160 courses with the subject IST, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
IST 100Selected Topics1-6
Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
Transition to life at the iSchool and Syracuse University, and become more familiar with the information field. Explore the range of possibilities that our undergraduate degree is designed to provide.
Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution's practice. SUAbroad works with the SU academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student's transcript.
State-of-the-art technologies in the field. Computer architectures, telecommunication networks, software design and application. Issues in information management and technology use.
IST 214Calling Bullshit: Skepticism in a Data-Driven World3
Problematic information (i.e. bullshit (B.S.)) is everywhere: lying with data, fibbing with AI, and flat-out misinformation. Learn to detect, counter, and resist it
IST 233Introduction to Networks and Cloud Computing3
Overview of technology, standards, implementation and management of digital computer networks. Wired and wireless local and wide area networks, Internet protocols, telecommunications, and network security. Includes weekly labs.
IST 256Introduction to Python for the Information Profession3
Computational literacy and learning to code are critical skills of the 21st century. Students are introduced to Python programming language with emphasis on practical applications relevant to everyday lives and common within the information field.
Learn to create a website from scratch with HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Topics like responding to different screen sizes, accessibility and layout will be covered. We also examine the project management side of the web with wireframes, site maps, copy documents, and more.
Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution's practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student's transcript.
Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.
IST 305Globalization, Information Technology, and Culture3
Explore the intersection of IT infrastructures and culture in global organizations including issues of globalization, distributed collaboration, global enterprise systems, data, business analytics and knowledge management.
This course helps students gain AI literacy. This course interweaves experiences working with a variety of AI tools, from text to art and voice to video, with critical interrogation of these AI tools, inviting students to consider the implications of AI use in a variety of contexts.
This course provides a comprehensive understanding of Artificial Intelligence to students from different backgrounds and disciplines, including key concepts, techniques, and technical infrastructure, along with their social, environmental, economic, legal, and cultural context of emergence.
Basic concepts and technologies of information security, including security properties, vulnerabilities, cryptography, security policies, access control, authentication, firewalls, wireless security, internet security protocols, real life cases, hands on labs, and other related topics. Additional work required of graduate students.
Explore how teams and individuals create and utilize technology and data within modern organizations. Examine how organizational leaders navigate challenges and enact strategic change. Learn how managers design work environments to ensure worker effectiveness and well-being.
Today's leading issues and challenges in cybersecurity, considering global perspectives that are related to current technology trends. Students will also have research opportunities in the topic area and hands on experiences in information security. Additional work required of graduate students.
This experiential learning course is designed to provide students with opportunities to expand their knowledge of various content areas by working with a professor, assisting with course assignments, labs, and other student support elements.
Learn core principles of human-computer interaction (HCI) design, focusing on design methods to create technology that meets real-world user needs and values. Through a hands-on team project, they gain practical experience in applying HCI design to create meaningful technology solutions.
Students develop the skills necessary for understanding, improving and implementing cybersecurity policies. Learn the fundamentals of information security frameworks, awareness and training, and effective policy writing, to create successful information security policies.
Critically examine how individuals, groups, and societies create and are created by digital data and algorithms. You will analyze the social, political, legal, and environmental impacts of data and data-driven technologies across varying contexts including social media and (generative) AI.
IST 344Professional Communication and Presentation3
This course teaches students to synthesize and present organized information for various audiences using text, graphics and multimedia. It emphasizes presentation skills, impactful visuals, communication strategies, and foundational training for professional delivery.
IST 345Project Management for Information Systems3
Project management as a professional discipline in information and communication technology. Introduction to roles, activities, methods, and tools. Critical review and application of principles. Microsoft Project (Industry standard) will be the tool used in class. Additional work required of graduate students
IST 346Information Technology Management and Administration3
Information technology management principles and practices. Administration of computers, operating systems, and applications. Tools and techniques for managing information technology operations. Includes hand-on labs.
Students will learn to critically evaluate existing Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), and how to design ethical and equitable ICTs utilizing user-centered design perspectives and methods.
