Current Courses (Spring 2023)
LSIS 5110: Information Policy and the Information Society
The course will examine information policies, particularly at the public, organizational, federal, and international levels, with emphasis on the information society and information flows. Other issues of interest include policy issues such as net neutrality and personal rights. Students will explore the challenges of matching information systems policy to the information needs of an organization and investigating matters relating to management and administration of the information systems functions. Students will also consider the effects and roles of the information society from an individual, organizational and societal perspective through intensive reading, discussion, and writing.
LSIS 5451: Database Systems
A study of database models including relational, hierarchical, and networks; normalization techniques, query languages; and entity-relationship theory. We will study the theory and implementation of databases including how to design databases and write SQL queries to manipulate and retrieve data stored in a database.
Past Courses
LSIS 5110: Information Policy and the Information Society (Spring 2020, Summer 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Summer 2021, Fall 2022)
The course will examine information policies, particularly at the public, organizational, federal, and international levels, with emphasis on the information society and information flows. Other issues of interest include policy issues such as net neutrality and personal rights. Students will explore the challenges of matching information systems policy to the information needs of an organization and investigating matters relating to management and administration of the information systems functions. Students will also consider the effects and roles of the information society from an individual, organizational and societal perspective through intensive reading, discussion, and writing.
LSIS 5451: Database Systems (Summer 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Summer 2021, Fall 2022)
A study of database models including relational, hierarchical, and networks; normalization techniques, query languages; and entity-relationship theory. We will study the theory and implementation of databases including how to design databases and write SQL queries to manipulate and retrieve data stored in a database.
LSIS 5610: Information Systems Projects (Summer 2020)
This course consists of learning through student executed information system design projects. The central challenge for information science professionals is to productively design, implement, and manage information systems in a timely fashion through effective problem solving. Information system challenges typically require an integrated and balanced set of perspectives, techniques, and methods. This capstone course addresses that need by focusing on a real-life information systems design and development project. The project typically covers the conceptualization, analysis, design, and production of a working, functional prototype of the system that range from a proof of concept to the implementation of system.
Students are expected to bring knowledge from the information science core courses, their chosen electives, and their own experience into this course. Students must apply their knowledge, practice with different tools and techniques, examine a variety of points of view, critique the readings and each other’s views, stretch their thinking, and ultimately to learn how to be effective information science professionals.