Information Science & Information Studies

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.

 ISIS Graduation!

Saturday, May 11, 2013 at 12:30 PM in the Smith Warehouse, Bay 4, C104 "Garage." Lunch provided. Students, please RSVP to the Evite you should have received. Congratulations, Graduates!

Spring 2013 Courses and Other Opportunities!

Undergraduate:

• ISIS 170/COMPSCI 107/VMS 172: Artificial Life, Culture, and Evolution
  Nick Gessler
  TuTh 10:05 am - 1:00 pm in Perkins LINK Classroom TBA (includes lab time)
  STS, QS, SS

• ISIS 230/EOS 230: Meteorites and the Solar System
  Nick Gessler
  W 10:05 am - 1:00 pm in Perkins LINK 2-072 Classroom 6
  NS, QS

• ISIS 240/AMI 325/VMS 288: Web-Based Multimedia Communications (hands-on lab)
  TuTh (Richard Lucic) 1:25 pm - 2:40 pm, W (Florian Wiencek) 1:40 pm - 4:10 pm
  in Social Sciences 229
  R, ALP, QS

• ISIS 380: Digital Cities: Representing the Past and Building the Future
  Florian Wiencek
  Tu 1:40 pm - 4:10 pm in Smith Warehouse, Bay 12, Room 101
  R, STS, CZ

• ISIS 495S: Research Capstone
  Victoria Szabo
  Tu 8:45 am - 11:20 am in Social Sciences 229
  R, SS

Details and Additional Cross-Lists: http://isis.duke.edu/undergraduate/courses/spring-2013-details

GreaterThanGames Lab Independent Study Options:

• ISIS 491: Independent Study
• ISIS 493: ISIS Research Independent Study

contact Victoria Szabo for details on work with Digital Durham, Trading Races, and other opportunities

Graduate:

• ISIS 650S/LIT 621S/ ARTHIST 537S/VMS 561S: Critical Studies in New Media
  Timothy Lenoir
  Th 3:05 pm - 5:35 pm in TBA
  R, STS, ALP, SS

• ISIS 791: Individual Research in ISIS (Graduate) - work with GreaterThanGames Lab, Wired! Lab or other projects - contact individual instructors for opportunities

• English 890S, ISIS 890S:   Web Literacies, Digital Knowledge, and Digital Humanities: Theories, Methods, and Tools for Research and Teaching   (#LiteraciesLab)
  Cathy N. Davidson
  Tuesday 4:40-7:10
   

Details and Additional Cross-Lists: http://isis.duke.edu/graduate/courses/spring-2013

New/Continuing Courses in ISIS for Fall 2012!

We are now offering 3 sections of our popular web development course:

• ISIS 240/AMI 325/VMS 288: Web-Based Multimedia Communications (hands-on lab); offered M (Szabo), T (Wiencek), Th (Olson) 10:05-12:35

another popular lab-based course to consider:

• ISIS 170/COMPSCI 107/VMS 172: Artificial Life, Culture, and Evolution with Nick Gessler, TTH 10:05-1 in Link Classroom 6 (includes lab time)

and check out these seminar opportunities:

• ISIS 235.01/CULANTH 226.01: Espionage, Cryptology, Psyops with Nick Gessler, W 10:05-12:55 in Link Classroom 6
• ISIS 268.01/VMS 266.01: Media History: Old and New with Victoria Szabo (required course option for the major in Visual and Media Studies); offered TTH  10:05-11:20a (Carr location pending)
• ISIS 270S.01/COMPSCI 102S.01/VMS 287S.01: Immersive Virtual Worlds with Mark McCahill (undergrad seminar); offered TH 6:30-8:45pm in Smith 228
• ISIS 510S.01/VMS 566S.01: How They Got Game with Tim Lenoir (grad/undergrad seminar); offered W 1:40-4:10 in Bay 4, C04 (FHI GreaterThanGames Lab course)

All of these courses count towards the ISIS undergraduate certificate requirements. ISIS 510S.01 and 590S.02 also counts towards the graduate student requirements.

Please consult ACES/STORM and the relevant instructors for the latest information about these exciting course opportunities, as well as additional cross-lists!

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 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!