Travel abroad as part of a guided cohort. Course explores how the use of information and digital technologies differ across various cultural, historical, and national contexts. Learn how organizations abroad create and use technology to gain strategic advantage within the competitive global marketplace. Additional work for graduates.
IST 352Information Analysis of Organizational Systems3
Introduces information flow as basis of organizational work and role of information systems in managing work. Concept of systems decomposition to facilitate analysis. Skills required to decompose, model, and analyze information systems.
This course introduces students to design principles and tools, covering topics such as design theory, color theory, grid systems, user experience (UX), and accessibility. Students will learn project management methods for designers, use Figma and Adobe Creative Suite, and build a personal website through hands-on labs and project-based learning.
This course is the travel portion of Global Information Technology Abroad. Students enrolled in IDS 350/IDS 650 will register for this course as a requirement to travel when the trip is scheduled.
Approaches for building pipelines in data analytics using the Python programming language; data cleaning, extraction, wrangling, API¿s, web scraping. Building data products. Programming experience required.
IST 359Introduction to Database Management Systems3
Learn relational database basics, including design and development. This course covers SQL for creating tables, querying data, managing metadata, and touches on advanced SQL. It also focuses on database design using ER diagrams and data normalization to optimize relational databases.
Further your knowledge of web development with advanced JavaScript, the latest JavaScript frameworks, CSS libraries and more. Topics will include faster styling and layout techniques and projects that help you learn the tools professional web developers use
IST 364Introduction to Natural Language Processing3
This course explores how computers understand and generate human language, tracing NLP's evolution from rule-based systems to modern large language models. Students learn key concepts including Transformers, embeddings, and model training, while examining real-world applications like chatbots and AI search, plus responsible AI practices.
Understand, analyze, and critique scientific and practical perspectives on what counts as interactivity and intelligence when AI-driven agents interact with humans
Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution's practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student's transcript.
IST 382Cultural Competence for Information Professionals3
This course prepares information professionals to develop cultural competencies and provide inclusive services to underrepresented populations. It relates cultural competence to meeting information needs of communities through library and information collection development, outreach, and services.
Covers concepts such as data management, transformation, analysis, and machine learning, using R. Hands-on projects and real-world problem-solving help identify when data science is useful, with emphasis on ethical applications. No programming experience required. Additional work for graduate students.
Learn to build Generative AI applications leveraging large language models. Through hands-on projects, students will use libraries and APIs to create conversational agents, Q&A bots, and goal-oriented assistants. Topics covered include prompt engineering, AI conversational memory, output evaluation, and responsible AI practices. Additional work required for graduate students.
Topics include the basic concepts, ethics/codes, procedures, forensic techniques, analysis, example cases, hands-on labs, and applications to existing environments such as e-mail, social media, mobile devices, IoT, and others. Additional work required of graduate students.
Introduction to machine-learning techniques and their underlying algorithms. Students learn to build machine learning pipelines that transform raw data into machine learning models that yield actionable insights using real-world data. Hands on programming experience in the Python language with industry standard technologies.
Students complete distributed ledger labs before developing, implementing, and 'demo or die' sharktanking their own new blockchain project. Blockchain concepts such as decentralization, smart contracts, trust and consensus governance are discussed. Additional work for graduate students.
Theories and techniques for real-world research into human phenomena across various contexts (business, society, friendships, politics). Learn about asking good questions, matching methods with questions, designing ethical studies, and gathering and analyzing both qualitative and quantitative data.
Learn to develop actionable insights from big data using open-source tools (Python and Spark). This course prepares students to build scalable data analytics pipelines and apply advanced machine learning techniques, culminating in a hands-on project tackling real-world challenges.
Navigate the economics of our digital world, from network effects to platform dynamics. Explore how technology reshapes markets, pricing strategies, and consumer behavior while analyzing real-world cases from today's leading digital businesses.
