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An overview of the key theories, concepts and themes of information science. Examines information processing and communication systems from the perspective of the technology that provides the information, and the people, organizations, industries and societies that are affected by it. Typical topics include: information and decision making, human information processing, data modeling, systems theory, definition and types of information systems and application domains, and societal and organizational impacts of information technology (the end user computing revolution, the Internet and the World Wide Web, electronic commerce, privacy and computer ethics, information and the global economy).
4 QH credit
Prerequisite: COM 1100 or MSC 1336.
Course will be offered for the first during the Fall quarter. IS majors are guaranteed a place in class.
BSIS required course
This is a new course. It is a required course for the BS IS majors.
Professor Eileen Trauth
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Basic programming skills.
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