit a petition. 

Anthropology

  • ANTH 358 Culture and Cognition
  • ANTH 415 Applied Ethnography

Architecture and Urban Planning

  • ARCH 460 Design Theory and Analysis

Business

  • B CMU 301 Strategic Business Communication
  • I S 410 Business Data Communications
  • MGMT 401 Leadership Development
  • MKTG 301 Marketing Concepts
  • MKTG 445 Multicultural Marketing and Business Development
  • MKTG 455 Entrepreneurial Marketing

Communication

  • COM 302 The Cultural Impact of Information Technology
  • COM 322 Global Communication
  • COM 376 Nonverbal Communication
  • COM 401 Telecommunication Policy and Convergent Media
  • COM 482 Interpersonal Media

Comparative History of Ideas

  • CHID 370 The Cultural Impact of Information Technology

Computer Science & Engineering

  • CSE 410 Computer Systems
  • CSE 413 Programming Languages and Their Implementation
  • CSE 472 Intro to Computational Linguistics

Geography

  • GEOG 461 Urban Geographic Information Systems

Industrial Engineering

  • IND E 351 Human Factors in Design
  • IND E 455 Use Interface Design

Linguistics

  • LING 441 Language Processing and Development 1
  • LING 442 Language Processing and Development 2
  • LING 472 Intro to Computational Linguistics
  • LING 476 Philosophy of Language

Philosophy

  • PHIL 453 Philosophy of Language
  • PHIL 460 Philosophy of Science
  • PHIL 464 Philosophical Issues in the Cognitive Sciences
  • PHIL 466 Philosophy of the Social Sciences

Political Science

  • POL S 329 Global Communication
  • POL S 410 Technology, Politics, and the State

Sociology

  • SOC 328 & 329 Methodology of Sociological Research
  • SOC 427 Statistical Classification and Measurement
  • SOC 465 Complex Organizations

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Nicola Kalderash

MSIM student named a Slade Gorton Leaders Fellow

Monday, May 16, 2022
Nicola Kalderash, a Master of Science in Information Management (MSIM) student, was recently named a Slade Gorton Leaders Fellow at the National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR). Kalderash is pursuing the Early-Career Accelerated track...
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Ellen Barker, Sydney Powell and Sydney Geyer on the steps of Suzzallo Library at the UW.

MLIS Capstone team helps kids control the narrative

Friday, May 13, 2022
The three iSchool students were nervous their first day working with Compass Housing Alliance youth. They went in with only a skeletal program itinerary, a bunch of name tags and craft supplies, and a powerful idea. They would use...
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