University at Buffalo – School of Informatics
Master of Arts – Informatics
Program Guide
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ELECTIVES
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MI OVERVIEW
PROGAM
and PHILOSOPHY
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The program emphasizes not only technological skills, but also
competencies identified by business leaders as crucial if their
organizations are to take full advantage of new information technologies.
These organizational competencies include team building, communication,
knowledge of organizational goals and sensitivity to organizational
culture.
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The program will employ a core sequence of seven courses in the
organizational competencies cited above. Students subsequently will
specialize in one of several separate study tracks, including information
science, information architecture, management of information centers,
system design and implementation, and organizational development.*
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CURRICULUM
OBJECTIVES
PROGRAM TIMELINE
COURSES
ELECTIVES
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REQUIRED COURSES
Telecommunications
Infrastructure, Products, and
Services
Organizational
Policy
Communication
and Legal Issues (Spring 2003)
Information Architecture
Information
Capstone
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and Management (Spring 2003)
Design
Project and Seminar (Spring/ Summer 2003)
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SUGGESTED ELECTIVES
Students
are encouraged to take courses
from other disciplines; electives might form
a specialty in:* Go to Elective List
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Information Science
Information Architecture
Instruction and Training
Management of Information Centers
System Design and Implementation
Digital Arts
Organizational Development
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*http://informatics.buffalo.edu/
programs/mi/electives.asp
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CAREERS
DEVELOPMENT
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 SUCCESS
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 EMPLOYMENT
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