From kischner@u.washington.edu Fri Oct 26 16:29:53 2001 Received: from mailscan6.cac.washington.edu (mailscan6.cac.washington.edu [140.142.33.14]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.11.6+UW01.08/8.11.6+UW01.08) with SMTP id f9QNToN137372 for ; Fri, 26 Oct 2001 16:29:50 -0700 Received: FROM mxu4.u.washington.edu BY mailscan6.cac.washington.edu ; Fri Oct 26 16:29:46 2001 -0700 Received: from mxout1.cac.washington.edu (mxout1.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.5]) by mxu4.u.washington.edu (8.11.6+UW01.08/8.11.6+UW01.08) with ESMTP id f9QNTjQ17119 for ; Fri, 26 Oct 2001 16:29:45 -0700 Received: from mailhost1.u.washington.edu (mailhost1.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.2]) by mxout1.cac.washington.edu (8.11.6+UW01.08/8.11.6+UW01.08) with ESMTP id f9QNTje24040 for ; Fri, 26 Oct 2001 16:29:45 -0700 Received: from BERETUED (D-128-208-99-205.dhcp.washington.edu [128.208.99.205]) by mailhost1.u.washington.edu (8.11.6+UW01.08/8.11.6+UW01.08) with SMTP id f9QNTjP11775 for ; Fri, 26 Oct 2001 16:29:45 -0700 Message-ID: <007901c15e76$18c1f200$cd63d080@BERETUED> From: "Beret Kischner" To: Subject: Fw: Coordinated Study in IT at UW Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 16:29:45 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mariko Navin" > > Dear Community College advisers: > First, I want to thank the many of you who took time out of your busy > schedules to attend the UW Community College Advisers Conference last week. > > > Thanks particularly to those who attended our Computer-Related Programs > workshop. In that workshop, I spoke briefly about the Undergraduate > Coordinated Study in Information Technology options which the Information > School offers to UW undergraduates pursuing non-technical academic degree > programs. I wanted to share this note to let your students know of the > upcoming information sessions for the Coordinated Study option offered for > winter quarter, "Database Design, Use and Presentation." (Detailed > information on the Coordinated Study follows below.) It may be of interest > to a wide range of students who intend pursue majors in the social and > natural sciences where the program emphasize the use and manipulation of > large data sets. Or, for transfer students, it may simply be helpful to > know of the existence of the coordinated study option in information > technology for future reference. > > Information sessions for the winter quarter Coordinated Study option will be > held: > > Thursday, Nov. 1, 1:30-2:20 p.m., Mary Gates Hall 420. > Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2:30-3:20 p.m., Mary Gates Hall 420. > > Please feel free to contact me or visit the Web site at > http://www.ischool.washington.edu/ugstudies/ > for more information. > > > Thanks, > > Mariko Navin > Student Services Administrator > The Information School > University of Washington > mnavin@u.washington.edu > (206) 616-1197 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > The Information School offers qualified undergraduates the opportunity to > pursue concentrated, rigorous knowledge and skills development in several > high-demand areas of information technology. > > During the 2001-2002 academic year, the Information School will offer the > following coordinated study options in Information Technology: > > Visual Web Design, offered during Autumn Quarter 2001, by the UW Information > School > > Database Design, Use and Presentation, offered during Winter Quarter 2002, > by the UW Information School > > User Interface Design and Usability, offered during Spring Quarter 2002, by > the UW Information School in cooperation with the College of Engineering's > Department of Technical Communication > > Each of these coordinated study options: > > * comprises a series of three courses that form a coherent body of study in > human-centered information technology (IT); > > * represents an immersive experience in which students complete three > courses, each worth five credits during one academic quarter; > > * seeks to provide students with a set of IT competencies and skills that > will serve as a technical complement to their academic degree programs; > > * fulfills 15 elective credits toward an undergraduate degree. > > Upon successful completion of a coordinated study option, > students will receive a certificate of completion and 15 credits. > > The coordinated study option in Database Design, Use, and Presentation > provides an intensive information-technology experience in designing, > manipulating and visualizing content and relationships in large sets of > data. The scope of this coordinated study option includes highly structured > numeric and symbolic database-type data as well as weakly structured > text-oriented information sets typically found on the World Wide Web. New > extensible information technologies revolutionizing the construction and > presentation of information are also included. Interrogation methods range > from highly structured information retrieval queries to the variety of > methods used by Web tools to characterize and rank content. > > Complementing the dataset design and manipulation focus is an introduction > to the principles for the visualization of patterns and relationships > exhibited within large datasets. Course material emphasizes the > multidimensional nature of data and the accommodation of diverse user > groups. > > Who Should Participate > > Juniors and seniors majoring in fields that collect, manipulate, and > interrogate large datasets of quantitative or symbolic information. > Concepts and issues addressed in the Coordinated Study are relevant to a > variety of majors in the physical, natural and social sciences, such as > Astronomy, Biology, Economics, Geography, International Studies and > Psychology. > > Eligibility and Selection Criteria > > 1. Junior or senior standing > 2. 2.8 GPA or above > 3. Match between major and certificate program emphasis > 4. Experience with a computer operating system (such as Windows, > Macintosh or UNIX/Linux), Internet access and standard office software. > > Information Meetings > > Thursday, Nov. 1, 1:30-2:20 p.m., Mary Gates Hall, Rm. 420. > Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2:30-3:20 p.m., Mary Gates Hall, Rm. 420. > > For more information, please visit the Web site at > http://www.ischool.washington.edu/ugstudies/ > or contact me. > > Thanks, > > Mariko Navin > Student Services Administrator > Information School > The University of Washington > mnavin@u.washington.edu > (206) 616-1197 > > > > ------_=_NextPart_001_01C15E58.C6E34280 > Content-Type: text/html > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > > > > charset=3Dus-ascii"> > 5.5.2653.12"> > Coordinated Study in IT at UW > > > >

Dear Community College = > advisers: >
First, I want to thank the many of = > you who took time out of your busy schedules to attend the UW Community = > College Advisers Conference last week.  

