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Information and Social Computing

Information and Social Computing

Undergraduate
Information plays a key role in business, government, society, and the life of the individual. Knowing how to create, manage, share, find and use digital information is more relevant than ever before. Information and Social Computing gives you a chance to explore the interplay of people, information, technology and social structures, and discover new ways information can contribute to your career goals, an organisation’s success and societal inclusion.
For more information regarding this course, please click School of Information and Communication Studies

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Students attend lectures and tutorials and undertake independent study and project work. Assessment is through a combination of end-of-semester written examinations and continuous assessment which includes a wide variety of projects, such as creating video diaries and writing smart phone applications.
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Information & Social Computing is relevant for careers in:

  • Information architecture
  • Web development
  • Knowledge management
  • Social media
  • Social computing
  • User experience design
  • Investigative research
  • Publishing
  • Librarianship
  • Digital Marketing
  • Business

Graduates can progress onto -

MSc Information Systems, which prepares students for careers as information systems professionals, or

Master of Library and Information Studies (MLIS), which prepares students for careers as information professionals.

MSc Digital Information Management, this masters aims to train future professionals on how to tackle the challenging issues in maintenance of digital information.  
They can also pursue research careers in the form of a MA or PhD.

Study abroad opportunities in third year currently include:

  • Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany
  • Royal School of Library and Information Science, Denmark
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States
  • Université Jean Moulin (Lyon III), France
  • University of Borås, Sweden
  • Hochschule Darmstadt (University of Applied Science), Germany