ProgramCIP 11.0104

Informatics

A program that focuses on computer systems from a user-centered perspective and studies the structure, behavior and interactions of natural and artificial systems that store, process and communicate information. Includes instruction in information sciences, human computer interaction, information system analysis and design, telecommunications structure and information architecture and management.

Definition from U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (CIP 2020).

Also called Social Informatics.