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'''Informatics''' is a interdisciplinary major offered at the University of Michigan<ref>http://www.lsa.umich.edu/informatics/</ref>. Informatics combines computer science, human-computer interaction, and the organization and structure of information sciences. Informatics looks at the design of technology beyond the technical structure. This major is more commonly known around Europe and gradually growing in North America. [[File:Informatics.jpg|thumb|right| Logo for Informatics at the University of Michigan]] Students studying informatics learn the representation, processing and communication in natural and artificial systems, including [[emerging media]], [[avatars]], and [[cloud computing]]. An Informatics degree is valuable in the flexibility it gives its graduates. Many Informatics majors have the opportunity to work in careers such as Engineering, Analytics, Consulting, Management, Statistics, and many more. Those Informatics graduates who choose to continue their education upon graduation tend to go to Law School, Business School, Medicine, Statistics, Information sciences and others.