Graduate Programs

Courses

Information and Library Science

  • ILS-Z 501 User Services and Tools (3 cr.) This course introduces students to the basic information sources and services among different types of libraries and information centers, including academic, public, special, and school media.
  • ILS-Z 502 Collection Development and Management (3 cr.) Theoretical and pragmatic aspects of the selection, evaluation, and management of collections in all types of libraries. Acquisitions, publishers, and publishing, policy making, and intellectual freedom and censorship are also covered.
  • ILS-Z 503 Representation and Organization (3 cr.) Introduces students to various disciplines’ approaches to the understanding, organization, representation (summarizing), and use of knowledge and information. This survey looks for commonality among the approaches taken in information science, cognitive psychology, semiotics, and artificial intelligence, among others. The goal is to identify criteria for evaluation and improvement of ways to organize and represent information for future retrieval. Information systems currently used in libraries and information centers will be studied as examples. Emphasis in the course is on concepts and ideas, with appropriate attention to terminology and technology.
  • ILS-Z 504 Cataloging (3 cr.) Historical development and principles essential to the understanding of the conceptual foundations of providing bibliographic access and control of materials and information. Discussion and examples in the application of AACR2r will be presented to illustrate and reflect current practice. Emphasis is on monographic publications.
  • ILS-Z 505 Evaluation of Resources and Services (3 cr.) Examines the applied evaluation of library resources and services, including collections, document delivery, technical services, reference services, and overall library performance. Emphasis is placed on the available methods and methodological issues. The checklist method, availability studies, document delivery tests, use studies, applied bibliometrics, and the use of automation are covered.
  • ILS-Z 506 Introduction to Research (3 cr.) 9 credit hours for the MLS program must be completed. The research process, including concepts, design, conduct, and evaluation. Principles and characteristics of approaches and methodologies relevant to research in the field. Examples of data sources and introduction to methods of statistical description and analysis; ethical issues.
  • ILS-Z 510 Introduction to Information Studies (3 cr.) Information science students are introduced to the dynamic and shifting information professions, complex organizations, and emerging careers in the field. Issues in information management, user- oriented systems design, socio-technical concepts, and usability are major themes for the course.
  • ILS-Z 511 Database Design (3 cr.) Concerned with a comprehensive view of the processes involved in developing formal access to information from a user-centered point of view. Considers various database models such as flat file, hierarchical, relational, and hypertext in terms of text, sound, numeric, image, and geographic data. Students will design and implement databases using several commercial database management systems.
  • ILS-Z 512 Information Systems Design (3 cr.) Students identify, design, and implement a significant information design project, such as the redesign of a complex Web site for a local business, library, or nonprofit.  Principles and practices of project management are discussed in the context of team-based web site redesign.
  • ILS-Z 513 Organizational Informatics (3 cr.) Introduces information, technology, and social behavior in the organizational context. Concepts of organization theory, organization behavior, knowledge and information management, and organizational intelligence provide a critical foundation for managing information, people, and information and communication technologies in rapidly changing and dynamic environments.
  • ILS-Z 514 Social Aspects of Information Technology (3 cr.) The objective of this course is to help students think critically and constructively about information & communication technology and its relationship to work, leisure, and society at large. This course covers a series of concepts and analytical devices as well as empirical case studies related to social consequences of information & communication technologies when it is shaped and used by individuals, public agencies, and businesses.
  • ILS-Z 515 Information Architecture (3 cr.) Effective information system design integrates knowledge of formal structures with understanding of social, technological, and cognitive environments. Drawing from a range of disciplines, this course investigates how people represent, organize, retrieve, and use information to inform the construction of information architectures that facilitate user understanding and navigation in conceptual space.
  • ILS-Z 516 Human-Computer Interaction (3 cr.) Examines the human factors associated with information technology and seeks to provide students with knowledge of the variables likely to influence the perceived usability, and hence the acceptability, of any information technology. In so doing it will enable students to progress further towards specialist’s work in the important field of human-computer interaction.
