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Online Master's Degree in Library & Information Science

Curriculum

The program consists of 45 credits (15 courses) and is organized in 10-week quarters.

REQUIRED LIS CORE COURSES (6 COURSES; 18 CREDITS)
INFO 515Research in Information Organizations3.00 credits
INFO 520Social Context of Information Professions3.00 credits
INFO 521Information Users and Services3.00 credits
INFO 522Info Access & Resources3.00 credits
INFO 530Foundations of Information Systems3.00 credits
INFO 640Managing Information Orgs3.00 credits
SELECT ONE CONCENTRATION (or select “No Concentration Option” and choose 5 Free Elective Courses (15 Credits):

YOUTH SERVICES:
REQUIRED CONCENTRATION COURSES: YOUTH SERVICES (3 COURSES; 9 CREDITS)
INFO 650Public Library Service3.00 credits
INFO 683Resources for Children3.00 credits
INFO 684Resources for Young Adults3.00 credits
Concentration Electives: Youth Services (select 2 courses; 6 credits)
INFO 552Intro to Web Design for Info Orgs3.00 credits
INFO 649Library Programming3.00 credits
INFO 665Collection Management3.00 credits
INFO 688Instr Role Info Specialist3.00 credits

LIBRARY & INFORMATION SERVICES:
REQUIRED CONCENTRATION COURSES: LIBRARY & INFORMATION SERVICES (3 COURSES; 9 CREDITS)
INFO 552Intro to Web Design for Info Orgs3.00 credits
INFO 660Cataloging & Classification3.00 credits
INFO 665Collection Management3.00 credits
CONCENTRATION WORK SETTING COURSE: LIBRARY & INFORMATION SERVICES (SELECT 1 COURSE; 3 CREDITS)
INFO 650Public Library Service3.00 credits
INFO 651Academic Library Service3.00 credits
CONCENTRATION PUBLIC/TECHNICAL SERVICES COURSE: LIBRARY & INFORMATION SERVICES (SELECT 1 COURSE FROM EITHER GROUP; 3 CREDITS)
PUBLIC SERVICES COURSES:
INFO 649Library Programming3.00 credits
INFO 672Resources in the Humanities3.00 credits
INFO 673Resources in Social Sci3.00 credits
INFO 674Resources in Science & Tech3.00 credits
INFO 675Resources in the Health Sciences3.00 credits
INFO 677Resources in Business3.00 credits
INFO 680US Government Information3.00 credits
INFO 681Legal Research3.00 credits
TECHNICAL SERVICES COURSES:
INFO 662Metadata & Resource Description3.00 credits
INFO 663Library Technical Services3.00 credits
INFO 664Library Automation3.00 credits

DIGITAL LIBRARIES:
REQUIRED CONCENTRATION COURSES: DIGITAL LIBRARIES (3 COURSES; 9 CREDITS)
INFO 552Intro to Web Design for Info Orgs3.00 credits
INFO 653Digital Libraries3.00 credits
INFO 657Digital Library Technologies3.00 credits
CONCENTRATION ELECTIVES: DIGITAL LIBRARIES (SELECT 2 COURSES FROM EITHER GROUP; 6 CREDITS)
RESOURCE FOCUSED COURSES:
INFO 622Content Representation3.00 credits
INFO 662Metadata & Resource Description3.00 credits
SYSTEMS SERVICES COURSES:
INFO 605Intro to Database Management3.00 credits
INFO 608Human-Computer Interaction3.00 credits
INFO 624Information Retrieval Systems3.00 credits
INFO 658Information Architecture3.00 credits

COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE & KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT:
REQUIRED CONCENTRATION COURSES: Competitive Intelligence & Knowledge Management (3 COURSES; 9 CREDITS)
INFO 643Information Services In Orgs3.00 credits
INFO 644Knowledge Assets Mgt in Orgs3.00 credits
INFO 678Competitive Intelligence3.00 credits
CONCENTRATION INFORMATION RETRIEVAL COURSES: Competitive Intelligence & Knowledge Management (1 COURSE; 3 CREDITS)
INFO 624Information Retrieval Systems3.00 credits
INFO 674Resources in Science & Tech3.00 credits
INFO 675Resources in the Health Sciences3.00 credits
INFO 677Resources in Business3.00 credits
INFO 679Information Ethics3.00 credits
INFO 680US Government Information3.00 credits
INFO 681Legal Research3.00 credits
CONCENTRATION RESOURCE STRUCTURE: Content & Context: CKIM (SELECT 1 COURSE; 3 CREDITS)
INFO 612Knowledge Base Systems3.00 credits
INFO 622Content Representation3.00 credits
INFO 653Digital Libraries3.00 credits
INFO 658Information Architecture3.00 credits
INFO 662Metadata & Resource Description3.00 credits
INFO 780Special Topics2.00 to 12.00 credits
Recommended Electives for the Competitive Intelligence & Knowledge Management Concentration
BUSN 501Measuring & Maximizing Financial Performance3.00 credits
INFO 634Data Mining3.00 credits
INFO 893Practicum I3.00 credits
INFO 894Practicum II3.00 credits
MGMT 655Knowledge Management3.00 credits
MKTG 601Marketing Strategy & Planning3.00 credits

SCHOOL LIBRARY MEDIA
(ALL REQUIRED IF STUDENT DOES NOT HAVE CURRENT PDE CERTIFICATION):
REQUIRED CONCENTRATION COURSES: SCHOOL LIBRARY MEDIA (12 COURSES; 36 CREDITS)
EDUC 520Prof Studies Instruction3.00 credits
EDUC 522Evaluation of Instruction3.00 credits
EDUC 524Current Rsrch Curric & Inst3.00 credits
EDUC 525Multi-Media Instruc Desgn3.00 credits
EDUC 526Language Arts Processes3.00 credits
INFO 660Cataloging & Classification3.00 credits
INFO 664Library Automation3.00 credits
INFO 665Collection Management3.00 credits
INFO 683Resources for Children3.00 credits
INFO 684Resources for Young Adults3.00 credits
INFO 688Instr Role Info Specialist3.00 credits
INFO 891Twelve-Week SL/M Field Study3.00 credits

FREE ELECTIVES (12 credits)

ARCHIVAL STUDIES
REQUIRED CONCENTRATION COURSES: ARCHIVAL STUDIES (3 COURSES; 9 CREDITS)*
INFO 560Introduction to Archives I3.00 credits
INFO 561Introduction to Archives II3.00 credits
INFO 750Archival Access Systems3.00 credits
Concentration Electives: Archival Studies (Select 2 Courses; 6 Credits)**
INFO 751Archival Appraisal3.00 credits
INFO 755Electronic Records Management3.00 credits
INFO 756Digital Preservation3.00 credits
Recommended Additional Electives to Enhance the Archival Studies Concentration
INFO 605Intro to Database Management3.00 credits
INFO 622Content Representation3.00 credits
INFO 652Internet Info Resource Dsgn3.00 credits
INFO 653Digital Libraries3.00 credits
INFO 658Information Architecture3.00 credits
INFO 668History of the Book3.00 credits
INFO 669Special Collections3.00 credits
INFO 679Information Ethics3.00 credits
INFO 680US Government Information3.00 credits
INFO 893Practicum I3.00 credits
INFO 894Practicum II3.00 credits

Course Descriptions

INFO 515 Research in Information Organizations - 3.00 credits

Introduces quantitative and qualitative methods used to conduct research in library and other information organizations, including sampling strategies, data collection methods, and basic descriptive and inferential statistics. Focuses on research literacy, including developing the skills needed to formulate a research problem, collect and interpret data, and present research results.

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INFO 520 Social Context of Information Professions - 3.00 credits

Surveys the professional, social, ethical, and legal issues that affect information service professionals and organizations. Addresses such topics as information law, access, ownership, and censorship. Studies professional organizations and the sociology of professions.

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INFO 521 Information Users and Services - 3.00 credits

Relates basic theories and concepts about information behavior to contemporary provision of information services. Focuses on the conceptual structures of LIS: user communities, factors affecting use of information services and resources, and trends in supporting information services. Develops practical skills in meeting users' information needs, such as answering virtual reference questions and creating online resources.

