The program may also provide some opportunities for employment in the growing information industry in such entry level positions as customer service representative for database vendors, information analyst for database publishers, and other related fields. This major is not intended to be a professional degree which prepares students directly for specific jobs. Rather, the purpose is to provide a knowledge base and level of understanding of the interdisciplinary nature of Information Science and some of the central problems and issues related to information in our society. Admission Students must obtain the approval of the program director before they can officially declare this faculty-initiated interdisciplinary program as their major. Appropriate substitutions may be made with the approval of the program director.
Information science is about the storage, organization, and use of information.
Information science is interdisciplinary. This means that it includes skills from computer science, linguistics, psychology, and other disciplines. Information science prepares you to interact with the users of information. Graduates of our program pursue careers as web developers, librarians, database managers, records managers, and other careers. Some students continue their studies by entering graduate programs in library science, information science, business, or other graduate degree programs.