The Penn State Great Valley Master of Science in Information Science program consists of 33 credits. Applicants to this program come from a wide variety of backgrounds and undergraduate degrees. Students who do not have the appropriate technical background may qualify to take foundation courses to make the transition into the program.
Students admitted fall 2009 or after must successfully complete the SARI (Scholarship and Research Integrity) requirement of the Penn State degree in order to graduate.
Penn State's schedule of courses lists course availability. Although the course numbers, times, and availability on the University registrar's schedule of courses are correct, their prerequisites differ. Please access our course description page to learn about Penn State Great Valley course offerings and prerequisites.
Download: Advising Worksheet for Master of Science in Information Science
Fall 2021 Course Offerings
Fall I Term
- DAAN 871 - Data Visualization
- INSC 526 - Business Process Management and Integration
- INSC 539 - IT Systems Seminar
- STAT 500 - Applied Statistics
- STS 589 - Ethics and Values in Science and Tech
Fall II Term
- DAAN 881 - Data-Driven Decision Making
- INSC 521 - Database Design Concepts
- SWENG 545 - Data Mining
- SWENG 861 - Software Construction
- SYSEN 505 - Technical Project Management
Spring 2022 Course Offerings
Spring I Term
- DAAN 825 - Large-Scale Database and Warehouse
- DAAN 862 - Analytics Programming in Python
- INSC 526 - Business Process Management and Integration
Spring II Term
- DAAN 881 – Data-Driven Decision Making
- IE 575 – Foundations of Predictive Analytics
- SWENG 837 - Software System Design
- SYSEN 536 - Decision and Risk Analysis in Engineering
- SYSEN 555 – Invention & Creative Design