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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

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