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Program checklist · BS

Information Science, BS

University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus · Pittsburgh, PA

A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.

Program
Award
BS
Credential class
ceterms:BachelorDegree
CIP
11.0401
Credits (computed from items)
3
Catalog edition
2026-2027
Checklist type
degree-program
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
215293
CourseShelf checklist
CK_215293_4685fd4a
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 59

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Eligibility for Major

8 items
  1. INFSCI 0310
    COMPUTATION IN INFORMATION SCIENCE
    Not resolved to a course
  2. AND
    Not resolved to a course
  3. CMPINF 0401
    INTERMEDIATE PROGRAMMING
    As published: “INTERMEDIATE PROGRAMMING OR”
    4
  4. INFSCI 0201
    4
  5. And one of:
    Not resolved to a course
  6. INFSCI 0410
    3
  7. INFSCI 0510
    3
  8. INFSCI 0610
    3

Grade Policies for Information Science Majors

0 items

    Satisfactory/No-Credit (S/NC) grade options for IS majors

    0 items

      Individual Course Grades & GPA Requirement

      0 items

        Departmental Honors

        3 items
        1. Completed a sixth upper-level elective IS course (numbered above 1100). The student may not use any INFSCI 17xx course to count as this additional upper-level course.
          Not resolved to a course
        2. Have an IS GPA of at least 3.5
          Not resolved to a course
        3. Have an overall GPA of at least 3.25
          Not resolved to a course

        Major Requirements

        6 items
        1. One approved programming course
          Not resolved to a course
        2. Seven core courses
          Not resolved to a course
        3. Five electives
          Not resolved to a course
        4. Two approved mathematics courses (see below)
          Not resolved to a course
        5. One approved statistics course (see below)
          Not resolved to a course
        6. One capstone class
          Not resolved to a course

        Programming Course

        1 item
        1. CMPINF 0401
          INTERMEDIATE PROGRAMMING
          or: INFSCI 0201 - INTERMEDIATE PROGRAMMING WITH PYTHON
          4

        Core Courses

        7 items
        1. INFSCI 0310
          COMPUTATION IN INFORMATION SCIENCE
          Not resolved to a course
        2. INFSCI 0410
          3
        3. INFSCI 0510
          3
        4. INFSCI 0610
          3
        5. INFSCI 1400
          ANALYSIS OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS
          Not resolved to a course
        6. INFSCI 1500
          3
        7. INFSCI 1600
          3

        Electives

        21 items
        1. INFSCI 0505
          AI AND CRITICAL THINKING
          Not resolved to a course
        2. INFSCI 1420
          USER-CENTERED DESIGN
          Not resolved to a course
        3. INFSCI 1430
          USER EXPERIENCE ENGINEERING
          Not resolved to a course
        4. INFSCI 1440
          SOCIAL COMPUTING
          Not resolved to a course
        5. INFSCI 1450
          GAME DESIGN
          Not resolved to a course
        6. INFSCI 1460
          IT PROJECT MANAGEMENT
          Not resolved to a course
        7. INFSCI 1470
          IMMERSIVE MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES
          Not resolved to a course
        8. INFSCI 1520
          INFORMATION VISUALIZATION
          Not resolved to a course
        9. INFSCI 1525
          CURATING DIGITAL DATA
          Not resolved to a course
        10. INFSCI 1530
          DATA MINING
          Not resolved to a course
        11. INFSCI 1540
          DATA ENGINEERING
          Not resolved to a course
        12. INFSCI 1560
          INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL
          Not resolved to a course
        13. INFSCI 1570
          NETWORK AND WEB DATA TECHNOLOGIES
          Not resolved to a course
        14. INFSCI 1610
          QUANTUM INFORMATION AND COMPUTING
          Not resolved to a course
        15. INFSCI 1620
          NETWORK SECURITY
          Not resolved to a course
        16. INFSCI 1630
          COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
          Not resolved to a course
        17. INFSCI 1640
          WIRELESS NETWORKS
          Not resolved to a course
        18. INFSCI 1650
          MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS
          Not resolved to a course
        19. INFSCI 1660
          COMPUTER NETWORKING LABORATORY
          Not resolved to a course
        20. INFSCI 1670
          SECURITY MANAGEMENT AND COMPUTER FORENSICS
          Not resolved to a course
        21. INFSCI 1690
          CLOUD COMPUTING
          Not resolved to a course

        Required Mathematics and Statistics Courses

        3 items
        1. MATH 0220
          4
        2. MATH 0280
          INTRO TO MATRICES & LINEAR ALG
          As published: “INTRO TO MATRICES & LINEAR ALG OR MATH 1180 - LINEAR ALGEBRA 1 OR MATH 1185 - HONORS LINEAR ALGEBRA”
          3
        3. STAT 1000
          APPLIED STATISTICAL METHODS
          As published: “APPLIED STATISTICAL METHODS OR STAT 1100 - STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY FOR BUSINESS MANAGEMENT”
          4

        Capstone

        12 items
        1. INFSCI 1082
          INFORMATION SCIENCE COOPERATIVE PROGRAM
          Not resolved to a course
        2. (2 rotations and completion of a paper required)
          Not resolved to a course
        3. INFSCI 1700
          DATA-DRIVEN COMMUNICATION
          Not resolved to a course
        4. (3 credits)
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        5. INFSCI 1710
          DIRECTED RESEARCH
          Not resolved to a course
        6. (3 credits required)
          Not resolved to a course
        7. INFSCI 1720
          INTERNSHIP
          Not resolved to a course
        8. (3 credits required)
          Not resolved to a course
        9. INFSCI 1730
          INDEPENDENT STUDY
          Not resolved to a course
        10. (3 credits required)
          Not resolved to a course
        11. INFSCI 1740
          TEAM-BASED CAPSTONE PROJECT
          Not resolved to a course
        12. (3 credits required)
          Not resolved to a course

        Sample Plan of Study

        0 items
          Source. University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus, catalog 2026-2027 — https://catalog.upp.pitt.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=241&poid=79357. Captured page pages/0341.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.