Information Technology and Informatics Major

Information Technology and Informatics Major

The IT job market demands strong technical skills and insight into the social, economic, and organizational impacts of technology. Successful graduates of the Information Technology and Informatics Major program are ready to identify challenges and propose solutions.

As an IT & Informatics major, you’ll develop practical computer-based competencies and unite those skills with ideas from the humanities and social sciences to develop the skills and mindset you need to solve problems where people and machines meet.

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The IT & Informatics major admits undergraduates after they’ve completed at least 15 credits at Rutgers.

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Required Coursework

All students in the IT & Informatics major complete the following foundational courses:

  • 04:189:103 Introduction to IT and Informatics
  • 04:547:200 Social Informatics
  • 04:547:201 I.T. Fundamentals
  • 04:547:202 Object-Oriented Programming
  • 04:547:210 Designing Human-Centered Technology Solutions

IT & Informatics majors complete four required courses, seven IT & Informatics electives, and a communication or media course—39 credits, total. Add a senior thesis or an experiential-learning course and apply your problem-solving or research skills to a real-world challenge.

Customize Your ITI Major

The IT & Informatics program offers guided pathways to help students explore, choose and build a specific identity often (but not completely) defined in terms of career opportunities. We strongly encourage you to follow a guided pathway, although it is not required.

Each of these guided pathways includes primary electives and secondary electives. Students interested in a pathway should take as many of the primary electives as their schedule allows.

  • Cybersecurity and Information Assurance
  • Data Management, Analytics, and Information Visualization
  • Web Design and Development
Cybersecurity and Information Assurance

Cybersecurity and Information Assurance professionals protect and defend information and information systems by ensuring their availability, integrity, authentication, and non-repudiation. Students following this guided pathway learn the technical fundamentals of databases and networks, and develop hands-on skills with the tools and techniques used to protect them.

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Data Management, Analytics, and Information Visualization

Data Management, Analytics, and Information Visualization (DMAIV) professionals turn data into knowledge. Students following this Guided Pathway learn the tools and techniques of retrieving, storing, and preparing data, and apply those skills to the analysis and visualization of information.

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Web Design and Development

Web Design and Development professionals create interactive websites and web applications to support individual, organizational and societal needs. Students following this guided pathway learn the tools and techniques of web design and development, such as HTML, CSS and JavaScript; human-centered design; and networking and database technologies.

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