Programs
Ph.D. Minors
All School of Informatics and Computing doctoral students are required to complete either a minor within the school or an approved minor outside the school. Internal and external minors should be appropriate to the student’s research as determined by the student’s advisory committee.
Informatics and Computing Minors
The following minors are available to informatics and computer science Ph.D. candidates as well as students outside the school.
- Bioinformatics (PDF)
- Complex Systems: see the Ph.D. in Informatics handbook (PDF)
- Computer Science (PDF) (open to informatics students and students outside the school)
- Human-Computer Interaction (PDF)
- Informatics (PDF) (open to computer science students and students outside the school)
- Music Informatics: see the Ph.D. in Informatics handbook (PDF)
- Security Informatics: see the Ph.D. in Informatics handbook (PDF)
- Social Informatics (PDF)
- Individualized minor: see the Ph.D. in Informatics handbook (PDF)
External Minors
Some appropriate external minors include biology, chemistry, physics, cognitive science, history and philosophy of science, information science, law, sociology, and learning sciences. In all cases, the number of hours to be included in the minor is consistent with the requirements of the unit granting the minor.
