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601 | 625 | 635 | 650 | 670 | 682 | 690 708 |735 | 767  790

LBSC 601 Users and Information Context (3)
Required of all students, except Archives, Records, and Information Management students and School Library Media students.
Nature and roles of information and information institutions; information behavior; studying information behavior; information policy; the information professions

LBSC 625 Information Policy (3)
Prerequisite: permission of department.
Nature, structure, development, and application of information policy. Interactions of social objectives, stakeholders, technology, and other forces that shape policy decisions.

LBSC 635 Management and Administration for the Information Professional (3 credits)
Management and administrative theory and principles and their implications and applications to information organizations.

LBSC 650 Information Access Services(3)
Prerequisite: permission of department.
Information needs, search mediation, search strategies, reference services, information access issues, collection development.

LBSC 670 Organization of Information (3)
Prerequisite: permission of department.
Functions and evaluation of document and information retrieval systems; analysis and representation of data, information, knowledge, language, and text; metadata for the control of documents and other objects.

LBSC 682 Management of Electronic Records and Information (3)
Prerequisite: permission of department.
Role of archivists and records managers in the management of electronic records. Records life cycle and the impact of technology programs for managing electronic records.

LBSC 690 Information Technology (3)
Required of all MLS students.
Principles of information processing systems; algorithms; data structures and information retrieval techniques; system specification and implementation tools; applications; influences on problem solving; technology as process.

LBSC 708 Special Topics in Information Studies
Prerequisite: permission of department.
Repeatable with different topics, but no student may earn more than 9 credits under LBSC 708, nor more than a total of 12 credits in LBSC 708 and LBSC 709 combined.

LBSC 735 Legal Issues in Managing Information (3)
Prerequisite: permission of department.
Legal issues related to collecting, maintaining, and providing access to information materials. Includes ownership, copyright, privacy, freedom of information, and related issues in archives, libraries, and other settings.

LBSC 767 Access to Federal Government Information (3)
Prerequisite: Prerequisite: permission of department and LBSC 650.
Research methods, information needs, information production and structure, information sources and services, and selection policies related to federal government information.

LBSC 790 Building the Human-Computer Interface (3)
Prerequisite: Programming experience and permission of department. Co- requisite: LBSC 795 or CMSC 434. Credit will be granted for only of the following: LBSC 708L or LBSC 790.  Formerly LBSC708L
Principles and techniques for user interface implementation. Principles for building reliable large-scale interface components. Use of prototyping and rapid development tools. Techniques for managing user input and visual and auditory displays.