Informatics sophomore year · human-computer interaction

Human-computer interaction (HCI) undergrad depth and interaction design (IxD) research get deeper. Business cognate (secondary focus) starts. ServeIT credit keeps stacking every term. Course titles and terms. ELI5 each acronym once, then keep shipping the semester.

IU Opportunities at IU orientation slide listing majors languages study abroad research and Hutton Honors College — Opportunities widen in year two · research, clinic hours, and study-abroad planning start earlier than you think.

IU Establish a routine orientation slide with a handwritten design-process notebook example — Establish a routine · still the survival skill when HCI and ServeIT stack up.

IU Career Development Process Step 2 Explore Your Options slide listing networking job shadowing and research — Career progress after INFO-Y 395 · explore options while ServeIT hours keep stacking.

What this Informatics year was about

Fall locked in Human-Computer Interaction Design and Programming (INFO-I 300 · INFO = Informatics), Interaction Design Research (INFO-I 345), and mathematical foundations (INFO-I 201). Spring added information representation (INFO-I 308) plus Kelley-side accounting and computing-in-business: Business & Society cognate in motion. ServeIT (IU’s nonprofit tech clinic) stayed on the schedule both semesters (INFO-I 389).

Design research methods, HCI build muscle, electives across campus, and sites for Bloomington nonprofit partners. Website team lead work on jadexzhao (龙 · dragon) grew alongside these credits.

Fall 2024

INFO-I 201 (Informatics) Mathematical Foundations of Informatics
INFO-I 300 (Informatics) Human-Computer Interaction Design and Programming
INFO-I 345 (Informatics) Interaction Design Research
INFO-I 389 (Informatics) ServeIT Internship in Informatics
COLL-X 112 (College of Arts and Sciences) Traditions & Cultures of IU
MUS-Z 280 (Music) Music of the Silk Road

Spring 2025

INFO-I 308 (Informatics) Information Representation
INFO-I 389 (Informatics) ServeIT Internship in Informatics
BUS-A 200 (Business · Kelley) Foundations of Accounting for Non-Business Majors
BUS-K 201 (Business · Kelley) The Computer in Business
SPH-E 250 (School of Public Health) Public Health Surveillance and Monitoring

official degree rules follow your bulletin year · BS Informatics bulletin 2024 to 2025 · ask advising. this page is my path, not a planner. slow progress still counts.

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