Bachelor of Information, BI
The Bachelor of Information (BI) is a two year, professional, second-entry undergraduate degree program to be offered by the Faculty of Information. It will consist of 11.0 full equivalent courses (FCE) and students will apply during year 2 of their undergraduate degree. The BI will consider the interactions between social worlds and information technologies, providing students with the conceptual tools and practical techniques necessary to understand and effect change in a data-intensive society. The program integrates design thinking, critical scholarship, and experiential learning to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to design and critique complex technical, political, and cultural responses to new and enduring information practices. The academic content of the BI is clustered around three interdependent content areas (9.0 FCEs): The first examines theories of information, power and culture; the second addresses how information practice is organized at many social and political scales; and the third concerns techniques of digital practice. The common curriculum also includes two integrative courses: Work Integrated Learning Practicum and Capstone Project which will allows students to fully consolidate their learning.