  • ILS-Z 517 Web Programming (3 cr.) The main focus of this course is to instruct students to develop and implement dynamic and interactive web applications. In order to do so, students will learn the basics of an open source programming language both through lectures and hands-on exercises in the lab.
  • ILS-Z 518 Communication in Electronic Environments (3 cr.) Examines conceptual perspectives on information in organizations, covering topics such as types of information, information activities, organizational culture and information technology, communication as information flow, obtaining and using information from the environment, managing information in specialized extended communities, and ethical and quality issues. Focus varies by type of community studied.
  • ILS-Z 519 Information Analytics (3 cr.) Theoretical and practical exploration of issues surrounding contemporary information systems. A specific focus will be on evaluating information systems from the user perspective. This approach will cut across disciplinary frameworks: behavioral, cognitive, and social sciences. It will also cover multiple research methods: online surveys, sense-making, critical incident, and network analysis.
  • ILS-Z 520 Information Seeking and Use (3 cr.) This course introduces students to the concepts of information analysis from a human perspective, focusing particularly on the theoretical models and practical techniques that underpin the field. Sociological and psychological perspectives will be examined in order to develop an approach to the assessment of users’ information needs.
  • ILS-Z 521 Humanities Information (3 cr.) Introduction to information sources and services in the disciplines of performing arts, music, fine arts, literature, language, philosophy, and religion. In addition, the course addresses information needs and behavior patterns of users seeking these types of information.
  • ILS-Z 522 Social Science Information (3 cr.) Study of the core information tools in the fields of anthropology, economics, history, political science, psychology, and sociology. Includes key bibliographic databases and electronic network tools. Evaluation of research dealing with information channels in these fields.
  • ILS-Z 523 Science and Technology Information (3 cr.) General materials, reference books, periodicals, government documents, non-book media in the individual literature of individual disciplines; patents and report literature. Examination of production, publication, distribution, and forms of scientific and technical literature.
  • ILS-Z 524 Adult Readers Advisory (3 cr.) A review and discussion of trends reflected in subject content and use of book and nonbook materials for patrons in secondary school and public libraries in relation to changing adult needs and the role of libraries in meeting such needs.
  • ILS-Z 525 Government Information (3 cr.) Survey of government information dissemination in all formats and at all levels of government. Consideration of government information policy. Primary emphasis given to U.S. government information but with some consideration given to state and local publications in the United States, and those of international organizations.
  • ILS-Z 526 Business Information (3 cr.) Introduction to basic business materials. Includes resources, research methods, current developments, automated systems, and databases.
  • ILS-Z 531 Subject Access Systems (3 cr.) P: ILS-Z 503. Principles, development, characteristics, and internal structures of subject access systems. Evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of the major classification schemes and current subject heading systems.
  • ILS-Z 532 Information Architecture for the Web (3 cr.) Focuses on Web site development. Students study information architecture as an approach for site organization and design, and learn about project management for complex web development tasks. In lab sessions, students work with advanced markup languages and scripting and develop sites, typically for real clients.
  • ILS-Z 533 Online Searching (3 cr.) Principles, methods, and techniques of advanced online information retrieval (IR). Characteristics of, and search strategies for, the use of bibliographic, referral, citation, fact, numeric, and full text databases and search systems. Considers standards, use of communications software, front-ends and micro-based IR systems, and creation of in- house databases.
  • ILS-Z 534 Search (3 cr.) The success of commercial search engines shows that Information Retrieval is a key in helping users find the information they seek.  This course provides an introduction to information retrieval theories and concepts underlying all search applications. We investigate techniques used in modern search engines and demonstrate their significance by experiment.
  • ILS-Z 541 Information Policy (3 cr.) Data creation, publication, dissemination, and use occur in a complex social context. Legal and regulatory structures continue to evolve to control these processes. This course explores international and U.S. principles, laws, and regulations affecting the information industry. Focus varies with the topic; for example, copyright of electronic information sources or transborder data flow. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.