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INFO 522 Info Access & Resources - 3.00 credits

Presents access and applied information retrieval as the foundation for information services. Provides an overview of contemporary information sources and access methods. Focuses on the structure of tools used for satisfying users' information needs. Emphasizes techniques for building effective search strategies for large-scale retrieval systems. Affords opportunities to evaluate sources.

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INFO 530 Foundations of Information Systems - 3.00 credits

Introduction to concepts and applications of Information Systems (IS) and Information Technology (IT) as applied throughout library and information science. Topics include the structure of information systems, hardware and software concepts, basic principles of system analysis and design, and contemporary applications of computers in organizational environments.

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INFO 640 Managing Information Orgs - 3.00 credits

Applies theories and techniques of management to libraries, information centers, and information enterprise, concentrating on political processes, leadership, communication, human resources, organizational structure, decision making, planning, and control. Also includes elements of project management.

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INFO 650 Public Library Service - 3.00 credits

Surveys information services provided through public libraries, with attention to governmental and funding issues, determinants of use, extending services to non-users, and cooperation among libraries.

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INFO 683 Resources for Children - 3.00 credits

Acquaints prospective professionals with the resources published for use by and with children in grades K to 8. Provides an opportunity to develop basic standards for evaluation of resources. Includes recent research concerning children and the central role of resources in the development of their reading/viewing/listening interests and tastes.

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INFO 684 Resources for Young Adults - 3.00 credits

Acquaints prospective professionals with the materials intended for use by and with young adults. Provides an opportunity to develop basic standards for evaluation of materials and to learn about recent research concerning young adults and their information needs, reading interests, tastes, and development.

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INFO 552 Intro to Web Design for Info Orgs - 3.00 credits

Introduction to creating websites that incorporate interactive web services to support users in information organizations. Students learn to establish websites that meet usability, accessibility and intellectual property standards, via composition of text and graphic files, and use of scripts for interactive application to support community information resource needs.

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INFO 649 Library Programming - 3.00 credits

Provides an overview of the broad range of cultural, educational, and social library programming initiatives available for children, adolescents, and adults in academic libraries, public libraries, and school library media centers. Teaches community analysis, planning and evaluation. Emphasizes the collaborative nature of developing and implementing library programs.

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INFO 665 Collection Management - 3.00 credits

Introduces the basic steps of collection management, including community analysis, planning, policy preparation, selecting & acquiring materials, evaluating, preserving and publicizing collections. Explores a variety of related issues, including the impact of user expectations, publishing trends, electronic access, resource sharing, and outsourcing, on collection management.

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INFO 688 Instr Role Info Specialist - 3.00 credits

Examines the instructional role of the information professional. Emphasizes the planning, implementation, and evaluation of instruction for the purpose of information education.

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INFO 552 Intro to Web Design for Info Orgs - 3.00 credits

Introduction to creating websites that incorporate interactive web services to support users in information organizations. Students learn to establish websites that meet usability, accessibility and intellectual property standards, via composition of text and graphic files, and use of scripts for interactive application to support community information resource needs.

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INFO 660 Cataloging & Classification - 3.00 credits

Introduces and provides intensive practice in the fundamentals of library cataloging and classification with primary focus on modern printed materials, but also includes reference to other media. Instruction on critical reading, interpretation, and use of current professional standards and documentation for the creation of MARC records. Encompasses discussion of relevant historical and theoretical issues in the construction of contemporary bibliographic databases.

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INFO 665 Collection Management - 3.00 credits

Introduces the basic steps of collection management, including community analysis, planning, policy preparation, selecting & acquiring materials, evaluating, preserving and publicizing collections. Explores a variety of related issues, including the impact of user expectations, publishing trends, electronic access, resource sharing, and outsourcing, on collection management.

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INFO 650 Public Library Service - 3.00 credits

Surveys information services provided through public libraries, with attention to governmental and funding issues, determinants of use, extending services to non-users, and cooperation among libraries.

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INFO 651 Academic Library Service - 3.00 credits

Examines the role of library service in higher education, with emphasis on problems of organization, administration, services, and the relationship of the library to the overall educational program.