Introduction to skills and techniques related to information visualization, through various programming and illustration tools, data cleaning techniques, design concepts and ethics. Develop static data visualizations to explore and communicate findings from a variety of data sources.
IST 422Acquiring, Procuring, and Financing Information Technology3
Preparing and negotiating information technology requests, cost-benefit analysis, and budget alternatives. Financing options for information processing and telecommunications projects, preparing requests for proposals or other procurement alternatives, negotiating with vendors, acquisition strategies.
A multidisciplinary perspective of risk assessment, modeling, and management. Topics include: concepts of personal accountability versus governance and policy; how organizations define and measure risk and loss; and plan for contingencies.
IST 426Information Justice & Community Engagement3
This course will examine the interrelation of social justice and community engagement in online and naturalistic communities. Areas of emphasis will explore how gender, race, class and community location (on and off-line) affect and are affected by information. Additional work for graduate students.
Explore the rapidly evolving landscape of work. Examine how emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, robotics, and extended reality are impacting industries, jobs, and the very nature of work itself. Topics include a history of work, labor organizing, work augmentation, work-life balance, and future worker skills and capabilities. Additional work required for graduate students.
This course addresses key concepts, technologies, and management strategies associated with securing enterprise digital computer networks and related devices and applications. Students will gain an understanding of the major threats and vulnerabilities as well as technologies and strategies for protection.
This class will introduce students to the topic of artificial intelligence and the self through the perspective of cultural history and deepen students' understanding of technology's impact on humans and beyond.
Practical approach to the Agile framework for the Software Development Life-Cycle. Unique learning approaches to foster the skills and cultural mindset necessary for success in Agile Project Management.
Technical, design, and management issues related to enterprise computer networking. In-depth investigations of TCP/IP Internet work protocols and popular network technologies including Ethernet and Wireless. Hands-on experience with protocol analysis, network management, and security.
Current and emerging information policy issues, policy formulation and conflict, roles and perspectives of actors in policy-making processes. Decision making on freedom of information, privacy, access, intellectual property rights, information security classification and restriction, cybercrime
IST 466Capstone in Information Management and Technology3
Integration of management strategies, information uses, and information technologies with an emphasis on professional conduct, ethics, and career strategies. In-depth review and use of case studies. Outside organizations such as EY, Synchrony and Adobe work with the class to have students analyze and resolve real ethical cases they¿ve encountered. Seniors only. iSchool majors and minors.
Analyze relational and non-relational databases and corresponding database management system architectures. Learn to build complex database objects to support a variety of needs from big data and traditional perspectives. Data systems performance, scalability, security. Additional work required for graduate students.
Participation in a discipline or subject related experience. Student must be evaluated by written or oral reports or an examination. Permission in advance with the consent of the department chairperson, instructor, and dean. Limited to those in good academic standing.
IST 472Cooperative Education in Information Management and Technology1-12
Fully supervised, paid, cooperative education experience extending over two separate time periods. Students must complete a contract with site supervisor.
Applications of information security including hands-on experience. Students who successfully complete this course will understand how information security technology is applied to real systems. Additional work required of graduate students.
IST 477Capstone in Innovation, Society & Technology (IST)3
Required capstone for BS in Innovation, Society & Technology (IST). Students research a technology, innovation and society topic. This capstone course may build on prior coursework, or demonstrate student capacity for innovating in new directions
Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution's practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student's transcript.
Introduction to the use and management of social media technologies, including strategies for communication, awareness of challenges, and tools and techniques for analysis of social media in contemporary organizations.
IST 487The Impact & Analytics of Social Media Network Influence3
We live in a digital era of unprecedented interconnectedness and viral information spread. This class explores the intersection of social media communication, influencer marketing, and social networks, covering key concepts, strategies, and analytic techniques to understand influencers, trends, and societal changes in a networked world
In-depth exploration of a problem or problems. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor or instructors and the department.
IST 511Cultural Foundations of Information Studies3
Survey of the professional, social, ethical, and legal issues affecting information service professionals and organizations and prepares students to deal with these issues and work with a diverse community.
