Courses

Info546: Data Analytics for Community-Based Data and Service 

A community-based course that utilizes in-class lectures and partnerships with a community small business or non-profit to assess the data and information needs of, design data-driven methods for, and proposal and/or develop sustainable data infrastructure to those community organizations.

  • Students will identify a community small business or non-profit organization as their client and meet the client for two hours each week, working with community organizations in need of data analytics support.
  • Undertake critical data analysis and assessment skills to learn the key steps and associated challenges of data analytics for solving domain problems.
  • Hone oral and written communication skills, learning how to interact with and impact a range of audiences through democratic, participatory engagement.
  • Use tools for loading, aggregating, analyzing, and visualizing data for projects.
  • Learn to collaborate with each other and community organizations to identify and address data-invoked problems.
  • Course may transfer into MSI/LIS

Sample Course Materials

For more information about this course, please contact Dr. Erjia Yan

 

Info547: Design Thinking for Digital Community Service

Explains the major concepts and processes of community information needs analysis.

  • Describe the major elements of design thinking, with particular focus on digital information service design.
  • Identify a significant information service need within a target community.
  • Work collaboratively to design a problem-based information service addressing a community-based information need.
  • Course may transfer into MSI/LIS

Sample Course Materials

For more information about this course, please contact Dr. Denise Agosto

Info890 Capstone

The culminating certificate/degree experience

  • Apply coursework to work or research in intended professional field
  • Course may transfer into MSI/LIS as ½ of MSI/LIS capstone requirement
  • Individualized
  • Aligned with personal learning/professional goals
  • Integrate domain knowledge with communication, organization, research, analytical, and other professional skills
  • 12 hours per week
  • Qualified project supervisor

Sample Course Materials

For more information about this course, please contact Dr. Alex Poole

Additional Literature