  • ILS-Z 542 International Information Issues (3 cr.) Comparison of information policies, information standards, and library systems as they affect commercial, scholarly, scientific, and political information contexts.
  • ILS-Z 543 Computer-Mediated Communication (3 cr.) Computer-mediated communication (CMC) is human-to-human interaction via computer networks such as the Internet. This course examines potentials and constraints of several types of CMC, and considers how content and dynamics are influenced by the systems’ technical properties and the cultures that have grown up around their use.
  • ILS-Z 544 Gender and Computerization (3 cr.) This course explores the relationship between information communication technologies (ICTs) and the gender of the people who design, use, administer, and make policy concerning computer systems and computer networks such as the Internet.
  • ILS-Z 550 Information Institutions and their Management (3 cr.) Information institutions preserve, conserve, and disseminate information objects. In this course students will learn about libraries, archives, museums, and related organizations, examining their commonalities and differences. Students will study relevant management issues including planning, leading and organizing. They will explore information policies, workflows, ethics, intellectual freedom, laws, and social norms.  
  • ILS-Z 551 Management for Information Professionals (3 cr.) Introduction to management in libraries and other information centers.  Covers topics such as teamwork, communication, leadership, motivation, planning and decision-making, budgeting, organizing and human resources, ethics, and diversity.
  • ILS-Z 552 Academic Library Management (3 cr.) Background and current trends in the management of academic libraries.
  • ILS-Z 553 Public Library Management (3 cr.) Background and current trends in the management of public libraries.
  • ILS-Z 554 Library Systems (3 cr.) Principles for the design, selection, implementation, and management of automated systems of all types in libraries, including systems for technical services processing, reference and user services, and management. Focus is on present and future applications of technology in libraries, their technical features, and their implications for library services and management. When possible, some practical experience with a particular application will be provided.
  • ILS-Z 555 Strategic Intelligence (3 cr.) Introduces different concepts of strategic intelligence, and different contexts in which these are applied; the idea of intelligence is not restricted to national security, or corporate competition: it can apply at the level of the individual citizen, company, community, or country.
  • ILS-Z 556 Systems Analysis and Design (3 cr.) This course introduces the basic concepts underlying systems analysis and design, focusing on contextual inquiry/design and data modeling, as well as the application of those analysis techniques in the analysis and design of organizational information systems.
  • ILS-Z 561 User Interface Design for Information Systems (3 cr.) This course focuses on established principles and methods to design effective interfaces for information systems, emphasizing document retrieval, filtering, visualization, correlation, analysis, and research.
  • ILS-Z 571 Materials for Youth (3 cr.) Evaluation and use of books, magazines, recordings, films, radio and television broadcasts, and other sources of information and recreation.
  • ILS-Z 572 Youth Services (3 cr.) This course emphasizes the history, philosophy, and description of children and young adult library services. It takes a holistic look at the role of the youth services librarian from planning and evaluation to specific services and programs, and examines the current and future outlook for this type of librarianship. Emphasis is on the public library, but cooperation with appropriate services and programs such as school media centers is also discussed.
  • ILS-Z 573 Education of Information Users (3 cr.) Reviews important educational theories for application to secondary school, college, and university settings which provide training and education programs to teach students skills leading to information literacy. Standards from AASL and ACRL are applied to instructional design and practice including lecture, collaboration with faculty, and evaluation of online tutorials.
  • ILS-Z 574 Information Inquiry for School Teachers (3 cr.) This course is intended to be an opportunity for teachers and future teachers (including school library media specialists as teachers) to practice methods in critically thinking about information/media, and to use that process as a means to teach their students to be critical reviewers and communicators as well.
  • ILS-Z 580 History of Libraries (3 cr.) Development of libraries and information services from earliest times to the present, with emphasis on the library in relation to social, economic, cultural, and political trends.
  • ILS-Z 581 Archives and Records Management (3 cr.) Introduces basic theories, methods, and significant problems in archives and records management. The course also discusses how archivists are responding to the challenge of managing and preserving electronic records.
