Wednesday, February 15, 2023

InfoSci Academic Minors - Virtual Information Session 02/21 @ 12pm


Join the UMD B.S. in Infomation Science program on Tuesday, February 21, 2023, at 12:00PM to learn about the two following academic minors. 

RSVP here: https://bit.ly/InfoSci-Minors (NOTE: these academic minors are completed entirely online and are available to the UMD students at the College Park and Shady Grove campus locations): 

Technology Innovation Leadership (5 courses/15 credits) prepares students to effectively create and navigate a climate of technological innovation within an organization or team. By combining creative leadership, design thinking, and understanding socio-technical challenges, students tackle large-scale problems relating to technology innovation and examine how leaders and social entrepreneurs use innovative technologies and information to solve social, cultural, and environmental issues.

Information Risk Management, Ethics, and Privacy (5 courses/15 credits) prepares students to evaluate information and big-data privacy and security issues that businesses and individuals face. The curriculum examines risks companies face while collecting, storing, and managing information and their existing customers’ and stakeholders’ data. Students learn practical strategies to mitigate risks and explore the ways emerging technologies benefit in the context of risk management, ethics, and privacy.


Email usginfosci@umd.edu with any questions.