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College of Information and Communications

Information Science

Careers in Information Science

Wondering what you can do with your information science degree? Here are just a few of the career options you have.

Data scientists or knowledge discovery experts are big data wranglers. They take an enormous mass of messy data points (unstructured and structured) and use their formidable skills to clean, analyze, and organize them. 

Career Track Minors: business, computer science, statistics, geographic info systems, UX

A healthcare analyst uses data to help healthcare organizations improve patient care, control costs, and operate more efficiently, turning information into support decisions.

Career Track Minors: psychology, public health, medical

Data analysts find survey participants and gather the needed information. The data is then interpreted and presented in forms such as charts or reports or put in online databases.

Career Track Minors: business, computer science, statistics, geographic information systems, political science, psychology, sociology, biology, public health, medical, journalism, humanities, UX

A bioinformatician combines research in biology, medicine, and health-related studies with information science in order to collect and interpret data covering a range of fields, such as genetics or pharmaceutics.

Career Track Minors: psychology, biology, public health, medical

Knowledge managers identify, create, represent, distribute and enable adoption of what an organization knows and how it knows it.

Career Track Minors: business, computer science, UX

Web content managers are responsible for information that appears on an organization’s website.

Career Track Minors: English, business, computer science, UX

Competitive intelligence analysts monitor competitors, and make recommendations for public relations, marketing, promotions and strategic initiatives.

Career Track Minors: business, statistics, English

Health informatics deals with the resources, devices, and methods required to optimize the acquisition, storage, retrieval, and use of information in health and biomedicine.

Career Track Minors: medical, humanities, health promotion, education, and behavior, computer science

Intelligence analysts take known information, report on it and make informed predictions based on that information to protect and advance national interests.

Career Track Minors: military science, naval science, geographic information systems

Information architects are the planners and designers of how to present certain information. They also document information policies, procedures and structures.

Career Track Minors: computer science, business, statistics

A systems analyst designs and studies organizational processes and IT solutions to improve business efficiency and productivity.

Career Track Minors: business, computer science, psychology

Usability specialists make websites easy to use and accessible for an end-user, without requiring him/her to undergo any specialized training.

Career Track Minors: user experience, computer science, psychology, UX

Political intelligence consultants use information to promote the election of certain candidates or the interests of certain groups.

Career Track Minors: political science, journalism, business (marketing)

Data Miners use statistical and logical analysis of large sets of transaction data, looking for patterns that can aid enterprise decision making.

Career Track Minors: statistics, math, business, science

A records manager is responsible for the effective and appropriate management of an organization’s records.

Career Track Minors: computer science

A technical researcher studies technical problems, tests technologies, and analyzes findings to improve systems and tools.

Career Track Minors: computer science, data science, statistics, mathematics, psychology

A change management specialist helps organizations adopt new technologies and processes through communication, training, and employee support.

Career Track Minors: psychology, communication, information technology

 


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