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ISIS CERTIFICATE UNDERGRADUATE CERTIFICATE | GRADUATE CERTIFICATE ISIS UNDERGRADUATE CERTIFICATE MISSION STATEMENT | DESCRIPTION | GOALS | OUTCOME MEASURES | ASSESSMENT Mission Statement: Our mission is to study and create new information technologies and to analyze their impact on art, culture, science, commerce, society and the environment. Description: The Information Science and Information Studies (ISIS) Undergraduate Certificate program offers students an interdisciplinary approach to study the nature of information and its impact on art, culture, science, commerce, society, and the environment. ISIS helps students fill the gap between current academic training and the increasing demand in all professions for a broad understanding of the legal, social, philosophical, computational, and aesthetic issues concerning information technology and other related innovations. The program's integrated curriculum combines topics and practices including information management; photonics and visualization; multimedia design; issues of security, privacy, and property; and the history of science and technology. The ISIS Undergraduate Certificate requires six courses:
No more than two courses that are counted toward the ISIS Certificate may also satisfy the requirements of any major, minor, or other certificate program. (NOTE: Pratt students may count additional ISIS courses toward their major elective requirements.) Only students who have officially declared their major may enroll in the program, although all students may take ISIS courses on a first-come/first-served basis, with ISIS certificate students having preference. To declare an ISIS Certificate, fill out the appropriate paperwork in the Registrar's Office and contact Richard Lucic, ISIS Certificate Program Faculty Director, to schedule an advising session. Please complete an ISIS Certificate Plan in advance of the session. For examples of Major Paths, please click here. Outcome Measures: Coming soon...
The purpose of the ISIS Graduate Certificate is to offer an interdisciplinary program at the graduate level that focuses on the study and creation of new information technologies and the analysis of their impact on art, culture, science, medicine, commerce, society, and the environment. The program is designed for doctoral students wishing to complement their primary disciplinary focus with an interdisciplinary certificate in Information Science + Information Studies. The purpose of the certificate is to broaden the scope of the typical disciplinary PhD program and to engage the student in ISIS-related research. The ISIS Graduate Certificate is not intended to provide a disciplinary canon in information science and information studies but rather to develop a structured set of transdisciplinary skills and resources for exploring new areas of academic research. As such, the ISIS Graduate Certificate is not to lead students down an existing path of traditional academic research but rather to provide them with the means for expanding the scope of their main disciplinary focus by creating new paths of their own. The ISIS Graduate Certificate consists of the following requirements:
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