信息科学是计算机与信息科学学院的跨学科课程。它汇集了对研究数字信息感兴趣的教职员工，研究人员和学生。信息科学从其社会，文化，经济，历史，法律和政治环境中研究信息系统。计算机科学是该计划的重要组成部分，但重点在于系统及其使用，而不是构成其基础的技术。信息系统来自计算机科学和运筹学，来自通信，心理学和认知研究的人机交互，科学与技术研究，法律和经济学等领域的计算机社会学研究。
Information Science is an interdisciplinary program within the Faculty of Computing and Information Science. It brings together faculty, researchers and students who share an interest in studying digital information.Information Science examines information systems in their social, cultural, economic, historical, legal, and political contexts. Computer science is an important part of the program, but the emphasis is on systems and their use, rather than on the technologies that underlie them.Information Systems draws from Computer Science and Operations Research, Human Computer Interaction from Communication, Psychology, and Cognitive Studies, Social Studies of Computing from Science & Technology Studies, Law, and Economics, with many others.