信息技术与社会的研究本质上是多学科的。在这一领域工作的大多数学者都是以家庭学科和方法论为基础进行研究和主张的，但是他们发现自己也有必要探索其他学科的文献和范式。在某些情况下，充分理解问题所必需的工具分散在各个学科中，而在另一些情况下，许多学者已经从不同的方向对同一现象进行了检验。CITS协调可选的信息技术与社会博士学位。UCSB参与部门的学生重点课程。重点是学位的补充，为参与部门的研究生提供有关信息技术的社会影响的计划论文的多学科培训。要参加，学生必须获得录取资格并被录取为博士学位。UCSB的以下部门之一
The study of information technology and society is inherently multi-disciplinary. Most scholars working in this area ground their investigations and claims in a home discipline and methodology, but find themselves of necessity exploring literatures and paradigms from other disciplines as well. In some cases, the tools necessary for understanding problems fully are spread across disciplines, and in others it is simply the case that many scholars have arrived at an examination of the same phenomenon from different directions. CITS coordinates the optional Information Technology & Society Ph.D. Emphasis program for students enrolled in participating departments at UCSB. The emphasis is a degree supplement that provides multi-disciplinary training for graduate students in participating departments planning dissertations dealing with the societal implications of information technology. To participate, students must gain admission to and be enrolled as a Ph.D. student in one of the following departments at UCSB: Anthropology, Communication, Computer Science, English, Film and Media Studies, Geography, History, Linguistics, Media, Arts & Technology, Political Science, the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education, Global Studies, the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, Psychological and Brain Sciences, Sociology, or the Technology Management Program.