Provides students on K-12, public, and academic library paths with context, awareness, and strategies to develop programs, services and facilities, and to select resources and technologies that ensure patrons and staff with disabilities have inclusive library experiences.
Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution's practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student's transcript.
Topics include the basic concepts, ethics/codes, procedures, forensic techniques, analysis, example cases, hands-on labs, and applications to existing environments such as e-mail, social media, mobile devices, IoT, and others. Additional work required of graduate students.
History, theories, standards, and practices of bibliographic control of information resources with a focus on the library community. Practice creating original bibliographic and authority records and adapting, editing existing records using various technologies and tools, and applying subject vocabularies and classification systems.
IST 605Information Literacy, Behavior, and Services3
Equips students with foundational knowledge of library ethics/standards, user information behavior, information literacy (including core information search, evaluation, and use practices), library resource types and discovery tools, question answering strategies, and related user-responsive library resources and services.
IST 607Digital Humanities for Cultural Heritage Professionals3
Introduction to Digital Humanities (DH) in Libraries, Archives, Museums, and other cultural institutions, with a focus on how information professionals can make use of DH methods and approaches and support and sustain DH work in their communities.
Students complete distributed ledger labs before developing, implementing, and 'demo or die' sharktanking their own new blockchain project. Blockchain concepts such as decentralization, smart contracts, trust and consensus governance are discussed. Additional work for graduate students.
Information and communication technologies for teaching and learning in all types of libraries: practice with tools along with consideration of pedagogy (instructional design and evaluation of tools for learning objectives) and context (ethics, policies, legislation).
IST 612Youth Services in School and Public Libraries3
Introduction to best practices and methods to support and develop youth services programming in school and public library settings. Students gain skills in collection development, knowledge of youth literature, and information literacy instruction to serve a rich diversity of youth.
IST 613Library Project Design: Analysis to Assessment3
Enables students to discern gaps between user/community needs/goals and library services, resources, and facilities; students develop recommendations to close gaps. Covers project management, marketing/communications, and assessment. Course content is contextualized in collaboration with partner libraries.
IST 614Information Technology Management and Policy3
Basic ideas, concepts and perspectives of management and policy as they apply to the information professions. Students learn to understand and apply these principles to improve organizational effectiveness and promote digital transformation.
Focus on understanding cloud management principles and practices, cloud service models (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) and deployment strategies (public, private, hybrid), as well as key concepts like scalability, security, and cost optimization. Practical experience in using, creating and managing cloud services.
IST 616Introduction to Information Organization and Access3
Introduction to theories, tools, and standards for information organization and access, including cataloging rules and formats, content analysis, indexing, classification, and fundamentals of information retrieval systems.
Public policy and the data, library, and information technology sectors. Access, ethical and responsible artificial intelligence, privacy and security, intellectual property, and freedom of expression. Application of economic, legal, and political science concepts to information policy analysis.
Critical and emerging issues in information innovation. The course presents durable concepts of innovation around a specific innovation in the information field. The innovation is used as context for readings and project.
Introduces the concept of digital transformation and its relationship to information systems within an organization. Uses business case studies to explore topics of digitization, strategic decision making, and organizational culture. Assignments emphasize development of analytical problem solving, presentation, and collaboration skills.
Introduction to field of preservation of cultural heritage, including institutions, contexts and methodologies, concepts of place and culture, objects and resources for study; emphasis also on role of digital applications. Requires research project and presentation.
Basic concepts and technologies of information security, including security properties, vulnerabilities, cryptography, security policies, access control, authentication, firewalls, wireless security, internet security protocols, real life cases, hands on labs, and other related topics. Additional work required of graduate students.
A multidisciplinary perspective of risk assessment, modeling, and management. Topics include: concepts of personal accountability versus governance and policy; how organizations define and measure risk and loss; and plan for contingencies.
