INFO 250 - Introduction to Critical Information Studies

Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-E
Introduction to the Critical Information Studies Minor. Covers critical information literacy theory, basic academic research skills to assist in research processes, and issues of seeking, finding, evaluating, using, and creating sources of information on a scoped topic.

Prerequisites: Completion of GE area A2 and Sophomore, Junior or Senior standing.
Possible Instructional Methods: Hybrid, or Online Asynchronous or Online Synchronous.
Grading: A-F grading only.
Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-E -Lifelong Learning and Self-Development
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring

Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Recognize and engage in the critical inquiry process
Determine how to scope, construct and conduct searches strategically
Identify sources that facilitate informed participation in a scholarly or professional conversation on the topic of inquiry
Analyze the complexity within the processes of knowledge creation, distribution, use, value, and attribution and their intersections with power structures and imbalances

E. Lifelong Learning and Self-Development Learning Outcomes

develop intellectual, practical, and/or physical skills and abilities that will serve them throughout their lives;
apply their learning to other pursuits within and outside of the classroom; and
demonstrate the capacity to make informed and ethical decisions.