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INFO 102 · Little Bits to Big Ideas

A broad introduction to the nature, capabilities, and limitations of computing. Topics range from the way data is represented and stored, to the way today’s computers work, to the general ideas of algorithms and computational efficiency, to the future of computing.

INFO 310 · Computing in the humanities

Explores use and application of technology to scholarly activity in the humanities, including projects that put classic texts on the web or create multimedia application on humanities topics.

INFO 326 · New media, culture, & society

Digital media is an immensely pervasive and powerful form of communication that despite its rapid growth has yet to reach most of the world’s population.

  • This lecture-based survey course for undergraduates traces
  • the history and formation of personal computing and the Internet,
  • the development of virtual communities and virtual worlds,
  • evolving forms of digital representation and communication, igital visual cultures,
  • features of new media industries, and
  • the rise of participatory media.