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Information Science

Bachelor of Arts

Coursework Location(s)

Main/Tucson

Areas of Interest
  • Computer & Information Science
  • Engineering & Technology
  • Arts & Media
  • Social & Behavioral Sciences
  • Psychology & Human Behavior
Technology and creativity come together in fascinating ways. Be on the cutting edge of this rapidly growing field with a degree in computational arts. The study of information science and arts uses a solid mathematical and technical foundation to emphasize computational arts, such as creative coding and digital storytelling. The Bachelor of Arts in Information Science and Arts consists of coursework organized into three tiers: core classes (computer programming, digital ethics, statistics, fundamentals of information science); research methods, data analysis and intensive computing; and advanced techniques customized to each student's interest. Students enjoy access to laser cutters, 3D printers and other technologies in the new rapid prototyping lab, and they can harness their creativity into a highly specific technical expertise.
Learning Outcomes
Students will demonstrate principles such as human-centered design, ergonomics, and artistic design considerations in the development and provision of information services, technological innovations, games, or human-computer interactions. Students will apply appropriate evaluation and testing methods to validate design decisions. Students will demonstrate proficiency in articulating varieties of evidence supporting a solution and communicating the results of their work, using appropriate graphics, visualizations, multi-media vehicles, or artistic performance. Students will demonstrate the importance of work in multidisciplinary teams and will be able to communicate research based in one discipline or field of study to different disciplinary audiences and to general and non-academic members and audiences. Students will be able to recognize and analyze ethical and policy concerns raised by new technologies and will be able to apply ethical thinking to real world cases and craft effective solutions. Students will demonstrate understanding of the use of information and communication technologies and the implications of such use, for example: scientific and social uses of information, and social, cultural, and economic implications of digital life and culture. Students will demonstrate facility using basic research methods, for example: research design; statistics and analysis; organization, identification, and location of data and information including open- and closed-access sources; and/or presentation of findings in oral, written and multi-media form, including proper use of and citation of sources. Students will acquire the skills, knowledge and self-understanding to communicate with and effectively work and interact across cultures and with diverse people and groups. Students will demonstrate knowledge of career and further education options and opportunities open to them relative to their plan of study and will set goals and make plans beyond their expected graduation.
Sample Courses
  • ISTA 100: Great Ideas of the Information Age
  • ISTA 301: Computing and the Arts
  • ESOC 400: Information, Multimedia Design, and the Moving Image
Career Fields
  • Digital marketing
  • Information systems
  • Web designer
  • Sound technology
  • Video game development
Level of Math
Moderate Knowledge
LEVEL OF SECOND LANGUAGE
4th Semester Proficiency
Pre-major Required?
NO
Sample Plans 2020 - Information Science

First Year

1st Semester
Credits
ENGL 101 First-Year Composition
3.00
Tier I General Education
3.00
Tier I General Education
3.00
Second Language
4.00
Math
3.00
2nd Semester
Credits
ENGL 102
3.00
Tier I General Education
3.00
Tier I General Education
3.00
Tier II General Education
3.00
Second Language
4.00

Second Year

3rd Semester
Credits
Tier I General Education
3.00
Tier I General Education
3.00
Second Language
4.00
ISTA 100: Great Idea of the Information Age
3.00
ISTA 116: Statistical Foundations
3.00
4th Semester
Credits
Second Language
4.00
ISTA 130: Computational Thinking
4.00
ISTA 161: Ethics
3.00
Tier II General Education
3.00
Tier II General Education
3.00

Third Year

5th Semester
Credits
Research Methods and Data Analysis
3.00
ISTA 131 Dealing with Data
4.00
Society
3.00
Computantial Arts and Media
3.00
Minor Course
3.00
6th Semester
Credits
Intensive Computing
3.00
Computantial Arts and Media
3.00
Computantial Arts and Media
3.00
Minor Course
3.00
Minor Course
3.00

Fourth Year

7th Semester
Credits
Computantial Arts and Media
3.00
Independent Study, Directed Research, or Internship
3.00
Minor Course
3.00
Upper Division Elective
3.00
8th Semester
Credits
ISTA 498 Senior Capstone
3.00
Minor Course
3.00
Minor Course
3.00
Upper Division Elective
3.00

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