Information Science Program: Learning Outcomes
Information
(Category I):
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Students must understand the nature of information and in particular must
know how to collect and organize information, evaluate information and its
sources, and use information in problem solving and decision making, as
well as understand the need to validate information.
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Students should know and embrace the ethical standards of the profession
as articulated by such organizations as ASIS&T and the ACM; they should
understand the ramifications of their work, including the social impact
and consequent responsibilities they imply.
Technology and Formal Systems
(Category T):
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Students must attain a foundation in the following areas:
telecommunications, database management systems, knowledge-based systems,
computer graphics, and hypermedia. Students will, furthermore, be
expected to attain the skills necessary to remain current in and
conversant with these fields.
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Students must attain a foundation in the following areas of formal
foundations: computer programming in both object-oriented and scripted
languages, data structures, systems design, statistics,
theoretical/mathematical foundations of information science, and theories
of document representation in traditional media and hypermedia.
Human Considerations
(Category H):
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Students must attain a foundation in the following human aspects related
to information systems: human information processing, information-seeking
behavior and human factors in system design.
Policy
(Category P):
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Students must recognize the social impacts of information and information
technology; they must be able to identify and understand relevant policy
issues, targets, processes, and instruments within and across
jurisdictional boundaries.
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Students must be able to identify stakeholder groups (i.e., those people
affected by particular uses of information and information technology) and
to articulate their respective stakes (what the stakeholders have to lose
or gain).
General Skills
(Category G):
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Students should be able to work effectively in groups and individually.
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Students should demonstrate both written and oral communication skills.
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Students should demonstrate the ability to engage in logical thinking and
to read critically in the field of information science.