IST 626Information Justice & Community Engagement3
This course will examine the interrelation of social justice and community engagement in online and naturalistic communities. Areas of emphasis will explore how gender, race, class and community location (on and off-line) affect and are affected by information. Additional work for graduate students.
IST 628Arrangement and Description of Archival Collections3
Introduction to the hands-on work of acquiring, processing and preserving archival and manuscript collections. Requires a comprehensive collections project completed at the Special Collections Research Center in Bird Library.
Explore the rapidly evolving landscape of work. Examine how emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, robotics, and extended reality are impacting industries, jobs, and the very nature of work itself. Topics include a history of work, labor organizing, work augmentation, work-life balance, and future worker skills and capabilities. Additional work required for graduate students.
Principles, methods, and techniques of management, development and organization of special collections such as rare books, archives, or pictorial materials, including issues such as bibliographic services and preservation.
Security technologies and management in networked/Internet environments with hands-on skills and research opportunities. This course provides students with the concepts, threats, and key components of network security with technologies and effective management.
Advanced investigation of collection development practices across library types. Includes topics such as, acquisition, maintenance of different types of collections; user and collection analysis; policies and guidelines, budgeting and licensing; evaluation and usage statistics; cooperative collection development; preservation; and ethical issues.
Today's leading issues and challenges in cybersecurity, considering global perspectives that are related to current technology trends. Students will also have research opportunities in the topic area and hands on experiences in information security. Additional work required of graduate students.
Increase the agility of a data science project by improving the process a team uses to execute their project. Explore data science life cycles (e.g., CRISP-DM, TDSP) and collaboration frameworks (e.g., Kanban, Scrum).
IST 645Project Management for Information Systems3
Project management as a professional discipline in information and communication technology. Introduction to roles, activities, methods, and tools. Critical review and application of principles. Microsoft Project (Industry standard) will be the tool used in class. Additional work required of graduate students
IST 649Introduction to Human-Computer Interaction3
Human performance characteristics, user/ system communication design alternatives, user behavior research methods, information system organizational impact.
Travel abroad as part of a guided cohort. Course explores how the use of information and digital technologies differ across various cultural, historical, and national contexts. Learn how organizations abroad create and use technology to gain strategic advantage within the competitive global marketplace. Additional work for graduates.
Introduction to scripting techniques for automating, managing, and analyzing data in various formats. The course focuses on practical applications of Python to preprocess, clean, analyze, and visualize data to support data-driven decision-making and the creation of data analysis pipelines.
Concepts and methods of systems analysis through decomposition and modeling. Extensive practice with structured methodologies. Systems analysis and project management techniques. Introduction to automated tools and technologies. Group project to apply skills.
This course is the travel portion of Global Information Technology Abroad. Students enrolled in IDS 350/IDS 650 will register for this course as a requirement to travel when the trip is scheduled.
IST 659Data Administration Concepts and Database Management3
Definition, development, and management of databases for information systems. Learn data analysis techniques, data modeling, data normalization query writing for information retrieval and query performance tuning using the SQL language.
IST 662Instruction, Facilitation, and Program Design3
Prepares students to teach, train, consult, and present programming in information organizations. Focuses on understanding learners and audiences, utilizing educational theory, designing strategies for conveying content, employing inclusive techniques, and assessing effectiveness of instructional episodes.
Linguistic and computational aspect of natural language processing technologies. Lectures, readings, and projects in the computational techniques required to perform all levels of linguistic processing of text.
IST 665Evaluating Disruptive Information Technologies and Trends3
Introduces concepts and methods for identifying, evaluating, and presenting IT analyses in areas that have potential to cause significant disruption in public and private sector organizations with a focus on social, financial and technological impacts.
Introduction to standards-based methods to support and reinforce library instruction, multiple literacies, reading comprehension in all formats, and information fluency. Development of collaborative instruction and programs that foster student agency and voice, family and cultural literacy.
IST 671Research Project Design: Frameworks, Ethics, Methods3
Philosophies, approaches, and practices of research in information studies, including quantitative, qualitative, critical, historical, and design-based approaches. Create a proposal for an actionable research project, including research ethics, literature review, data collection and analysis, peer review, and communication of results.
