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GUIDESHEET FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY and INFORMATION SCIENCE
This guidesheet was created to assist you in course selection; however, it is not a replacement for the school's "Program Statement" form. Note: some courses/workshops on this guidesheet are NOT offered every year.
Please meet regularly with your faculty advisor to ensure that you are taking at least one course from among the three REQUIRED course elective areas:
- Access to Information (Category A)
- Organization and Representation of Knowledge (Category O/R)
- Administration and Management (Category M)
Other course areas:
- Core Class (Category C)
- General Elective (Category G)
FYI:You can choose "Suggested Elective Courses" and "Workshops" from more than one guidesheet as long as you take at least one course from among the three required course elective areas: A, O/R, and M.
*= Key Elective
REQUIRED COURSES (15 credit hours)
| Course Number |
Course Name |
Category |
Prerequisite(s) |
| 60001 |
Access to Information |
C |
None |
| 60002 |
Organization of Information |
C |
None |
| 60600 |
Foundations of Library and Information Science |
C |
None |
| 60604 |
Research for Decision Making |
C |
6 hours of coursework or permission |
| 60670 |
Culminating Experience: A Research Paper, A Research Project, OR a Practicum |
C |
60001, 60002, 60600, 60604 and a Proposal |
SUGGESTED ELECTIVE COURSES and WORKSHOPS (21 credit hours needed)
| Course Number |
Course Name |
Category |
Prerequisite(s) |
| 60613 |
Information Uses and Services |
M |
60001
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| 60640 |
Library Automation |
M |
60002 or permission |
| 60641 |
Information Storage and Retrieval Systems |
O/R |
60002 or permission |
| 60642 |
Implementation of Information Storage and Retrieval Systems |
O/R |
None |
| 60643 |
Online Information Systems |
A |
60001 or permission |
| 60644 |
Information Science |
M |
None |
| 60645 |
Database Systems |
O/R |
None |
| 60646 |
User Interfaces for Information Retrieval Systems |
O/R |
60001, 60002 |
| 60647 |
Network and Software Resources for Information Systems |
G |
None |
| 60648 |
Electronic Publishing on the Web |
O/R |
None |
| 60651 |
Digital Image Processing and Collection Management |
O/R |
60002 |
| 60666 |
Ethical Concerns of Library and Information Professionals |
G |
60600 or permission |
| 60692 |
Practicum in Libraries and Information Centers |
G |
Special approval
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| 61095 |
Digital Image Processing and Collection Management |
O/R |
None |
LIS 50693: WORKSHOPS in LIBRARY & INFORMATION SCIENCE
- A maximum of four workshop credits can be applied to your M.L.I.S. degree with your faculty advisor's approval.
- You must complete the "Request for Workshop Approval" form to receive credit for a workshop.
- You cannot receive credit for both a workshop and a class with similar content. Please refer to the "Workshop / Course Overlap" list.
- Workshop forms are online: http://www.slis.kent.edu/links/forms.php
Suggested Workshops: (Workshops are worth 1 credit, unless otherwise indicated)
- Cataloging Internet Resources
- Database Design and Applications I: Introduction to Database Systems
- Database Design and Applications II: Issues, Principles, and Intermediate Skills
- Database-driven Web Sites
- Digital Imaging I: Image Processing
- Electronic Publishing I: Introduction to SGML/HTML
- Electronic Publishing II: Advanced HTML
- Evaluation of Internet Tools and Resources
- Finding and Using Internet Tools and Resources
- Introduction to PERL/CGI Programming: Level I
- Introduction to PERL/CGI Programming: Level II
- JavaScript for Web Page Development
- Online Searching of NEXIS Databases
- PHP and MySQL for Web Database Creation and Implementation (2 credits)
- Public Library Web Resources
- Separating Content and Presentation: Designing Web Sites with XHTML and CSS (2 credits)
- Using JavaScript to Jazz Up Web Pages
- UNIX and Linux Operating Systems
- XML for Web Site Content Management
- Usability Testing for the Web
- Using Web 2.0 Principles to Become Librarian 2.0
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