IT Disciplines
What is Computer Science?
Computer Science is the study of information and its manipulation, in the same way that Physics is the study of energy. We study ways of storing it and transforming it, and explore the basic limits that restrict our use of it. Topics include programming languages, operating systems, theory of computation, AI, computer graphics, databases. Students learn how to design, analyze, and implement complex systems involving computer networks, databases, and web services.
What is Information Systems?
Information Systems is the study of interaction between technology and people. It uses hardware and software as tools to solve business and social problems. Students learn how to create and deploy ICT so that value is maximized. The focus is on technical+business, e.g. electronic commerce, knowledge management, telecommunications, multimedia, databases and organizational processes, and analysis and change.
What is Software Engineering?
Engineers take scientific knowledge and build on it to develop useful devices and technologies. Software Engineers create the large software systems that we take for granted, in applications such as banking, hotel reservations, and the Internet. They often work in large teams, and elicit, analyze and document software requirements; and then design, implement and test complex software systems.
What is Science Informatics?
Science Informatics integrates knowledge from a range of disciplines including computing, information modeling and human-computer interaction. We are interested in the application of IT to science - and graduates develop skills in understanding, manipulating, visualizing, integrating and exploiting scientific data. Science Informatics graduates are prepared for careers in information and data management, medical and health informatics and clinical research, physical informatics and social informatics.