Introduction to public libraries within the context of demographic and technological changes and shifting economic and political forces. Topics covered include issues related to social and political environments, user services, diversity, equity, and inclusive services, collections, programming, budgeting, staffing and community outreach.
Survey of academic librarianship, including a variety of public services and technical services domains within the academic library. Emphasizes the role of academic libraries in higher education and attainment of institutional mission.
Understand, analyze, and critique scientific and practical perspectives on what counts as interactivity and intelligence when AI-driven agents interact with humans
Introduces key concepts and techniques in digital curation across humanities, social sciences, and sciences and issues in the technical, service, and social dimensions of curating digital assets.
IST 678Communication for Information Professionals3
Enhances the listening, speaking and writing skills of Informaton Studies students with low TOEFL or IELTS scores, or through departmental recommendation. Includes information studies specific writing presentations. Cannot be counted towards degree. By permission only.
Introduces metadata concepts, models, encoding, vocabulary, interoperability, and quality control as well as new development and trends. Students will apply metadata principles, tools, and best practices in creating metadata descriptions and models using established standards.
IST 682Community Responsiveness in the Information Profession3
This course prepares information professionals to develop cultural competencies and provide inclusive services to underrepresented populations. It relates cultural competence to meeting information needs of communities through library and information collection development, outreach, and services.
Contemporary methods of statistical inference for quantitative data, including Bayesian analysis. Students gain practical skills in data preparation, analysis using R, and communicating results for informed, reliable decision-making.
Covers concepts such as data management, transformation, analysis, and machine learning, using R. Hands-on projects and real-world problem-solving help identify when data science is useful, with emphasis on ethical applications. No programming experience required. Additional work for graduate students.
Learn to build Generative AI applications leveraging large language models. Through hands-on projects, students will use libraries and APIs to create conversational agents, Q&A bots, and goal-oriented assistants. Topics covered include prompt engineering, AI conversational memory, output evaluation, and responsible AI practices. Additional work required for graduate students.
Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.
An introduction to the concepts and techniques needed to build deep learning applications. Gain hands-on experience training neural networks using open-source tools (Python, Tensorflow/Keras). The course culminates in a project applying deep learning methods to real-world challenges.
Through hands-on coding exercises and critical analysis, you¿ll learn to identify and address biases in AI systems, evaluate the social and environmental impact of AI, navigate AI regulations, and apply best practices for responsible AI design and deployment.
Applications of information security including hands-on experience. Students who successfully complete this course will understand how information security technology is applied to real systems. Additional work required of graduate students.
Provides a comprehensive overview of industry standard machine learning techniques, including an introduction to deep learning. Focus on model building and optimization in Python, real-world applications, and stakeholder communication. Students will apply their skills to an original machine learning project to showcase their skills.
Hands-on enterprise cloud-native software defined network and application/service design, planning and economics; migration/adoption costs, data center resource orchestration. Topics also include cloud elastic sizing, risk management, governance, compliance and data monitoring, and security architecture.
IST 715GLAM: Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums3
A study of libraries, archives, museums, and national parks as cultural institutions; their missions and operating structures; involvement in joint ventures, both physical and electronic; panelists from and site visits to nearby venues.
Management of academic, public, and special libraries. Relationship between library and its parent institution; internal organization and operation; library information policies; library financing; legislation affecting libraries.
Learn to develop actionable insights from big data using open-source tools (Python and Spark). This course prepares students to build scalable data analytics pipelines and apply advanced machine learning techniques, culminating in a hands-on project tackling real-world challenges.
A broad introduction to data visualization for information professionals. Students will develop a portfolio of resources, demonstrations, recipes, and examples of various data visualization techniques.
Topics related to library leadership offered as available. May include advocacy, budgeting, grant writing, fund-raising, and other topics as appropriate.
