Information Science & Information Studies

ISIS GRADUATE CERTIFICATE ELECTIVES

The following courses have been identified as electives for the ISIS Graduate Certificate. Other courses may also be relevant; ask the DGS if one applies.

As a means for identifying specific regions of graduate research, the approved courses have been organized into the following disciplinary clusters:

  • Computational Humanities (Arts, History, Philosphy, and Critical Theory)
  • Biomedical Sciences and Engineering
  • Computer Science, Mathematics, and Computational Sciences
  • Environmental Sciences
  • Social Sciences (Economics, Psychology, Sociology, and Policy)
  • Visual and Media Studies

Computational Humanities (Arts, History, Philosophy, and Critical Theory):

ARTHIST 376 - Through a Glass Diasporally: Photography, Film, and Video

ENGLISH 280/LIT 260/ISIS - Twentieth-Century Reconceptions of Knowledge and Science

ENGLISH 288/LIT 281 - Biological Issues in Cultural Theory

GERMAN 265S/ISIS - Science and Technology in Nineteenth-Century German Culture

HISTORY 204S - Technology, Economic Development, and Social Change, 1750-Present

HISTORY 219S - History of Science and Technology

HISTORY 220S - History of Science and Technology

HISTORY 255B/POLSCI 288 - War and the National State

ISIS 250 - Critical Studies in New Media

ISIS 270/LIT 262/PHIL 270 - Bodyworks: Medicine, Technology, and the Body in Early 21st Century America

LIT 260/ENGLISH 280/ISIS - Twentieth-Century Reconceptions of Knowledge and Science

LIT 281/ENGLISH 288 - Biological Issues in Cultural Theory

PHIL 210 - Logic for Computer Science

PHIL 238S/ISIS - Problems in the Philosophy and Policy of Genomics

PHIL 253S/ISIS - Philosophy of Mind

RUSSIAN 335 - Contemporary Russian Media


Biomedical Sciences and Engineering:

BAA 244L - Methods in Primate Field Ecology

BAA 250 - Biometry

BIOCHEM 222 - Structure of Biological Macromolecules

BIOCHEM 258/CMB 258/CELLBIO 258/UPGEN 258/IMMUNOL 258/MOLBPHY 258 - Structural Biochemistry I

BIOLOGY 268/ENVIRON 231 - Ecological Theory and Data

BIOLOGY 268L/ENVIRON 231L/ISIS - Ecological Theory and Data

BIOLOGY 280S - Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology

BIOLOGY 281/Genetics Program - DNA, Chromosomes, and History

BIOLOGY 284 - Molecular Population Genetics

BIOLOGY 284 - Molecular Population Genetics

BIOLOGY 289L/APLSCI/ISIS - Methods in Morphometrics

BIOLOGY 291 - Mathematical Biology

BIOLOGY 293 - Simulating Ecological and Evolutionary Systems

BME 205L - Microprocessors and Digital Instruments

BME 222 - Principles of Ultrasound Imaging

BME 233/APLSCI - Modern Diagnostic Imaging Systems

BME 241 - Artificial Intelligence in Medicine

BME 243 - Introduction to Medical Informatics

BME 246 - Computational Methods in Biomedical Engineering

BME 264L - Medical Instrument Design

BME 330 - Finite Element Method for Biomedical Engineers

CBB 241/STA 271 - Statistical Methods for Computational Biology

CBB 241/STA 271 - Statistical Genetics

CBB 203/STA 273 - Genome Informatics and Sequence Analysis

CBB 250/STA 277 - Computational Methods for Macromolecular Structure

CBB 221/STA 278 - Gene Expression Analysis

CBB 211/COMPSCI 262 - Computational Functional Genetics

CELLBIO 258/CMB 258/BIOCHEM 258/UPGEN 258/IMMUNOL 258/MOLBPHY 258 - Structural Biolchemistry I

CMB 258/BIOCHEM 258/CELLBIO 258/UPGEN 258/IMMUNOL 258/MOLBPHY 258 - Structural Biochemistry I

COMPSCI 260/BGT 204 - Algorithms in Computational Biology

COMPSCI 262/BGT 211 - Computational Functional Genomics

IMMUNOL 258/CMB 258/CELLBIO 258/UPGEN 258/BIOCHEM 258/MOLBPHY 258 - Structural Biochemistry I

NEUROBIO 381/PSY 362 - Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging

PATHOL 275 - Fundamentals of Electron Microscopy and Biological Microanalysis

SBB 258/CMB 258/CELLBIO 258/UPGEN 258/IMMUNOL 258/BIOCHEM 258 - Structural Biochemistry I

STA 271/BGT 200/CBB 241 - Statistical Methods for Computational Biology

STA 271/BGT 201/CBB 241 - Statistical Genetics

STA 273/BGT 203/CBB 203 - Genome Informatics and Sequence Analysis

STA 277/BGT 207/CBB 250 - Computational Methods for Macromolecular Structure

STA 278/BGT 208/CBB 221 - Gene Expression Analysis

UPGEN 258/CMB 258/CELLBIO 258/BIOCHEM 258/IMMUNOL 258/MOLBPHY 258 - Structural Biochemistry I


Computer Science, Mathematics, and Computational Sciences:

