Welcome to Information Science + Information Studies (ISIS). Our mission is to study and create new information technologies and to analyze their impact on art, culture, science, commerce, society, and the environment.
Fall 2012 Registration! ISIS Courses for Fall are now available for enrollment.
Note: Upperclass students in the ISIS Certificate Program and the Visual and Media Studies major will have priority for enrollment in ISIS 240: Foundations of Web-Based Multimedia Communication. Enrollment is by permission only. Please contact the relevant instructors for permissions.
Interested in the ISIS Certificate? Contact ISIS Undergraduate Curriculum Director Richard Lucic to learn more and/or to sign up!
Spring 2012 Opportunity in ISIS! In partnership with the GreaterThanGames Lab, ISIS is offering a tutorial series on Mobile Application Design and Development for Beginners. The series will run Wednesday evenings and will include a team of undergraduates, graduates, faculty, and staff working together to explore the potential of iOS app development for various academic and programmatic interests. Students may sign up for ISIS 195T or 295T to participate for credit. See the GreaterThanGames Lab site for more information.
Fall 2011 GreaterThanGames Lab Launched!
ISIS is a core collaborator in the new Franklin Humanities Institute's Interdisciplinary GreaterThanGames Lab. Co-directors Tim Lenoir, Kate Hayles, and Victoria Szabo are joined by faculty in various departments and programs in offering courses, workshops and other activities related to Transmedia Applications, Virtual Worlds, and Digital Storytelling. Check it out!