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INFO 649 Library Programming - 3.00 credits

Provides an overview of the broad range of cultural, educational, and social library programming initiatives available for children, adolescents, and adults in academic libraries, public libraries, and school library media centers. Teaches community analysis, planning and evaluation. Emphasizes the collaborative nature of developing and implementing library programs.

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INFO 672 Resources in the Humanities - 3.00 credits

Studies the major information resources in the fields of religion, philosophy, the performing arts, the visual arts, language, and literature. Emphasizes user needs, bibliographic organization of the materials, collection building, and the provision of reference and information services.

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INFO 673 Resources in Social Sci - 3.00 credits

Studies major information resources in the social sciences, including history, geography, political science, sociology, anthropology, psychology, demography, economics, and education. Emphasizes bibliographic organization, collection building, user needs, and reference service.

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INFO 674 Resources in Science & Tech - 3.00 credits

Studies major information resources in pure and applied sciences, including the physical and biological sciences, engineering and technology, and interdisciplinary subjects. Emphasizes bibliographic organization, collection building, user needs, and reference service.

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INFO 675 Resources in the Health Sciences - 3.00 credits

Introduces students to the information needs encountered in the health sciences, and the sources and services designed to meet them. Students learn to access, retrieve, analyze and present information from a variety of sources including databases of several types. Teaching the steps in evidence-based practice, and surveys broadly the provision of health information services.

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INFO 677 Resources in Business - 3.00 credits

Focuses on meeting user needs for specific types of business information using strategies for identification, evaluation, selection, and use of specific sources. Sources include topical dictionaries and directories; indexes and abstracts; and numeric and full-text databases. Emphasizes the use of value-added print and electronic resources to meet user needs for information related to companies, industries and markets; corporate and international finance and investments; economic and demographic statistics; and one or more of the following topics: accounting, human resources, insurance and risk management, intellectual property, information systems, operations and logistics.

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INFO 680 US Government Information - 3.00 credits

Studies the nature of United States federal government documents and techniques for their acquisition, organization, and use.

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INFO 681 Legal Research - 3.00 credits

Introduces the fundamentals of legal research, including sources and research strategies.

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INFO 662 Metadata & Resource Description - 3.00 credits

Introduces the critical roles played by metadata for resource description and discovery. Provides instruction on application and implementation of current metadata schemes and tools. Provides practice in creating metadata records, analyzing the usage of metadata elements and vocabulary schemes, and evaluating the metadata quality of digital repositories.

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INFO 663 Library Technical Services - 3.00 credits

Focuses on management, policy, and organizational issues related to the administration of technical services in libraries. Includes acquisitions, copy cataloging, original cataloging, serials control, circulation, and preservation. Emphasizes management in an automated environment where traditional methods are being supplanted by new technologies and related organizational changes.

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INFO 664 Library Automation - 3.00 credits

Provides an overview of information technology applications in library settings, focusing on underlying concepts and management issues.

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INFO 552 Intro to Web Design for Info Orgs - 3.00 credits

Introduction to creating websites that incorporate interactive web services to support users in information organizations. Students learn to establish websites that meet usability, accessibility and intellectual property standards, via composition of text and graphic files, and use of scripts for interactive application to support community information resource needs.

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INFO 653 Digital Libraries - 3.00 credits

This course introduces research and development in the world of digital libraries. Focuses on intellectual access to digital information resources. Topics include foundations and architectures of digital libraries, searching and resource organizing, knowledge representations and discovery, metadata and standards, interfaces and information visualization, intellectual property rights and electronic publishing.

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INFO 657 Digital Library Technologies - 3.00 credits

Introduces technologies that enable the design and implementation of digital libraries. Focuses on hands-on activities relating to content description technologies (such as XML) systems technologies, and user interface technologies. Students learn through building components of digital libraries collaboratively.

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INFO 622 Content Representation - 3.00 credits

Focuses on fundamental decisions in designing subject access systems and alternative approaches to indexing. Explores current issues in content representation: principles of subject analysis; natural language vs. vocabulary control; manual, computer-assisted, and automatic indexing; faceted indexing and classification systems; image indexing and retrieval; indexing and the World Wide Web. Includes evaluation of indexer consistency and indexing system performance.

