Graduate Information Science & Technology Program
School of Information Sciences, University of Pittsburgh

Course Title & Textbooks

INFSCI 2000:  Intro to Information Science
Books: The Humane Interface: New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems
Jef Raskin, Addison-Wesley Pub Co; ISBN: 0201379376; 1st edition (March 29, 2000); Required
Weaving the Web: The Original Design and Ultimate Destiny of the World Wide Web
Tim Berners-Lee, Mark Fischetti, Michael L. Dertouzos; HarperBusiness; ISBN: 006251587X; (November 7, 2000); Required
The Social Life of Information, John Seely Brown, Paul Duguid; Harvard Business School Pr; ISBN: 1578517087; (February 15, 2002); Required
Information Design by Robert Jacobson (Editor) Paperback; The MIT Press; (August 28, 2000)
Language: English ; ISBN-10: 0262600358 ISBN-13: 978-0262600354; Required
 
INFSCI 2040: Research Design
Books: Paul R. Cohen, Empirical Methods for Artificial Intelligence; ISBN: 0262032252; The MIT Press; Required;
Campbell and Stanley, Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Design for Research; ISBN: 0395307872; Houghton Mifflen Publishing; Required
 
INFSCI 2150: Introduction to Security
Books: Introduction to Computer Security: by Matt Bishop (ISBN: 0-201-44099-7), Addison-Wesley (Required Text)
 

INFSCI 2500 (2610): Data Structures
Books: Data Structures and Program Design In C (2nd Edition) (Hardcover) by Robert L. Kruse, Bruce P. Leung, Clovis L. Tondo; Publisher: Prentice Hall; 2nd edition (July 17, 1996); ISBN-10: 013288366X; ISBN-13: 978-0132883665
 
INFSCI 2550: Client-Server & Workstation Systems
Books: Internetworking with TCP/IP, Vol. III: Client-Server Programming and Applications, Linux/Posix Sockets Version (Paperback) by Douglas E. Comer, David L. Stevens, Michael Evangelista; Publisher: Prentice Hall; US Ed edition (September 11, 2000); ISBN-10: 0130320714; ISBN-13: 978-0130320711
 
INFSCI 2730:  E- Business
Books: Professional Web 2.0 Programming(Paperback), by Eric van der Vlist, Wrox Professional Guides, ISBN-13: 978-0470087886;
E-Business 2.0:  Roadmap for Success by Ravi Kalakota and Marcia Robinson, Addison Wesley, 2001, ISBN: 0-201-72165-1
 
INFSCI 2801 (2720):  Geospatial Information Systems (GIS)
Books: Concepts and Techniques of Geographic Information Systems, 2/e Lo & Yeung ©2007; Prentice Hall;Cloth; 544 pp; ISBN-10: 013149502X; ISBN-13: 9780131495029
 
INFSCI 2809: Spatial Modeling and Analysis
Pre: INFSCI 2801 (2720)
Books: Concepts and Techniques of Geographic Information Systems, 2/e Lo & Yeung ©2007; Prentice Hall;Cloth; 544 pp; ISBN-10: 013149502X; ISBN-13: 9780131495029
 
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