MINOR Checklist: Information Science, TECHNOLOGY & the Arts
This minor is designed to provide students in all majors experience in dealing with information - deriving it, managing it, and extracting meaning from it!
ISTA Core
ISTA 100: Great Ideas of the Information Age __
ISTA 116: Statistical Foundations for the Information Age*__
ISTA 130: Computational Thinking and Doing__
ISTA 161: Ethics in a Digital World __
Upper Division ISTA Coursework (take two)
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Total Units __/19
Upper Division Units __/6
A minimum GPA of 2.0 required for this minor.
*requires Math 107 or Math 112
A note on CSC 127A/B and CSC 110/120: ISTA 130, required for the minor, is an introductory Python programming class. CSC 127A/B used to be taught in Java, and now the new introductory sequence, CSC 110/120, is taught in Python. CSC 110 will now double-dip with ISTA 130; students can ask to double-dip CSC 127A if they have the Python experience.
ISTA advisor information:
Laura Owen
Undergraduate Academic Advisor
School of Information
Harvill 431
Upper Division ISTA Coursework
Note: not all classes are available every semester. Some courses have prerequisite requirements. Courses available Fall 2018 highlighted
ISTA 301: Computing and the Arts (no prerequisites; also a Tier II Arts general education requirement)
ISTA 302: Technology of Sound (no prerequisites)
ISTA 303: Introduction to Creative Coding*
*ISTA 130 or CSC 110 or ECE 175 required
ISTA 311: Foundation of Information and Inference*
*ISTA 130 (or CSC 110)and ISTA 116 (or MATH 163/263) required
ISTA 331: Principles of Data Science
*ISTA 116, 130, and 131 required
ISTA 350: Programming for Informatics Applications*
*ISTA 130 and 131 required
*Typically offered SPRING semester
ISTA 416: Introduction to Human Computer Interaction*
*ISTA 130 or CSC 110 or ECE 175 required
*ISTA 350 or CSC 335 recommended
ISTA 421: Introduction to Machine Learning
*Calculus I and II, Linear Algebra (MATH 313), and ISTA 311 or consent of instructor required
*Typically offered FALL semester
ISTA 422: Applied Cyberinfrastructure Concepts*
*ISTA 130 or CSC 120 recommended
*Typically offered FALL semester
ISTA 424: Virtual Reality*
*ISTA 350 or CSC 335 or consent of instructor required
ISTA 425: Algorithms for Games*
*ISTA 350 or CSC 335 or consent of instructor required
ISTA 450: Artificial Intelligence*
*ISTA 350 or CSC 345 or consent of instructor required
*Typically offered SPRING semester
ISTA 451: Game Development*
*ISTA 130 or CSC 110 or ECE 175 required
*ISTA 350 or CSC 335 recommended
ISTA 457: Neural Networks*
*ISTA 350 or CSC 345 or NSCS 344 or consent of instructor required
*MATH 313 recommended
Students can double-dip a maximum of eight units (two classes) towards an ISTA minor from another department, providing the courses are cross-listed and the double-dipping is allowed by the other department’s double-dipping policy.
For catalog years Fall 2017 or later, cross-listed Upper Division CSC courses are: CSC 335, 337, 345
For catalog years before Fall 2017, CSC 401, 433, 438, 439, 460 are also cross-listed