Introduction to the concepts of data warehousing and business intelligence (BI). Data warehouse architectures and design. Dimensional modeling, extract-load-transform (ELT) in the SQL language. Emphasis on using data warehouses to make better organizational decisions.
IST 725Information Technology Security Architecture3
Introduces concepts and practices, using an organization-wide enterprise architecture as context. The purpose of an IT security architecture is to ensure proper levels of information confidentiality, integrity, and availability are provided for an organization's information and data.
IST 728Information Security Policy and Risk Management3
Understand and develop information security technology, law and policy risks and vulnerability analysis skills for management and operations of business and government. Technology, law, regulation, and policy for information security best practices and compliance.
IST 736Large Language Models in Information Contexts3
This course provides a conceptual and applied introduction to Large Language Models (LLMs), emphasizing informed use, evaluation, and responsible deployment. Students will learn how LLMs process and generate texts, evaluate their capabilities and limitations, and design applications for information-rich environments.
Analytic dashboards find valuable insights from large scale data. Students will gain knowledge of human visual reasoning, and obtain technical skills necessary to design, develop and implement analytic dashboards for business, government, or personal data.
Seminar. Integration of previous learning on the various components of management, user needs, and technologies. In-depth review and use of case studies on a range of critical information resources management areas.
Analyze relational and non-relational databases and corresponding database management system architectures. Learn to build complex database objects to support a variety of needs from big data and traditional perspectives. Data systems performance, scalability, security. Additional work required for graduate students.
IST 776Research Methods in Information Science and Technology3
Hands-on experience with qualitative and quantitative research methods in Information Science. Covers the entire research process¿from question development to data analysis¿while emphasizing ethical considerations and diverse research techniques like surveys, interviews, and experiments.
IST 777Statistical Methods in Information Science and Technology3
Classical statistical procedures used in information transfer research. Emphasis on underlying rationale for each procedure and on criteria for selecting procedures in a given research situation.
Reflect on and curate a portfolio of AI or data science projects completed during the program. Through an ePortfolio and reflection document, demonstrate how your work has aligned with your program learning outcomes. The portfolio serves as a professional showcase for future career opportunities. No new projects are required.
Introduces students to a broad range of information-focused theories. Through critical reading, writing, and discussion, students will critically engage course concepts and apply them to their own research interests.
Selected areas within the information field, emphasizing related disciplines and their relationships to the diagnosis of information needs and the collection, storage, management, regulation and dissemination of information.
This course defines what it means to be a scientist (Ph.D.) or practitioner/researcher (DPS), what is meant by science, and what are some of the core concepts in the broad intellectual spaces represented by faculty at this (and other) iSchool(s). As such, this overview is very directed towards concepts, perspectives, and issues that are relevant to the doing of science by researchers in iSchools.
Practical, mentor-led experience in the research process, including planning, design, data collection, analysis, writing, and/or funding. Experiences are complemented by workshops and discussions.
IST 830Theoretical Foundations of Information Science and Technology3
Theory and practice in the analysis, design, management, and evaluation of existing and hypothetical information systems, including computerized storage and retrieval systems, libraries, management systems, and networks.
Practical, mentor-led experience in teaching, including work in course design, pedagogical strategies, lecture and activity delivery, grading, classroom management, and/or accessibility. Experiences are complemented by workshops and discussions.
Residential seminar for Doctorate of Professional Studies distance students. Skill building and mentoring for doctoral coursework and dissertation preparation. Portfolio evaluation of work accumulated during the semester.
Participation in a supervised and evaluated field experience. Requires contract approved by advisor, faculty supervisor, and field agency before registration.
Fully supervised internship experience for graduate students in the MSIS degree program. Must meet GPA requirements and complete a learning agreement with site supervisor.
Fully supervised and evaluated school-based library experience at the elementary and secondary levels. Includes online seminar. Must meet GPA/program requirements and complete a learning agreement with site supervisor.
Fully supervised internship experience. Must meet GPA requirements and complete a learning agreement with site supervisor. Pre-req: IST ADS master's students only.
Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.