> >

Thanks particularly to those who = > attended our Computer-Related Programs workshop.   In that = > workshop, I spoke briefly about the Undergraduate Coordinated Study in = > Information Technology options which the Information School offers to = > UW undergraduates pursuing non-technical academic degree = > programs.   I wanted to share this note to let your students = > know of the upcoming information sessions for the Coordinated Study = > option offered for winter quarter, "Database Design, Use and = > Presentation."  (Detailed information on the Coordinated = > Study follows below.)  It may be of interest to a wide range of = > students who intend pursue majors in the social and natural sciences = > where the program emphasize the use and manipulation of large data = > sets.  Or, for transfer students, it may simply be helpful to know = > of the existence of the coordinated study option in information = > technology for future reference.

> >

Information sessions for the winter = > quarter Coordinated Study option will be held: >

> >

 Thursday, Nov. 1, 1:30-2:20 = > p.m., Mary Gates Hall 420. >
 Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2:30-3:20 = > p.m., Mary Gates Hall 420. >

> >

Please feel free to contact me or = > visit the Web site at HREF=3D"http://www.ischool.washington.edu/ugstudies/"> COLOR=3D"#0000FF" SIZE=3D2 = > FACE=3D"Arial">http://www.ischool.washington.edu/ugstudies/ A> for more information.  = >

>
> >

Thanks, >

> >

Mariko Navin >
Student Services Administrator >
The Information School >
University of Washington >
mnavin@u.washington.edu >
(206) 616-1197 >

> >

FACE=3D"Arial">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >

> >

The Information School offers = > qualified undergraduates the opportunity to pursue concentrated, = > rigorous knowledge and skills development in several high-demand areas = > of information technology. 

> >

During the 2001-2002 academic year, = > the Information School will offer the following coordinated study = > options in Information Technology:

> >

Visual Web Design, offered during = > Autumn Quarter 2001, by the UW Information School >

> >

Database Design, Use and Presentation, = > offered during Winter Quarter 2002, by the UW Information School = > >

> >

User Interface Design and Usability, = > offered during Spring Quarter 2002, by the UW Information School in = > cooperation with the College of Engineering's Department of Technical = > Communication

> >

Each of these coordinated study = > options: >

> >

* comprises a series of three courses = > that form a coherent body of study in human-centered information = > technology (IT); >

> >

* represents an immersive experience = > in which students complete three courses, each worth five credits = > during one academic quarter;

> >

* seeks to provide students with a set = > of IT competencies and skills that will serve as a technical complement = > to their academic degree programs;

> >

* fulfills 15 elective credits toward = > an undergraduate degree. >

> >

Upon successful completion of a = > coordinated study option, >
students will receive a certificate = > of completion and 15 credits. >

> >

The coordinated study option in = > Database Design, Use, and Presentation provides an intensive = > information-technology experience in designing, manipulating and = > visualizing content and relationships in large sets of data. The scope = > of this coordinated study option includes highly structured numeric and = > symbolic database-type data as well as weakly  structured = > text-oriented information sets typically found on the World Wide Web. = > New extensible information technologies revolutionizing the = > construction and presentation of information are also included. = > Interrogation methods range from highly structured information = > retrieval queries to the variety of methods used by Web tools to = > characterize and rank content.

> >

Complementing the dataset design and = > manipulation focus is an introduction to the principles for the = > visualization of patterns and relationships exhibited within large = > datasets. Course material emphasizes the multidimensional nature of = > data and the accommodation of diverse user groups.

> >

Who Should Participate >

> >

Juniors and seniors majoring in fields = > that collect, manipulate, and interrogate large datasets of = > quantitative or symbolic information.    Concepts and = > issues addressed in the Coordinated Study are relevant to a variety of = > majors in the physical, natural and social sciences, such as Astronomy, = > Biology, Economics, Geography, International Studies and = > Psychology.

> >

Eligibility and Selection = > Criteria >

> >
  1. Junior or senior = > standing
    2. >
  2. 2.8 GPA or above
    3. >
  3. Match between major and certificate = > program emphasis
    4. >
  4. Experience with a computer operating = > system (such as Windows, Macintosh or UNIX/Linux), Internet access and = > standard office software.
    5. >
    >
>

Information Meetings >

> >

 Thursday, Nov. 1, 1:30-2:20 = > p.m., Mary Gates Hall, Rm. 420. >
 Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2:30-3:20 = > p.m., Mary Gates Hall, Rm. 420. >

> >

For more information, please visit the = > Web site at HREF=3D"http://www.ischool.washington.edu/ugstudies/"> COLOR=3D"#0000FF" SIZE=3D2 = > FACE=3D"Arial">http://www.ischool.washington.edu/ugstudies/ A> or contact me. >

> >

Thanks, >

> >

Mariko Navin >
Student Services Administrator >
Information School >
The University of Washington >
mnavin@u.washington.edu >
(206) 616-1197 >

>
> > > > ------_=_NextPart_001_01C15E58.C6E34280-- > .