BS Informatics

Housed in the School of Information, the BS in Informatics at UT Austin is a four-year, interdisciplinary degree that explores the relationship between people, information, and technology. Students gain the skills to design, manage, and evaluate information systems in diverse contexts such as UX, data science, healthcare, and cultural institutions.

The program blends core technical training with human-centered, ethical, and domain-specific knowledge, offering six specialized concentrations and culminating in a capstone internship or service-learning project.

Ranking Highlights:

• UT Austin is ranked among the Top 10 public universities in the U.S. (U.S. News & World Report, 2024)

• The School of Information is nationally recognized for leadership in information studies, UX design, and human-computer interaction​

Course Overview

Core Curriculum:

• General education in English, history, government, math, sciences, and the arts

iSchool General Education Requirements:

• Academic Success in the Digital University

• Career Success in the Digital Organization

• Ethical Foundations for Informatics

• Programming for Informatics

• Research Methods for Informatics

• Statistics for Informatics

• Foreign language proficiency

• 6 hours of approved STEM coursework

Informatics Major Requirements:

• Introduction to Informatics

• Additional introductory course in selected concentration

• 9 hours of advanced concentration coursework

• Capstone (Internship or Service Learning)

• Informatics elective

Concentrations (choose one):

• Human-Centered Data Science

• User Experience (UX) Design

• Health Informatics

• Social Justice Informatics

• Cultural Heritage Informatics

• Social Informatics

Electives & Flexibility:

• Additional electives to complete 120 total credit hours

• Up to 12 hours may be taken pass/fail (electives only)