Spring 2016

Important dates

Pre-registration advising week: October 26-November 2
Registration begins: November 3
Class restrictions released:
December 15
Classes in session: January 11-April 27
Reading Days: April 28 & May 4
Exam Period: April 29, 30 and May 2, 3 & 5, 6
Spring Commencement: May 8

  • Classes begin: January 11
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday: January 18
  • Last day for late registration: January 15
  • Masters Comprehensive Exam: March 11
  • Spring Break: March 12-March 20
  • Masters Papers due to SILS office: April 11
  • Dissertations due to Graduate School: April 14
  • Spring Holiday: March 25
  • Classes end: April 27
  • Reading Days: April 28, May 4
  • Exams: April 29-30, May 2-3 and May 5-6
  • Spring Commencement: May 8

Courses offered

  • Please contact the instructor if you have any questions about a course being offered for the upcoming semester.
  • Average course load for a graduate student:  9-12 hours a semester
  • Average course load for an undergraduate student: 12-15 hours a semester

 

Monday/Wednesday

Time

Course information and call numbers

8:00-9:15

520-001: Organization of Information; #3383; Losee; Course Website; Manning 304

10:10-11:25

523-001: Database Systems 1; #7719; Missen; Course Website; Manning 307

541: Information Visualization; #6172; Hemminger; Course Website; Manning 304

556: Introduction to Archives and Records Management; #3393; Anthony; Course Website; Manning 014

581-001: Research Methods Overview; #7301; Losee; Course Website; Manning 208

609: Experimental Information Retrieval; #12109; Arguello; Course Website; Manning 303

690-232: Business Information; #13229; Ernsthausen; Course Website; Manning 117 (1.5 credits, meets March 1-April 26)

697-003: Information Science Capstone; #12459; Bailey; Course Website; Murphey 117

12:20-1:35

512: Applications of Natural Language Processing; #6169; Haas; Course Website; Manning 307

581-002: Research Methods Overview; #7646; Kelly; Course Website; Manning 208

582-003: Systems Analysis; #13231; Campbell; Course Website; Manning 014

12:20-3:05 (Monday only)

582-002: Systems Analysis; #12395; Crescenzi; Course Website; Manning 304

690-242: Data Sharing Among Scientists; #12461; Christian; Course Website; Manning 303 (1.5 credits, meets March 7-April 25)

12:20-3:05 (Wednesday only)

513-001: Resource Selection and Evaluation; #33317; Patillo; Course Website; Manning 001

705: Health Sciences Information; #6294; Flaherty; Course Website; Manning 304

728: Seminar in Knowledge Organization; #12110; Feinberg; Course Website; Manning 214

1:50-3:05

384: Information and Computer Ethics; #9160; Anthony; Course Website; Manning 014

509-001: Information Retrieval; #3246; Arguello; Course Website; Manning 307

1:50-4:35 (Wednesday only) 888: Seminar in Teaching and Academic Life; #7483; Daniel; Course Website; Manning 208
3:35-4:50

151-002: Retrieving and Analyzing Information; #9839; Clemens; Course Website; Manning 014

161-002: Tools for Information Literacy; #12396; Ahmed; Course Website; Manning 117

3:35-6:20 (Wednesday only) 382-001: Information Systems & Design; #3409; Dunn; Course Website; Manning 304
4:00-5:00 770: Health Informatics Seminar; #13368; Moynihan; Course Website; Health Sciences Library 227
6:00-8:45 (Monday only)

690-187: Issues in Cloud Computing;#13143; Hassell; Course Website; Manning 303

690-213: Rare Book Collection Fundamentals; #13448; Funke; Course Website; Wilson Library Room 506 (1.5 credits, class meets January 11- February 29)

6:00-8:45 (Wednesday only)

576: Distributed Systems and Administration; #13045; Scott; Course Website; Manning 208

690-217: Humanities Information; #13144; Holloway; Course Website; Manning 303 (1.5 credits, class meets March 2-April 27)

Tuesday/Thursday

Time

Course information and call numbers

8:00-9:15

161-001: Tools for Information Literacy; #3248; Bergquist; Course Website; Manning 307

501-001: Information Resources & Services; #3479; Brown; Course Website; Manning 001

690-216: Social Sciences Information; #13145; Bardeen; Course Website; Manning 208 (1.5 credits, class meets January 12-February 25)

9:30-10:45

151-003: Retrieving and Analyzing Information; #13142; Patillo; Course Website; Manning117

201-001: Foundations of Information Science; #3459; Shaw; Course Website; Manning 304

500-001: Human Information Interactions; #3475; Gibson; Course Website; Manning 001

582-001: Systems Analysis; #7635; Gotz; Course Website; Manning 307

626: Intro to Big Data and NoSQL; #12219; Rajasekar; Course Website; Manning 303 (1.5 credits, meets March 1-April 26) 

690-163: Database Systems III; 7718; Rajasekar; Course Website; Manning 303 (1.5 credits, meets January 12-February 25)

697-001: Information Science Capstone; #3477; Jones; Course Website; Manning 208

718: User Interface Design; #3247; Bergquist; Course Website; Manning 014

9:30-12:15 (Thursday only) 523-003: Introduction to Database; #13048; Meyer; Course Website; Health Sciences Library Room 307
11:00-12:15

151-001: Retrieving and Analyzing Information; 3476; Maneiro; Course Website; Manning 001

