Information Science & the Arts, Bachelor of Arts: SAMPLE FOUR-YEAR PLAN

Name Student ID

Fall Freshman Spring Freshman

Course Units Grade Course Units Grade
MATH 107 or 112 (depends on English 102
placement) Indiv. & Soc 150
English 101
Traditions & Culture 160
Indiv. & Soc 150 (ESOC 150)
Natural Science 170
Traditions & Culture 160
Language 102
Language 101

Summer
Course Units Grade

Fall Sophomore Spring Sophomore

Course Units Grade Course Units Grade
Tier II: Individuals and Society
ISTA 100: Great Ideas of the
Information Age* ISTA 116**: Statistical
ISTA 130**: Computational Foundations
Thinking and Doing ISTA 161: Ethics in a Digital
Natural Science 170 World
Minor Course
Tier II Humanities
Language 202
Language 201
**It is recommended that students take ISTA 130
*ISTA 100 is a broad overview to Summer and 116 before taking any ISTA “Intensive
important ideas in ISTA. It is a required Course Units Grade Computing” classes, as they are pre-requisites for
core class but you do NOT have to take many of these courses. ISTA 130 is an
it before your other ISTA core classes. introductory programming course in the Python
It is recommended but not required that programming language and is required for ISTA
you complete ENGL 102 before taking 131. CSC 110 can substitute for ISTA 130.
ISTA 100.
Fall Junior Spring Junior
Course Units Grade Course Units Grade
Research Methods and Data Computational Arts
Analysis (ESOC 302 or 214) Computational Arts
ISTA 131: Dealing with Data
(typically offered in Fall) Intensive Computing
Tier II Natural Science Society Course
Computational Arts Minor Course
Minor Course
Summer
Course Units Grade

Fall Senior Spring Senior

Course Units Grade Course Units Grade
Individual Studies (Ind. Study, ISTA 498: Senior Capstone
Directed Research or Minor Course
Internship)
Computational Arts Upper Division credit to meet
42 units of Upper Division/
Minor Course Elective credit to meet 120
Minor Course units total
Upper Division Elective
Summer
Course Units Grade