  • ILS-Z 582 Preservation (3 cr.) Examines causes of library and archival materials deterioration. Develops conceptual framework and management perspective for preservation programs using technical standards, program development tools, scientific and administrative research reports, and advocacy literature. Explores the new information technologies and media as both preservation tools and challenges.
  • ILS-Z 583 Rare Book Librarianship (3 cr.) Introduction to the development, organization, and operation of rare book libraries and special collections. Includes an overview of the fundamentals of book collecting, both private and institutional, the antiquarian book trade and auction market, and the profession and practice of rare book librarianship.
  • ILS-Z 584 Manuscripts (3 cr.) Introduction to the nature, functions, and methodology of the organization and administration of archives and manuscript collections. The course will consist of lectures, discussions, field trips, and special projects.
  • ILS-Z 585 Records Management (3 cr.) Records management is the management of documentary information for the purposes of supporting the goals and strategy of an organization.  This requires understanding of business processes as well as statutes, regulations, the litigation process, disaster recovery and business continuity, and storage architecture.
  • ILS-Z 586 Digital Curation (3 cr.) Preserving and providing long-term access to digital materials over time is a Grand Challenge. They require constant and ongoing maintenance. This course provides an overview of research, policy and current practices in curating and preserving digital data, gives students practical experience, working with digital materials, and creating digital curation plans.
  • ILS-Z 601 Directed Readings (1-6 cr.) Permission of instructor. Readings and study in any area of library or information science having an extensive literature. A student may enroll for this course twice in the same semester under different instructors. Normally Z 601 is completed under the direction of a full-time faculty member. Readings done under Z 601 shall not duplicate the content of any course now in the curriculum of Information and Library Science.
  • ILS-Z 602 Directed Research (1-3 cr.) Permission of instructor. Individual research in a problem in the field of library and information science.
  • ILS-Z 603 Workshop in Library and Information Science (1-3 cr.) Group study of specific problems in the library and information field. Generally includes a hands-on element. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
  • ILS-Z 604 Topics in Library and Information Science (1-4 cr.) Study of specific topics in librarianship and information science. May be repeated with different topics.
  • ILS-Z 605 Internship in Library and Information Science (2-6 cr.) Permission of instructor or faculty advisor. Supervised internship in an information management environment. Professionals in library and information management mentor each graduate student. Sixty on-site hours must be completed for each credit earned. Students document their experiences through journals, abstracts of related publications, and a final presentation. Normally, at least 18 credits must be completed before enrollment. Guidelines and placement sites are available on the ILS Web site. Graded on S/F basis.
  • ILS-Z 621 Audio and Video Sources (3 cr.) User-focused approach to decision making in the digital audio and video information environment. Emphasizes collection development in support of user services, including access to remote collections and evaluation of multimedia materials and delivery mechanisms, and issues related to emerging technologies. Scope includes adult and young adult audiences.
  • ILS-Z 622 Resources and Services for People with Disabilities (3 cr.) Access to information is essential for sustained independence of people with disabilities. This course studies materials, services, and assistive technologies to support this access.
  • ILS-Z 623 Genealogy and Local History (3 cr.) Focuses on developing collections and providing reference services in genealogy and local history.
  • ILS-Z 629 Topics in Information Sources and Services (3 cr.) The purpose of this course is to provide the opportunity for greater in-depth study of the information and literature sources related to area studies, specific academic disciplines, and/or specific library patron audiences. Examples include Slavic materials, Latin American bibliography, and international legal bibliography. Depending on the potential market, the demand for knowledge concerning the specific information, literature, and material, and the expertise of available faculty, there is a wide range of possible topics.
  • ILS-Z 631 Advanced Cataloging (3 cr.) P: ILS-Z 504. Provides extensive background in description and access for electronic and non-book resources.
  • ILS-Z 632 Technical Services (3 cr.) P: ILS-Z 550. Principles of organization and function of library technical services, including acquisition, cataloging, serials, circulation. Special emphasis on research and development in library systems and technology. Includes file organization, documentation system development, analysis, and evaluation for manual, mechanical, and automated applications.
