Approved Electives
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