INFO 200 - Topics and Applications in Critical Information Studies

Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-E
Applications of information literacy theories, methods, and approaches to selected topics such as information ethics, critical methodologies, social justice, and data privacy. Requires individual research. Check the course schedule for topic(s) offered.

Prerequisites: Sophomore or higher standing and completion of GE Area A2.
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 on the specific topic and/or disciplinary focus of the course.
Determine how to scope, construct and conduct searches strategically on the specific topic and/or disciplinary focus of the course.
Identify sources that facilitate informed participation in a scholarly or professional conversation on the specific topic and/or disciplinary focus of the course.
Analyze the complexity within knowledge creation, distribution, use, value, and attribution and its intersections with power structures and imbalances in the specific topic and/or disciplinary focus of the course.

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.