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class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Berkeley_School_of_Information_logo.svg/330px-Berkeley_School_of_Information_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Berkeley_School_of_Information_logo.svg/440px-Berkeley_School_of_Information_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Former name</div></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">School of Information Management and Systems (1994–2006)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Public_university" title="Public university">Public</a> graduate school</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1994<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/Dean_(education)" title="Dean (education)">Dean</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Eric T. Meyer</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Location</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div style="display:inline" class="locality"><a href="/wiki/Berkeley,_California" title="Berkeley, California">Berkeley, California</a></div>, <div style="display:inline" class="country-name">USA</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ischool.berkeley.edu">ischool<wbr />.berkeley<wbr />.edu</a></span> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14684220#P856" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>University of California, Berkeley School of Information</b> (sometimes abbreviated as <b>Berkeley I School</b>) is a graduate school at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">University of California, Berkeley</a>, a public university in <a href="/wiki/Berkeley,_California" title="Berkeley, California">Berkeley, California</a>. The school was established in 1994 as the <b>School of Information Management and Systems</b> (<b>SIMS</b>) and was renamed to its current name in 2006. </p><p>The school offers four degree programs: Master of Information Management and Systems, Master of Information and Data Science, Master of Information and Cybersecurity, and Doctor of Philosophy in information science. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Curriculum">Curriculum</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UC_Berkeley_School_of_Information&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Curriculum"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:South_Hall--UC_Berkeley--Panoramic.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/South_Hall--UC_Berkeley--Panoramic.jpg/220px-South_Hall--UC_Berkeley--Panoramic.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/South_Hall--UC_Berkeley--Panoramic.jpg/330px-South_Hall--UC_Berkeley--Panoramic.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/South_Hall--UC_Berkeley--Panoramic.jpg/440px-South_Hall--UC_Berkeley--Panoramic.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5764" data-file-height="2970" /></a><figcaption>South Hall</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="MIMS_program">MIMS program</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UC_Berkeley_School_of_Information&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: MIMS program"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Master of Information Management & Systems (MIMS) program is a 48 unit, two-year program designed to train students for careers as information professionals. Students who complete the program are awarded the Masters of Information Management and Systems (MIMS) degree. During the first year MIMS students take required courses in Information Organization and Retrieval,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Distributed Computing Applications and Infrastructure,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Social and Organizational Issues of Information,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Information Law and Policy.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the second year students may choose from elective courses both at the I School and in other departments. The final prerequisite for the MIMS degree is the completing of a group or individual thesis project. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="MIDS_program">MIDS program</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UC_Berkeley_School_of_Information&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: MIDS program"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Master of Information and Data Science (MIDS) program is a Masters program that trains <a href="/wiki/Data_science" title="Data science">data science</a> professionals and managers. The MIDS program is distinguished by its disciplinary breadth with course requirements including research design, ethics and privacy, data visualization, along with data engineering, machine learning, and statistical analyses. The program is made up of 27 units with three program paths: a standard path that students complete in approximately 20 months where students are enrolled in 2 classes on average, per term; an accelerated path where students may take three courses per term and graduate in as few as 12 months; and a decelerated path where students may take one course per term and complete the degree program in no more than 32 months.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="MICS_program">MICS program</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UC_Berkeley_School_of_Information&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: MICS program"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Master of Information and Cybersecurity (MICS) degree program advances a holistic approach to cybersecurity, engaging students in technical as well as human aspects of the discipline. Courses include cryptography, software security, operating system security, network security, privacy engineering, cyber risk management, applied machine learning for cybersecurity, usable privacy and security, and the economic, legal, behavioral, and ethical impacts of cybersecurity. The Master's in Cybersecurity is delivered online through weekly small class size video conferencing with faculty, and pre-recorded video lectures.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="PhD_program">PhD program</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UC_Berkeley_School_of_Information&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: PhD program"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The doctoral program is a research-oriented program in which the student chooses specific fields of specialization, prepares sufficiently in the literature and the research of those fields to pass written and oral examinations, and completes original research culminating in the written dissertation. The degree of Doctor of Philosophy is conferred in recognition of a candidate's grasp of a broad field of learning and distinguished accomplishment in that field through contribution of an original piece of research revealing high critical ability and powers of imagination and synthesis. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_faculty">Notable faculty</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UC_Berkeley_School_of_Information&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Notable faculty"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This list<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is limited to current and past members of the faculty notable enough to have an individual page in Wikipedia. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Buckland" title="Michael Buckland">Michael Buckland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karen_Chapple" title="Karen Chapple">Karen Chapple</a> (affiliated faculty)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hany_Farid" title="Hany Farid">Hany Farid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morten_Hansen" title="Morten Hansen">Morten Hansen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marti_Hearst" title="Marti Hearst">Marti Hearst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Hoofnagle" title="Chris Hoofnagle">Chris Hoofnagle</a> (adjunct)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Lyman" title="Peter Lyman">Peter Lyman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clifford_Lynch" title="Clifford Lynch">Clifford Lynch</a> (adjunct)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_MacKie-Mason" title="Jeffrey MacKie-Mason">Jeffrey MacKie-Mason</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_Nunberg" title="Geoffrey Nunberg">Geoffrey Nunberg</a> (adjunct)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/AnnaLee_Saxenian" title="AnnaLee Saxenian">AnnaLee Saxenian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hal_Varian" title="Hal Varian">Hal Varian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steven_Weber_(professor)" title="Steven Weber (professor)">Steven Weber</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_alumni">Notable alumni</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UC_Berkeley_School_of_Information&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Notable alumni"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ashkan_Soltani" title="Ashkan Soltani">Ashkan Soltani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danah_boyd" title="Danah boyd">danah boyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heather_Ford" title="Heather Ford">Heather Ford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holly_Liu" title="Holly Liu">Holly Liu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Liangjie_Xu" title="Jack Liangjie Xu">Jack Liangjie Xu</a><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="South_Hall">South Hall</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UC_Berkeley_School_of_Information&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: South Hall"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/South_Hall_(UC_Berkeley)" title="South Hall (UC Berkeley)">South Hall (UC Berkeley)</a></div> <p>The School of Information is located in the historic <a href="/wiki/South_Hall_(UC_Berkeley)" title="South Hall (UC Berkeley)">South Hall</a>. 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