Informatics
Offered at IU South Bend by College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
About
Informatics is: understanding the impact of technology and information on people; the development of new uses for technology; 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 is to produce qualified information technology professionals who understand the ways people work with and use information, and who can develop solutions that are effective and easy to use. Usually, informatics is combined with another field of study or cognate. A number of cognates have been identified, such as bioinformatics, social informatics, business, new media, and health care informatics. Informatics develops new uses for information technology and in order to solve specific problems in diverse areas such as biology, fine arts, health care, and economics. Informatics is also interested in how people transform technology, and how technology transforms us. 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.