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INFO 662 Metadata & Resource Description - 3.00 credits

Introduces the critical roles played by metadata for resource description and discovery. Provides instruction on application and implementation of current metadata schemes and tools. Provides practice in creating metadata records, analyzing the usage of metadata elements and vocabulary schemes, and evaluating the metadata quality of digital repositories.

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INFO 605 Intro to Database Management - 3.00 credits

A first course in database management systems. Covers database design, data manipulation, and data-base integrity. Emphasizes concepts and techniques related to the entity-relationship model and relational database systems. Discusses normalization up to third normal form and commercial query languages.

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INFO 608 Human-Computer Interaction - 3.00 credits

This course focuses on the design and evaluation of human-computer interfaces covering such topics as task analysis techniques for gathering design information, iterative design through prototyping, and formative and summative usability testing; theoretical foundations of HCI and cognitive modeling of user interactions; the integration of HCI techniques into the software development life cycle and the use of user constraints to generate new interaction designs.

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INFO 624 Information Retrieval Systems - 3.00 credits

Covers the theoretical underpinnings of information retrieval to provide a solid base for further work with retrieval systems. Emphasizes systems that involve user-computer interaction. Covers aspects of information retrieval including document selection, document description, query formulation, matching, and evaluation.

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INFO 658 Information Architecture - 3.00 credits

Introduces fundamental concepts, methods and theories in Information Architecture for virtual, physical, and hybrid worlds. Focuses on organization, representation, and navigation of conceptual space. Topics include foundations, Web design, cognitive aspects, search, interaction design, knowledge organization, and user experience.

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INFO 643 Information Services In Orgs - 3.00 credits

Examines various organizational structures and the influence of structure and environment on patterns of information processing and utilization by organizations. Emphasizes the role of function driving the demand for information. Focuses on the structure of information services, resources, and technology as a means of attaining organizational goals. Includes not only traditional business data but all forms of knowledge and emphasizes strategic and tactical uses.

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INFO 644 Knowledge Assets Mgt in Orgs - 3.00 credits

Focuses on the nature, acquisition, and use of knowledge assets and their strategic role in organizations. Examines the role of information professionals in organizing, managing, and providing access to these important assets using formal and informal knowledge management systems.

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INFO 678 Competitive Intelligence - 3.00 credits

Focuses on the analysis of existing information in order to uncover hidden knowledge about the environment internal and external to (or competing with) an organization. Examines how to analyze and integrate various types of information (patents, financial, production, market); how to use the new knowledge in strategic, tactical and operational decision-making; how to produce reports; and the ethics of competitive intelligence.

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INFO 624 Information Retrieval Systems - 3.00 credits

Covers the theoretical underpinnings of information retrieval to provide a solid base for further work with retrieval systems. Emphasizes systems that involve user-computer interaction. Covers aspects of information retrieval including document selection, document description, query formulation, matching, and evaluation.

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INFO 674 Resources in Science & Tech - 3.00 credits

Studies major information resources in pure and applied sciences, including the physical and biological sciences, engineering and technology, and interdisciplinary subjects. Emphasizes bibliographic organization, collection building, user needs, and reference service.

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INFO 675 Resources in the Health Sciences - 3.00 credits

Introduces students to the information needs encountered in the health sciences, and the sources and services designed to meet them. Students learn to access, retrieve, analyze and present information from a variety of sources including databases of several types. Teaching the steps in evidence-based practice, and surveys broadly the provision of health information services.

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INFO 677 Resources in Business - 3.00 credits

Focuses on meeting user needs for specific types of business information using strategies for identification, evaluation, selection, and use of specific sources. Sources include topical dictionaries and directories; indexes and abstracts; and numeric and full-text databases. Emphasizes the use of value-added print and electronic resources to meet user needs for information related to companies, industries and markets; corporate and international finance and investments; economic and demographic statistics; and one or more of the following topics: accounting, human resources, insurance and risk management, intellectual property, information systems, operations and logistics.

