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Meeting Computing Curriculum Challenges: A Profile of the Indiana University South Bend Informatics Program

Computing as a student major-of-choice is undergoing a serious transformation. Perceptions of globalization and outsourcing appear to influence career choice as outlined by the ACM Job Migration Task Force. As a result, students must be prepared to work in domain specific environments with competence and agility early in their careers. Indiana University has provided nation-wide leadership toward educating students for this new reality through the establishment of the School of Informatics, which embraces computing along with an emphasis on interdisciplinary, domain-specific programs. The Indiana University School of Informatics initiated the first Informatics Ph.D. program in the United States, and has recently absorbed computer science as one component of its broader mandate. In this report we profile the Informatics program as implemented on the Indiana University South Bend campus. This includes its relationship with the School of Informatics and with the Computer Science department on our campus. We also describe the interface with cognate areas such as biology, sociology, health, and the fine arts. The process of implementing a cross-curricular interface is not trivial, resulting in varying degrees of cognate integration, as well as challenges for faculty. Faculty challenges include recruitment, placement, and evaluation. In summary, we survey the informatics degree requirements, cross-disciplinary implementation challenges, and faculty/tenure issues.