Information Sciences Major, BS in Information Sciences - Applied Data Analytics and User Experience Concentration

Campus: Distance Education

uTrack Requirements

Universal Tracking (uTrack) is an academic monitoring system designed to help students stay on track for timely graduation. In order to remain on track, students must complete the minimum requirements for each tracking semester, known as milestones. Milestones include successful completion of specified courses and/or attainment of a minimum GPA. uTrack requirements only affect full-time, degree-seeking students.

Term 1

• Arts and Humanities (AH)  Elective 3 Credit Hours
• Natural Sciences (NS)  Elective 4 Credit Hours *
• Social Sciences (SS)  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• Quantitative Reasoning (QR)  Elective 3 Credit Hours *

• ENGL 101* - English Composition I 3 Credit Hours (or equivalent)

Term 2

• Expanded Perspectives  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• Global Citizenship - United States (GCUS)  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• Natural Sciences (NS)  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• Unrestricted elective 3 Credit Hours *

• ENGL 102* - English Composition II 3 Credit Hours (or equivalent)

Term 3

• Engaged Inquiries (EI)  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• Expanded Perspectives  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• Global Citizenship - International (GCI)  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• Written Communication (WC)  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• Unrestricted elective 3 Credit Hours *

Term 4

• Engaged Inquiries (EI)  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• Engaged Inquiries (EI)  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• Unrestricted elective 3 Credit Hours
• Unrestricted elective 3 Credit Hours

• CMST 210* - Public Speaking 3 Credit Hours

• or

• CMST 240* - Business and Professional Communication 3 Credit Hours

Term 5

• INSC 201* - Foundations of Information Sciences 3 Credit Hours
• INSC 210* - Foundations of Information Technology 3 Credit Hours
• INSC 260 - Programming for Information Applications 3 Credit Hours
• INSC 311 - User-Centered Design 3 Credit Hours
• STAT 201* - Introduction to Statistics 3 Credit Hours

Term 6

• ¹ INSC Elective 3 Credit Hours
• ² Unrestricted Elective 3 Credit Hours

• INSC 380* - Information Management in Organizations 3 Credit Hours
• INSC 384 - Database Design 3 Credit Hours
• INSC 430 - Foundations of User Experience 3 Credit Hours

Term 7

• ¹ INSC Elective 3 Credit Hours
• ² Unrestricted Elective 3 Credit Hours

• INSC 435 - Usability Testing and Methods 3 Credit Hours
• INSC 436 - Analytics and Metrics for User Experience 3 Credit Hours
• INSC 486 - Data Analytics 3 Credit Hours

Term 8

• ¹ INSC Elective 3 Credit Hours
• ² Unrestricted Elective 3 Credit Hours

• INSC 439 - Interfaces and Interaction Design 3 Credit Hours
• INSC 489 - Information Visualization 3 Credit Hours

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• Select one course:

• INSC 491 - Global Study 1-15 Credit Hours (3 hours)
• INSC 493 - Independent Project or Research 3 Credit Hours
• INSC 496 - Professional Seminar and Portfolio 3 Credit Hours
• INSC 499 - Professional Experience 3 Credit Hours

Total Credit Hours 120

Footnotes

1. INSC courses not already required for the major. Students may elect to take DATA 102*  as an INSC elective.
2. Any courses not already required for the major.

* Meets Volunteer Core  Requirement.