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First-Year Course (3 units)
All Ph.D. students begin by taking a course during their first year in the program. In addition to exposing you to current research topics and methods within Information Science, the hope is that this course will create a cohort among entering Ph.D. students each year.
INFO 507: Information Research Methods (3 Units)
Elective Courses (12 units)
You are required to take four elective graduate courses from within the School of Information (INFO/LIS). You should select electives in consultation with a your major advisor. Elective courses outside of the School must be approved by your major advisor and the Director of Graduate Studies.
Full list of courses may be viewed here.
INFO 501: Designing an Installation (3 Units)
INFO 510: Bayesian Modeling and Inference (3 Units)
INFO 514: Computational Social Science (3 Units)
INFO 515: Organization of Information (3 Units)
INFO 516: Introduction to Human Computer Interaction (3 Units)
INFO 517: Introduction to Digital Cultures (3 Units)
INFO 519: Knowledge in a Digital World (Cross-listed LIS 519) (3 Units)
INFO 520: Ethics for Library and Information Professionals (3 Units)
INFO 521: Introduction to Machine Learning (3 Units)
INFO 523: Data Mining and Discovery (3 Units)
INFO 524: Virtual Reality (3 Units)
INFO 525: Algorithms for Games (3 Units)
INFO 529: Applied Cyberinfrastructure Concepts (3 Units)
INFO 533: Medical On-Line Searching (3 Units)
INFO 539: Statistical Natural Language Processing (Cross-listed LING 539) (3 Units)
INFO 540: Introduction to Archives (3 Units)
INFO 550: Artificial Intelligence (3 Units)
INFO 551: Game Development (3 Units)
INFO 554: Informatics in Biology (3 Units)
INFO 556: Text Retrieval and Web Search (3 Units)
INFO 557: Neural Networks (3 Units)
INFO 565: Information Architecture and Controlled Vocabularies (3 credits)
INFO 567: Leadership and the Information Organization (3 Units)
INFO 570: Data Base Development and Management (3 Units)
INFO 571: Introduction to Information Technology (3 Units)
INFO 575: User Interface and Website Design (3 Units)
INFO 580: Data Standards for the Semantic Web (3 Units)
INFO 587: Information Seeking Behaviors (3 Units)
INFO 608: Managing the Information Organization (3 Units)
INFO 640: Advanced Archives: Archival Appraisal and Description (3 Units)
INFO 671: Introduction to Digital Curation and Preservation (3 Units)
INFO 672: Introduction to Applied Technology (3 Units)
INFO 675: Advanced Digital Collections (3 Units)
INFO 696E: Graduate Seminar (3 Units)
INFO 698: Capstone Project (1-3 credits)
INFO 699: Independent Study (1-3 credits)
IRLS 600: Introduction to Graduate Studies in Music (3 Units)
LIS 504: Foundations of Library and Information Services (3 Units)
LIS 515: Organization of Information (3 Units)
LIS 517: Introduction to Digital Cultures (3 Units)
LIS 518: Information Quality (3 Units)
LIS 521: Children's and Young Adult Literature in a Multicultural Society (3 Units)
LIS 523: Early Childhood and Public Libraries (3 Units)
LIS 530: Cataloging and Metadata Management (3 Units)
LIS 532: Information Intermediation (3 Units)
LIS 533: Medical Online Searching (3 credits)
LIS 540: Introduction to Archives (3 Units)
LIS 541: Preservation (3 Units)
LIS 546: History of Books after Gutenberg
LIS 550: Information Environments from Non-Dominant Perspectives (3 Units)
LIS 556: Health Information in Ethnic-Cultural Communities (3 Units)
LIS 557: Documenting Diverse Cultures and Communities (3 Units)
LIS 558: Social Justice in Information Services (3 Units)
LIS 559: Marketing of Library and Information Services to Communities (3 Units)
LIS 560: Collection Management (3 Units)
LIS 563: Readers' Advisory Services in Public Libraries (3 Units)
LIS 567: Leadership and the Information Organization (3 Units)
LIS 570: Data Base Development and Management (3 Units)
LIS 571: Introduction to Information Technology (3 Units)
LIS 572: Government Information: Policy & Resources (3 Units)
LIS 575: User Interface and Website Design (3 Units)
LIS 580: Data Standards for the Semantic Web (3 Units)
LIS 581: Information Literacy Pedagogy (3 Units)
LIS 582: Young Adults and Public Libraries (3 Units)
LIS 583: eLearning for Librarians (3 Units)
LIS 584: Introduction to Copyright (3 Units)
LIS 586: Learning Design for Librarians and Other Information Professionals (3 credits)
LIS 587: Information Seeking (3 credits)
LIS 589: Scholarly Communication (3 credits)
LIS 608: Managing the Information Organization (3 Units)
LIS 624: Community Health and Medical Informatics (3 Units)
LIS 634: Data Management in Healthcare Systems (Cross-listed: NURS 634) (3 Units)
LIS 640: Advanced Issues in Archival Enterprise (3 Units)