  • ILS-Z 633 Indexing (3 cr.) P: ILS-Z 504 or Z 515. Theoretical concepts of subject indexing and thesaurus construction for information retrieval. Examines alternative approaches to traditional indexing techniques. Evaluation and use of appropriate computer software.
  • ILS-Z 634 Metadata (3 cr.) P: ILS-Z 503 or Z 515. Metadata is essential in designing and developing effective knowledge systems; it facilitates resource discovery, database documentation, and recording digital documents’ textual and conceptual histories. This course introduces principles supporting the development and implementation of metadata schemes, focusing on issues of interoperability, internal and external standardization, and evaluation.
  • ILS-Z 635 Ontologies (3 cr.) P: ILS-Z 634. An ontology is a common semantic conceptualization of reality that is shared by members of a knowledge domain; it supports exchange of knowledge among participants. This course explores formal specifications for ontology construction among systems applications and software agents.
  • ILS-Z 636 Data Semantics (3 cr.) Explores the technologies of the Semantic Web by examining the application of technologies to WWW information delivery and the principles of formal logic and computation guiding their developments.
  • ILS-Z 637 Information Visualization (3 cr.) Introduces information visualization, highlighting processes which produce effective visualizations. Topics include perceptual basis of information visualization, data analysis to extract relationships, and interaction techniques.
  • ILS-Z 638 Big Data Analytics for Web and Text (3 cr.) Basic programming skills recommended. Introduces fundamentals of big data analysis, focusing on its theoretical methodological aspects, including numerical and textual processing, statistical analysis, machine learning, and data retrieval, representation, semantics, and data storage. Open source data-operation frameworks and tools (R, Hadoop, NoSQL) are introduced and demonstrated that students use with real-world data sets.
  • ILS-Z 639 Social Media Mining (3 cr.) Basic Unix skills recommended. This course provides a graduate-level introduction to social media mining and methods. The course provides hands-on experience mining social data for social meaning extraction (focus on sentiment analysis) using automated methods and machine learning technologies. We will read, discuss, and critique claims and findings from contemporary research related to SMM.
  • ILS-Z 640 Seminar in Intellectual Freedom (3 cr.) 9 ILS graduate credit hours must be completed. Beginning with a history of and alternative philosophical justifications for censorship, the student is introduced to constraints, obligations, and problems relating to intellectual freedom.
  • ILS-Z 641 Computer-Mediated Discourse Analysis (3 cr.) Computer-mediated discourse analysis (CMDA), applies theories from linguistic discourse analysis, pragmatics, ethnomethodology, and semiotics in the analysis of discourse-language and language use in computer-mediated communication. This course provides hands-on experience in applying empirical analytical methods, and in interpreting the results.
  • ILS-Z 642 Content Analysis for the Web (3 cr.) Application of Content Analysis methods to web documents, interactivity features, and links.
  • ILS-Z 643 The Information Industry (1-3 cr.) This course examines various aspects of the information industry: products, producers, suppliers, trends, and market opportunities. Focus varies with the topic; for example, structural market characteristics, or technical developments and their impact.
  • ILS-Z 644 Information Networks (3 cr.) In this course we will survey historical and theoretical foundations of network studies, introduce basic concepts in network theory, discuss metrics and models, use software tools to experiment with real-world network data, and study specific applications of network approaches in different information related phenomena. Students will learn how to gather and analyze network data and interpret the results. NodeXL, Pajek and Network Workbench will be used for data gathering and analysis. 
  • ILS-Z 645 The Social and Organizational Informatics of Big Data (3 cr.) This course surveys organizational, legal, political, and social issues surrounding the creation, dissemination and use of big data from the perspective of social and organizational informatics. It focuses on ways in which the integration of big data is changing structure, culture, and work practices in private and public sector organizations.  