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INFO 679 Information Ethics - 3.00 credits

Presents the philosophical foundations of applied ethics and technology with primary focus on the uses and abuses of information, human moral agency in relation to new information and communication technologies, and the meaning of social responsibility in the global information society, including the concepts of global information justice and human rights.

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INFO 680 US Government Information - 3.00 credits

Studies the nature of United States federal government documents and techniques for their acquisition, organization, and use.

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INFO 681 Legal Research - 3.00 credits

Introduces the fundamentals of legal research, including sources and research strategies.

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INFO 612 Knowledge Base Systems - 3.00 credits

Introduces the concepts, principles, and techniques of knowledge base systems, with a focus on implementation of a working expert system. Presents the expert system development life cycle with a focus on analysis and conceptual modeling techniques.

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INFO 622 Content Representation - 3.00 credits

Focuses on fundamental decisions in designing subject access systems and alternative approaches to indexing. Explores current issues in content representation: principles of subject analysis; natural language vs. vocabulary control; manual, computer-assisted, and automatic indexing; faceted indexing and classification systems; image indexing and retrieval; indexing and the World Wide Web. Includes evaluation of indexer consistency and indexing system performance.

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INFO 653 Digital Libraries - 3.00 credits

This course introduces research and development in the world of digital libraries. Focuses on intellectual access to digital information resources. Topics include foundations and architectures of digital libraries, searching and resource organizing, knowledge representations and discovery, metadata and standards, interfaces and information visualization, intellectual property rights and electronic publishing.

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INFO 658 Information Architecture - 3.00 credits

Introduces fundamental concepts, methods and theories in Information Architecture for virtual, physical, and hybrid worlds. Focuses on organization, representation, and navigation of conceptual space. Topics include foundations, Web design, cognitive aspects, search, interaction design, knowledge organization, and user experience.

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INFO 662 Metadata & Resource Description - 3.00 credits

Introduces the critical roles played by metadata for resource description and discovery. Provides instruction on application and implementation of current metadata schemes and tools. Provides practice in creating metadata records, analyzing the usage of metadata elements and vocabulary schemes, and evaluating the metadata quality of digital repositories.

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INFO 780 Special Topics - 2.00 to 12.00 credits

May be repeated for credit if topic varies.

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BUSN 501 Measuring & Maximizing Financial Performance - 3.00 credits

This course is an introduction to the concepts of financial accounting and financial management. The content of this course includes preparation and analysis of financial statements. Also covered are the time value of money, risk and return, and corporate financing choices.

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INFO 634 Data Mining - 3.00 credits

This course introduces the concepts and principles of knowledge discovery in databases (KDD), with a focus on the techniques of data mining and its function in business, governmental, medical or other information-intensive environments.

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INFO 893 Practicum I - 3.00 credits

Provides relevant professional experience that will strengthen work skills. Particularly useful for students without prior work experience, career changers, or those exploring possible work environments. Associated academic coursework provides the opportunity to more deeply explore professional issues, and places the practical work experience within the context of larger workplace trends.

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INFO 894 Practicum II - 3.00 credits

Provides relevant professional experience that will strengthen work skills. Particularly useful for students without prior work experience, career changers, or those exploring possible work environments. Associated academic coursework provides the opportunity to more deeply explore professional issues, and places the practical work experience within the context of larger workplace trends.

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MGMT 655 Knowledge Management - 3.00 credits

Provides a broad overview of the emerging field of knowledge management. The primary focus of the course will be on the concepts and approaches useful for managing knowledge from a corporate strategies perspective. Covers KM tools and techniques, and management approaches.

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MKTG 601 Marketing Strategy & Planning - 3.00 credits

Emphasizes application of strategic planning in marketing to achieve competitive advantage. Examines the role of strategic planning in developing effective marketing programs that enhance the overall performance of the firm.

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EDUC 520 Prof Studies Instruction - 3.00 credits

For students who lack professional-level classroom teaching in grades K to 12. Examines and develops skills in instructional planning, pedagogy, motivation, classroom management and discipline, interrelationships among diverse populations within school settings, and identification of instructional resources. Discusses current principles of developmental and learning theories and instructional design applied to teaching.