LIS 641: Community-focused Archives and Museums (3 credits)
LIS 646: Healthcare Informatics: Theory and Practice (Cross-listed NURS 646) (3 Units)
LIS 660: Business Information Resources (3 Units)
LIS 671: Digital Curation and Digital Preservation (3 Units)
LIS 672: Introduction to Applied Technology (3 Units)
LIS 673: Managing the Digital Information Environment (3 Units)
LIS 675: Advanced Digital Collections (3 Units)
LIS 676: Digital Information Management Capstone (3 Units)
LIS 681E: Law Library Practice and Administration (3 Units)
LIS 689A: Teaching Legal Research (3 Units)
LIS 693: Internship (3 Units)
LIS 698: Capstone Exit Requirement (3 Units)
LIS 699: Independent Study (3 Units)
LIS 900: Research (1-9 credits)
Research Methods (6 units)
You are required to take an additional research methods course(s) that focuses on the methodology that you are likely to use in your own research.
This requirement may be waived if you have acquired sufficient methodological grounding prior to entering the Ph.D. program (in that case, you will be required to take two additional electives to complete the 36 units of major coursework).
INFO 900: Research (1-9 credits)
Graduate Seminars (6 units)
You are required to take two research seminars in the School of Information in addition of the first-year courses. The research seminars will focus on various specific topics in Information Science. Normally, you will be required to read and discuss research articles on that topic. and also write a research paper or carry out a research project on the topic.
Typically, one or two seminar courses are offered each year. Course information will be distributed to students prior to registration.
INFO 696E: Information Resources (6 Units) - seminars
Directed Research (9 units)
You are required to take a total of 9 units of directed research (LIS/INFO 692) where you will apprentice on a School of Information faculty member's research project. Directed research credits should be selected in consultation with your major advisor, cover both quantitative and qualitative methods, and help you prepare for your comprehensive exams and anticipated dissertation research.
Most students work on three separate projects under the supervision of three separate faculty members in order to provide a breadth of knowledge of research methods. The number of credits awarded for working on a particular project may vary depending on the size of the student's contribution to that project.
You may take Directed Research under a faculty member outside of the School of Information only if it is in an area not offered by our faculty. Petitions to work with outside faculty are reviewed by the Director of Graduate Studies and your major advisor.
INFO 692: Directed Research (9 credits)
Dissertation Research (18 units)
After comprehensive exams, you will take a total of 18 units Dissertation Research (LIS/INFO 920). You are required to submit a 1-page proposal approved by your advisor before registering in Dissertation Research. The proposal will form a basis to evaluate your performance in the course and assign grading.
Minor Coursework: See below.
The Ph.D. Minor in Information
A Ph.D. minor in Information consists of an approved 9 units of School of Information courses (passed with grade B or better) and a written and oral examination (which forms part of the Ph.D. Comprehensive Exam). Some of our graduate courses have pre-requisites, but you may confer with the instructor to see if they can be waived depending on your background.
Graduates from one of our master's programs, who are also doing a Ph.D Minor with us, may not need to complete 9 units depending on their previous course work. Just what will be required in cases like these will be a decision made by the candidate’s advisor and the Director of Graduate Studies.
Successful admission will be contingent, in part, on there being a core/primary graduate faculty member of School of Information willing to serve as a member of the your Ph.D. minor committee. A second faculty member is optional and may be a School of Information affiliated faculty member.
To declare Information as a Ph.D. minor, you should first consult with a preferred minor faculty advisor and then discuss with your committee in your home department. Once all parties agree you will enter the faculty names for your committee on GradPath.
The form of the Ph.D. minor written exam would typically be a 2-hour paper. Alternatively, it could be devised to be in a format aligned with the major exam of the your home department, but reflecting content for the School of Information.
Please refer to the Graduate Student Handbook for students who are pursuing this program of study.