Core Program

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Information Architecture
Information Use
Knowledge Management
 

All students are required to take an eight-course, 24-credit core, providing an overview of the information-related professions and of information processes and products, and information-technology research. The core will emphasize the collaboration of intellectual and computer-based technologies, the importance of the user perspective, professional standards and the role of research.

The Information Architecture and Knowledge Management core provides competencies in the following areas:

  • intellectual technologies, such as knowledge organization, packaging and repurposing
  • information technologies, such as hardware and software applications
  • knowledge of information users, uses and needs
  • knowledge of information-intensive contexts such as business and government
  • knowledge of information processes such as strategic planning and project management.

Students will be expected to take four courses in one concentration, plus three courses from the other concentrations (at least one from each of the other two), plus a Thesis or a Master's Project for a total of 24 credits in the concentrations. Students are encouraged to complete the core as much as possible before working on a concentration.

Students expecting to pursue doctoral study or research should take the Thesis. Students seeking professional employment should take the Master's Project.

   
Course Number
Credits
Course Name
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
 Information Architecture and Knowledge Management I
Information Architecture and Knowledge Management II
Information Design in the Digital Age
Structure of Computer Science
Information Technologies
Strategic Information Management
Economics of Information
Plus choose one of the following:

ECON 64004
BAD 64010
 COMM 65020
JMC 60007
LSCI 60604

3
3
3
3
3

 Quantitative Methods in Business Administration I
Quantitative Methods in Business Administration II
Research Methods in Communication
Research Methods in Mass Communication
Research for Decision Making in Libraries and Information Centers
     
Based on the applicant's education and/or experience and providing appropriate and adequate evidence, he or she may petition to substitute one or more of the core courses with elective(s). Courses equivalent to core courses may be substituted with the approval of the Program Director and the student's advisor. Cognate and elective courses in related departments must be selected and approved by the Program Director and the student's advisor. Students are expected to develop a course of study in conjunction with their advisor that will realize their career objectives.
     
COURSES AVAILABLE FOR FALL, 2001
     
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