Informatics (TSAP)
Offered at IU South Bend by College of Arts and Sciences.
About
This is a TSAP program.
Transfer Single Articulation Pathways (TSAP) are designed to promote seamless transfer from a public two-year (Ivy Tech Community College and Vincennes University) program to a public four-year degree program. Students must apply for admission as a TSAP transfer student and be certified as a TSAP student by the two-year institution.
Informatics is understanding the impact of technology and information on people, the development of new uses for technology, and the application of information technology in the context of another field. Information technology (IT) is rapidly changing the world, creating new challenges and opportunities every day. Informatics equips students to study IT, consider its social impact, and find ways to use technology to solve problems.
The aim of the informatics program is to produce qualified IT professionals who understand the ways people work with and use information and who can develop solutions that are effective and easy to use. Informatics develops new uses for information technology to solve specific problems in diverse areas such as biology, fine arts, healthcare, and economics. Informatics is also interested in how people transform technology, and how technology transforms us. Usually, informatics is combined with another field of study or cognate, such as bioinformatics, social informatics, business, new media, and healthcare informatics.
At the School of Informatics, we emphasize problem-solving, innovation, communications, and teamwork along with technical skills and knowledge. Our mission is to train students in state-of-the-art information technology and science with an emphasis on creative human applications, offering B.S. degrees in informatics.
The Informatics BS-TSAP program (60 credit hours at IU South Bend) is designed specifically for Ivy Tech graduates transferring to IU South Bend with an Associate of Science in Computer Science.