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EDUC 522 Evaluation of Instruction - 3.00 credits

Enables the student to acquire competence in evaluation techniques including portfolios, journals, performance assessments, individual and collaborative projects, and presentations. The course covers qualitative and quantitative assessment used in measuring student achievement. Techniques for grading will also be explored.

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EDUC 524 Current Rsrch Curric & Inst - 3.00 credits

Examines the relationship of curricula and instruction to current research in learning and knowledge construction, developing higher-order thinking in specific disciplines and content areas, and the role of understanding and metacognition in learning. Complex problems of pedagogy are identified and analyzed (e.g., interdisciplinary curricula, team teaching, collaborative learning), with attention to designing learning goals and outcomes with effective instructional strategies.

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EDUC 525 Multi-Media Instruc Desgn - 3.00 credits

Investigates learning theory and its implications for interactive multimedia formats, including the relationship of instructional design principles to selection of media elements (text, video, sound, animation, and graphics) for high-quality design. Examines human-computer interface principles, navigation features, and visual thinking using a wide range of educational software examples. Criteria for software assessment and virtual classrooms are reviewed. Students design and write a software prototype as a group design project. Complex issues and concepts in technology and education are analyzed.

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EDUC 526 Language Arts Processes - 3.00 credits

Applies contemporary research to processes and problems in teaching oral and written communication, with the basic assumption that listening, speaking, writing, and reading are integrated processes and should be taught as such. Covers analysis and use of instructional strategies for teaching developmental reading and writing, reading and writing in content areas, written correspondence, research reports, journal writing, poetry, and appreciation of children's literature.

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INFO 660 Cataloging & Classification - 3.00 credits

Introduces and provides intensive practice in the fundamentals of library cataloging and classification with primary focus on modern printed materials, but also includes reference to other media. Instruction on critical reading, interpretation, and use of current professional standards and documentation for the creation of MARC records. Encompasses discussion of relevant historical and theoretical issues in the construction of contemporary bibliographic databases.

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INFO 664 Library Automation - 3.00 credits

Provides an overview of information technology applications in library settings, focusing on underlying concepts and management issues.

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INFO 665 Collection Management - 3.00 credits

Introduces the basic steps of collection management, including community analysis, planning, policy preparation, selecting & acquiring materials, evaluating, preserving and publicizing collections. Explores a variety of related issues, including the impact of user expectations, publishing trends, electronic access, resource sharing, and outsourcing, on collection management.

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INFO 683 Resources for Children - 3.00 credits

Acquaints prospective professionals with the resources published for use by and with children in grades K to 8. Provides an opportunity to develop basic standards for evaluation of resources. Includes recent research concerning children and the central role of resources in the development of their reading/viewing/listening interests and tastes.

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INFO 684 Resources for Young Adults - 3.00 credits

Acquaints prospective professionals with the materials intended for use by and with young adults. Provides an opportunity to develop basic standards for evaluation of materials and to learn about recent research concerning young adults and their information needs, reading interests, tastes, and development.

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INFO 688 Instr Role Info Specialist - 3.00 credits

Examines the instructional role of the information professional. Emphasizes the planning, implementation, and evaluation of instruction for the purpose of information education.

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INFO 891 Twelve-Week SL/M Field Study - 3.00 credits

Designed to give practical experience to students in managing libraries and media centers. Provides supervised field experience in two selected school library media centers for students without teaching certification. Class discussions are offered online and accompany the on-site experience.

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INFO 560 Introduction to Archives I - 3.00 credits

Provides an introduction to the theory and practice of archives, including an overview relating to the elements of an archival program and the role and work of archivists. Focuses on the functions of the archives, such as acquisition, appraisal, arrangement and description, preservation, reference, outreach, and technology in archives.

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INFO 561 Introduction to Archives II - 3.00 credits

Continues the introduction to archival theory and practice begun in Introduction to Archives I. Provides additional depth in several areas, including appraisal, arrangement and description, focusing on model and standards. Addresses legal, ethical, cultural, and political issues as well as the range of historical and contemporary archival formats.

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INFO 750 Archival Access Systems - 3.00 credits

Introduces students to the creation, maintenance, and evaluation of archival access systems. Covers the theoretical concepts that underlie archival description and their evolution into the current set of electronic information systems. Reviews current descriptive standards. Addresses user needs and different formats.

