Bachelor of Science in Informatics - Social Informatics

Solve complex challenges by leveraging data insights and information technology from a user-centered perspective. Informatics students apply human-centered values while leveraging insights from data and information technology to solve problems. Learn to extract meaning from data, design effective information experiences, and evaluate the impacts of new technologies on individuals, organizations, and society. The field of Informatics explores the intersection of people, information, and technology. It's the study, design, and application of computer and information technology from a user-centered perspective.
Information and technology systems are all around us. Informatics majors learn to use data, information, and technology to solve problems and make the world a better and fairer place. Students develop real-world skills that are in high demand across almost every industry, opening the door to a world of career opportunities in fields like high-tech, education, government, business, and law.
Informatics is a degree program for real world impact, Learn in-demand skills for the jobs of today and the jobs of the future.
In our interdisciplinary undergraduate Informatics degree program, students will learn from world-class instructors who are experts in the field, be a part of an active and growing Informatics community on campus, and develop a versatile set of skills that are highly desirable in a variety of jobs.
Informatics majors learn the skills and knowledge required to collect, manage, and analyze data and information, and prepare for the great ethical responsibility that comes with these societally transformative roles.
Students develop an understanding of the complex social, cultural, and ethical context related to communicating with digital and social media tools, and to apply this understanding to creating digital solutions and technologies that are effective, inclusive, and responsive to the needs, values, and perspectives of people with many different lived experiences.

Your High School Transcripts and Any College Transcripts
Please submit documentation showing that you have completed (or will be completing) an accredited secondary school series equivalent to that of a U.S. high school. Please ensure your official record or transcript (mark sheet) shows your secondary work and grades (or marks) from 9th to at least the end of 11th grade. You will need to include 9th grade even if that work was completed at a different institution. You should also include copies of your official final examinations taken at the end of the secondary school program, including external exams such as the General Certificate of Education (GCE) O and A level examinations, school leaving certificates and matriculation exams. If you have earned any college credit (including dual credit) while in high school, submit official transcripts to UT Austin. Please provide official English translations together with the original language records.
High School Prerequisites - You must complete or be on track to complete certain high school coursework to be competitive for admission.
SAT/ACT Scores - Students should submit at least one set of scores directly from the testing agency. We do not require the SAT Essay or ACT Writing scores. Scores included in transcripts and copies of score reports dont meet this requirement. When you ask the testing agency to send your scores, use the codes the agencies have designated for UT Austin:
SAT 6882
ACT 4240
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TOEFL: 79 (internet-based test)
IELTS: An overall band of 6.5 on the Academic Examination