CE 251 - Engineering Analysis and Computational Mechanics

CE 254 - Introduction to Finite Element Method

CE 255 - Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis

CE 256 - Computational Methods for Evolving Discontinuities

COMPSCI 212 - Distributed Information Systems

COMPSCI 214 - Computer Networks and Distributed Systems

COMPSCI 220/EVE 252 - Advanced Computer Architecture I

COMPSCI 221/ECE 259 - Advanced Computer Architecture II

COMPSCI 226/ECE 255/ISIS - Mathematical Methods for Systems Analysis

COMPSCI 250/MATH 221/STA 250 - Numerical Analysis

COMPSCI 270 - Artificial Intelligence

COMPSCI 271 - Numeric Artificial Intelligence

COMPSCI 296S - Scientific Visualization

COMPSCI 320/ECE 352 - Advanced Topics in Digital Systems

COMPSCI 364/PHYSICS 313 - Advanced Topics on Nonlinear and Complex Systems

COMPSCI 370 - Seminar in Artificial Intelligence

COMPSCI 376 - Advanced Topics in Artificial Intelligence

ECE 243 - Pattern Classification and Recognition Technology

ECE 251 - Advanced Digital System Design

ECE 252/COMPSCI 220 - Advanced Digital Cimputer Architecture

ECE 253 - Parallel System Performance

ECE 255/COMPSCI 226/ISIS - Mathematical Methods for Systems Analysis I

ECE 257/ISIS - Performance and Reliability of Computer Networks

ECE 258/ISIS - Artificial Neural Networks

ECE 259/COMPSCI 221 - Advanced Computer Architecture II

ECE 261/APLSCI - Full Custom VLSI Design

ECE 273 - Optical Communication Systems

ECE 277 - Computational Electromagnetics

ECE 282 - Digital Signal Processing

ECE 285 - Signal Detection and Extraction Theory

ECE 288 - Image and Array Signal Processing

ECE 299 - Advanced Topics: Photonic Systems/Optical Networks

ECE 352/COMPSCI 320 - Advanced Topics in Digital Systems

MATH 221/COMPSCI 250/STA 250 - Numerical Analysis

MATH 224 - Scientific Computing I

MATH 225 - Scientific Computing II

MATH 287/STA 207 - Probability

ME 270 - Robot Control and Automation

PHYSICS 313/COMPSCI 364 - Advanced Topics in Nonlinear and Complex Systems

STA 207/MATH 287 - Probability

STA 214 - Probability and Statistical Models

STA 250/MATH 221/COMPSCI 250 - Numerical Analysis

STA 376 - Advanced Modeling and Scientific Computing
 

Environmental Studies:

ENVIRON 220 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems

ENVIRON 231/BIOLOGY 268 - Ecological Models and Data

ENVIRON 231L/BIOLOGY 268L/ISIS - Ecological Models and Data

ENVIRON 259 - Fundamentals of Geographic Info Systems and Geospatial Analysis

ENVIRON 354 - GIS Analysis for Conservation Management

ENVIRON 357 - Satellite Remote Sensing for Environmental Analysis

ENVIRON 259 - Advanced Geospatial Analysis



Social Sciences (Economics, Psychology, Sociology, and Policy):

BA 510/STA 221 - Bayesian Inference and Decision

BA 525/STA 231/PSY 316 - Behavioral Decision Theory

BA 531 - Accounting Seminar: Empirical

BA 532 - Accounting Seminar: Analytical

CULANTH 284S - Transnationalism and Public Culture

ECON 220S/ISIS - Computer Modeling for Policy Analysis

ECON 225S - Games and Information

ECON 297S - Economic Science Studies

ECON 389 - Empirical Methods in Industrial Organization

EDUC 211 - Education and the Mass Media

GS 301 - Instructional Uses of Technology

ISIS 232S/POLSCI 227S/FVD - Issues in International Communications

POLSCI 203S - Politics and the Media in the United States

POLSCI 222 - Introduction to Statistical Analysis

POLSCI 227S/ISIS 232S/FVD - Issues in International Communications

POLSCI 243S - Political Applications of Game Theory

POLSCI 288/HISTORY 255B - War and the National State

POLSCI 303 - Seminar on Statistics

POLSCI 317 - The New Institutionalism in Political Science

PSY 223S/ISIS - Animal Learning and Cognition: A Neural Network Approach

PSY 316/STA 231/BA 525 - Behavioral Decision Theory

PSY 362/NEUROBIO 381 - Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging

PUBPOL 221S/ISIS - Media and Democracy

PUBPOL 243S/POLSCI 276S/ISIS/COMPAREA - Media in Post-Communist Societies

PUBPOL 260S/ISIS - Science and Technology Policy

PUBPOL 264 - Advanced Topics in Public Policy: Ethics and the Internet

PUBPOL 268 - Media Policy and Economics

PUBPOL 320 - Globalization and Governance

PUBPOL 330 - Special Topics in Leadership and Management: Information, Technology and Public Policy

SOCIOL 215 - Basic Demographic Methods

SOCIOL 216 - Advanced methods of Demographic Analysis

STA 221/BA 510 - Bayesian Inference and Decision

STA 231/PSY 316/BA 525 - Behavioral Decision Theory

 

Visual and Media Studies

All graduate courses listed as VISUALST are eligible for inclusion as ISIS electives.

  • NMC Symposium On New Media & Learning