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The program offers many choices to students. No one set of courses fits everyone’s needs so feel free to discuss your options with your advisor and any of the faculty. It is important to remember that your program is a complete package, and consists of courses, independent studies, internship opportunities, a capstone experience, and numerous opportunities outside of the curriculum, such as research colloquia and volunteer opportunities where you can interact with and learn from faculty and your colleagues.

Common to all are the primary core offerings:

From here, we recommend IA students take the following secondary core offerings:

After this, a combination of dedicated courses on technical IA, usability, and digital design will provide you with a solid grounding in the essentials you will need to build a successful career. To this end we offer the following suite of electives specifically aimed at IA students:

The capstone experience should be used to put into practice the skills and knowledge acquired through coursework. Working with a real client, this project will provide you with a portfolio piece with which to show future employers

This combination allows you further space for other elective courses, depending on your interests and needs.