大多数信息学课程与工程或计算机科学系相关联，并且分享许多相同的焦点。更具体地说，这个学科通常涉及数据存储，检索和操纵的技术和伦理问题。

Courses are academic classes taught by qualified instructors that are intended to enhance participant’s knowledge of a given area or training in a particular discipline. Courses vary broadly in terms of length, size, content and duration.