  • ILS-Z 646 Seminar in Documents and Documentation (3 cr.) This seminar explores epistemological and genre assumptions of modern documentation and the different events and genre modes by which "information" in many various forms is produced through presentations of "fact." It involves an historical and social survey of the various types of collections of documents and their construction and use.
  • ILS-Z 650 Library Philanthropy Fundraising (3 cr.) Introduces the role of private giving in support of libraries. Examines personal and corporate philanthropy and their applicability in libraries and information centers.
  • ILS-Z 651 Art Librarianship (3 cr.) Academic art library administration, collection development, reference services, technical services operations, facilities, and slide and photograph/picture collections will be emphasized.
  • ILS-Z 652 Digital Libraries (3 cr.) Examines the design and operation of digital libraries and related electronic publishing practices from a socio- technical perspective. Students develop understanding of major issues, concepts, and trends, enabling them to understand the socio- technical character of digital libraries that can and will be effectively supported and used by various groups.
  • ILS-Z 653 Health Sciences Librarianship (3 cr.) Health sciences library administration, materials organization, and information services. Emphasis on National Library of Medicine classification, subject headings, printed indexes, and online databases.
  • ILS-Z 654 Law Librarianship (3 cr.) An introduction to basic legal materials and law librarianship. Primary and secondary resources; indexes; digests and citators; specialized research methods; current developments in automated legal research. History of law libraries in the U.S., their organization and administration. The role of law librarians in law schools and law firms.
  • ILS-Z 655 Music Librarianship (3 cr.) P: MUS-M 539. Academic music library administration, collection development, technical services operations, record and performing ensemble collections, and reference services will be emphasized.
  • ILS-Z 656 Digital Publishing Standards and Systems (3 cr.) This course will teach students to design and publish documents on the Web and for common eBook platforms such as iBook and Kindle. We will learn about XML-based document formats (such as TEI, DocBook, Office Open XML) and eXtensible Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT), a special-purpose programming language for transforming XML documents into other XML and non-XML formats.  We will also learn to develop publications in common eBook formats, including ePub (iBook, etc.), AZW (Amazon Kindle), and KF8/AZW3 (Amazon Kindle).
  • ILS-Z 657 Digital Humanities (3 cr.) This course is an introduction to the use of information technology in literary and humanistic study. We will survey the field of digital humanities, or humanities computing as it is sometimes called, from electronic scholarly editing, to the computational analysis of style, theme, and structure, to considerations of the cultural impact of information technology on scholarly discourse, publishing, and the academy. We will also study several specific technologies in detail, including eXtensible Markup Language (XML) and the Text Encoding Initiative. Students will be expected to generate critical work on subjects related to digital humanities and to perform some hands-on exercises using technologies common in digital humanities research.
  • ILS-Z 661 Concepts and Contemporary Issues in Human-Computer Interaction (3 cr.) Examines and assesses theoretical approaches developed specifically for understanding the use, informing the design, and assessing the value of information technologies. The course also considers contemporary issues surrounding the situated use of information technologies, such as emotional, embodiment, interpersonal, and social aspects of interaction.
  • ILS-Z 662 Interface Design for Collaborative Information Spaces (3 cr.) Provides an overview of two-dimensional and three- dimensional interface design. Topics covered include task and user analysis, interface goals and design methods, and empirical evaluation.
  • ILS-Z 671 School Media (3 cr.) Establishes the professional teaching and administrative role of the certified school library media specialist in K-12 settings. Situations are examined that pertain specifically to policy development, budgeting, collection development, instructional design, support staff training, facility design, district supervision, and information networking within the modern school corporation. Students make site visits to leading school information centers, conferences, and media fairs.
  • ILS-Z 672 Seminar on Literature for Youth (3 cr.) An advanced seminar, addressing such topics as: images of minority groups, societal problems (e.g., poverty and family patterns), or informational needs and materials including access and availability of print, nonprint, and computer resources. May be repeated twice for credit when topic varies.
  • ILS-Z 680 The Book to 1450 (3 cr.) Covers the introduction and development of writing and the history of the manuscript and printed book, from their beginnings to approximately the year 1450. Although there will be some coverage of the non-Western book, the emphasis will be on the history of the book in the West.
