Informatics

Updated August 09, 2019 • jjagger

Program overview

The informatics program is a degree that seamlessly transfers to a four-year institution through Ivy Tech's TSAP program (Transfer Single Articulation Pathway), allowing the student to enter as a junior into one of our many four-year transfer partners. Students learn to critically analyze approaches to processing information and develop skills to design, implement, and evaluate the next generation of information technology tools. The focus of the program is on the social impact of computing – how people and technology connect. Students will study topics in information technology and information systems, completing their degree with a focus in areas such as health sciences, criminal justice, accounting, social sciences and others.

credentials

Here is an overview of the certificates and degrees we award at Ivy Tech Community College. "Associate of Science" is a direct-transfer degree into a 4-year institution. Click on the credential to view the official statewide curriculum.

Career Certificate

Informatics

20 credit hours

Technical Certificate

Informatics

30 credit hours

Associate of Science & Associate of Applied Science

Informatics (AAS)

60 credit hours

Informatics (AS)

60 credit hours

coursework

Classes on the left are required coursework for our technical and associate degrees. Classes on the right are technical selectives our students get the choose from. Complete and official curriculum guides can be found here.

Required Coursework

Computing Logic
Network Fundamentals
Hardware/Software Support
Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing, and Reporting
Informatics and HCI
Informatics Fundamentals
Database Design and Management
Intro to Cyber Security
Exploration and Evaluation
Project Management

Certification Prep

CompTIA Project+
CompTIA Security+
CompTIA A+

Concentration Areas (12 credits of coursework)

Accounting
Business
Criminal Justice
Health Information
Homeland Security
Logistics

key concepts learned

Here is a breakdown of the key concepts and objectives students must learn in their coursework at Ivy Tech Community College.

First year students

ITSP 135: Hardware/Software Support

System assembly • Device installation and maintenance • Operating systems • Needs assessment • Networking basics • Security essentials • Forensics fundamentals • System documentation • Troubleshooting theory • Issue resolution • Desktop imaging • Virtualization Mobile OSs • Professional communication TCP/IP • BIOS • SOHO • Mobile computing

SDEV 120: Computing Logic

Algorithms and Algorithm Development • Logic Development • Math Concepts • Numbering Systems: Binary, Decimal, Hexadecimal • Basic Programming Control Structures • Flowcharting and Pseudocode • Relational and Logical Operators • Order of Precedence • Truth Tables and Decision Trees • Data Validation • Scripting • Work Ethic • Software Development Life Cycle • Deductive and Inductive Logic • Set Theory • Logic Structures • Fuzzy Logic and Ladder Logic • Logic Gate Theory • Puzzles and Games • Graphing • Unified Modeling Language

CSIA 105: Intro to Cyber Security/Info Assurance

Security reviews • Effectiveness of security programs • Investigation of security breaches • Monitoring systems for accuracy and abnormalities • Privacy • Accountability controls • Audit trails and logs • Software design standards • Denial of service, spoofing, and hijacking • Networking • Defense in depth • Cryptography • Security Technologies • Legal, ethical and professional issues in Information Security • Attribution • Destruction of media

DBMS 110: Database Design and Management

Creating and managing data • Multiple table queries • Introduction to Database Management Database Administration • Database Design Methodology • Database Design Normalization • Database backup and recovery • Database administration and security • ANSI Standard Structured query language (SQL) • Database Manipulation Language (DML) Database Definition Language (DDL) Database Control Language (DCL) • Business intelligence, data warehousing and mining • DBMS Functions • QBE • Relational Algebra • 1NF, 2NF, 3NF, and BCNF

INFM 209: Informatics and HCI

Ethics Regulatory • History • Global technology • Future of technology • Ergonomics & HCI • Societal technology effects• Implementing • Design • Heuristics analysis •Interactive systems • Usability Task analysis • Interfaces

Second year students

INFM 219: Business Intelligence, Data

Knowledge management • Big data • Report writing • Graphing information • Query selection criteria • Data maintenance • Decision making • Tools used for query writing and reporting

Warehousing, and Reporting

Knowledge management using databases • Databases as related to big data • Report writing • Graphing information • Query selection criteria • Data maintenance • Decision making •Tools used for query writing and reporting

CPIN 269: Project Management

Data flow diagrams • Structure charts • Flow charts • Data Dictionaries • Prototyping • Object-oriented • Case tools • Team dynamics • Project management • Conversion methods • Total cost of ownership • Return on investment

CPIN 279: Exploration/Evaluation

Interviews • Team participation • Time management • Portfolios • Career paths • Communication skills • Life-long learning • Electronic presentations

student body

The most recent demographic data from our students. Note: This is only for the Indianapolis/Central Indiana campus and surrounding service sites of Avon, Lawrence, Noblesville, Greencastle, Mooresville, Franklin, and Shelbyville.

Total Students

282

(based on Spring 2019 data)

Part Time Status

90%

(determined annually, <9 cr. hrs. each semester)

Sophomore Standing

51%

(determined by amount of credit hours completed; >30 credit hours)

Last Semester's Awarded Credentials

14

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