Curriculum – Doctor of Information Science in Information Science Leadership and Community Engagement (D.Inf.Sci.)
The Information Science Leadership & Community Engagement doctoral degree program features 48 credits of online coursework delivered in a primarily synchronous format to maximize engagement from students while offering flexibility for those not local to College Park. This part-time program is designed to meet the needs of working professionals and traditional students alike.
A hallmark of this program is our Inquiry Group format, which are cross-cohort communities of practice and designed to assemble students with shared institutional contexts and/or research areas. These groups meet monthly, online and synchronous, and are led by a full-time faculty member from within the INFO college. As a supplement to the program’s online modality, inquiry groups also function in a unique way: groups will identify an annual conference that all members (students and faculty advisor) will attend together – at least three during the course of the program. Once students approach and reach the capstone stage, inquiry groups will also serve the function as a source of writing and research support.
Enrolled Students: be sure to consult graduate forms.
Below, you can find a sample plan of the curriculum that could complete the degree requirements:
| Fall 1 | Spring 1 | Summer 1 |
| Literacies for Leadership | Information Ethics | Diverse Populations, Inclusion, and Information |
| Practice-Based Research | Information and Human Rights | Information Policy |
| Inquiry Groups | ||
| Fall 2 | Spring 2 | Summer 2 |
| The Public Intellectual | Inclusive Leadership for Information Organizations | Access, Accessibility, and Equity |
| Program Assessment and Evaluation | Participatory Design and Participatory Action Research | Doctoral Capstone Preparation |
| Inquiry Groups | ||
| Fall 3 | Spring 3 | |
| Doctoral Capstone I | Doctoral Capstone II | |
| Inquiry Groups | ||
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