Department of Informatics
Course Descriptions
| INF 201 Introduction to Information Technologies (3) | |
| This course comprises three skills-based modules: information management (UNIX, directory management and presentation software), web technologies (HTML, digital imaging, file formats and transfer), and networks (protocols, layer model, information security). | |
| INF 508/AGOG 518/ABIO 518 Ecological Modeling (3) | |
| Hands-on class which introduces various theoretical and mathematical approaches for modeling ecological and environmental data. The class is accompanied by computer-based exercises in the application of existing models and the development of new models. Basic computer and math knowledge and e-mail access are required. | |
| INF 523 Fundamentals of Information Technology (1 credit for each module, 4 credits total) | |
| A university-wide offering that introduces fundamentals of information technology in an intensive graduate format. The course focuses on selected topics such as database applications, introduction to programming, web technologies, and Unix and networking that are offered in one credit modules, each lasting for half a semester. | |
| INF 540 Information Security Risk Assessment (online course) (1) | |
| This course provides students with an introduction to the field of information security risk assessment. Initially, the students will be introduced to basic definitions and nomenclature in the area of security assessment. Thereafter they will be taught different approaches for assessment of risk. The course will incorporate cases in risk analysis derived from state and law enforcement agencies. Students will learn how to use a risk analysis matrix for performing both quantitative and qualitative risk analysis. As part of the course the students learn the different threats that they need to incorporate in their risk analysis matrices. | |
| Goel Fall 2005 Class, Goel Spring 2007 Class | |
| INF 541 Security Policies (1) | |
| This course provides students with an introduction to information security policies. Students will be introduced to sociological and psychological issues in policy implementation in general and then provided with a focused dialogue on information security specific policies. The class discusses the entire lifecycle of policy creation and enactment and presents students with issue specific policies in different domains of security. The structure of the policy is also discussed to assist the students in design and modification of policies. Several examples from different domains are incorporated in the curriculum to assist students to learn in context of real life situations. | |
| Goel Fall 2005 Class, Goel Spring 2007 Class | |
| INF 542 Computer Forensics | |
| Computer forensics is a relatively new field focused on solving computer crime that is an amalgamation of forensics investigative techniques, computer security, and law. Computer forensics is the study of cyber attack reporting, detection, and response by logging malicious activity and gathering court-admissible chains-of-evidence using various forensic tools that are able to trace back the activity of the hackers. The course provides students with training in collection and preserving evidence from computers and networks. | |
| INF 543 Incident Handling | |
| The course primarily involves management of computer security incidents, including detailing different types of incidents, identification, preparation, and analysis of incidents; as well as gathering of evidence, recovery and follow-up to computer security incidents. | |
| IINF 659 Technology and Contemporary Organizational Life (3) | |
| This course explores the social and communicative life of organizations whose boundaries are no longer limited to a building, to a region, to a country, or even to an easily definable community. We will examine some fundamental issues of communicating and organizing through the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in these "distributed" organizational settings. Readings, lectures, and discussions will focus on how the use of these technologies is transforming the workplace and is affecting the practice of leadership, production and sharing of knowledge, collaboration, and teamwork. | |
| Güney Fall 2007 Class | |
| INF 710: Research Design in Information Science (4) | |
| Students will examine research issues in information science at an advanced level, focusing on appropriate research design, data gathering techniques and analysis relating to data collection and measurement. Students will explore the research design process from both qualitative and quantitative points of view. | |
| Andersen Fall 2007 Class | |
| INF 711: Research Seminar I (1) | |
| This course is offered every fall for all first-semester students. The course meets once a week to hear presentations by faculty about their current research. In addition, research skills are developed, such as evaluation of information science literature, how to write a literature review, how to plan and use bibliographic software, and how to do a poster session at a conference. | |
| Andersen Fall 2006 Class | |
| INF 712: Research Seminar II (1) | |
| This course is offered every spring for all second-semester students. This course meets three times during the semester to plan and coordinate the INF Research Conference while also developing posters to present at the Research Conference. Students develop their research agenda by completing their INF Program Plan. Prerequisite: INF 711 | |
| Andersen Spring 2008 Class, checklist | |
| INF 713: Research Seminar III (1) | |
| This course is offered every fall for all third-semester students. This course meets weekly to hear presentations by faculty about their current research. Students develop research relationships with faculty to continue their own research. Prerequisite: INF 711, INF 712 | |
| INF 714: Research Seminar IV (1) | |
| This course is offered every spring for all fourth-semester students. This course meets three times during the semester to guide students' independent research. Students present their research with a faculty member at the INF Research Conference. Prerequisite: INF 711, INF 712, INF 713 | |
| Andersen Spring 2008 Class, checklist | |
| INF 720: Managing Information and Technology in Organizations (2) | |
| This course will introduce information systems research paradigms grounded in organization theory and provide a framework for applying theoretical concepts and empirical tools to the management of information and technology in organizations. | |
| INF 721: Information and Society (2) | |
| Relationships between information and communication technologies and social action; how social and organizational factors influence processes and systems, and how the use of ICTs influence our (changing) understanding and experience of dealing with information. | |
| INF 722: Information Organizations (2) | |
| Text analysis for information extraction, organization of information for knowledge sharing, and visualization of information to support users' diverse cognitive styles. | |
| INF 723: Information and Computing (2) | |
| Development of theories and concepts that underlie the operation of information processing and retrieval systems; consequences derived from these theories that should be considered in designing such systems; theoretical foundations of information and computation; technologies and application areas. | |
| INF 724: Information Policy (2) | |
| National and international information policy development trends, processes, and conflicts; policy, law, and culture; information economics, industries, and trade; policies of information commodities (e.g. intellectual property, privacy). | |
| INF 787 Field Research Methods (3) | |
| This course is about data collection and analysis techniques in conducting ethnographic (fieldwork) research in institutional settings. Topics of discussion will include how to collect observational, interview, and documentary data and how to create analytical reports based upon these data. This course will include observation and writing exercises that will give students some practical experience in doing fieldwork-based research. In the context of these exercises, we will discuss important methodological issues about writing fieldnotes, coding fieldnotes, and constructing analytical narratives out of coded data. This course will be offered to graduate students at the masterıs and doctoral levels. Doctoral students taking this course will have one or more additional assignments, including writing or revising a proposal for an ethnographic study. Prerequisite: PAD 704 or INF 710 | |
| Guney Spring 2008 Class | |
| INF 894 Directed Readings in Information Science (1-4) | |
| Supervised readings for doctoral students on a particular topic or significant problem in information science. Prerequisite: Admission to Information Science Ph.D. program, or permission of Ph.D. program director. | |
| INF 897 Independent Study and Research in Information Science (1-4) | |
| Independent study and research in information science at the doctoral level under the direction of a member of the faculty. Prerequisite: Admission to Information Science Ph.D. program, or permission of Ph.D. program director. | |
| INF 899 Doctoral Dissertation (1-12) | |
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Required of all candidates completing the Doctor of Philosophy degree. During the period when the candidate is working on their dissertation, registration each Fall and Spring session for a minimum of 1 load equivalent unit is required. Prerequisite: Admission to Ph.D. candidacy. |
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