201-002: Foundations of Information Science; #9249; Bergquist; Course Website; Manning 307

490-172: Fundamentals of Programming Information Applications; #12120; Capra; Course Website; Manning 0141

560-002: Programming for Information Professionals; #12398; Hauser; Course Website; Manning 304

725: Electronic Health Records; #9163; Mostafa; Course Website; Manning 117

747: Special Libraries and Knowledge Management; #7304;Vargha; Course Website; Manning 303

757: Principles and Practices of Archival Description; #6450; Anthony; Course Website; Manning 208

11-12:15 (Tuesday only) 883: Research Colloquium; #7634; Hughes-Hassell; Course Website; Manning 214
12:30-1:45

089: FYS- Smart Cities; #4127; Rajasekar/ Rademaker; Course Website; Manning 304

161-003: Tools for Information Literacy; #13044; Edmunds; Course Website; Manning 117

201-003: Foundations of Information Science; #13141; Hill; Course Website; Murphey 302

203: Human Information Behavior; #13146; Vardell; Course Website; Manning 303

385: Information Use for Organizational Effectiveness; #5278; Jarrahi; Course Website; Manning 208

520-002: Organization of Information; #7312; Shaw; Course Website; Manning 307

560-001: Programming for Information Professionals; #7300; Gotz; Course Website; Manning 001

690-230: Information Exchange/Seeking in Local/Place-Based Communities; #12156; Gibson; Course Website; Manning 014 (1.5 credits, course meets March 3-April 26)

749: Art and Visual Resources Management; #7628; Bauer; Course Website; Hanes Art Center 117

781-001: Proposal Development; #9840; Gibson; Course Website; Manning 014 (1.5 credits, meets January 12-February 25) 

2-3:15 889: Seminar in Teaching Practice; #4198; Anthony; Course Website; Manning 214 (Thursday only)

2:00-4:45 (Tuesday only)

465: Understanding IT for Digital Collections; #5383; Lee; Course Website; Manning 117

572: Web Development; #13118; Boone; Course Website; Manning 001 (1.5 credits, meets January 12-February 23)

573: Mobile Web Development; #13119; Boone; Course Website; Manning 001 (1.5 credits, meets March 1- April 20)

585-001: Management for Information Professionals; #3483; Patillo; Course Website; Manning 307

732: Children's Literature; #5243; Sturm; Course Website; Manning 208

843: Seminar in Public Libraries; #12157; Flaherty; Course Website; Manning 303

884: Seminar in Research Methodology; #8090; Kelly; Course Website; Manning 014

2:00-4:45 (Thursday only)

502: User Education; #9841; Hughes-Hassell; Course Website; Manning 208

755: Archival Appraisal; #6383; Tibbo; Course Website; Manning 307

760: Web Databases; #3487;Capra; Course Website; Manning 014

882: Research Issues and Questions II; #3480; Wildemuth; Course Website; Manning 303

5:15-8:00 (Thursday only) 623: Database Systems II; #5428; Carter; Course Website; Manning 001
6-7:15 697-002: Information Science Capstone; #9162; Jarrahi; Course Website; Murphey 118
6:00-8:45 (Tuesday only)

382-002: Information Systems Analysis & Design; #10044; Urquhart; Course Website; Manning 307

525: Electronic Records Management; #3316; Eubank; Course Website; Manning 208

581-003: Research Methods Overview; #7301; Rawson; Course Website; Manning 304

787: Legal Issues for Librarians; #7629; Cross/Smith; Course Website; Manning 001

6:00-8:45 (Thursday only)

490-176: Human Factors in Systems Design; #13049; Barlow; Course Website; Manning 208

733: Administration of Public Library Work with Children and Young Adults; #12158; Sturm; Course Website; Manning 014

 

Friday

Time

Course information and call numbers

9:00-11:45

500-002: Human Information Interactions; #12400; Thomson; Course Website; Manning 014

735: Youth Services in a Diverse Society; #9843; Hughes-Hassell; Course Website; Manning 303

ONLINE COURSES

WEB

Course information and call numbers

 

523-02W: Database Systems I; #9159; Shin; Course Website; WEB 

585-02W: Management for Information Professionals; #13230; Brennan; Course Website; WEB

624-01W: Policy-Based Data Management; #12159; Moore; Course Website; WEB

710-01W: Evidence Based Medicine; #6404; Myatt/Schardt; Course Website; WEB

740-01W: Digital Libraries: Principles and Applications; #6398; Maron; Course Website; WEB

756-01W: Data Curation and Management; #7310; Tibbo; Course Website; WEB

1Restricted to Undergraduates only

WISE Courses

 

Course information and call numbers

 

If you are interested in taking a WISE class please contact Dr. Claudia Gollop

890-01W: Community Histories; #5334

890-02W: Game Based Learning; #5335

890-04W: Information Literacy Instruction; #5336; Smanz

890-05W: International and Comparative Librarianship; #5337; Morner

890-06W: Social Informatics; #5338; Pavlovsky

890-07W: Social Networking for Information Professionals; #TBA

 

Internship and Field Experience Courses

 

Course information and call numbers

 

393-001: Information Science Internship; #3523; Course Website; Haight

795-001: Professional Field Experience; #3521; Course Website; Haight

795-002: Professional Field Experience; #3522; Course Website; Haight

796-001: Field Experience in School Library Media; #5636; Course Website; Larson