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INFO 751 Archival Appraisal - 3.00 credits

Introduces students to the theory and practice surrounding the core function of selection and appraisal of records and papers enduring value. Focuses on the development of methodologies as well as approaches used in different settings, for different audiences, and for various formats of material.

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INFO 755 Electronic Records Management - 3.00 credits

Presents records management theory and practice from the perspective of the archivist. Covers the transformation of the profession and its practices as it adapts to electronic record keeping. Introduced records management principles and applies them to the contemporary digital office environment. Relates records management concepts to other information management disciplines.

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INFO 756 Digital Preservation - 3.00 credits

Explores concepts, principles, and practice for preserving digital information resources. Topics include selection, organization, and access for materials in trusted repositories. Both technological and policy perspectives are addressed.

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INFO 605 Intro to Database Management - 3.00 credits

A first course in database management systems. Covers database design, data manipulation, and data-base integrity. Emphasizes concepts and techniques related to the entity-relationship model and relational database systems. Discusses normalization up to third normal form and commercial query languages.

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INFO 622 Content Representation - 3.00 credits

Focuses on fundamental decisions in designing subject access systems and alternative approaches to indexing. Explores current issues in content representation: principles of subject analysis; natural language vs. vocabulary control; manual, computer-assisted, and automatic indexing; faceted indexing and classification systems; image indexing and retrieval; indexing and the World Wide Web. Includes evaluation of indexer consistency and indexing system performance.

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INFO 652 Internet Info Resource Dsgn - 3.00 credits

Offers a hands-on introduction to creating sophisticated websites to support users' information needs. Covers website design, implementation, and evaluation. Requires the student to establish a website, compose its text and graphic files, use scripts for interactive application, install a search engine, and create reports on usage.

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INFO 653 Digital Libraries - 3.00 credits

This course introduces research and development in the world of digital libraries. Focuses on intellectual access to digital information resources. Topics include foundations and architectures of digital libraries, searching and resource organizing, knowledge representations and discovery, metadata and standards, interfaces and information visualization, intellectual property rights and electronic publishing.

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INFO 658 Information Architecture - 3.00 credits

Introduces fundamental concepts, methods and theories in Information Architecture for virtual, physical, and hybrid worlds. Focuses on organization, representation, and navigation of conceptual space. Topics include foundations, Web design, cognitive aspects, search, interaction design, knowledge organization, and user experience.

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INFO 668 History of the Book - 3.00 credits

Examines the metamorphosis of written text from the Western medieval manuscript to the printed book to present-day digital media. Topics include methods of production, intellectual and graphical content, social impact, and the role of church, state, and economic factors.

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INFO 669 Special Collections - 3.00 credits

Focuses on the functions of a curator of special collections. Such collections include both modern and historical collections of printed materials, manuscripts and archival collections, and collections of allied materials, including works of art. Gives special attention to the research uses of such materials together with reference to exhibitions, departmental publications, specialized reference sources, collection management, acquisitions, conservation, preservation, funding development, and donors.

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INFO 679 Information Ethics - 3.00 credits

Presents the philosophical foundations of applied ethics and technology with primary focus on the uses and abuses of information, human moral agency in relation to new information and communication technologies, and the meaning of social responsibility in the global information society, including the concepts of global information justice and human rights.

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INFO 680 US Government Information - 3.00 credits

Studies the nature of United States federal government documents and techniques for their acquisition, organization, and use.

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INFO 893 Practicum I - 3.00 credits

Provides relevant professional experience that will strengthen work skills. Particularly useful for students without prior work experience, career changers, or those exploring possible work environments. Associated academic coursework provides the opportunity to more deeply explore professional issues, and places the practical work experience within the context of larger workplace trends.

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INFO 894 Practicum II - 3.00 credits

Provides relevant professional experience that will strengthen work skills. Particularly useful for students without prior work experience, career changers, or those exploring possible work environments. Associated academic coursework provides the opportunity to more deeply explore professional issues, and places the practical work experience within the context of larger workplace trends.

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