  • ILS-Z 681 The Book 1450 to the Present (3 cr.) A survey of the book from 1450 to the present, with emphasis on the development of the book in the West. Focuses on the physical aspects of the book from the mid-fifteenth through the twentieth centuries, and on some of the many roles of the book in society during this period; also increases awareness of current scholarly trends in the history of the book.
  • ILS-Z 683 Reference Sources for Rare Books (3 cr.) Introduces and evaluates reference sources that are useful in working with rare books in many fields.
  • ILS-Z 684 Descriptive Bibliography (3 cr.) The development of the practice of printing, typefounding, and papermaking; the principles and practice of the bibliographical description of printed books, with emphasis on the period to 1880.
  • ILS-Z 685 Building Trustworthy Digital Repositories: Theory and Practice (3 cr.) Addresses the major issues and challenges facing the archival/records management professions in their quest to manage electronic records. Students will study and evaluate the impact automation has had on archival theory and practice, analyzing various models and strategies archivists have developed to manage electronic records.
  • ILS-Z 690 Capstone in Information Architecture (3 cr.) The capstone course integrates within a single project the theoretical and practical components of the Information Architecture Certificate program. Working with one of the program co-directors, who serves as the student's project advisor, the student will determine both the scope and extent of the project. The student will publicly present and defend the capstone project upon completion.
  • ILS-Z 701 Introduction to Doctoral Research in Information Science (6 cr.) Role and function of research in society; history of library and information science scholarship; current need for research in LIS; critical analysis of present state of knowledge in the field; relevant research methodologies; barriers to individual initiatives in research.
  • ILS-Z 702 Doctoral Research Practicum I (2 cr.) P: ILS-Z 701. Student acquires practical hands-on experience with the research process through involvement in a ILS faculty member’s research project.
  • ILS-Z 703 Doctoral Research Practicum II (2 cr.) P: ILS-Z 701 and Z 702. Student acquires practical, hands-on experience with the research process through involvement in a ILS faculty member’s research project. The ILS-Z 703 research project should differ substantially from the ILS-Z 702 project with which the student was involved.
  • ILS-Z 706 Introduction to Research (3 cr.) The research process, including concepts, design, conduct, and evaluation. Principles and characteristics of approaches and methodologies relevant to research in the field. Examples of data sources and introduction to methods of statistical description and analysis; ethical issues.
  • ILS-Z 710 Doctoral Research Practicum III (3 cr.) P: ILS-Z 701, Z 702 and Z 703. The student applies methods of research under the supervision of a ILS faculty member. The research project may originate with the student or may be one on which the faculty member seeks student assistance.
  • ILS-Z 763 Research Problems and Methods in Information Science (3 cr.) P: Permission of instructor. Study of current problems and methodological approaches in information science research.
  • ILS-Z 764 Seminar in Information Science (3 cr.) Permission of instructor. A doctoral seminar in IS introduces students to topic areas within the domain of information science (e.g., social informatics, scientometrics, information retrieval, representation and organization of resources, philosophy of information, human computer interaction, visualization). It is a reading-and-writing intensive experience and emphasizes depth over breadth.
  • ILS-Z 765 Doctoral Research in Information Science (1-6 cr.) Independent research or study. A student may enroll for this course more than once in one semester under different instructors.
  • ILS-Z 790 Dissertation Proposal in Information Science (3 cr.) Must have successfully completed the qualifying exam. Contact PhD Recorder for permission to register. Doctoral students develop their plans for theses subject to criticism by other doctoral students and faculty.
  • ILS-Z 799 Ph.D. Thesis (arr. cr.) Must have been admitted to candidacy. Contact PhD Recorder for permission to register. See advisor for more information.
  • ILS-G 901 Advanced Research (6 cr.) Must have 90 credit hours completed. Contact PhD Recorder for permission to register. Please see advisor for more information on Advanced Research. May be repeated a maximum of 6 times.

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